Hi folks,
I’ve been busy on another model - this time it’s the offices of Kinkorn Design in Tilburg, Netherlands. The inspiration came from @roelsiebrand on Instagram, he posts interesting architectural photos. This one stood out and the challenge began!
Having designed the various parts using SketchUp, I then import the exploded drawing into Affinity Designer to create all my cut lines etc,.
Using 2mm and 1mm mdf plus 0.4mm Polybak plus the acetate for windows, tiny pieces of wire for the door handles and some clear acrylic for the light fitting, it all went together fine after airbrushing the colours.
Obviously I’m not happy with the outcome, so intend to make another
The last image is the real thing, taken from Google Streetview.
I am not fond of the style, as it looks like it was designed as a 7" model from random pieces. What you did with those bricks was far more interesting and challenging. I did several interesting places in virtual and then a few warehouse shops. It is hard to make something out of a warehouse, but to me hardly worth the effort.
And therein was the challenge! It’s easy to hide construction under the brick and tile of a Kent peg house. This fairly plain style was much harder, to the point that I will make another to see what I can learn.
I’d be excited to see how you tackle building your rendered images in reality.
That is all I have left of the project at this point. It was done in the original 3DMax, (I think). The trickiest was the Corinthian capitals on the back porch colomns the architect insisted on. If I still had the 3D it could have been rendered with a 3D printer but they had not been invented at that time.
I have elementary-aged students using cardboard to create replicas of historic buildings in our downtown (signs made of wood and windows with acrylic). If okay, your model (images) will be kept for future inspiration.
That’s perfectly cool with me. It’s great to get the kids modelling reality and cardboard is the perfect material. Here’s some in-progress images if you’d like to use those too. Sometimes I use spare mountboard (for picture framing) which if you’ve a local framer, they might let you have off-cuts for free if you ask.
