Greetings!
It is now 10:59 PM. This has been another great day for the model! After one day less than eleven weeks, I finally today was able to start cutting holes in the walls for windows. I not only completed all of the windows - some ten windows - on one side of the model, along with two more on the front elevation, but also made final detailed corrections or refinements to the main roof, and dormer roof, and created the quoins for all elevations. On top of all of that I created the window surrounds for all brick windows. I will detail them a bit more tomorrow.
So, I was able to work for seven or eight hours today, and as a result got a lot done. I should finish all windows and doors tomorrow, Thursday, along with their surrounds...fully detailed. I will then spend Friday creating steps for the front, side, and rear porches. If that all happens, I could finish reconstructing the front porch entry gable on Saturday. At that point, I would effectively be finished with the model. The one thing I wouldn't have done is create horizontal brick joints - which I may or may not do for reasons of the possibly prohibitive file size. Knowing myself as I do, however, I would definitely like to do this as it would be a striking detail on the finished physical model.
So we'll see! I will probably do it on an optional drawing that can be referenced if the file size can be handled by another computer during the 3D "printing" process. I could probably get that all done on Monday. So, we are very close to being finished, and it is very exciting. In the end, the model alone, not counting the 2-3 weeks spent creating the 2D front and right-side elevations, will have taken just under 12 weeks. How much additional clean-up may be required for the actual physical printing remains to be seen, as this is not something I have ever done before.
On that note, John Penn, the model builder and owner of the 3D printer, should be somewhat impressed by the level of detail. My main interest is in seeing just how much detail the printer can handle at various scales. I'm assuming that this will need to be 1/4" = 1'-0" or 1:48. In any case, I am more than excited to see where this goes. I believe it is a true work of art. It has certainly been a work!
Hope to spend a little more time tomorrow visualizing where I'm going next with all of this. Once I finish the model, on Monday or thereabouts, I will probably email The Pecans' new owners, and give them my thoughts on setting the architectural standards for the development. I will also proceed with first design drawings, and then construction documents for the Rosson House. I will ask Tom Spencer to prepare the CD's, and will involve a structural engineer, along with an interior designer. I will ask Lonnie McCleave to do the take-off (materials list), and detailed cost estimate. In other words, I will simply proceed with the project as the first of many that I will do for The Pecans.
The idea here is to develop both momentum and synergy. Every time I enlist the services of another professional I will be creating or compounding both. The idea is to make everything that we are doing more and more real. Every step we take on this road will bring us closer to the actual creation of the project, and the recreation of the historic building. This will probably be a textbook example of how to bring an idea or concept into existence - the very thing that I hope to teach others to do - which is one reason why this entire project is so important. I must first test the principles in the real world - exactly what this blog is reporting on every step of the way - and then articulate the principles for a broader application.
I have definitely been doing the "actual" work. What remains to be seen is just what the mental/spiritual work needs to be, and how that will impact the more traditional types of effort that are usually the only work ever done - other than worrying or fretting, both of which run completely counter to the desired success.
I need to remind myself - as well as my readers! - that the project I have undertaken is very much the stuff of dreams. This is a vision that I alone have, and it is only shared by the owners of the development to the degree that it might sell lots. I, of course, approach this from a much more ambitious perspective. I want to do something great; something bold. As some point I have to make my impassioned plea. I have to sell them on my ideas. I believe I can, and I believe doing so will be a great experience.
Life is a blessing, and I am grateful!
Good night, and may God bless our efforts to make this a fabulous experience for all who will participate. I wish to be bold and decisive. I am thankful for the principles that have brought me to this point. I plan to follow them to a not-so-bitter end!
Good night, all!
Mr. Ballantyne - Master Architect/Master Builder/Visionary in Chief!
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