Awesome collection, glad you shared!!
Also if anyone plans on buying from Shapeways: Don’t
They went bankrupt
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Thanks! The level of detail is the best I can afford with the scale I am using…and my CAD/CAM abilities! Major/visible details are debossed, and small roof features like BMUs are roughly added in.
My One Vandy model is actually the second tallest of the printed models, the camera angle and uneven displaying surface aren’t doing that fact any favors though… here’s a photo of the two as best as I can show quickly.
As for your question, by ‘calibrated’ I more meant ‘accounted for’ with slight differences in base thicknesses - these also account for the thickness of the base and street layers on the LEGO ESB.
To clarify, lowest point of entry from street level is my working datum. Unfortunately the exact height of the buildings isn’t represented because of the settling of filament layers, and my lack of 3D printing experience…so the height difference shown here is a little too small (~3.5mm rather than 4.9mm)…but it’s good enough for my shelf!
[Edit: Added measured height difference against scale factor]
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Those are fantastic models with great detail! Thanks for sharing!
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Tim’s stuff has always been great since first knowing him in 2010. @ThreeWentDown would agree with me.
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Welcome to the Yimby Family
You have created some very nice models, good work. 
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" The setback heights and thicknesses for 111 W 57th aren’t totally accurate, it was my first model and a second version should include fixes for those issues" from you on SSP. The setback widths are 5.4 feet, while the parapet is 14.8 feet. Look back on the 111 West 57 forum, I posted diagrams with accurate measurements there
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I appreciate the help, thank you - I’ve seen your 111 W 57th model and I’m very impressed!
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I had to incorporate the shaded wave look, its just little pieces popping out of the rows of terracotta. But after all of these years, its now broken up in pieces. I got another one recently, but the detail is kinda choppy for the scale and detail I made
Yeah, I hope to include those elements in a future print, but to include even half the detail you managed to achieve on yours, I bet wasn’t easy, especially at such small scales.
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Honestly it was pretty easy! I made a basic model using the accurate measurements, then made the terracotta rows then embosssd them. Then I made just one row of the waves, then copied them and stretched them as accurate as possible. The waves become more steep as taller as it gets. Then the mullions, simple copy and paste and some changes at the top. I should go back and include the pieces of terracotta that dip into the cladding, along with the curved metal between the terracotta. I had that before…but that didn’t work out. But that was also years ago when I wasn’t so experienced.
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For fun, here’s my Central Park Tower model. The mullions were too thin, so they didn’t show up in my print
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That’s a brilliant model. CPT is on my list, and I think like some of my previous prints, it’ll look good with the surrounding block at the base. Have you ever considered adding that kind of ‘context’ to any of your models?
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I have, but I like the singularity of showing off just the new portion. It also shows off the engineering, and architectural firms seem to mostly have these type of singular models. I LOVE that, and do my best to replicate that. I considered it for 111 West 57 WAY back when I made the first model in 2017, but I thought why not show off the awesomeness of the thinnest tower in the world
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“why not show off the awesomeness of the thinnest tower in the world”
That’s a fair response if I’ve ever read one.
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That looks fantastic
Asked my parents for The Spiral model for my birthday. Overall a pretty good model except for the fact they forgot to add the top middle spiral on the north side
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