Hi guys, THANKS for all the comments of support with this project; adding another photo of the building prior to shingles, also some additional photos of the bottom side and one photo of the shingles I will be adding:
Toot-- the jig was the dimension of the shortest strut, they varied by up to 3/16" because the roof and floor are not "perfect". I would say 1/2 of them were cut perfect the first time, others required a little shaving. There were no left over pieces so I did not over do the trimming process.
Hawkes-- going back on posts, it was 5/22 when I began scaling down the photographs, that would be post 900.
Here is the building before attaching shingles:
Here I added jb weld to the platform attaching the buildings securely, I wanted this strong enough to be able to resist some rough handling.
I spread it out with a toothpick when it was freshly mixed and easily workable, I used the jb kwick, the dries in 4 hour product as opposed to the original which takes about 24 hours to cure:
Here are the shingles I chose. From the photos, the entire roof appeared to be asphalt and not wood, except the bottom of the turret which was a small area of wooden shingles. I do not think I will be doing this part prototypical, rather leaving that area the way it is.
I will be first painting the shingles with brown paint and then adding some gray drybrushing before attaching with white glue.