CCK Doc Koontz Build

[ACL1504]

Now, for the big event of adding the tower to the building. I worked with it for about 30 minutes and tried to get it in place without chopping anymore of the side wall.

I finally made a slight adjustment of the tower on the two walls and was able to wedge it in so it fit as good as it was going to. I removed it and put it back into the same place. It worked so I removed it added some glue where it doesn't show and reattached the tower.

I'm happy with how it looks and fits. I'll need to add a little strip wood to cover the small gaps in the wall.





More importantly is that I got it to fit and be level!



Done for today.

[deemery]

Could you talk a bit about the adjustments to the tower to get it to fit?

dave

[friscomike]

Howdy Tom,

Nice finesse of the tower to the structure.  The paint colors set this building off well. The bay windows look amazing. 

I don't have anything constructive to add, just a thank you for posting the thread and sharing your work.
 
Have fun,
mike

[elwoodblues]

Tom,

another huge save, looking at previous photos you came up with the perfect solution.

[PRR Modeler]

You can't tell it's not perfect Tom. I would expect nothing less from your modeling. Have a Happy New Year to you and Pam.

[Larry C]

Great job all around! Probably better than the manufacturer anticipated; should be a nice addition to your Empire.

[Rick]

Tom, lights look great.
And good job getting the tower to fit properly.

[Philip]

My rendition would be a pile of lumber!

Nice work!

[Jim Donovan]

Looks really nice Tom, great job and thanks for detail on issue and instruction how you made it work.

Jim

[GPdemayo]

Looking great Tom.....

[ACL1504]

Could you talk a bit about the adjustments to the tower to get it to fit?

dave

Dave,

Yes, I'll be happy to. After building the tower sub assembly, I started to test fit it to the walls. I realized I should have waited and made the test fit after the walls were all assembled. I was making the test fit on each wall separately prior to assembly.

There are three small slots on the tower end of each wall. Please refer to the next two photos. One is the front and the second is the rear view of the tower end.





In both photos you can see where I made the small slots/notches wider to get the tower to fit. The flat side of the tower rings fit into these notches.

If I had waited until the four walls were together, I may not have had this problem. I say may due to the fact that I cut a new rear wall section, so my notches may have been slightly off.

I didn't mention or show this step but, I used an Emory board and lightly sanded the rear of the top ring on the tower to lesson the thickness. This did help a little to get it to fit into the top notch. Still, it was necessary for me to gently press down on the tower to ease it into the top notch.

After this final test fit, I added glue and again pressed the tower in place.

Once the tower was in place, I gently moved it back and forth until I was satisfied that the sides gave me the best coverage on each wall and both sides of the tower. When viewing the tower from the sides, the small openings around the notches aren't that  noticeable. Refer to the next two photos.





So, this was how I solved the problem of the tower fitting properly to the end of the building.

[ACL1504]

Howdy Tom,

Nice finesse of the tower to the structure.  The paint colors set this building off well. The bay windows look amazing.

I don't have anything constructive to add, just a thank you for posting the thread and sharing your work.
 
Have fun,
mike

Mike, Howdy,

Thank you sir, I'm very pleased with how this is turning out. I also like the colors and they seem to fit the structure.

You are very welcome, I think a difficult build should include photos to go along with the narrative.

I'm up to 237 photo at this point.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom,

another huge save, looking at previous photos you came up with the perfect solution.

Ron,

Thank you very much, I appreciate the support and comment.

Tom

[ACL1504]

You can't tell it's not perfect Tom. I would expect nothing less from your modeling. Have a Happy New Year to you and Pam.

Butty Curt,

Thank you kind sir. I hope you and your family had a quiet and peaceful New Year Eves as well.

Now, let me get my head back down to normal size.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Great job all around! Probably better than the manufacturer anticipated; should be a nice addition to your Empire.

Larry,

Thank you, much appreciate the compliment.

Tom