1:560 OLYMPIC STADIUM - ATHENS 1896

Καλλιμάρμαρο

The first modern Olympics stadium down to scale.

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In 2011 I was commissioned by Σ.Ε.Γ.Α.Σ. (Greek Gymnast Association Union) to make a 1:560 scale model of the Kalimarmaro stadium in Athens. It is now used to promote the Athens Classic Marathon at various athletics expo's around the world.

From Wiki: The Panathinaiko or Panathenaic Stadium (Greek: Παναθηναϊκό στάδιο), also known as the Kallimarmaro (Καλλιμάρμαρο, i.e. the "beautifully marbled"), Is an athletic stadium in Athens that hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. Reconstructed from the remains of the ancient Greek stadium, the Panathinaiko is the only major stadium in the world built entirely of white marble (from Mount Penteli) and one of the oldest stadiums in the world.

The stadium is still used for the classic Marathon (as seen in the picture above) and for other cultural and athletic events.

Here's more on the stadium at wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kallimarmaro

The pictures that follow are the process and result of the 1:560 miniature version of the Panathenaic Stadium.

Single strips like the one I'm holding above were glued

together to make the stadium seating and steps.

The staircases and and seats forming three lower deck

stadium rows.

The circle cutter is what separates us from the rest of the

animal kingdom. Here I'm using it to make curved strips

that will be used to make the seating for the curved part

of the stadium.

Again, the strips that were cut in the previous picture are

glued together one on top of the other to form the rows

on the semicircle side of the stadium.

The four master-pieces are ready to be molded with

silicone and then cast out of resin.

The primed prototypes, ready to be molded.

Using the resin cast multiples I've now started to build the

stadium.

This beautiful lineup of glues that were used, is missing the hot glue and the tack

glue.

The cyrcles for the logo were punched out of styrene and assembled. The logo

was then molded and cast out of resin for more strength.

Insulation foam and balsa foam used for the hill terrain surrounding the stadium.
The graphic art for the track an field was done with two printed layers.
Graphics artist: Christopher Stratos.

Painting the terrain and blacking up the sides of the model. I've also started to add

some trees.

A wooden cherry trim was used for the base to make the model look classier.

I couldn't add too much detail to this model (like rails for example); That would have made it too fragile. This model needs to be handled way too often by people that.. are: 1) not model makers and 2) employees that don't necessarily care.