This is the process for the 1/4” scale model of Congress Street in Savannah, GA. I created lasercut files for each building on Adobe Illustrator. The walls of each building were cut from 1/8” Chipboard.

Detail pieces, such as door, windows, shudders, and trim were cut from .05” chipboard, .025” chipboard, and .01” bristol.

Here is a close up of a window detail lasercut from .025” thick chipboard.

The 1/8” chipboard walls were glued together using woodglue and suuper glue.

The trim was painted green, and the walls were textured using spackle and a chip brush. Then, the walls were painted gray using Rustoleum 2x paint. The window frames were painted separately and assembled with acetate as the glass.

The walls were weathered with acrylic paints, and the remaining doors and windows were painted and installed.

Here are some chipboard and bristol details for one of the buildings.

One of the buildings with windows and shudders fixed in place. The walls were base coated with an ivory Rustoleum 2x paint and weathered with acrylics. The green details were painted and installed separately.

Hotel building fully assembled with trim attached. The seam was filled with spackle.

An upper deck was designed and created for the show, so I recreated this deck using lasercut chipboard and several basswood strips.

Fully assembled structure of the Saddle Shop building.

Fully assembled and painted Saddle Shop building. The walls were painted a brick red color. Spackle was used to fill the laser etched brick seams to imitate mortar joints. The brick walls were weathered using black and brown acrylic paints.

The signs were designed by graphic designer Justin Jordan. I scaled an printed the designs, and attached them using super glue to the model.

Here is another building with printed awnings and signs installed. The dirt road was made using tile grout.

The buildings were fixed to a foam base to create the full 4 way intersection.

The details for the marked were all created using basswood and wood glue. They were then painted by hand with acrylic paints.

Another building with signage and awnings installed.