DIY foam building (2 Viewers)

Alexdakar

Alexdakar

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Let me see if I can demonstrate a how to do it yourself foam building. I didn't take to many pictures of the process but here it goes. First you will need some 1/2 in foam insulation and a few tools. The tools are a hobby knife, pencil, hot glue, ruler and some paint. Now for the construction part. From this piece of foam I cut out a 8 x 14 section.
 
Next I will cut out a door, window, and two balcony doors. Use a ruler and pencil to draw them then a hobby knife to cut them out.
 
Next are the side walls. I made a mistake here. I cut out the walls without a pitch to the roof. These are 8 x 4 walls but then I added a triangle piece of foam on each side for the roof support that will be visible later.
 
Before gluing the walls together I like to add the cracks and texture. On this piece I drew an outline of what will be a brick exposed section. This can be any size it all depends on how distressed you want the building to be.
 
To cut out the expose brick section I used my hobby knife and followed the line and cut it 2mm to 3mm deep. Then I took the knife stuck in on the other side to cut underneath the crack outline. Then gently pull it off but if it comes out a little rough that's ok because bricks are rough.
 
Its time to draw a brick pattern the the exposed area. Just use a pen or pencil and draw the brick pattern pushing down a bit firmly. Pushing down firmly will create a recess and 3d effect and it will be easier to paint. For the texture on the walls you can draw some simple cracks and use a very rough sand paper and push down on the walls to create texture.
 
Here I made a door from the foam that I cut out in the beginning to make the door entry way. Use your imagination to come up with a style. I wanted an old worn out door for my building.
 
I had some small wood trim that I bought from hobby lobby and decided to make a window sill. I just cut a piece and then cut the edges at a 45 degree angle.
 
This piece of foam is for the balcony but I changed my mind and cut it in two smaller pieces to make to small balconies. Its a rectangle piece that I tapered the edges using my knife at an angle.
 
I cut some small pieces of a different kind of wood trim for balcony support.
 
Using hot glue I glued all the pieces together. I like using hot glue because it has a very strong hold and it takes about 4 seconds to dry.
 
I have this plastic kit and I had an idea to make the fence in the drawing into the balcony rails.
 
I found this material from a dollhouse company and is very close to the scale for my building plus I don't have to build a roof from scratch so this stuff is very cool. I also cut this with my knife to the size that I needed.
 
After I see that I like how all the pieces fit and everything looks good then I begin to paint the whole building in black.
 
While the paint dries I started to make a drainage pipe. I used some styrene tubing, metal tubing and foil. I cut the styrene tubing to length and then I started biting it to give it a beat up used look. Then I bent the metal tubing to create a curved piece and glued it to the styrene tubing. Last I cut some foil strips to use as brackets for the drainage pipe.
 
Please do Alex,
This is a great how to with plenty of ideas.
Cheers
Simon
 
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