A relief model is a sculptural three dimensional representation of a landscape section. You're making a relief model from Sierra Nevada using the infomartion in this 1:50.000 topographic map.

(PDF file for printing the map)

You need carboard, scissors, glue, plastiline, thread... Look at the process:

At the end you can represent roads, rivers, villages, vegetation, rocks... and you can use labels to mark some important places like Mulhacén, Veleta, Pradollano. To look at this detailed map is very useful when finishing your model.