Frank Lloyd Wrights Robie House

[micehr]

Hello everyone,
I'm a architecture student from Germany and I follow this forum now for a while and decided to sign up now and contribute my stuff to you.
At first I want to give to all modelers a big respect. I have seen some great stuff here and it really motivated me to make my models even better.

So the first thing I'm posting is a Styrofoam Model of Frank Lloyd Wrights Robie House. I had a paper model from this house I odered online but I was never satisfied with it and when I moved to a new place the model got damaged. So now I start all over again.
Even if it's not a paper model I hope you still like it. I saw Oties project and Jrobinson84's models so I thought it's ok for you and that you can give me some usefull feedback.
I think I will also make a papermodel for everyone to build the Robie House if you guys are interested in it. But that will take a few more weeks. At first I have to build a styrofoam one.


This is the model i ordered online.

And here are some pictures from my new start with the model.

[MHX]

Nice start. I like the polystyrene model so far. Keep us updated.

Oh and Herzlich wilkommen im Forum.
(Welcome to the forum)

[Coddington]

Welcome here!

Nice beginning! And, like said MHX, keep us updated!

[CNTower246810]

Well first off Welcome to the forum Micehr! I hope you have an enjoyful experience here on SSC. And secondly what you have currently made of the styrofoam is actually really detailed, because I can clearly tell which part of the house you have started, I can wait until you start putting the details on it though! I bet it will look fantastic!

[Dapperheid Tower]

I'm liking these new ideas of making models. Good work!

[micehr]

At first, thanks for your feedback.
I added some more parts to the model. To add these took like 5 hours. So I think it takes me a few more months to finish it all. University and Work is really busy right now and I hope I can still give you a weekly update.
Here are the newest pictures. Hope you like them.

[Coddington]

I'm pretty sure your model will be very accurate!

[Otie]

Great progress, man!! How are you cutting the polystyrene foam with such precission and clean cuts? It looks really sharp!

[micehr]

Thank you very much, I try to keep it as accurate and clean as possible.
I cut the polystyrene with a small machine that works with a hot wire. I'm not sure if you have heard of a thing like this. I bought one for me at home. I'll post a picture of this machine later so you know what I mean. It's not that expensive and the styrofoam is like everywhere. My family is always collecting styrofoam for me instead of throwing it in the trash.
I got to now this machine at the University but there they had just 3 for like 250 architecture students. So they were always broken or in use, when I needed them. That sucked a lot and so I got my own. And the best is, I can build models like the Robie House whenever I want.

[Otie]

I know which one you're talking, the one similar to a butcher hand saw, right? Wow, never thought of that possibility, is it expensive to get one?

[Jrobinson84]

Excellent precision, Micehr. I'm glad to see more people using different materials. Keep up the good work