Scientific Explorer Young Architect is a building set for aspiring builders and features a reusable design plan. This architect tool comes with an 18in. by 24in. acrylic base and everything you need to create 3D models in just 3 easy steps! You will first need to design the floor plan using the included room templates.
Scientific Explorer Young Architect is a building set for aspiring builders and features a reusable design plan. This architect tool comes with an 18in. by 24in. acrylic base and everything you need to create 3D models in just 3 easy steps! You will first need to design the floor plan using the included room templates. Architects draw floor plans in “plan view”. Place a large piece of tracing paper on your clear acrylic work mat. Then, on a table or floor, lay out your room templates until you have a basic idea of what you want your house to look like. The second step is finishing the floor plan using furniture guides and colored pencils. Add furniture and door swings to each room and when your plan is completely furnished, use colored pencils to color the furniture. The third step is building a 3D model on top of your floor plan. Place the corner-blocks on all corners intersecting walls. Then place the walls inside the corner-blocks. The most important thing to remember is be creative. Design rooms of all shapes and sizes and build a 3-story mansion using 3 different sheets of paper! Includes 9 room templates, 6 sheets of tracing paper, 50 acrylic walls, 50 acrylic blocks, 40 decals, acrylic Base (18in. x 24in.), 3 furniture guides, 4 colored pencils and easy instructions. Recommended for children 8 years of age and older.
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Homeschool Mom I bought this for my 14 year old son and was very disappointed. The toy is limiting, due to the size and shape of the templates and the plastic walls. The support pieces for the walls are “chunky” and get in the way of the overall design. A pad of graph paper, plastic templates that are available at office supply stores, a good metal ruler, some paper and tape are a better investment than this.
Pricey for poor quality This item looked like a neat way to make multiple designs and then take them apart and reuse the materials. However, I was very disappointed by the limited number of sheets of drawing paper and even more disappointed to see the “templates.” These are thin plastic that do not even lay flat. They are not standard template weight plastic but little more than plastic film. My 12 year son is working with it, but it certainly was not worth the $50 we paid let alone the $85 that it is now selling…
Not worth it. Costs way more than it should. Not much more than a few pieces of lucite, color pencils and a four page booklet. The box is large, making it expensive to return.