The BUILD Space studio has huge windows to the promenade and I have seen lots of fascinating projects fabricated there. I also notice that it is fairly underutilized and they appear to like projects that capture the imagination of passers-by.
I can reach out to them if you think it is worthwhile.
Alternately, it could be built on a standard 3-d printer but it would have to be a large one - most design firms like mine have printers that are too small, although the model could be scaled down and still work, I think.
Jon
Jon, I should have addressed my previous post to you since you might have access to 3D printers.
Do you know what would be needed to get a 3D printed model?
A 1:12 model would have the longest dimension of the model be about 3 ½” inches. We could make the scale so it is slightly smaller but that seems like a workable size.
I don’t know about 3D printing but read that AutoCAD models can be used. It is better if they were modeled with solids. (I guess because the program tries to figure out how to carve an interior surface?)
Unfortunately the AutoCAD model I built has a lot of sections that are hollow (Hollow tubes for struts like the real components.) so it may not work.
Advantages to a scaled model method:
Can use real camera so you could do an overlay of an enlarged photo with the Bevington enlarged photo.
Small scale allows the tire to be formed more easily than in AutoCad (Using deformable material like clay). This would allow the study of the shadows instead of just angles of the fork.
Can do most of work indoors with single point light source before taking it outside.
A tilt table can allow the position to match the azimuth and altitude at Gardner on Oct 15 as long as the actual sun used when photographed is in reasonable position. See attachment:
A full scale study of just the hard components may also be done but that would need a big printer.