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I am standing but my mind is in the gutter. -- Russ

We are all laying in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Volker, Even when you are 'in the gutter'your work is worth looking at.
Will the roof hatch remain open to see inside or is it operable and can be open and closed as you wish?
(I would answer this 42 is a 45.)

It looks complicated and most people would assume it took a trained eye and a lot of meticulous work to create such realism, especially the gutter and downspout. But we on the forum know how quick and easy it really was. You probably took a nap and let AI build the whole thing. -- Russ

The next step was to fabricate the gutter for the extension; it was made from 0.1 mm sheet copper, as was the downpipe—though the mounting clamps for the latter are still missing.






The gutter is installed with a continuous slope leading to the downpipe.






I made the roofing felt myself as well; sandpaper is too stiff for this purpose.




Just the railing left to do...






Many thanks to Frithjof and Toni for their help with the railing!

Before roofing work could begin, storage enclosures had to be installed on the side opposite the roof access hatch—features that will be faintly visible through the hatch later on.




For this purpose, the ceiling area was fitted with wooden planking...




... and two slatted walls were created (as you can see, the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything here is also 42).




And this is what it looks like at the installation site.





Cheers,
Volker

Impressively satisfactory. -- Russ

Hi all,

Well all finished up, just have to wait for the weather to moderate a little so I can do some painting and finishing.

(That of course does not apply at this late date)






I will be out of town for a week so will post the finished pictures when I return.
Rick

Well, I guess that makes me a whizz banger then.

The Cat 60's were scratched a long time ago. I started with a die cast frame but had to do so much modification that I would have been better off starting from "scratch"

Thanks
Rick

The arch looks quite good at this point but if you also built the tractor you will gain official forum WhizBang status. -- Russ

Glad I 'logged' on to see your progress. Almost done, looks good.