Adding the detail

Once the bare structure had been modeled we concentrated on building up the exterior details in the form of window frames and paneling. Most of this was a simple copy and paste procedure, however once the paneling was created we needed to fine tune it to fit the buildings exterior structure. 

In some cases we found that certain areas of the building were offset slightly. This problem confused us for quite a while and it was due to the fact that the image planes we used to reference the model were only just out of sink with each other. We eventually solved the issue by resizing the images so they were exactly the right height and width. Although this set back modeling time, we were quick to solve the problem when we located the error. This could have been prevented early on as I was to quick to get to the modeling stage than spend the time aligning the images exactly. 

We moved swiftly to create the other facades on both the east and south of the model. Progress at this point was good as all that was left was the window slots and the roof. We later found that we created some geometry that did not fit with the drawings. We noticed that we had extruded a face on the model that did not correlate with the plan drawings. We originally thought this would be a simple process of moving the vertices in question. How wrong we were.

For some reason I could not delete the faces of the face in question and tried various tools and procedures to rectify the problem. I tried merging vertex points and edges as well as extruding edges to make new geometry. At first it seemed that the problem was unsolvable. At great deliberation I began the horrible and tedious task of deleting whole sections of the building to create new geometry. This was a desperate move, however I thought it was the only way to rectify the problem. I eventually managed to create the faces needed for the panels to sit neatly within the framework of the building. It took quite a long time to solve the issue and I tried many solutions. Im sure there was a better way to solve the issue but I honestly don't know what happened. It was only by trial and error that I persevered and rectified the problem.

Anyway here are some screenshots that show the development of the exterior panels that form the interesting color scheme of the building.