Thanks for the good wishes. My pulse got up to 144 yesterday which is too high so I'm going to back it down a bit next time.
Regarding "How did he do that?" I would hope my extensive descriptions would answer that question for you. If not, I need to do a better job.
Due to spending time at my daugher's waiting for a new washer to be installed, and taking #2 grandson to piano lesson, I had a shortened session today.
Finished gluing up the new front window. Besides changing gluing methods and being more precise, I slightly changed the method of framing the side window to give it more strength and more gluing surface area. I added framing on all four sides including the one mating in the corner with the front window. This adds some thickness to the forward edge of the side window, but greatly increased the rigidity of the corner joint. Here are the front and side windows clamped to an angle plate so it dried at a perfect 90 degrees.
After this was dry I added the small filler piece on the opposite end. Then I dipped it in the Pledge to clear up any scratches. I'm not sure if that step was productive since it introduced some new dust onto the finish even though I was trying to be careful. Need to build this stuff in a clean room...
I glued the sub-roof in place using Aleen's and while this was drying with some weight on it, I went to work preparing the oval windows with glazing.
At first I thought the internal step in the oval was too close to the edge to preclude using a shape instrument to trace the oval's i.d. on the clear styrene, so I came up with a scheme that I thought would work. I traced the o.d. and cut it out with scissors (the styrene's thin enough that you can use scissors for curves). I then measured the wall thickness with the caliper and transferred this to the oval clear part and cut out that shape which was supposed to be the window size. It was way too small and fell right through!
So I went to plan B when I found that I could trace the o.d. directly using a scribe. I then traced it and cut out this piece and after some edge sanding, it fit very well. I spent some time retouching the white paint before gluing in the windows permanently with some thick CA.
After both windows were glued in I went back and did more retouch up on the white so the glazing looks like was born there. So both oval windows are complete and ready for installation in the front Mansard.
I need to prepare the widow's walk laser cut pieces with the addition of some epoxied wires extending down from the bottom so there will be something positive to fasten them to the upper trim piece. After the epoxy sets I'll air brush them semi-gloss black. I need to create said upper trim package and prepare the other trim pieces for the front Mansard and rear edge of side Mansard. The sides of the lower top knot need to be shingled like the Mansard. This last bit should be fun and shouldn't take too long. I also have to build the two front doors. I may have snookered myself with the back door since my exposed brick work falls where the prototypes back door is. So I'm going to put my on the back corner of the left wall. Any ideas about how to add ivy vegetation to the big blank wall?
