Merchant's Row II - A Magnuson Kit.

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One option I had was to file some material off the bottom of the turret sections. I decided against doing this.

Another option I had was to file a little off the section of the wall where a small support for the turret is located. I did file a little here but not enough to get the turret flush with the top. There is very little on the wall turret support to remove.

I then decided to just take and wait and see how it all fits once the turret is assembled.

I cut the turret template from the instruction sheet. It was easier to use than trying to use the template attached to the large instruction sheet.

The instruction sheet is a pale yellow/cream so the photo color is correct.



I used 5 minute epoxy to glue the turret sections together. This was a pain in the rear. To make it a little easier, I mixed the epoxy, let it sit for half the curing time, and then applied a little to the pieces. 

This made gluing them much easier and I didn't have to hold them, just stick them together and aligned on the template pattern.

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The left and center sections of the turret fit together very well.

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No such luck for the right side section.

You can see a thin gap between the center and right sections. Looks like putty filler is in my future.

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This is as level as I could get the three pieces of the turret. Still within the bubble, but not perfect.





Done for today on this.

[Ensign]

Tom, your doing a turrific job! 

Greg

[ACL1504]

Tom, your doing a turrific job! 

Greg

Greg,

Thanks and turrific play on words, purrfect!

Tom 

[deemery]

Yes, I agree the right way to do this is assemble the entire turret, fix its problems, then work on that assembly to the walls.  Use the assembly template to cut at least one intermediate floor and glue that into position, which will add a lot of strength and stability to the turret assembly.

Also double-check the turret roof, it looks a little crooked to me from your photos.  That's something you'll want to take extra care to get plumb, particularly if you put a flagpole on top.  (I just put a finial on mine, I didn't want to run the risk of an obviously out-of-plumb flagpole.)  The kit has a finial, if I remember correctly.  I used one from my stash of cast parts.

dave

[PRR Modeler]

Great job Tom.

[Rick]

Tom, nice job getting the turret together.
I know you'll come up with an ingenious plan to get it to fit properly with the rest of the building.

[elwoodblues]

Tom,

Great job on the turret so far.  In my experience metal casting at that size never go together perfectly.  Looks like on a little putty will be required to fill the gaps on this one.

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Great job Tom.

Thank you Curt, appreciate you stopping by.

Tom 

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Yes, I agree the right way to do this is assemble the entire turret, fix its problems, then work on that assembly to the walls.  Use the assembly template to cut at least one intermediate floor and glue that into position, which will add a lot of strength and stability to the turret assembly.

Also double-check the turret roof, it looks a little crooked to me from your photos.  That's something you'll want to take extra care to get plumb, particularly if you put a flagpole on top.  (I just put a finial on mine, I didn't want to run the risk of an obviously out-of-plumb flagpole.)  The kit has a finial, if I remember correctly.  I used one from my stash of cast parts.

dave

Dave,

The turret roof was a little off as well as the steeple bottom. I plan on using the finial on top of the steeple.

Tom

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Tom, nice job getting the turret together.
I know you'll come up with an ingenious plan to get it to fit properly with the rest of the building.

Rick,

Thanks very much. The turret is also now level and I'm sure I can get it to fit the walls properly.

Tom

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Tom,

Great job on the turret so far.  In my experience metal casting at that size never go together perfectly.  Looks like on a little putty will be required to fill the gaps on this one.

Ron,

Thank you my friend. I got it together and with a little of the putty it now looks like it should.

Tom

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Today, I used a larger file to level the top and bottom of the turret. It didn't take but a few light passes to get it leveled.