Three-D Modelling for Railways

 Corfe Castle is a castle in a village of the same name in Dorset. Originally Norman, and much extended later, it was destroyed during the English Civil war.  What remains of the keep is a prominent landmark on the top of the hill, overlooking the village. It is this that I modelled.

Corfe Castle is a small village in Dorset. The station is on the line from Wareham to Swanage, which closed in 1972, but was preserved along the Swanage end. Corfe Castle was the only intermediate station when part of the national network. It is an attractive station, with interesting rooves. I recalled that there was a plan and elevations in Railway Modeller in 1976, and managed to find it. I took a photo, used GIMP to remove distortions, then imported that into Blender. After sizing, I could them use that to get the proportions right. I visited the village in 2019, but did not make it to the station as I had the family in tow. I could just about see it from the castle though.

Blender's "Sculpt" mode is something I am slowly learning about, and so I thought worth a blog post. I will probably add to it as I learn more. It allows you to modify a mesh by, well, sculpting it. You can go into Sculpt mode using the drop down at top left where Object and Edit mode can be selected, but I think a better way is to go to the Sculpt tab. Either way, whilst in Sculpt mode, you can press tab to go into Edit mode. I recommend applying scale before sculpting, otherwise it can be skewed along one axis. Vertices If you start with the basic cube, go into Sculp mode, and try to edit it, not much will happen. By default, Blender will try to apply the tool to the existing vertices, and you only have six. There are three ways around this. Lots of Vertices - If you subdivide the cube a lot, then when you sculpt it, Blender will have plenty to work with, and you will see something happening. Density - You can use the density tool (fifth down on the left) to increase ...