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Due to more wrestling with Time Warner Cable, I only got a couple of hours in the shop. That DVR we got last week was defective. It was not a software, account issue. I took the thing back to TWC's local store and exchanged it. This one worked as it should and was booted up from central support in about 2 minutes.

 

Rather than paint plaster I decided to continue working on the station. I'm trying to get everything done before painting begins. Today I attached the gutters to the shed roofs, fixed an area where the freight room roof intersected with the 2nd story, and added some more molding to an area over the freight room overhang.

 

First the gutters.

 

Shed Roof 06

Shed Roof 05

 

After scribing a line showing where the gutter would sit, I had to notch the standing seams so the gutter would glue flush to the roof. I cut small 45º triangles that served as supports and an even smaller set that plugged the ends. I'm thinking that this roof may have been copper so the color's going to be patina green.

 

I don't know how the error cropped up, but there was a gap where the siding ended and the freight room roof began. I finally bit the bullet and filled this area with 0.080" X .125" slats. Some of this will be further covered with copper counter-flashing so it shouldn't be too noticeable. It took two pieces on the right side and one on the left.

 

Error Fix

 

And just before dinner I built up another gingerbread item, an elaborate pyramid molding that sits above the back door overhang next to the freight room. This was assembled with a series of progressively narrower 0.040" strips. After the glue set I cut the miter joint and the relief angle that intersects with the freight roof.

 

Gingerbread 6

 

This porch gets more gingerbread and some more turned posts that tie into the elevated freight loading dock. Because of this interaction, I'm afraid I will have to build and attach the loading dock before any painting. I was hoping to avoid this, but in reviewing the drawings I see that those posts and that gingerbread trim would be hard to install AFTER the station is painted.

 

I ordered more Warm White LEDs in two more sizes; 3mm and 1.8mm along with a slew of resistors to give me options in going series or parallel stringing of the lights. All of the warm white LEDs are bright, possible too bright. Many of these are getting installed in all kinds of room lighting. The owner of LED Switch who I spoke to today said that low light versions are only available if you want to buy 100,000 at a time. I don't think so. My houses are going to be well lit.

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