New Member showing his Munster House Model

[knightdriver]

Hey Everyone.

I'm a new member to the forum. Have ALWAYS been facinated with the Munsters, especially the house. It has great architecture and is such a unique design.

I work as a product designer for a model railroad manufacturer designing and building housing and structure kits for retail sale. I finally undertook the challenge and made my attept at the munsters House.

This is a small scale house. 1:87th scale (Model railroad size) but I am currently working on a larger scale version. 1:12th scale. Doll house size.
That is in the works now.

This current model, I took some liberties as there was no back to the real house as it was just a exterior studio facade. I also made the roof flat which will change on the later version. I was rushingt o get this ready for a trade show we did recently and opted for the quick route regarding the roof.

I hope you enjoy these and I will be sure to post the on going progress of the large scale house as I develope it.










A few objects to show the scale.





Here are a few pictures taken indoors. You get a better look at the over all model in these pictures.








Here are a couple of Black and White ones for fun.

[lillysmansion]

I love it !!! I think it looks great. Welcome to my site and I hope you visit often.

lillysmansion

[knightdriver]

Thank you for the welcome.

I'll be checking often.

I hope to be able to make it to your house when your open for viewing. I'm from Connecticut so it would be a pretty good trip.
Well worth it too.

I am planning a full scale home as well. Been blueprinting one out for almost a year now. Lots of work but I want the details just right.

so. what better way to do that than start off with some scale models.

-Brian

[knightdriver]

I've been researching this house for over a year and I thought I would post
some of the information I gathered on the house. This is how the house
looked 20 years before being used in The Munsters.

The house was originally designed and blueprinted for the movie "So Goes
My Love (1946 - Universal Pictures It was orignally called the Maxim House)"
Then later featured in the movie "The Brass Bottle", and a couple
of episodes of "Leave it to Beaver" as well as cameo shots in various TV
programs.

After the Munsters, it was featured in "The Burbs" with Tom Hanks and
"Dragnet" with Dan Akroyd. Finally to be used in "Desperate Housewives"
in which, after a few season, was remodeled again to look less like the
Munsters house.

The house sets featured in the film were built on Stage 12, then after
filming (around April 1950) the sets were moved to the north edge of the
backlot, where they remained until they were moved to the current Colonial
Street (Wisteria Lane) in 1981.

Below are pictures of the house as it originally looked (Before being
transformed 20 years later for the Munsters.

Original soundstage build in 1946. Note there was not much to the house
in this film. Basicly the front and partial sides.



The house being rebuild on Colonial Street in 1950.



Final look of the house which remained this way for almost 20 years.

Even the original Munsters Pilot in color used this version of the house.


I'll see if I can post some of the blueprints from the 1946 build. I just
have to save them in another format.