Happy Monday!
The 3rd coat of craft paint on the light green did the trick and effectively blocks the light leaking through the walls.
These views show this to be the case.
There a little leakage right at the roof line. I will fix that too. I paved the non-lit room partitions with black construction paper. I only had on piece left, so I finished the job with flat black airbrushed paint. There's light leakage in one of the front rooms from the large hole cut in the partition to pass the wiring harness.
I need to do a better job of hiding the upstairs wiring...
With that out of the way I did the window shades. First attempt was to use Tamiya wide tape, but didn't like that it was sticking to the glazing and the window inner trim, causing it to lay funny. Next attempt was to use post-it notes. However, all I had were lined that showed through. Attempt three was using same Post-it Notes covered with said Tamiya tape. Didn't work. Attempt #4 was to paint some plain white paper, cut into strips wide enough to bridge the inner trim, and then adhere to the trim. I used PSA brushed on the trim to hold the shades in place. This worked!
Attempts #2 & 3.
Attempt #4.
Insides showing shades in place and location of the PSA applications. Light will show through the shades which can be prototypical especially if any of the old folks reading this remember the song from the later 50s, "Sihouettes" by the Rays.
Here's what it looks like from the outside with the shades. The shades prevent even more things being seen on the inside.
While I'm still waiting for the interior shots, I may place the model on the layout so it can be display for the duration. The floors are not glued place and I'm thinking of using magnets to hold on the roof. The exterior is really almost fully complete. All that's left is installing the corner thingys, building and installing the downspouts and adding the electrical service hookups. Since this building has apartments, it should really have multiple electric meters.
As an aside. We switched from Spectrum cable fed internet to AT&T fiber optic internet. While both Spectrum and AT&T claimed to be 300 mbs download, Spectrum's upload speed was about 15 mbs, while AT&T's is also above 300 mbs. And believe me it is! The upload speed of the pictures for this post almost appear to be instantaneous. We're actually getting about 350 mbs into and out of the house. There are some losses in my router system, but it's still much better. And all this for $5 less per month.
