Flying house model from Pixar movie Up
Here you have the most recent addition to my model collection. This is N-scale scratchbuilt model of flying house from the new Pixar movie “Up”. I haven’t seen the movie yet (still not open in cinemas in Ireland) but I loved the trailer and this colorful piece of architecture. I needed to have it in real 3d… The design was simple, I based on pictures, movies from youtube and cut out toy from official Disney Pixar website. I started last Friday, all parts were ready on Saturday. It was going to be weekend project. So far its two weekends project and I am not yet satisfied with my paint job. I will post more photos from different angles later.
I was asked by people from forum pixarplanet.com how was it made and blueprints. Here are my drawings with all of my parts to give you better idea what was involved in process of creating it.
First drawing is prepared to be cut on 1.5mm cardboard. The blue lines are cut to 0.5 mm, yellow is the engraving of panels on the door. I glued the parts together, I prepared little holes and joints, so all walls are at right angles and in exact positions and its quite rigid construction.
Second page is cut on 0.5 paper. Its another layer to cover joints and create window frames. I engraved the boards on the walls, but later decided that I want better 3d effect, so I covered it with overlapping stripes of paper.
Last page is with 3 types of shingles and boards for wall and is cut out of 0.3mm paper. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on my email or post a comment.
Wow, those are some really substantial plans, I can’t believe how incredibly detailed this is, bravo sir. I think I wanna tackle this sucker, but I don’t have any experience with this sort of thing.
A few questions: What exactly are the blue lines for on the 2nd sheet? What kind of glue did you use for this? How difficult would it be for me to do this using an exacto knife? What would be better for cutting this? I don’t have access to a laser cutter. Lastly, how long did it take you to construct this?
Sorry to bombard you, but this is a really big deal in my opinion, you could seriously be up for merchandising this sort of thing. Keep it up!
Tidy little Victorian! Thanks for posting basic instructions and the drawings, very helpful!
Please, could you fix the broken links to the model pages. It seems to be broken.
Thank you.
could you please post your plans online? I would die to have a house like that of my own.
Is there a way to chat with you or an e-mail address please ? I have a lproject and you maybe interested.
Also the links are still broken
Best regards
Philippe
oh please oh please oh please fix the links!!!
I love you and i have not even met you
Wow!!! This is amazing! This is beautiful work, and the details are so real-life that I would love to live in this house (were it life-size). Outstanding work mate!
This is amazing. I’m a beginning dollhouse enthusiast and I would like to make a 1:12 dollhouse version of this. Most of the pieces I can get a dollhouse supply house. There is a Greenleaf house called the Westville that is similar but it’s not made of very sturdy material. I would love to get the plan for this and see if I could attempt the construction. The sloped roof over the bay window might be a challenge.
Fantastic work on the model. Thank you for sharing.
-Tracey