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dimerang
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 Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:07 am Post subject: Model-making basic question |
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First off, sorry if this is in the wrong forum, or if these even belongs here. I saw a topic on model-making on the old forum and thought it would be okay to post one here.
We are making a model of our own design for an architecture competition at school. I have my base, and I know that I have to cut grooves into the base that are the thickness of the foam board so that I can slide the walls into the grooves, but I don't know how I can know where to cut those grooves.
Do I photocopy my floor plan and then spray mount it onto the board, and use that as a guideline for cutting? If so, after cutting, how do I remove my floorplan from the board without damaging it?
Any replies/help are appreciated! |
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lekizz
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Maybe you could lay your plan over the base and mark the corner points of your grooves with the point of a knife.
Or draw a mirror image of your plan with a soft pencil and transfer the design to your base. |
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Kevin
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Location: Eugene, Oregon
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:23 am Post subject: |
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| Setting foam core walls into slots in a model base would be unusual. More usual would be to simply glue down the foam core, edge to base surface. |
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nanrehvasconez
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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| YOU DRAW YOUR WALLS ON THE BOARD, CUT THE WALLS FROM 1/16" THICK MOUNTING BOARD, GLUE THE WALLS TO THE FOAM BOARD WITH A GLUE GUN, IT SETTLES IMMEDIATELLY. BEFORE YOU GLUE THE WALLS IN PLASE, CUT THE WINDOWS AND DOORS AND BACK THEM-UP WITH WITH 30LB PAPER THAT YOU COULD DRAW DETAILS AS NEEDED. |
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JonBailey
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| Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:55 am Post subject: |
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printing out a sheet with your fp on it, and then with a pencil, cover the entire back of the fp page. ovrelay this onto your foamcore, and retrace the fp with a dull object (back end of a pen, etc).... this will leave an imprint of your fp on the foam board
you can then go in and cut
do you have access to laser cutters?
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allee
Joined: 23 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:34 am Post subject: Carbon paper |
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You can go to a stationery store and buy carbon paper. Then lay the floor plan over top it and make sure the transfer surface is on top of your base model. Then trace your floor plan with a pen or pencil with a hard point and voila. the image of your fp is transfered onto your base.
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sechrist
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| Basswood makes a really nice model. As far as getting things correct, just print your floorplan out, without mounting it down and build your model from your measurements of your floorplan without actually using a printed base. |
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futurearchitect22
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 2:59 pm Post subject: wood bases are more efficient |
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| Your model would be a lot easier to create if you simply use a wood base instead of foam- then you can glue your floor plan directly to the wood and glue the walls on top of that. When you're finished, just use water and you should be able to remove the floor plan paper easily. |
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