There are “filler” pieces in here of the wrong color at this point, while I wait for the actual ones to arrive. Like one of the corner inverted pieces which will be tan like the others but is dark red for now. Also, if I go with the center decoration more or less as is, I intend for the top arches to be tan as well. Those are on order too. I *may* come back and do something much different, though, in this area. More like the band of patterns just above. I like the way those turned out and may be able to do something like that for the centerpiece.
These shots were taken in the morning and I have already got most of the top section done now (evening), but it will be waiting for pieces too. I have run out of 1×2 reddish brown bricks!
Second story as of 2.6.09 am
Second story from side - full size: 768 x 576
i figured out how you got the “panels” in next to the windows in this picture but how did you keep them from falling out? Is it purely held in place by friction?
Yes, purely by friction. Unfortunately, if the building moves, some of them fall out! In one of my others, like Victorian I, there is more “framing” around the panels that sit in place, so they don’t fall out as easily, but it makes the windows really bulky. In my latest one, Victorian III, I’m cheating a bit and using a dab of modeling clay at top and bottom to help hold them in place. Unlike glue, modeling clay comes off again really easily and leaves no residue.