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ACL1504 · **Today** at 05:37:45 PM

Quote from: deemery on July 17, 2026, 07:24:05 PM
Quote from: Rick on July 17, 2026, 06:15:11 PMTom, I'm very happy to see you back in the shed and modeling.
What he said!!!

dave

Dave,

And back to you my friend, what I said!

Tom

ACL1504 · **Today** at 05:38:31 PM

Quote from: PRR Modeler on July 17, 2026, 08:43:42 PMExcellent job on the skylight Tom.

Thank you Butty, much appreciated.

Tom

ACL1504 · **Today** at 05:39:42 PM

Quote from: Pennman on July 17, 2026, 10:42:20 PMTom,

Yes, excellent work on the skylights and everything in between, it all looks
superbly constructed.

Rich

Rich,

Good to see you and thank you for the kind compliment on the build. I appreciate you stopping by.

Tom

ACL1504 · **Today** at 05:40:40 PM

Quote from: Jerry on July 17, 2026, 11:15:46 PMTom good to see you back on this project. Looks great.

Jerry

Jerry,

I'm happy to be back on this after all the doctor visits and crap like that.

Tom

ACL1504 · **Today** at 05:41:33 PM

Quote from: Larry C on Today at 08:27:14 AMTom nice to see you back at it. Skylights look great.

Larry,

Thanks very much for the comment and for taking the time to stop by.

Tom

ACL1504 · **Today** at 05:42:14 PM

Quote from: Philip on Today at 08:45:25 AMGreat work on those tiny skylights!

Thanks you kind sir, appreciate the comment.

Tom

ACL1504 · **Today** at 05:44:09 PM

Quote from: elwoodblues on Today at 09:51:05 AMTom, glad to see you back at the workbench. The skylights are looking great and I see you found another practical solution to the problem.

Ron,

I had to blow the dust off the bench to get back to this build.

Thanks for the compliment.

I did find a solution but not the one I'm going with. Greg, kind of beat me to the punch.

Tom

ACL1504 · **Today** at 05:54:48 PM

Well, there were a lot of comments left about the skylights. However, those of you that know me and have followed my builds, know I just can't leave something done that isn't correct or look as it should.

Greg, in his post on page 38 mentioned shortening the long sides of the skylight.

I actually did that very thing yesterday morning to fix the ill fitting skylights.

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, the skylight frame is to wide for the glass frame to fit properly.

I measured the width of the skylight and found that it was exactly 6 HO scale feet to wide. That is the width of the gabled ends of the skylight. That equates to 1/16" in a ruler measurement.

I used a #17 Xacto blade and cut down between the end as shown below.

ACL1504 · **Today** at 05:57:18 PM

Since I'm shortened the width, it wasn't necessary to keep the 2X2 glued to the gable angles.

I then cut off the remaining 2X2s from all the skylights.

ACL1504 · **Today** at 06:01:58 PM

I then removed one end of the gables from the other three. The old glue was sanded from all the gables.

I measured, thrice, and cut 1/16' off each of the eight side rails.

ACL1504 · **Today** at 06:06:38 PM

The four end gables were glued in place and set aside to dry. When dry, I touched up the sanded area with the silver paint.

The glass frame is on the skylight but not centered. I kept sliding around. I'll glue it in place once the glass is added.

I forgot to mention that I also shortened the acetate glass panels as well.

This is much better and now looks correct. I did tack them in place to keep them from sliding off.

Done for today.