Hi!
It's Thursday afternoon (1:38 PM). We just got back from the Temple, and from paying a visit to John Penn, the owner of the ZCorp 3d Color Printer(s). I showed John the files that we copied to one of his computers on Monday - the computer of one of his employees there in his office/model shop. (He was not in.) He was aware that I had stopped by, but had not seen the virtual model - until a few hours ago. I basically discussed the likely scale (1/4"=1'-0", or 1:48) and some of the more challenging details. He didn't seem to have any difficulty with any of it.
I also offered to pay for the model with my time if need be. He seemed receptive, but John is hard to read. The main thing he will do is give me a rough idea of what it would cost to print the model. John is passionate about models, so he will probably be impressed with this one. We'll see how interested and willing he is to get involved on this one. I am hopeful that as he looks at it closer, he will become excited about the exquisite detail to which I have gone. I believe he will.
Printing this model may be the ticket to whatever I do next. I was very excited about the prospect of building Adam's arbor, but that seems to have been cut back. We'll see what happens there. He said he wanted to now do the project for half of his former budget of $10,000. I could possibly do it for $6-7,000, and make $3-4,000. We'll see! I'm going camping with Adam tonight and tomorrow, so we can discuss it to some degree then.
So, I haven't gotten to work too much on either project today, but I did get to meet with John Penn, so that is very positive. I told John I would love to work with him. He is getting busier, so that could be a possibility. Again, we'll see! Meanwhile, life is good! No, actually, life is great - wonderful, in fact! Yes, wonderful . . .and I am truly, extremely, grateful!
Seacrest over and out!
Mr. Ballantyne
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