I've 3D Printed my grandmother's hometown as a mother's day gift.

The town is Lac-Mégantic located in Québec, Canada. You may have heard of it because of the rail disaster in July 2013 which claimed 47 lives and destroyed more than 40 buildings downtown.

My grandmother and most of my extended family still live in the area, which is now unrecognizable after the decontamination and rebuilding of the affected zone. So I've decided to recreate how Lac-Mégantic used to be, using a 3D Printer and paint. The result is a 8x6 inch (1:3000 scale) 3D map tile that can be placed horizontally on a shelf or hung vertically on a wall, in a frame.

Since there was a lot of interest on these Redditthreads, I've created this step-by-step Instructables on how I modeled and printed this town. It can inspire you on how to achieve a similar result for your own city.

Things needed for this project: