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[Mark Dalrymple]

Coming on nicely, Tom.

The floors look good.

Cheers, Mark.

[ACL1504]

On page 19 of this thread, Greg, mentioned he used two distribution boards for his build. I like this idea, especially since I'm dividing the kit into two structures.

He added interior walls in a different configuration than how the walls were added in the kit. Greg's photo with the red lines shows where he added his interior walls.



I like his wall locations and did the same to my version of the kit.

Back in a few, Diet Pepsi time.

[ACL1504]

Coming on nicely, Tom.

The floors look good.

Cheers, Mark.

Mark, Cheers,

Thanks very much. 

Tom

[ACL1504]

The interior walls in the kit are 1/16" thick Basswood. I pulled out a piece of the same material from my Basswood stash and started to cut the new interior walls.



I made sure the end of the Basswood stock was square prior to cutting the first wall section.

[ACL1504]

I cut a section a little larger than needed so I could trim it to get the perfect fit.

I trimmed a little each test fit.



When satisfied with the cut wall, I glued it in place.

[ACL1504]

Notice in the next photo the new wall is not perpendicular to the rear wall.

This was done on purpose.  If glued square to the rear wall, the wall would interfere with the rear window.





This slight angle of the wall is not noticeable once looking in the window.

[ACL1504]

For the longer of the three walls, I glued 12X12s to each end to give the wall more gluing surface and a more secure fit.

[ACL1504]

The third wall was measured, twice and probable thrice, and then cut - glued in place.





Done for today.

[deemery]

My shop teacher told us "Never trust an edge you didn't cut yourself."  It's actually rare to get a sheet of basswood whose end is square to the sides....  Usually I run the end of the sheet through my modeler's table saw to square it off.

dave

[PRR Modeler]

Great job on the interior walls placement. I knew there had to be a reason for the angled wall!