First Dry Fit

Though there's a long way to go before I start gluing, today brought the first dry fit. I think this new approach is going to work (yay!!!), though we discovered a calculation error in one place that's going to require some retrofitting/adaptation. That isn't a big setback, and it will be relatively easily remedied. Overall, seeing it come together felt like real progress!

Since I had the time and was trying an audiobook this afternoon, I also made headway on the shingling for House 3. It's coming along nicely and the end of shingling is finally in sight. House 3 still needs windows on two sides (the two sides with the most windows, of course) to be caught up, but it's not lagging so much now as it was, which feels good, too.

Otherwise, before starting to build the walls around the base, there is still bandboard and brick to apply, and decisions to make about which furniture to put where. Daughters have contributed SDK kit-built dining room furniture and some couches, and of course I have wonderful porch swings for each house.... and now am fretting about the upstairs. There's a balance here between avoiding (too much more) mission creep and doing it right. Sigh. Not sure where I'll come down on that, though it's possible that evocative shapes might work, without detailed pieces. There's enough to do in other directions that doesn't have to be resolved now and the decision can "rest" a bit.

Overall, a great day.

House 1 taped together for dry fit; pilot house in background.