My first scratch built passenger station

[mclarenf119]

Yea, I am still wrestling with what to do with that space above the door. David pointed out my original drawing, which was actually going to be a clock, but I am leaning towards either a flat awning or a big sign now. I am kinda done with cutting out windows for the moment hehe.

[peteski]

Like others mentioned, your version 2.0 is greatly improved over the initial model. I also agree with others that the blank wall with a minuscule looking door (next to adjacent walls with very large windows) just looks out of place.  Anything placed in that blank area will help.  Maybe even a larger (and taller) door. And to me it still looks more like a freight station (or even a non-railroad building) than a passenger stations, but it is your model, so whatever works for you.

Hey, for your first attempt at scratchbuilding, this is pretty darn good.  And you are learning a lot in the process. I have seen initial scratchbuilding attempts ending up in a trash bin, so you are doing much better than many others.   Hey, even if at some point (now or years later) you decide that the building is not worth savings, you still gained lots of experience making it.  And now you also are aware of the fact that you can get best (or most realistic) results when you look at the world around you for architectural clues, and incorporate them into your models.

I also like to mention again that you are pretty good at weathering. Have you dabbled in other types of modeling (like figures or military?), or is this your first attempt at weathering too?

[mclarenf119]

Like others mentioned, your version 2.0 is greatly improved over the initial model. I also agree with others that the blank wall with a minuscule looking door (next to adjacent walls with very large windows) just looks out of place.  Anything placed in that blank area will help.  Maybe even a larger (and taller) door. And to me it still looks more like a freight station (or even a non-railroad building) than a passenger stations, but it is your model, so whatever works for you.

Hey, for your first attempt at scratchbuilding, this is pretty darn good.  And you are learning a lot in the process. I have seen initial scratchbuilding attempts ending up in a trash bin, so you are doing much better than many others.   Hey, even if at some point (now or years later) you decide that the building is not worth savings, you still gained lots of experience making it.  And now you also are aware of the fact that you can get best (or most realistic) results when you look at the world around you for architectural clues, and incorporate them into your models.

I also like to mention again that you are pretty good at weathering. Have you dabbled in other types of modeling (like figures or military?), or is this your first attempt at weathering too?

Thanks a lot peteski! I'm just gonna keep working on it, try a couple different ideas and improve the look as much as possible. Definitely been happy with the experience gained so far. Who knows, like you said, I could even just start over and now I have the information to make an even better designed building.

As for the weathering, I haven't really done any before, but I have been into art/design for most of my life (along with many other hobbies) and developed my brush/coloring technique over that time, and I think I was able to apply that here. Only models I've painted/built were a couple cars, but that was well over a decade ago. Youtube videos have also helped a ton