CCK Doc Koontz Build

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Outstanding Tom. The canopy looks perfect.

Thank you Butty Curt!

Tom

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Super!

Philip,

A super thank you.

Tom

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Magnificent!

Rick,

What a magnificent compliment, thank you.

Tom

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Sweeeeet!!!!

Larry,

Thank you for such a Sweeeeet comment. 

Tom

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Tom you really did an outstanding job on this one.

Good thing patience is you middle name!! 

Jerry

Jerry,

Thank you very much for the kind compliment on the build.

I've learned from building models over the past to be patient when building a kit such as this one.

Tom

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Tom, the canopy really adds a ton of character to the building.

Ron,

Another Canadian friend, thank you very much and I agree. This would be a boring front without the canopy.

Tom

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I added three steel rods for the canopy support. Where the rods are attached to the front wall, I needed to have three escutcheons.

I used a piece of 1/8th OD (outside diameter) brass. I beveled the outside edges with a Dremel cutoff disc so the inside would have a knife like inner edge.



I pressed the punch into a piece of cardboard for the escutcheon.

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I used the window mullion for a guide on the support rods. I drilled three holes in the wall and glued the rods in place.



I also added black pitch between the top of the canopy and wall. For the pitch I used Gallery Glass Liquid Leading.

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The pilot model has two signs side by side attached to the front of the canopy. I felt that one sign in the middle was more than sufficient for the signage.

I chose the top sign as seen in the photo below. Then I decided to use one of the signs with the coke sign on each end.

A little more color to the sign looked better.

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As the glue was drying, I added two metal squares to hold the sign in place.

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I added four short braces to hold the sign on the canopy. Actually the glue holds the sign but, the braces are architecturally correct.



Back after grabbing a cold Diet Pepsi.

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Doc's place has three roof top chimneys. These are made from stiff paper/thin cardboard included in the kit.



In order to bend them without additional stress on the sides, I lightly scored on the corner lines with a fresh #11 blade.

The kit includes a small wood block to use to square up the chimneys.

I added glue to the back and both sides, folded the sides and pressed all three between two weights until dry. This also kept them square.

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I glued the remaining chimney side to the block and pressed all three between the weights until the glue dried.



I then painted them with Americana Heritage Brick color.

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Here is the location where the chimneys go on Doc Koontz's building.

They are not glued yet, just set in place.





Done for today.

I believe I can finish this build tomorrow.

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Tom, what you did today looks excellent.