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Just out of curiosity, anyone out there interested in making models of buildings or other structures? I've been getting into doing this lately (couple of half decent models already and a few shall we say, failures), and want to know if anyone else is into this.
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I'm obsessed with a building in France by Le Corbusier, the Villa Savoie. I've downloaded floor plans and bought some thick card stock to build it...what do you use to construct your models?
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I've always wanted to make models of buildings! I'd love to see some examples from you guys.
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I'd love to see examples, too.
I haven't made any building models, but lately I've been thinking about it. The only thing holding me back right now is the massive amount of work it would take--the two buildings I've been thinking of are a huge abandoned trade school near my apartment (it takes up a whole city block) and a recently demolished blast furnace, both of which would be kind of complicated. A friend of mine wants to build a scale model of an abandoned coke plant we have both explored.
There is an artist in Chicago who builds scale models of specific fire escapes here in town--not exactly model buildings, but kind of close. And I remember reading in a past Society for Industrial Archeology newsletter that there are companies that sell cardboard model-making kits of industrial structures. The accompanying photograph was of a scale model of a coal-loader of some sort.
This is an interesting topic.
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Posted by scribble
I'm obsessed with a building in France by Le Corbusier, the Villa Savoie. I've downloaded floor plans and bought some thick card stock to build it...what do you use to construct your models?
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Combination of balsa wood, plastic and paper. I'm still experimenting so as I learn more, I'll post it here. And I'll get some shots of the two models that turned out half decently posted.
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I am starting my AutoCAD experience and plan on taking the 3D rendering class for architecure that follows this class.... but I am scarred from making models after several of my classes....
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I built a little kirkbride(St. Elizabeths) last month out of balsa wood..
It's total zen time..
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Posted by desmann
I built a little kirkbride(St. Elizabeths) last month out of balsa wood..
It's total zen time..
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Sounds neat! When you get a pic, post it! 
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You guys might want to check out this site. It's for a gallery (since over) that featured a guy named Sean McFarland who creates minature sets of cities and then photographs them as if they were full size. I think it makes for an interesting perspective.
http://www.jackhanley.com/id269.htm
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Posted by ednothing
You guys might want to check out this site.
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Just did! I like it!
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Yesterday i've been at the "Salone del mobile" in Milan (furniture fair), which has a special place for young designers, and i've found this:
this is a model of a building created by PAOLO CAVINATO and his statement is: the architecture of imaginary. The whole model was very detailed and it really looked like an abandoned place! really a good job!
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Posted by shelise
Yesterday i've been at the "Salone del mobile" in Milan (furniture fair), which has a special place for young designers, and i've found this:
this is a model of a building created by PAOLO CAVINATO and his statement is: the architecture of imaginary. The whole model was very detailed and it really looked like an abandoned place! really a good job!
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WOW! I like that one shelise! Great find! Forgot to mention that I've seen some shots where the models look like used buildings. For example, a 1:24 scale garage right down to a pile of scrap parts that included a rusted out fender. The fender was made of plastic but was stressed to look like a metal fender rusted out.
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this thing of making models should be taken more seriously in general. I'm working in an architecture studio and they haven't at all any intention of creating models: i think it's the best way to find sense of space, much more than staying hours doing a 3d with the computer. touching materials and building yourself something, althought in a smaller scale, gives you much more the idea of what you're doing. definitely i think i'll create my own lab... who nows, i could start with the places i explore.
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Exactly shelise. I started with model ships, moved into cars and am moving into buildings. I built a cottage (1:100 scale), an outhouse (HO scale 1:87) and want to start modeling buildings from the Psych in a diorama. The 3d on the computer while cool, doesn't do justice to what is being represented.
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An acquaintance of mine runs an excellent UE blog, but one of his more recent entries dealt with his other hobby, making model buildings with Legos. I didn't realize there was a whole Lego-building subculture out there, but apparently there is. Neat stuff...
http://kohrman.blo...-train-layout.html
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Posted by NV
An acquaintance of mine runs an excellent UE blog, but one of his more recent entries dealt with his other hobby, making model buildings with Legos. I didn't realize there was a whole Lego-building subculture out there, but apparently there is. Neat stuff...
http://kohrman.blo...-train-layout.html
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That is really neat, I remember seeing stuff like that as a kid and then looking when I got home at my small houses I could build. It was kinda a downer
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Someone posted this on another forum, I thought it was kind of neat:
http://www.vestald...m/projects/modelrr
Model railroad slums inspired by the South Bronx area, complete with abandoned buildings, weedy lots, and graffiti.
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Posted by NV
Someone posted this on another forum, I thought it was kind of neat:
http://www.vestald...m/projects/modelrr
Model railroad slums inspired by the South Bronx area, complete with abandoned buildings, weedy lots, and graffiti.
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Very nicely done.
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Posted by NV
Someone posted this on another forum, I thought it was kind of neat:
http://www.vestald...m/projects/modelrr
Model railroad slums inspired by the South Bronx area, complete with abandoned buildings, weedy lots, and graffiti.
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amazing! i wonder how long it takes to create something like that!
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Posted by shelise
amazing! i wonder how long it takes to create something like that!
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Depends on the skill level of the person doing it. I would hazard a guess and say maybe a month and a half to two months. A friend of mine built a village for his N scale train. The base had a hole in the middle for the Christmas tree and the village was a Christmas theme. It took him almost four months to complete and did it ever look great! I had a lot of fun wiring the buildings for him. Especially the Christmas lights on the two trees at the post office. Despite the initial frustration, I really enjoyed doing that!
Oh yeah, for those who don't know the train set terminology, N scale is 1:174.
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