There are many historic traditions associated with paper craft. For example, you may be familiar with origami, a Japanese paper folding discipline, or papel picado, a Mexican folk craft of cutting intricate tissue paper designs. The rest of the scaffolding and covering will remain in place whilst the rest of the restoration work is being undertaken, and will be removed once that has been completed – and no doubt at which time there will be a more formal re-opening. MiniWorld3D is excited to bring this historical model to life! All models are made by hand and brain from scratch in SolidWorks to ensure printability, please give credit, it's all about spreading culture and education!

Whilst up in Westminster ‘Shoes’ decided to wander down the road to Victoria Station to take a look at an elusive landmark, that I never knew existed until now. The Elizabeth Tower in Westminster, Central London, is located at the northern end of The, next to the river Thames.This is an unmade paper model of Big Ben, made by Canon in Japan. It is part of the Robert Freidus collection of paper models, donated to the museum.

Sarah has written a step-by-step guide to bringing Big Ben to life through paper. Alongside the instructions is a template showing you every piece of the puzzle, from large panels to build the structure, to tiny cut-out diamonds to decorate the façade. In 2012 Little Ben was removed once again from its London location and was put into storage whilst the entire area surrounding Victoria Station was being extensively redeveloped. She notes that, “some of the details are quite small and fiddly but don’t be put off—you can add as few or many of these paper details as you would like! So don’t feel pressured to include them all, you can make this design your own with a simplified version, by leaving some of the details off or simplifying some of the decorative shapes.” However – the work has continued to progress and last week saw the removal of some of the scaffolding revealing the very top of the Tower, where 3,433 cast iron roof tiles had been removed, repaired and cleaned up, by restoration specialists.Model updated in 2022, now with more detail and no overhangs, but just as easy to print. Perfect for Resin!) Now – how many people knew that there London also has a ‘Little Ben’ ???– I certainly wasn’t aware of existence. In 1964it was removed from its location whilst the roads around Victoria Station were being widened.