Cape Kidnappers G.C., New Zealand, 1:10000

Can you find a more dramatic golf course than this? Cape Kidnappers rises 450 feet (140m) from Hawke Bay on New Zealand's North Island, and the path down is not gentle. Tom Doak designed this masterpiece 7,147-yard par 71 course to accentuate the unique landscape, and it opened to players in 2004. The TinyMtn model is the next best thing: a hyper-accurate 3D recreation of the course made from very recent, high-resolution laser-scan data, made public by the government of New Zealand. Thanks!

Model scale is 1:10000
Model measures 16.3 x 21 x 3.1 cm (6.4" x 8.1" x 1.22")
Original area is approximately 1.63 by 2.1 km
Altitudes covered: -1m to 206m
There is no vertical exaggeration applied to this model. This is a true-to-life scale model of a real place.

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TinyMtn models are most affordable in the "Sandstone" and "White Natural Versatile Plastic" materials. This model is in "Sandstone," which is a glued gypsum material. When you receive the model it will be ready for display, though it may smell funny and need some time to air out. "Sandstone" models are much more brittle than "Versatile Plastic" models, but feel more like light stone. Do not soak it in water, though you can safely seal it with Polycrylic or a similar water-based clear spray sealant. Read more about this popular material here.

All TinyMtn models have hollow bottoms - this is to save on weight, and thus cost. Many larger models also have extra flanges on their undersides to increase rigidity and strength. To make the model more solid, you should feel free to carefully pour resin into the bottom cavity, or glue a properly-sized slab of wood or another material into it.

These models have been optimized for the above materials, and are not offered in other materials for strength or cost reasons. If you need one in another material, please tinymtnbiz@gmail.com and we'll do our best to fulfill your request.

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Model created using GDAL, NetPBM, Gmsh, Carve, MeshLab, and other custom software
Aerial photos from https://data.linz.govt.nz/, CC S-A 4.0
This material is based on data and processing services provided by the OpenTopography Facility with support from the National Science Foundation under NSF Award Numbers 1226353 and 1225810.