Antsirabe railway station

[elmer]

Hi all,

It has been a long time since i wanted to model this building.
Holiday is a good time to play with SketchUp outside of work
Built in 1913 in Antsirabe, on the high malagasy plateau, typical colonial style.
No trains anymore unfortunately......

Hope you'll enjoy.

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[mwm5053]

Very nice job. I like old train stations. My Grandfather worked for the Santa Fe railroad and my Dad was an architect so I am partial to the old stations architectural styles.

Nice render.

[boofredlay]

Nice work.

I work a couple of blocks away from this train station. Now a museum and trains go by everyday. The Depot Roundhouse is where we had our wedding reception as well, it is right next door.

Sorry if I hijacked your thread.

[Roger]

What could you do to make the scene come alive? It looks like a Sunday afternoon of the year the plague killed everybody in town. The model is nice but it needs some vibrancy and a lot less empty sky.

[elmer]

Thanks for comments.

@ eric:
No hijacked at all, you are absolutely in the subject "railway station". This round house looks really nice,
almost contemporary and it should be a good place for reception.
By the way i much appreciate your work but also your great thread "Funny pics" which is my first read on the forum

@mwm5053:
Might go on some more, probably next one will be Antananarivo station.

@roger:
Well, I did nothing more than what it looks like, Antsirabe is a very quiet town, have a look at the picture which I used to model

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[boofredlay]

Dang, now that you posted the photo reference, you nailed it man!

[Bryan K]

Wait.... which one is the photo?