11-30-2010, 06:23 PM
That station is beautiful, and an excellent example of the California Mission style of Architecture. If there are two or more walls that are identical, you could build one up in styrene to use for a "buck" to use for a mold, but if the walls are different on the four sides, I think it would be easier to make each wall individually from styrene. Are the walls brick, adobe, or stone? It looks like brick with a Spanish tile roof, but it may be plaster painted to look like adobe. Adobe is not used much for any sort of new construction because it doesn't do well in earthquakes and is very difficult to reinforce. I think the only structures left in pure adobe in California are probably the original early California mission buildings and some old Spanish ranch houses dating back to the Spanish land grants.
I just noticed the people next to the station in the picture. I think the arches are @8'-9' tall at the highest point. I'm guessing that the people are average height (about 5' 5"-5'8"). The arches look to be about 3 feet taller than the people at the highest point. It would appear that the arches are about 5' across. If you can't get copies of blue prints or scale drawings, you would probably be pretty close to use those measurements for the arches and then scale the rest of the building from the arches.
I just noticed the people next to the station in the picture. I think the arches are @8'-9' tall at the highest point. I'm guessing that the people are average height (about 5' 5"-5'8"). The arches look to be about 3 feet taller than the people at the highest point. It would appear that the arches are about 5' across. If you can't get copies of blue prints or scale drawings, you would probably be pretty close to use those measurements for the arches and then scale the rest of the building from the arches.