Ruo-Xandell . Gold Coast, Australia

Mocholate · #1 Posted **Jul 16, 2007, 9:43 AM**

Ruo-Xandell - an extension of the popular tourist city of Surfers Paradise - Queensland, Australia .

Named after the cities main developer who realised Queensland's magnificent waterways should be exploited to full advantage , the city planners received major funding from the government to help inject new life into the Gold Coast and returning it to the stature of one of the worlds most popular holiday destinations .

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Skyline

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Xandell Bridge/tunnel network and Ruo-Xandell headquarters building

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Hotel district

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A view cross the Nerang river is an residential area under construction which
will house mostly people who work in the city and also some lower budget hotels

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City map

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Apple building

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Skyline 23/Jul/07

6PM

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Kings Hotel

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Beaver Cinema

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Corporate Centre

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Ruo-Xandell Bridge/Tunnel network and Ruo-Xandell headquaters

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R-X Hilton

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A welcome to my weird named city

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Foxmtbr & Associates building

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More stuff

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MoDonalds / Krispy Kreme

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New map / original map broken

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MoBil fuel and budget hotel

foxmtbr · #2 Posted **Jul 16, 2007, 10:35 AM**

Holy crap!! Very awesome work! Looks like someone knows how to use Kerkythea.

Mocholate · #3 Posted **Jul 16, 2007, 2:43 PM**

Expansion post

"The Mark" at sunset

SSP shopping village

Random shot

Austin55 · #4 Posted **Jul 16, 2007, 2:52 PM**

W-o-w.

rbowk · #5 Posted **Jul 17, 2007, 6:19 AM**

sweet i was thinking of doing the gold coast i stil might tho

Mocholate · #6 Posted **Jul 17, 2007, 7:46 AM**

Go for it rbowk

Patrick · #7 Posted **Jul 17, 2007, 9:10 AM**

AMAZING! I LOVE, your towers.

Although I must say, your city is very futuristic, very! And I like it!

Austin55 · #8 Posted **Jul 17, 2007, 6:56 PM**

How do you make those trusses?! AMAZING!!!

Peter · #9 Posted **Jul 17, 2007, 11:02 PM**

great start! i love that bridge you made! and the twins are fabulous, i'm glad you decided to remake them and add them in

i also agree with Patrick, that your city is very futuristic, it's very modern. keep it up Mo!

foxmtbr · #10 Posted **Jul 17, 2007, 11:45 PM**

You must have a lot of free time to do all that detail!

Mocholate · #11 Posted **Jul 18, 2007, 1:15 AM**

thanks guys

It is futuristic hey ? hopefully not in a Jetsons way,but futuristic enough to say Goodbai to Dubai

Yep, i have way too much spare time !

I should have all the buildings in place today or tomorrow and the ground detail by the end of the week , i'll post some more pics later

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The bridge cables were more tricky than the trusses on the skybridges

Peter · #12 Posted **Jul 18, 2007, 2:03 AM**

^^What an amazing shot!! I imagine those cables were difficult, but do you plan on making more of them (since it's proably not enough to realistically suspend the pavement) but hey, even if not, it is definately one of the coolest bridges I've seen

foxmtbr · #13 Posted **Jul 18, 2007, 2:05 AM**

I agree, the cables are SWEET!

Mocholate · #14 Posted **Jul 18, 2007, 2:20 AM**

thanks,,

the arc of the bridge takes most of the weight , the cables are mostly for stability + the steel is high tech,produced using carbons from Mars

Austin55 · #15 Posted **Jul 18, 2007, 3:36 AM**

How do you make those cables!!??!

Patrick · #16 Posted **Jul 18, 2007, 5:20 AM**

To be tottaly honest, I never was crazy about your original Sketchup City, it really had no scale, and it was too dark.

But now I LOVE THIS CITY! Truely one of my favorites

Austin55 · #17 Posted **Jul 18, 2007, 5:22 AM**

yaeh same here

rbowk · #18 Posted **Jul 18, 2007, 6:49 AM**

nice i love it great detail

yeah mightdo gold coast but the only prob is i am not advanced

to do those hotels and stuff soo yeah i was also thinking of doing brisbane but to hard i want to do one that is not hard

Mocholate · #19 Posted **Jul 18, 2007, 10:09 AM**

thanks

i was never really very impressed with the last city either , it sucked my ass .
The main problem was because my PC is hooked up to the tv , i was doing everything while sitting on the lounge using a book as a mouse pad

It was a joke and it refected in the city
now i have a table set up in here and all is good

rbowk , the only thing this city has in common with the Gold Coast is the location , although i'm doing a copy of Q1 atm that i will stick in there

the designs are top secret Austin

The skybridges were Peters idea , glad you like them

foxmtbr · #20 Posted **Jul 18, 2007, 11:00 AM**

How is the clarity on the TV? Is it an HDTV? Any TV I've ever hooked up to my computer had such crappy quality that I couldn't even read any text. I'm assuming you have a really nice TV...?