A Boring Water Tower

This is a model of small water tower that supplies to a row of railway cottages next to Garsdale station, and I asked to do this for a friend who is making a model of the station (and these are all his photos, used with permission).

Here is what is looks like, and what I thought I was modelling - a metal box on a concrete box. That is two hollowed out cubes in Blender.

Then I saw the other side.

So that made it more interesting!

Firstly, the concrete base has been sculpted to make it look chipped and worn. The metal lid has a slight sag. There is a ladder. The corrugated iron roof of the lean-to looks battered after applying a lattice modifier. The tarpaulin was made using a cloth modifier. I have put a couple of drums behind it - no idea what is there really.

I printed this for a friend, and two months later he still has not painted it, so here it is in the raw.

He is building a layout; once he is done, I will add better images.