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Aristo Bay Window Tower Bash

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Aristo Bay Window Tower Bash
Posted by BobWhipple on Tuesday, July 6, 2004 6:26 PM
What looked dumb to me from the start was no window on the bottom front....All towers that I've seen has/had them. And REALLY dumb was the window under the stairs.. SO I moved it.. [:0]
Yep, I cut it out and placed it in the front where it should be. Plastruct makes the same clapboard siding and, I use it to replace the siding where the old window was.. The stairs are wrong so, I moved them. They just make the footprint too big. By moving them I was able to cut off about 6 inches from the base..
I added additional trim and baywindow support brackets. The color I selected was common in this area..






WHAT ABOUT THE "INSIDE" STUFF??

I'll wait for Aristo's [:D]
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Posted by vsmith on Thursday, July 15, 2004 12:24 PM
Bob, Welcome to the Forum,

Sorry not much response to your post here, Guess we have alot of the "silent" types here. Tower looks real good, thought about one of these for my Indoor layout but its just too danged big for that....Bummer, maybe a scratch or bash based on it.

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Posted by bman36 on Thursday, July 15, 2004 6:13 PM
Hi Bob!
Missed this thread somehow. That is an awesome job you did there! It's fun to fix what manufacturers messed up (in our opinion ***GRIN***). Welcome to the forum. Hope you enjoy it. I can't post pics from my end so I really enjoy seeing others often. Again thanks for sharing a terrific "Bash"! Later eh...Brian.
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Posted by Marty Cozad on Thursday, July 15, 2004 9:39 PM
Mr Whipple
Very nicely done, please keep us posted on the inner's'''.

Is it REAL? or Just 1:29 scale?

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Posted by jmozz on Thursday, July 15, 2004 10:40 PM
bob what a great job love the color I just said to my friend i was looking for plans to do a tower your's is just what i wanted jmozz
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 16, 2004 6:30 AM
Welcome Bob,
Like Brian, sorry for not picking this up sooner. What a nice job you've done, looking forward to more.
Cheers,
Kim
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Posted by BobWhipple on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 5:51 AM
Thanks Folks.. Sorry I haven't answered sooner..I've been really busy here in NEW JERSEY lately.. but here's a few pix of the INSIDE of the tower.. The HOMIES have made it a pool hall.. ENJOY the Fun!




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Posted by bman36 on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 8:57 AM
Bob,
Now that's funny! Well done. Can you hear them??? "Was that the 5:45? I dunno', was'nt lookin'. Besides it only 5:30. Hurry up I'm late for supper. Yeah yeah, somebody check the switch will ya!" Toooooo much fun as always. Thanks for the pics. Later eh...Brian.
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Posted by vsmith on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 9:41 AM
Bob, you do have a good sense of humor...

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