The model above is 1:5 scale. I got to use the laser cutter for the first time to make this model and one other model which was quite fun, if you have never seen a laser cutter working before I recommend you watch this video and find yourself a laser cutter to have a go with it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3iTXx6P6Ec.
The laser cutter unfortunately could not completely cut though the 6mm thick wood completely, leaving me to spend a good 10 minutes trying to cut though with a scalpel.
Once this was done I took the pieces home and spend several hours covering them with several coatings of brown paint tinted with red to get a nice deep woody color, once dry I glued the pieces into place with proxy resin and left them overnight. The next day a glued a section of a plastic wallet to the top half of the model to act as a perspex layer, that may be inserted in the stand if loose paper is to be displayed.
I used illustrator to make both the final measurement sheet you see above and my previous schematics.
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