Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

Please help me with ideas to build a model house with 2-3 floors, each with a maximum volume of 40,000 cm3. I must come up with a plan, blueprints and then a 3 dimensional model. I have to be able to put candles inside to be extinquished which my partners and I have already solved. Any suggestions for the model would be appreciated.

thanks, blake22

Hello and welcome to the forums.

Have you searched the internet yet? I found lots of doll house plans and construction details that should be helpful. One site that has some good ideas is http://miniatures.about.com/od/dollhous ... -Plans.htm From that page I found a page about "room boxes": http://miniatures.about.com/od/makemini ... oombox.htm

Since you will be burning candles in the building, do you need to use fire-resistant materials? The site recommends "Davey Board", which is probably not very fire resistant. Here's what they say about it:

Davey board is a sturdy single ply paper board used for book binding. It is often used to make dolls house miniature furniture as well as book covers and sturdy decorative boxes. It is inexpensive, acid neutral, and requires only a sharp knife to cut. It is easily obtained from art supply stores. It can be glued together to make stronger walls

Let us know how it works out.
Keith