Thanks for your patience as I've slipped into my teardrop madness. Being a teacher and a passionate visual learner, I have immersed myself in your images and build journals for the past few weeks.
Per your wise suggestions, I decided last night to make a model of the teardrop I will build. (However, I have to finish graduate school first and I have just under 9 months to go!)
I started with the excellent Benroy design found here on the site. What started as a 'fun little exercise' ended just after midnight last night (12 hours after I began!) I had a blast converting the design into my new scale which was 1" = 6". Interestingly, I left my completed design on the kitchen bar for my family to see when they woke up this morning. The first thing my daughter said was, "Dad, it is the perfect size for a Barbie." Low and behold, it was. In fact, the scale is exactly the same.
So a few notes:
1: I did not spend a lot of time configuring the cabinets in this model. I basically cut several pieces to size and manipulated them until I found a pleasant layout. My 'build' will obviously be much more detailed. In fact, in making the model, it helped me realize some of the challenges and benefits to the space.
2: I put a few 'wish' items in the model: solar panels, a window above the headboard, and a tongue box. Incidentally, my wife has been asking for a headboard just like the one in the design for ten years, I'm going to be in trouble when she sees this model!
3: I ended up using black foam core simply because it was what we had. I have yet to decide if I would skin my build with aluminum, fiberglass or simply paint. I plan to read a lot more on the forum about the benefits of each.
I welcome any feedback.
Thanks,
Todd
