CCK Doc Koontz Build

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Bay windows look very nice with their paint.

Rick,

Thank you sir, appreciate the compliment.

Tom

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Great job on the bay windows; looks like a rather fiddly job.

Larry,

Thank you and yes, parts of it are very fiddly.

Tom

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Howdy Tom,  Nice work on the bump-outs.  ~mike

Mike, Howdy,

Thanks very much.

Tom

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Tom,

I like the color of the bay windows too; they complement the whole building. Very nice work.

Rich

Rich,

Thank you for the kind compliment on the build.

Tom

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Tom,

The painted bay windows look fantastic.

Ron,

Thank you as well. I'm very pleased with the look up to this point.

Tom

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Tom outstanding modeling. That looks terrific.

Curt,

Thanks Butty, Although I'm enjoying the build, I'm looking forward to the next project.

Tom

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Great job on those bay windows Tom.
As usual it looks to be perfect.

Jerry

Jerry,

Thank you, it took some time and patience to get them to look correct/perfect as you said.

Tom

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I'll continue with the build of the lower part of the turret window.

There are five  long windows and two corner panels that are all in one.

In order to get a consistent bend between the window frames, I used a new #11 blade and lightly traced the laser lines on the front of the windows. I showed this on other parts early in the build.

I laid the window section face down. I then placed a metal ruler on top of the back between the window frames. I used a #17 blade and carefully and patiently lifted each section of the window. This gave me a consistent bend for the entire window frame assembly.

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I added spot glue to the underside of the open ring and attached the long windows to the part.



I also added the top part to the open ring as shown above.

Back in a few, Diet Pepsi time.

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Referring tot he diagram below, it shows part 84 fitting inside part 66.



The next photo shows part 84 in front of the windows.

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As you can clearly see, part 84 won't fit inside part 66.



However, it is a perfect fit on the outside of part 84.



I glued part 84 to the outside of part 66.

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These next three pieces fit on top of the long windows. The center part is to be glued between the two parts marked with a "T".



I suggest you glue on one "T", add the middle piece and then glue on the other "T" piece. These three pieces fit in the tabs on the upper part of the long window frames.

I followed the same procedure for the turret windows as I did with the two bay ones.

Fast forward and the two turret sections are complete and painted. I also added the corbels.

You can see the three parts mentioned above on top of the turret.



These two parts aren't glued together.

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Due to the way the long windows are constructed, I had to go ahead and glue the interior frames to the exterior frames. You can see in the photos above, the interior frames are not painted white.

I'll use the 00 brush and hand paint the frames at a later time in the build.

I next turned my attention to the witch hat that fits on the top of the turret. I anticipated a problem with the thick layered paper.



Looking at the photo above, I laid it out and traced it on a the piece of thin cardboard.

The cardboard is about 65% thinner than the white piece.

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I anticipated the thick white cardboard would pull apart once pulled into shape.

I was correct! When I pulled it together and added glue, the paper separated as shown below.







A note on the diagram suggest adding paper to the hat to cover this separation.

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I cut out my pattern and added a base for stability.



New hat fits much better on the turret.



Notice also a very slight curve at the bottom edges of the witch hat. I used my finger to press the edges down for the effect. Just  something different. The white would have been to thick.

Done for today. I'm not sure I'll get back to the build until after "The Claus" visits here.