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I also painted the tower doors and windows, and will allow those to dry over night before chalking and painting them. Pretty routine stuff here, but progress is progress!
I ran into one small hiccup. When you attach the trim to the left and right walls, make sure the trim strip is even with the rear of the wall. Mine ended up even with the front of the wall, like this:
This makes it difficult to get a flush fit when you make the box. I adjusted the bevels on the front and rear walls, and still couldn't get things just so, so I ended up sanding the back of the left and right walls flush with the trim. Just a few minutes work here. I'll also give the front and read walls a couple of light passes through the True sander to make sure everything is flush when they are fit together.
Note: Be careful adjusting the bevel on the front and rear walls. I did this initially without incident, but after the clapboard was installed and during final adjustment I managed to break the wall on one side at the bottom. Then I broke the broken piece. It went back together just fine and you can't see where it broke, or any imperfections other than a light scorching on the inside of the wall from the language I used when I broke it.
Keep the walls under weight unless you are working on them until you do the tower assembly.
I got the tower assembled. The glue is drying. Things to watch out for: The sign had a tendency to curl a little when I glued it to the wall. I clamped it and allowed it to dry overnight. I'm not happy with the vents. I found the epoxy difficult to control with a toothpick. I'd suggest a straight pin to anyone who hasn't done it this way. For the elbow vent, I think I'll revert to my old faithful white glue with a little India Ink mixed in. Epoxy in this application is too unforgiving for me, though to be fair, this was the first time I tried this technique. YMMV. A little file work and some paint will take care of this problem. The top and bottom will require just a little dressing with a file as the two halves got very slightly out of square when assembling, probably from the clamps. You'll note the clamp on one side of the freight door. The thin section here didn't want to snug up to the wall and needed a little persuasion. The freight door frame was dislodged on the left side as you can see. This has been fixed. The fit to the resin base casting is dead nuts on, so I'm happy!
Terry