what's the best material to use for a model house?

Question

it'll be no larger than 16 in. X16 in and maybe 12in at its tallest point also what should i use for the roof diff materail maybe? i want it to look as "real" as possible

Answer 1

Balsam wood is best for structure. For roof, glue two different grades of sandpaper (coarse and coarser) to a piece of poster board or the back of a cereal box. When dry, use scissors and cut out tiny "shingles". Make them uniformly cut for realism. For glass windows, I put clear or light blue marbles in a sock and clobber them to smitherines with a hammer then pour the glass out onto tinfoil (two sheets thick) in a tin pie pan or whatever into "molds" that I make by gluing wood toothpicks together, and bake the glass then in the regular oven until the glass melts. Doesn't take long. Watch closely. That's your window glass. If you can't find balsam at a hobby store, use thin foam rubber sheets that you can get at Walmart hobby department, or tongue depressors or even Lincoln logs as your base and then put "siding" over the base. That thin foam is best for a realistic siding look. Also, "stucco" siding looks really good. Use real stucco from the hardware store, just a little is enough. Stucco covers a world of flaws. At Walmart and Home Depot and such they sell tiny, skinny dowels or rods of wood that work for front porch pillars and ballisades. Along the bottom all around the structure skirt it off with "flagstones" which you create by dropping and breaking different kinds of rocks against each other and collecting the shards and chips to use as stone skirting. To make a rolled up green garden hose, buy a meter of tiny green ribbon cord in notions department or sewing department of Walmart. Use wire cutters to cut out the garden hose sling from a ridged tin veggie can. Shape it to look realistic and mount against the house. Take the green cord and loop around the sling like a garden hose. At the end of the cord, wet with Elmer's glue to seal. Lighting the interior is easy with tiny white Christmas lights. Keep it simple.

Answer 2

You can get very realistic materials used for making scale doll houses (usually 1:12) and for making model railroad layouts in several different scales, but especially HO (1:87) and O (1:48)
Otherwise, tag board (about the weight of file folders), poster board (about 1/16" like for sheet rock), balsa sheet and shapes (lots) and basswood (harder than balsa.)

Answer 3

see this site may be it may help u.........
http://www.epiloglaser.com/sc_model.htm