This is the way the directories should be placed:
You have to make the three main folders with catkin_create_pkg followed by the name of the folder. So you would go to your catkin work space folder and then the src folder and run the catkin_create_pkg (folder_name). The rest of the folders can be made with the mkdir command or by copying them from another source.
Alternatively, the files can be cloned from the github @ https://github.com/matrhint/model-problems with the command:
git clone -b master https://github.com/matrhint/model-problems
edited - 4/30/17