The chimney arrived (Thanks, Dave!), and we are in!
The design ideas came fast and furious, and it included a long discussion on the concept of “chimney,” which is not a prominent architectural feature in Hawai’i! Our two-story Chinese restaurant and shop-house will have to wait…
I had been wanting to try to use Styrofoam for a simple building for some time, and I finally have a bunch off a friend. It had been used to protect, of all things, an organ. This material should let us make use of our Hotwire tools and, more importantly, largely obviate my nemesis, the Saw. I had suggested a simple structure based on the post office at Makaweli, Kaua’i:
This is typical of rural Kaua’i as well as the other islands. Most of the buildings are of simple board or board and batten construction, which should allow us to put our “craft stick” skills to work. Corrugated metal roofs are also common, so we can finally employ the crimper…if we can find it!
Clearly, we will add a chimney to make our 1:24-ish PLAYMOBIL scale version a proper bakery, taking the best elements from the crew’s concept sketches.
Oldest Son:
Youngest Daughter:
Oldest Daughter:
Kid-zilla will provide destructive testing later…Or maybe just check the spelling.
All hands want to have an outdoor dining area, and the girls in particular are curious to see what sort of “pastries” and other details they can make from sculptamold. As ever, I have a professional obligation in the midst of all this, so the plan is to have it built prior to that and leave it to the crew to paint and detail. As in all plans, even the timing is only something from which to deviate.
Eric
