Thanks to all. Another good session and this building is really coming along. All the windows and doors are in!
But first I put on those spiffy lintels. The hand painting really paid off. They're adhesive backed so the only challenge was to set them on aligned correctly. I noted this before when first posting about them that it was gratifying to see how nicely the upper ones aligned to their window openings and then joining one another, and that the translation from SketchUp to Coreldraw to laser cutting maintained that relationship perfectly.
Next came the front windows. The way the windows go together, there is only 3M self-adhesive on the upper part of the frame since the glazing is stuck to it on the bottom sash. To make sure the windows stay in place I had to apply a coating of MicroSoft Pressure Sensitive Adhesive (PSA) to the bottom half of the inner rails. I carefully seated the windows and applied pressure so they would adhere well.
This shows the sticky and un-sticky parts of the window assemblies.
And this is where the PSA has to go to hold the bottom half of the sash to the inner mounting rails.
Here's all the front windows installed. It went quick quickly.
I followed this plan around the entire buildiing. The rear doors also required two different adhesives. I used PSA to stick the glazing to the doors, and med. CA to hold the doors onto the inner rails. I applied a thin film of acccelerator to the exposed gluing edges of the doors so the med CA set quickly.
Like the windows, the doors went together quickly without trouble. I painted the 3D printed door knobs with Testor's Gold Paint Pen. It's nice and bright that doesn't look like gold model paint.
All that was left were the shutters. These had a considerable warp and I used the 3D transfer adhesive which pulled them flat (at least for now). I'll see how they hold up for the long haul and use CA if I need to secure them better.
Here's an oblique view showing all those windows.
I also gloss coated the banner sign, but it wasn't dry enough to apply the decal. That will wait until Monday.
Tomorrow is the Kentucky Derby. The Derby and events all during the two weeks leading up to it, are far more important to us Louisvillians than Christmas. Literally, the entire year is defined by Derby, either pre- or post-Derby. It's quite an experience. We used to babysit for our daughter's boys, but they're in college (one's graduating) so we don't do that any longer. We watch it on TV. Our daughter and son in law operate in a different social strata than we and get to go to a lot of parties.
Y'all have a nice weekend.
