Pr.Merlin
Paul
Hello Folks! 
I've just joined the group (thanks Admin) and this is my first post.
This is going to be a lengthy build.
Twenty years ago, my dream was to design & build a bespoke oak framed Tudor styled house for myself, which I code named 'Project Merlin'. I completed the preliminary drawing work and started to build a 1:10 scaled model. My busy professional life at the time gave me little time to spend on Project Merlin, and consequently over time, it became a distant memory.
The partially built model ended up under a large bench in my old workshop gathering lots of dust. When I closed the workshop doors for the very last time during 2018, I left loads of stuff behind including the incomplete model of Project Merlin. The old drawing negatives are still in my parents’ loft bound together in a large roll with many other drawing negatives. Over the last weeks, I have re-designed and prepared a new set of 1:50 drawings using Microsoft Publisher – quite different to the old traditional A0X drawing board, but thoroughly enjoyable, nonetheless.
I have designed this project to actual measurement and scale with traditional construction methods as if it were going to be an actual full-size build If this were a full-size build, it probably wouldn’t meet with the current Building Regulations Fire Safety & Means of Escape. The drawings are self-explanatory, although the sectional elevations look busy and require a bit of studying to see what’s what. If I make the model at 1:12, the actual size will be 666mm wide x 1358mm long x 783mm high, or, I might make it at 1:15.
I'm now preparing a material list and getting ready to start the build.
Hope you like.
Cheers.
I've just joined the group (thanks Admin) and this is my first post.
This is going to be a lengthy build.
Twenty years ago, my dream was to design & build a bespoke oak framed Tudor styled house for myself, which I code named 'Project Merlin'. I completed the preliminary drawing work and started to build a 1:10 scaled model. My busy professional life at the time gave me little time to spend on Project Merlin, and consequently over time, it became a distant memory.
The partially built model ended up under a large bench in my old workshop gathering lots of dust. When I closed the workshop doors for the very last time during 2018, I left loads of stuff behind including the incomplete model of Project Merlin. The old drawing negatives are still in my parents’ loft bound together in a large roll with many other drawing negatives. Over the last weeks, I have re-designed and prepared a new set of 1:50 drawings using Microsoft Publisher – quite different to the old traditional A0X drawing board, but thoroughly enjoyable, nonetheless.
I have designed this project to actual measurement and scale with traditional construction methods as if it were going to be an actual full-size build If this were a full-size build, it probably wouldn’t meet with the current Building Regulations Fire Safety & Means of Escape. The drawings are self-explanatory, although the sectional elevations look busy and require a bit of studying to see what’s what. If I make the model at 1:12, the actual size will be 666mm wide x 1358mm long x 783mm high, or, I might make it at 1:15.
I'm now preparing a material list and getting ready to start the build.
Hope you like.
Cheers.
