Colorado Frontier
Town
Model Building
Project
general info.
This is not a group project. Each
student will build one
building for our model town.
The best of all the buildings will be
included on the town.
The project is worth 50 pts. ... the
same value as a quiz.
Your finished buildings are due on:
Tue., February 17th.
Grading
Your model building will be graded
using the following categories:
CONSTRUCTION
Is your model solid? Or is it
falling apart?
COLOR
Is your model full-color or
monotone?
Grading
Your model building will be graded
using the following categories:
APPEARANCE
Is your model neat & clean, or
sloppy?
DETAIL
Does your model contain extensive
detail, or no detail at all?
It’s the details that make great
Grading
Your model building will be graded
using the following categories:
ACCURACY
Is your model serious and
historically accurate, or is it silly?
Our town exists approximately 130
SCALE
years in the past.
Is your model built to the
correct scale?
Construction
Each of you will be given manilla folder
stock to make your building. If you wish
to use a material other than the folder
stock, you may, but it is your
responsibility
to buy it, and
you mustIt
This
is not a homework
assignment.
bring
it to school
to work with.
is
a classwork
assignment.
You will
NOT work on your model building at
home and then come to class and tell
Construction
TIP: Color your building before
assembling it .... while it is still flat.
TIP: If you’re patient and careful, white
glue is better than tape. It holds well,
and can’t be seen! If you do use tape ...
(a)
tape
of scotch
TIP:use
Be masking
creative ...
butinstead
not unrealistic
or
tape,
and (b) tape on the inside seams.
inappropriate.
TIP: Focus your attention on the outside
of your model. You are not allowed to
Scale Guide
OneStory
Door Building
1 in. 1.5 in.
Perso
n
.75 in.
TwoStory
Building
3 in.
ThreeStory
Building
4.5 in.
Basic Building
Use the LMC reference books to get a
Designs
general idea of the look of the buildings
on the 1870s. Don’t waste time looking
for an exact picture of the kind of
building
that you’re
theboard
The
laminated
indexdoing.
cardsUse
on the
books
just
to get
a general
impression
will
also
assist
you
with some
of the
of
the
architecture
ofdesigns.
the
time.
various
specialized
You
can
also go back
to the
Old-West
Web-Quest to get inspiration and ideas.
Basic Building
Designs
With the exception of some of the
specialized designs — like schools,
churches, the livery stable, train station,
and mills — most of the buildings on the
1870s frontier were of two basic design
types ...
Basic Building
Designs
the “ PILLBOX ”
assay office
bakery
blacksmithbarber
butcher doctor
claims offic
general store
carpenter laundry
freight co.
photographer
post office restaurant
telegraph bathhouse
undertakersaloon
Basic Building
Designs
the “
bank
fire hall
CRACKERBOX
garrison hotel
”ice house lodge hall
newspapertheatre
opera house
boarding house
Optional
Materials
If you wish, you may use the following
materials:
Art
Paper
Balsa
Wood
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H.264 decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Hot Glue
Gun
Sticks /
Optional
Materials
And to store your materials in class, you
need to bring a…
Gallon-size
Ziplock Bag
Before you
start
constructin
g your
model, you
are
required to
submit a
scale plan
to me for
approval.
BEFORE
BUILDING...
BEFORE
BUILDING...
To make
drawing
your
blueprints
easier, you
will need to
bring graph
paper and
Questions