Magnum Mania!

Rembrandt's Girl wrote:

Pahonu wrote:Hey RG,

The real bombshell to me, and I'm not exaggerating, is the description of the interiors provided. This information will cause me to massively change whole parts of my model, Not that that's bad but it will be ALOT of work. SORRY IFTHIS GETS LONG. The first major part of my model's interior where I had absolutely nothing to go on was the upstairs space between the two end bedrooms (both shown in Hawaii Five-O episode Cloth of Gold). It's the area either side of the stair hall. The second area is the northeast corner of the first floor. This would be the room behind the single door on the left of the arched arcade, and the corner room facing the water behind the one story ell. According to the text of the articles, these are actually bedroom suites.

I was WAY off in any of my speculations about this area and here's why: every description I had read of the home listed five bedrooms with en suite baths in the main house, as well as two half baths on the first floor. There is plenty of room upstairs for five bedroom suites, and the two sitting rooms mentioned in the text. I put them all in my model. The real news to me, is that upstairs doesn't have five bedroom suites at all, only three! The other two are downstairs in the second area I didn't know about. This is a bit unusual and I made a major WRONG assumption that the bedrooms were all upstairs. All five of these suites, upstairs and down, are described as having the bedroom, a dressing room, separate closet, and a bathroom. They must be very spacious, indeed. The two end bedrooms upstairs mentioned before, also have a sitting room attached, truly multi-room suites. That's why they occupy so much space so that only three are upstairs. As I said before, BIG modifications lay ahead for my model, but we finally have some answers to questions I've had for a very long time.

There are also several other details mentioned that I'll have to incorporate, like a dumb waiter and service stairs, but I won't get started on all of those. By the way, I knew that was an elevator in the stair hall, I just knew it, and now it's confirmed!

BIG thanks again, RG!!!!!

...and if you ever find a floor plan, that would be OK too. But then what would I have to think about!

Hey Conch, I'm likin' that title! Thanks everyone for the great feedback so I'll keep on digging & posting. As I've said, it's all great fun!

Yes, yes, yes, Pahonu...that's what I was hoping for, that the description would help with the interior...fantastic! I didn't even think about all the differences in the exterior you mentioned! I've got to check that out.

I've been looking for a floorplan but have turned up empty so far. I've found other floorplans that Davis has done, but not Pahonu. Have you ever done a floorplan with architectural software other than SketchUp? I have a tough time getting around in it (D.U.E. - Dumb User Error) and visualizing when I use it, but when you update it I'll definitely give it another go.

Anyway, so glad everyone is enjoying the finds and super glad they're helpful in maybe one day helping Pahonu to get it 100% nailed!!!

Sam wrote:Hi Pahonu...

Have you seen the final episode of HFO..This may help with the upstairs...I know we've discussed it before..but don't remember what we figured out..

Final episode..
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4zsw ... final_news

Pahonu wrote: I actually made my first plans of Pahonu on AutoCAD maybe 12+ years ago from my original pencil drawings, Sorry you're having trouble getting around my SketchUp model. The best thing to help might be to locate a tool called section plane. It allows you to cut through a section of the model any where and see inside. If you cut it at the ceiling, you can look inside just like looking at a floor plan, either floor, or the basement. Good luck!

308GUY wrote:Needs to be brought into an editing program and have something done with the trees that run off the page. Could either fill them out as they probably are in the original sketch, or fade/soften the edges so they just "disappear" into the background.

I think the resolution might be good enough to get it to around a 21"X7", but not sure at this point.

KENJI wrote:Here is a complete HFO library that contains Pahonu footage. If you’re not a fan of the show just go to the counter reference on the right to fast forward to Pahonu content. Let me know if I've missed one and I'll add it.
It’s great to see Pahonu footage that we don’t normally see in MPI. By the time MPI came on the seen, Eve no longer allowed any filming inside.
I’ve also included the cross over from Murder She Wrote. I’m sure a few of our members haven’t seen some of this collection before – ENJOY!

Sam wrote:Hi Kenji...The house used in the "The Case Against Philip Christie" the party house has changed very little..The most noticeable change is the upstairs walkway connecting the two sides.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrxZHW_1p54

Sam wrote:Hi Kenji...The house used in the "The Case Against Philip Christie" the party house has changed very little..The most noticeable change is the upstairs walkway connecting the two sides.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrxZHW_1p54

308GUY wrote:

Can we get ahold of Linda Booten's sister from "Thank Heaven for Little Girls and Big Ones Too!" that does the copies.....?