Catacombs Model Gallery
Journey To Where Buildings

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Domed cities are one of the iconic images of science fiction, memorably described in Arthur C Clarke's The City and the Stars (1956) and, particularly, Isaac Asimov's New York City in The Caves Of Steel (1953). The article from Mechanix Illustrated, November 1968, entitled "What Will Life Be Like in the Year 2008?" shows a domed city that closely resembles the Texas City domes shown in Journey To Where.

This cover painting for Perry Rhodan 20, "Thrall of the Hypno" by Angus McKie, shows a 1977 vision of domed cities, here perched like mushrooms on tall pedestals.

	Texas City (from Journey To Where) and a Ellna tower (from Devil's Planet). Texas City is very dusty in this picture, but it clearly shows the use of EMA tubes and rocket and tank kit parts (spot the two Apollo lunar landers halves on the upper deck, from the Airfix Apollo-Saturn kit).
	Texas City and a smaller metrocomplex from Journey To Where. The transparent domes that used to cover them have been lost.
	Texas City again. Upper left is a landing pad from Devil's Planet (more here). At top is the skyscraper from The Exiles. The metrocomplex in the lower left corner was the only one made by Martin Bower; Texas City and the other cities were built in the studio.
	Some of the smaller metrocomplexes, including the Martin Bower building.
	A small Earth metrocomplex from Journey To Where (in front of the Eagle view screen prop). This still has its dome (alongside). This one is also seen in the shot of two domes above (it's the upper one).
	Three of the bigger metrocomplexes in closeup, clearly showing the use of kit parts and EMA shapes. Texas City is in the centre, taller than the two others.
	Another large metrocomplexes in closeup. The Martin Bower dome below has lost major pieces, exposing the how simple kit parts, plastic shapes and a dirty wash over the model was used to create verisimilitude.

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