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Thanks again for your kind words, guys. Had a little repair to do where one of the gallery mouldings came away from the gallery wall. No big thing but I can't remember if I used wood or super glue to stick it on back then. I hope it was just the handling and maybe insufficient glue used to cause it to fail. I used wood glue this time with applied pressure for 24hrs. Fingers crossed it'll hold and last... forever  Odo80 attached the following image(s):
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I don't want to leave the windows of the gallery open. I've seen various techniques of adding glass to the window frames but as I need a clear view into the gallery decks (otherwise, what was all the effort for..) and will do with simply adding some 0.5mm PETG clear plastic sheets to the inside. Same stuff people use for dollhouse windows. The blue protective film will stay on until I actually fix the sheets to the gallery wall at a later stage (hopefully not too far away). I used painter masking tape to trace and transfer the cutouts to the sheets and simply cut them with a modeling knife. the cut window strips sit so snugg, that I almost could get away without fixing them glue, but that's not worth the risk. Superglue will most likely leave a haze on the plastic. Therefore, I'll actually use Epoxy around the edges to glue them in place. Odo80 attached the following image(s):
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Another detail I am not too fond of are the ornaments for the sides of the lower gallery deck windows that are supplied with the kit. These cast ornaments don't have the correct shape/angles to fit nicely into the designated space on my gallery. Odo80 attached the following image(s):
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So I had to give it a go to make my own version which would proportionally fit better then the cast ones Odo80 attached the following image(s):
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I stained the raw pieces in walnut and initially tried to cut the decorative design from thin lime wood shavings, which I then wanted to glue on top the stained raw pieces. I scrapped this idea within the first 5 min of trying as it was way too fiddly and I couldn't find a good way of glueing the tiny pieces on as any amount of glue was too much and looked messy. At the end I decided to simply paint the design on it. It took me a while to get the right colour mixed to match the lime wood, but I think I managed to get it pretty much spot on. However, my painting skills were much less so. Also, it was quite tricky as the paint itself dried really quickly on the thin brush. Nevertheless, from a distance it looks quite nice and I'm happy with the result  Odo80 attached the following image(s):
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Excellent work, nice steady hand.  Mark Regards
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