A Trolley Runs Through It

 A poor first attempt and doing video and card-stock models of Rochester, MN.

Bank Building Slated to be Demolished! Cardstock Model

 

Tragedy strikes.  An old building in Rochester is slated for demo.  

I had created a stylized model of it a while ago, so I'm making a post with the PDF for it now.  You can download the PDF from Google Drive with this link.

To build it, print it on card stock paper using a color laser printer.  I usually send it online to OfficeMax to print it (about 50 cents a sheet).  Then cut it out, fold the tabs, and use Elmers glue.  

Cardstock Model: Boxcars?

Playing around with the idea of card-stock boxcars. 

I'd have to buy wheel trucks for the bottom and weight them down.

Cardstock Model: Avalon Building

 

I had designed a model of the Avalon building a while ago.  At the time, I didn't know of its history.  I put "Elysian Music" on the side since I wasn't sure if "Avalon Music" was the name of a current business.  

Anyway, I had no idea at the time that this once was the historic Avalon Hotel (see link):

As the only hotel in the area which welcomed African Americans before desegregation, its guests included Duke Ellington and boxer Henry Armstrong. It housed the Avalon Café, one of two restaurants in the city which served people of color. It became a local focus of the Civil Rights Movement and opposition to it; both a march for racial equality and a cross burning occurred at the property on August 23, 1963.

I'll have to change the model a little and make it into the historical Avalon Hotel and share the PDF to make it.   In the meantime you can find more information here.

Cardstock Model: Train Station in Rome, NY

The train station in Rome, NY is of a neoclassical design.  It was built between 1912 and 1914 by the New York Central Railroad on the south side of Rome to replace the one downtown.  It is currently used by Amtrak.  This model is the most complex one I've designed so far, having 3 separate structures that get glued together.  

The finished model

To build it:

1. Download each of these 4 PDF files:
1. Rome_NY_Martin_St_6599_TrainStation_page_1_of_4.pdf
2. Rome_NY_Martin_St_6599_TrainStation_page_2_of_4.pdf
3. Rome_NY_Martin_St_6599_TrainStation_page_3_of_4.pdf
4. Rome_NY_Martin_St_6599_TrainStation_page_4_of_4.pdf
2. Print out each PDF on 8"x11.5" cardstock using a color laser printer.  (You can do that through a print service from OfficeMax for example.  It costs me about 50 cents per sheet printed).
3. Using a ruler and a utility knife, gently score the folding edges where the tabs, roof, and building corners will need to be folded.  That will give you sharp lines.  
4. Using Elmer's glue and a toothpick, gently apply a small amount of glue to the tabs, and glue the building together.

Image of station from Google Maps

 

Assembling the station

Comparing finished station to prototype

Cardstock Model: Godzilla Visits MedCity

 My N-scale efforts have focused on making simple card-stock models of Rochester, MN (which is where the Mayo Clinic is based). Imagine my surprise when Godzilla showed up for some medical attention (from the clinic) for wounds he incurred making his new movie coming out. 

Note:  No civilians, buildings, or mega-monsters were injured in making this photo.

300 block of S Broadway in #PaperRohester

Google Maps of the real 300 block of S Broadway

Cardstock Model: Bike Shop

 When we first moved to Rochester many years ago, we bought bikes from a shop in SE Rochester, MN.  Over the years, we made more purchases from there and were always happy with the service.  Recently the store has closed down.  This was the first cardstock model I made of buildings in Rochester, MN.  I'm sharing it here.  I changed store and brand names to avoid any issues.

To build it:

1. Down load the file from this link.
2. Print out the PDF on 8"x11.5" cardstock using a color laser printer.  (You can do that through a print service from OfficeMax for example.  It costs me about 50 cents per sheet printed).
3. Using a ruler and a utility knife, gently score the folding edges where the tabs, roof, and building corners will need to be folded.  That will give you sharp lines.  
4. Using Elmer's glue and a toothpick, gently apply a small amount of glue to the tabs, and glue the building together.

Completed Model

Photo from Google Maps

The Inkscape project that I export to a PDF