Architectural scale models...

"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy)
11/26/2015 at 04:50 • Filed to: Architectural scale model, New Year Fireworks

OK, so I probs can’t be able to do one model, let alone make something as impressive as the one above or those below this line, but I want one.

Surely some much older models get thrown away eventually? I’d like some. The smaller, the better.

DISCUSSION (15)

TheJWT > Wheelerguy
11/26/2015 at 05:13

I’ve got several of individual buildings that I’ve made. They’re typically very fragile though:(

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > Wheelerguy
11/26/2015 at 06:08

I did work for a company that used to build these. I bet few of them get thrown away. They end up in the storage area where they are discovered 40 years later.

KnowsAboutCars > Wheelerguy
11/26/2015 at 06:20

To the eBay! The ones I linked aren’t originals but I think that with enough patience you might see some originals pop up for sale once in a while. Although those would probably be very expensive.

Wheelerguy > KnowsAboutCars
11/26/2015 at 07:25

Sudden thought: Aren’t there 3D puzzles? Maybe those will suffice?

KnowsAboutCars > Wheelerguy
11/26/2015 at 07:44

There are. There’s also Lego Architecture series. Actually if you’re handy with Lego you could build some pretty impressive architectural scale models with it.

Wheelerguy > KnowsAboutCars
11/26/2015 at 08:04

Nah, LEGO is too precious for what I have in mind.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Wheelerguy
11/26/2015 at 08:27

My Thesis model lit up. I’ve seen the original model for Boston City Hall and the city model for the big dig which was like 30’ long

Kinja'd!!!

Wheelerguy > OPPOsaurus WRX
11/26/2015 at 08:31

Whoa-ho-ho.

shop-teacher > Wheelerguy
11/26/2015 at 08:59

I threw all mine from Architecture school away almost 10 years ago. They were just too damn big to keep moving with them.

Wheelerguy > shop-teacher
11/26/2015 at 09:03

Damn. Though it would have been nicer if you didn’t part with them with a whimper, but with a bang.

shop-teacher > Wheelerguy
11/26/2015 at 09:59

That was always the plan. I was going to run them over with an RC monster truck. Alas, when it was time for them to go, I had no time for shenanigans :|

Gripevo1 > Wheelerguy
11/26/2015 at 10:13

Many many years ago, I worked for an art supply store in LA as a delivery driver. One of my regular deliveries was Frank Gehry Architecture. I would always chat with the guy who made all of the scale models for the firm, in a really nice little shop. He once offered me a really nice model of some building they had competed for but lost. I should have taken it, but it was huge and I didnt have anywhere to store it at the time. I think they used a few for display around the office and threw out the others.

Side note: I went to school for car design, and we built many 1:5 scale clay models(all nicely detailed and painted), which some guys kept, but i think most people threw them away. I only have one left, but ill probably toss it at some point.

Wheelerguy > shop-teacher
11/26/2015 at 10:16

Man you made me expound my evil plan, the reason why I was inquiring about this stuff.

You see, I wanted to have these models just so I can send them to the local police when they confiscate illegal fireworks, and keep some smaller ones, like condominiums, so I can blow them up with legal fireworks.

shop-teacher > Wheelerguy
11/26/2015 at 10:59

I suspected ordinance was involved :)

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Wheelerguy
11/26/2015 at 12:55

Color is rare in modern Architecture models, and most are gifted to the client anyway.