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Kenneth Childres page 3 The roof was formed up with basswood following a few reference shots of some period buildings.  Stringers were glued on. Also of note in this photo is that the dio is laying on it’s back and all the rubble on the street is holding. I told y’all it worked.  Roof is all formed and a few broken pieces were glued on. But there is a problem that I hadn’t yet realized, Wait for it...  Yeah, those are shingles. Every shingle was cut by hand and dog eared.Woof…  This was about the time it started to loose it’s fun factor…  FINALLY!!! What a painful experience. Glad I don’t have to do that again.  I proudly showed that picture to my trusted friend and fellow modeler Ted Herman who is an engineer by trade. Ted’s always up front about stuff and offers very constructive criticisms when asked. At first he didn’t want to say anything but I could hear it in his, er? Email that something wasn’t right. Finally he gave in and pointed out that the bulk of the load bearing joist in the front is gone,but the roof is magically still perfectly strait. Oh GOD! This meant I had to tear the roof apart and do it again. Knowing full well he was right I went home that night and popped all the shingles off and rebuilt it into the sagging condition it’s in now.  The roof was rebuilt and painted with a combination of oils and acrylics to represent a slate roof. Also at this point much more detail paint has been done to the window frames and brick work. 
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