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    • Bryan KB
      Bryan K
      last edited by

      Hi Rafal.

      After selecting your files, you have to click the button nearby that says Add Files.

      Looking forward to seeing them. 👍

      See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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      • ken28875K
        ken28875
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        Very nice model, Rafal. 👍 👍

        Cheers!

        _KN

        Follow Your Dreams.

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        • jeff hammondJ
          jeff hammond
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          nice model.
          such a strange looking building.. i like it.
          👍

          dotdotdot

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          • Bryan KB
            Bryan K
            last edited by

            Very nice! Excellent re-creation!

            See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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            • jo-keJ
              jo-ke
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              very nice!

              Did you have blueprints to remodel it?

              http://www.zz7.de

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              • L
                Lz
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                A shame it was blown up. Looks like a very well designed building

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                • Mike AmosM
                  Mike Amos
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                  Nice model, another piece of classic architecture lost due to conflict, sadly.

                  Absentia mortis praesentiam vitae probat, vita autem est argumentum constantiae.

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                  • L
                    Lz
                    last edited by

                    Indeed. I'm guessing it was used as an observation tower / sniper tower during WW2. Blowing up tall buildings was common because of this

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                    • DanielD
                      Daniel
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                      Fantastic work!

                      It appears the brick structure forming the top of the arch is modeled as a separate group or component, as evidenced by the lines at the side and in the center of the arch - hide these edges to eliminate the lines so they appear continuous with adjacent faces.

                      Your brick texture is exhibiting the dreaded moire effect. Try exporting the image at as high a size as your computer will allow, and then reducing the image. That sometimes helps.

                      My avatar is an anachronism.

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                      • DanielD
                        Daniel
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                        @lz said:

                        Indeed. I'm guessing it was used as an observation tower / sniper tower during WW2. Blowing up tall buildings was common because of this

                        It's a Kaiser Wilhelm Tower, which were observation towers built across Germany as monuments to Kaisers Wilhelm I and Wilhelm II. I'm guessing, by how elaborate they were, that monument was the primary purpose, though. There are 14 towers still in good shape (4 have been renamed, such as the Grunewaldturm), and three in disrepair. Others, like this one, have disappeared.

                        My avatar is an anachronism.

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                        • Rafał_KwiatekR
                          Rafał_Kwiatek
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                          Thanks for your comments!
                          @jo-ke said:

                          very nice!

                          Did you have blueprints to remodel it?
                          I don't have a blueprint only old photos. I know it's not perfect texture. [LZ and Daniel] You're right, that was reason to blow up the lookout tower.

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                          • KrisidiousK
                            Krisidious
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                            That's pretty magnificent... Would love to see it in one of the photorenderers.

                            By: Kristoff Rand
                            Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                            • DanielD
                              Daniel
                              last edited by

                              Love the revised images. 👍 👍 👍

                              My avatar is an anachronism.

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                              • pbacotP
                                pbacot
                                last edited by

                                Great new images! Perfect setting and colors.

                                MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                                • KrisidiousK
                                  Krisidious
                                  last edited by

                                  Nice improvements.

                                  By: Kristoff Rand
                                  Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                                    roland joseph
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                                    Beautiful if not awkward from a design view. Great model. I'd like it to have more bump and more displacement though.

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