i created this tutorial originally for jason (new modeller here) but then i decided to make it available for everyone. i am going to make multiple model buildings of different styles and post the turoials of how to make paper model buildings, this thread is not for tutorials on how to make a model with paper (physical)

choose the building (i choose one chase Manhattan plaza nyc)
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/582/89069098.png

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/7290/24330163.png

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/4436/60069500.png

go to 3d warehouse for google sketchup and search the buildings name
http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/3924/54807557.png

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/6599/47177992.png

download the model
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/5954/29693764.png

open the model.

step one complete

open model in google sketchup
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/4775/52336069.png
http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/1650/14220241.png
http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/15/82643118.png
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/3158/19517284.png
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/2681/88112994.png
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/1355/90507893.png
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/149/47268887.png
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/2810/35404431.png
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/4135/74829775.png
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8716/85492137.png
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/2564/41226751.png
http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/226/54223438.png
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/7326/33503565.png
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5046/90418210.png
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/1875/46361927.png
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/4656/63644382.png
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/5907/69418900.png
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/5107/34073600.png
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/8172/31567275.png
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/1662/36360787.png
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/9195/65996943.png
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/708/91374192.png
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/4844/45481372.png
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/2500/77008429.png

the first second stage of making a paper model is now done, now crop each part you saved so it is only the façade then organise the to make a layout for the model. next step will teach you how to work with pixels, that step will have to wait for another week or so.

reserved.

Ausie, did you get my email?

yes but first could i please have the pics of it so far?

thanx wig

This is an awesome tutorial . Thanks ausie :) ^^

ur welcome, when i get bit more time i will go through how to do pixel by pixel nut it is alot harder

this is extremely good for beginners great job ausie

thanx lions. i use this but then i work on the pixels so it looks better. i don't quite know how to make a tutorial for that. i'll wait til i make my next model to show them. it'll be bell south building (well i think thats what its called, ss144 has made it i think)

lol again your talking about Bell Atlanic tower in Philly you keep on getting confused with Bell south tower in Atlanta. lol

No i do mean bellsouth tower except inatlanta, soz got wrong place. although i should try bell south tower soon, shouldn't be too hard

well on your theard it said Bell South tower in Philadelphia so i thought you meant Bell Atlantic Tower my mistake sorry.

its ok i got the city wrong so i can't blame anyone else now can i, i saw it on one of the build the city and i thought it was philly

thanx lions. i use this but then i work on the pixels so it looks better. i don't quite know how to make a tutorial for that. i'll wait til i make my next model to show them. it'll be bell south building (well i think thats what its called, ss144 has made it i think)
yes i did made it. and so did SSL9595.

thanks ausie for making this

wow.... it's really cool...... but it seems you forgot about pixels..... you said in a couple of weeks.... but anyway, it's really helping, and I used to do it with print screen, then crop it in paint, etc....

oh sorry, i meant to make the pixel tutorial but it is really hard to show what you are doing. and i got really busy with school. i'll consider completing the tutorial soon

no it's not a problem to me, it's just that it was a long time ago that you said taht, so maybe someone has problems with pixels..... it's kinda weird, you are going to school now, and I'm on summer break already for two months, and we are starting on 1st September...

i live in Australia so things are very different

Yeah, I got that from your username.... At first, I didn't even know what that means, but when I watched "Real World-Sydney" on MTV, there was an typical ausie... Can't remember his name, but someone called him ausie....

Incredible work ausie! This makes me want to get back into sketchup! I totally forgot you can scale in sketchup, be a great tool for testing layouts for electric train sets (http://eelectrictrainsets.com)

Welcome to the forums!

mna, this is ver good for a beginner. I was following your tutorial and then BOOM! denied!

Looks like I gotta do it all alone now.

^^ thanx but what do you mean denied?

haha I meant that I was following your tutorital but then I was cliffhanged fro not any more steps to make a model building.

^^ really that should be all you need to know. with me i just pick up tips as i go. and that took ages for me to get to that step. at first i didn't even know how to make a screenshot from sketchup, now i know how to make the pentominium

Ok well, so I finished my model. Now all I have to do is print it out and then glue the edges togehter.



ALso what kind of glue do I use? Glue sticks, glue bottles?

i use a glue stick but liquid glue is sometimes better

Ok well, so I finished my model. Now all I have to do is print it out and then glue the edges togehter.



ALso what kind of glue do I use? Glue sticks, glue bottles?
I use and recommend glue stick. It works better because it drys quickly, plus liquid glue takes longer to dry and its to liquidy. Btw here are the materials i use to build a building:

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3951/dsc01730k.jpg

kk.

I'll print two copies and see which way is better for making the chase manhatten plaza.

kk.

I'll print two copies and see which way is better for making the chase manhatten plaza.
Okay! :) I made that one too and came out looking like this: http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/1223/onechasemanhattanplaza.png

Amazing! Looks great as always!

Amazing! Looks great as always!
thanks!

Constructing my model now!

Constructing my model now!
nice!

nice!


Yeah I have no idea if it is to scale or not.


Besides what are these 1:7 stuff?

Yeah I have no idea if it is to scale or not.


Besides what are these 1:7 stuff?
To make sure is to scale, go to SkyscraperPage.com and which ever building your making go find it and see how tall it is. Then see if thats how tall it is with the ruler thingy i gave you. Btw 1:1700 scale means that a paper model is 1 out of 1700. So a fraction.

this thread should be sticky again. i need to finish making the second tutorial too :P

Yes many people need it :)

X7,000,000,000 which is by the way the population of the world at the end of 2011.

spam much:ohno:

I thought I'd restart this thread to help newcomers into the world of papermodelling. So for those of you who are new to this site, I'll quote Ausie's tutorial:
open model in google sketchup
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/4775/52336069.png
http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/1650/14220241.png
http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/15/82643118.png
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/3158/19517284.png
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/2681/88112994.png
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/1355/90507893.png
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/149/47268887.png
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/2810/35404431.png
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/4135/74829775.png
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8716/85492137.png
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/2564/41226751.png
http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/226/54223438.png
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/7326/33503565.png
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5046/90418210.png
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/1875/46361927.png
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/4656/63644382.png
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/5907/69418900.png
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/5107/34073600.png
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/8172/31567275.png
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/1662/36360787.png
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/9195/65996943.png
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/708/91374192.png
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/4844/45481372.png
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/2500/77008429.png

the first second stage of making a paper model is now done, now crop each part you saved so it is only the façade then organise the to make a layout for the model. next step will teach you how to work with pixels, that step will have to wait for another week or so.

FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE A PAPER MODEL AND HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR MY HELP, HERE'S A TUTORIAL!



Here's the meter stick to measure out buildings!
http://i.imgur.com/NEOFe.png
Oh and this is the program i use!
http://i.imgur.com/fDTPE.png

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Step 1: Look for building you wanna make on SkyscraperPage.com to see a diagram and get the height info. Im gonna use the 432 Park Avenue as an example.
http://i.imgur.com/QaHoA.png

Step 2: Draw an outline that is the height you got from SkyscraperPage.com. You can use the box tool to make a box so the lines are straight. ;)
http://i.imgur.com/vUvqu.png

Step 3: Draw the cladding/facade. This depends how you draw it. For example this is mine.
http://i.imgur.com/sO4CM.png

Step 4: Multiply it by the number of sides. In this case four sides.
http://i.imgur.com/cJhEz.png

Step 5: Draw the tabs. Simple rectangles along the sides. In this case only one on either the right or left. And on the top draw trapezoid shaped tabs and if you plan to make a base then also make trapezoid shaped tabs on the bottom as well. And for the roof make sure it is square by drawing a diagonal line. Make sure the pixels(little squares) meet at the corners only like the circled squares. To see closer use the magnifying glass icon to zoom in.
http://i.imgur.com/khPUQ.png

Step 6: YOUR DONE! :banana: If you want to make a base, thats optional. Its usually the same shape as the roof.
http://i.imgur.com/ND426.png

Final product with my logo and base i made!
http://i.imgur.com/q8f4n.png

Nice tutorial!

Wow! Good work on it ;) Looks very understandable:lol: I think, it'll be help for all beginners!

Finally!! Something I can understand v.v!! Thank You SS144!! BTW I got the pictures for the model I ask you!

nice :D

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Here you go, found a tutorial;
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/help/t01/

Here you go, found a tutorial;
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/help/t01/
looks difficult :nuts:

i didnt understand how to cladding,.. :( someone please make video tutorial please :D
What Xing Lin said is not right. Thats for SkyscraperPage diagrams. The cladding depends on YOUR ONLY STYLE. We have our own different styles so its just drawing the facade as close as possible as what the real thing looks like.

Great. thnx for advice, now what about models w spheres and curves like Wynn and Encore, or Riviera.

Before, I want to give you some advises: you need to make an account on imageshack.us(or other media hosting sites like flickr.com and so on), then is very helpful site, use google earth and google maps.
1. Firstly I look for some information about this building f.e. on [URL=]http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/ (]http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/[/URL)

http://imageshack.us/a/img26/572/17411635.png

Oh, it's 133 m height and it has 36 floors....
2. Secondly I open Height Ruler, I gave you previously, in MS Paint and try to determine its height. Here is print screen that help you understand how this ruler works

http://imageshack.us/a/img809/3249/84634326.png

3. Thirdly I try to understand how this building will look from above. I use for this step Google Maps, Google Eart or look in the Net for this building's plans. In my case I used for 600 Lexington Ave Google maps and the floor plans...

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/1360/66892936.png

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/6926/45107535.png

4. Fourthly I look for some information about building's dimentions as width or floor's height.
F.e. my building from above has abot 28*24 meters not counting the architectural notches, so here is the base for my building in 1/1700. I used Tim's base for Seagram Building, because they are neighboring buildings.

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/6884/53128534.png

5. Now we can start with cladding and building's shape. First I need to determine floors height(There will be problems, because of height the building's atrium(first floor)as it is usually taller than other floors), I open building's photo in MS Paint, I "take on floor and past it on atrium:

http://imageshack.us/a/img152/6504/91935853.png

It has been pasted 3 times, so my building has not 36, but 39 "floors". I divide the building's height by the number of floors: 133/39=3,5. So one floor's height in 600 Lexington Avenue is about 3,5 meters. Second I need to now how wide is every window on the floor. I need to count number of windows on facade:

http://imageshack.us/a/img703/4035/fffffgx.png

I see that this facade has 16 windows on each floor and I know that this facade is 18 meters width. So 18/16=1,125. In this situation I'll have to choose-all of your windows will be 1 meter width( 16 windows * 1 meter width = only 16 meters) or 14 windows will be 1 meter width and 2 will be 2 meter width( 14 windows * 1 meter + 2 windows * 2 meters = 18 meters)
And now I need to find colors for my future model. I look for some pictures of the building I need, open it(picture) in MS Paint I need to find right colors of cladding using this tool in MS Paint:

http://imageshack.us/a/img688/1446/86224997.png

And this way I will find right colors for cladding then if I want to make roof details I need to open Google Maps, make screen shot( button named Print Screen) of my building's roof, open this scrren shot in MS Paint and with the help of tool, l used when I was looking for right color for cladding, try to fing colors for roof:

http://imageshack.us/a/img528/5424/25550726.png

6. As the results I'll have something like this

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2618/35274220.png

It's only first part involving 7 floors. In all this building includes 36 floors.
I hope this tutorial will help you :) Semoga sukses ;)

awww. Terima Kasih alexenergy xD
btw is that the stand of A.R.T.P.O.P ?

You're welcome, little monster ;) Yes? (Can't understand your question, that's because of my awful english, sorry :) )

oh i know what you mean xd

Handy tip: if You can't find measurements for the base of the building, open the map in Google Sketchup and use the measurement tool there to measure its footprint. That's how I do my Sydney models.

next ---->>

I recorded the process of making diagrams I put it here for all beginners.
I only posted the process diagram because I have problems with my computer. :nuts:
I'll post the rest soon :D
sorry for the quality, is the first time I do this

Part 1
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Part2
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Here the diagram

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/5083/torrecontigo2.png

Another way to flatten sketchup volumes ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MHfAaqb5A0_


@ Apaloh next one is coming just need to mount rushes ...

Good way for beginners, nice job!