Its great being part of this site, there really is some awesome stuff. I've been wanting to build a model of the Hewitt House from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake film and was just wandering if anyone out there had any pics that could help or no of anyone who has attempted this build before. Any help would begreatly appreciated.
The Hewitt House
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Which direction are you headed? I've seen some fantastic laser cut wood scale model houses recently. But styrene sheets works as well as other routes. I'd love a solid tutorial on scratch building/designing a cad file of a scale model of any house/building you choose of. How cool of a present would be to give a scale model of your house to someone 
Thanks for replying. Not sure what direction at the moment, really only in the research part of things. Finding it really hard for two reasons one being the fact I've never really done anything like this before and second is the lack of pics. And I mean detailed pics not just dvd taken pics.
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I spent more time in that home than anyone else involved in the crew or the cast. I worked on that film & The beginning as well. I'm own a remediation company that basically removes 'the sick' from a home. Mold, allergens, toxins, etc. I make sick homes healthy again. I know that house like the back of my hand. I know the measurements of every room, and even have lab results from the mold cultures we cut out of the stucco walls of each room.
I was hired to practically sterilize that home from top to bottom, as well as the Walburg Gin. The home was abandoned for 35 years and rodents moved in. It was packed with junk, most of which were used as film props. The homes was a horror home of filth and dead animals. We had to wear bio suits our first week in. I was there for months prior to shooting, during the shoot and a month afterwards.
The home is amazing which you really can't tell from the movie. It's huge. The coolest parts wound up not being structurally safe enough to shoot in; as the place was falling apart. I'm surprised they got the permits to shoot there.
Sadly the coolest room in the house didn't make it into the final film. They shot an exorcist bedroom type scene in there which I heard was too violent for M. Bay's taste.
I'm also a serious amateur photographer, and shot over 1,000 photos of that home; not so much as a film set, but because it's such an amazing home. I have tons of props that were left over after the shoot. We filled a huge dumpster with all the trash from the shoot. I kept allot of the cooler stuff for myself.
I was very disappointed with how dark the lighting was in the films. The location sets were very well done; we all worked hard to get them perfect. But you can't see 90% of the sets in the film. LF's bedroom was amazingly well done with extreme attention to every little detail. In the film you can't see ANY of that.
Why they went through so much trouble & expense I don't know. They could have gotten the same results on small studio sets.
Check out this guys channel on youtube he might be able to help.
Neilrichardson30's Channel - YouTube
Neilrichardson30's Channel - YouTube
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