Customer Reviews

Model Making: A Basic Guide

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A have open an elective course as "Model Making"in EMU at the Faculty of Architecture.This book helps me very much while I was preparing my program and guides me about the course content and outline.I can say that it is a perfect book for both architecture and interior architecture or for any design field.

senih.cavusoglu@emu.edu.tr

This is an elegant little book of line illustrations dealing with the art of architectural model building. It is not really a "how to" book. This book is ideal for people who already posses plenty of artistic talent. They will see basic concepts and be able to go from there.

If like me, you want to make models to help out with your kid's school projects, this book is not for you. For anybody looking for a step by step guide to making models, I would recommend a book by Games Workshop called, "How to Make Wargames Terrain", a beautifully illustrated guide book aimed towards teenagers

I am an Architecture student and used this book as a guide for tips & tricks of model making. It's a great tool, easy reading, straight forward. Highly recommended if you are a beginning model maker.

Good book for what it is, but it really is very basic and the techniques are not for anything complex.

A very well illustrated introduction to the art of architectural modeling. Good discussion of materials and methods, as well a some introduction to the aesthetics of the business. Excellent for beginners.

I was excited when I came across this book on Amazon. I'm a third year architecture student and was hoping to increase my model-making speed/technique. I thought I could find a few pointers in this book but I am honestly sorry to say that it was not a help at all. VERY basic techniques are presented in this book and unless you have never made a model in your life, I don't think you would get much out of this one. I will say that the book looks nice. So, if you're a complete beginner it might help you out but if you've been building models for some time I would not get it.

Anyone have any suggestions for some more advanced books?

J

This how to book does not really explain much, or show much, no photos, just drawings. It sort of explains how to do stuff with different materials, but not really. I keep it on my shelf, and occassionally look at it while working on models, but it doesn't really come in handy. If you have never made a model, this may not explain enough to you, if you are really advanced, this may not explain enough.

This book is certainly worth the 10 or 12 bucks you pay for it. If you are creative or talented, it is pretty useful. It lacks helpful hints, and has no real step by step stuff, just alot of vague stuff to get you started. Like I said, it is worht the 10 or 12 bucks though.

The book was not detailed enough, but it had some very insightful tips. All the pictures were hand drawn. I wouldn't recommend it for beginners. If you are causal beginner, you might try something SIMILAR to a Warhammer Terrain how-to book (table top games would be too specific). Something like that would have more step by step photographs and detailed instructions for making models.