CCK Doc Koontz Build

[Pennman]

Tom,

Just looking at all of those corbels on the sheet, reminds me why I steer away from
most kits. I get overwhelmed looking at all of the parts of kits. But most are
needed. You have done an excellent job with yours, nice.

Rich

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Did you paint the corbels on the carrier sheet before you cut them out?  And did you paint the edges before or after you glued them into position?  The assembly looks really good.

dave

Dave,

Nothing has been painted at this point in the build. I didn't paint the corbels in the carrier sheet. They were to small and when cut out of the sheet the paint would have to be touched up anyway. More on this later in the build.

Thank you also for the compliment.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Yipes Tom!!!!  That is a lot of parts for those bay windows.    You did a fantastic job building those.

Ron,

Yes, each window has 34 parts. I counted them. Thank you for the kind compliment.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Truly superb modeling Tom. The window look outstanding.

Butty Curt,

Thank you my friend for the thumbs up on the build.

Tom

[ACL1504]

One word "Outstanding"!

Jerry

 Jerry,

Thank you, very much appreciate the support.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Didn't realize it was double trouble deuce...fine job Tom!

Philip

Philip,

Thank you kind sir. Yes, double the challenge and double the fun in the challenge.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom,

Just looking at all of those corbels on the sheet, reminds me why I steer away from
most kits. I get overwhelmed looking at all of the parts of kits. But most are
needed. You have done an excellent job with yours, nice.

Rich

Rich,

Thank you for the kind and very generous compliment on the build.

The corbels in this kit are the smallest I've ever work with. However, they look good on the model.

As I mentioned, each bay window has 34 parts.

Tom

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Time to start the turret build. The photo below shows the parts that connect the main parts of the turret.

The one marked "B" is the bottom part. The two on the bottom are the ones that fit above and below the main windows.

The exploded view of the turret shows that there are four of the the open parts, not just the two shown. However, you will only need two. I think the other two were inserted in the diagram in error.



To avoid glue in the slots, I placed a little glue in between the slots as shown.

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I then added this part and made sure the tabs were all on the inside of the slots.



I then glued the bottom part in place as shown. By not putting glue in the slots the tabs on this bottom piece fit snugly in place. I then spot glued both parts to the solid wood piece.

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Referring to the diagram above, note part #84 is to be glued to the inside of part#66. I guess this is for support of part #66, otherwise it makes no sense. And, the is no part #84 in the kit.

I glued part #17 to the bottom on the assembly and this was strength enough.

I next glued one of the middle rings to the top of the bottom assembly shown above.

Again, I avoided adding glue to the slots but, added the glue between them.

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I set this to the side and let dry.  I moved back to work on the two bay windows.

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I sprayed the bay window assembly with Tamiya Wooden Deck Tan.



When dry, I added parts #60,61 and 62 to the bay window exterior frames.

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Although these parts are peal and stick, I still added a little glue tot he rear to make sure the panels stayed put.





I then resprayed the windows.

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I then painted the area below the window with full strength Floquil GN Gray Green. When dry, the trim was added.



Using a double 0 brush, I carefully painted the corbels.

The interior window frames were spray painted with Famiya Insignia White.

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The white interior frames were glued in place behind the exterior frames.



Both bay windows are now complete.



Done for today.