I was excited when I was able to finally start the main building. This is the largest part of the temple and there were challenges I was ready to take on.
The south walls were my first hurdle. More photographs and videos were studied and each block in walls were counted. There are small windows that line the outer part of the walls and a decision need to be made how to dress them. It was clear I wasn't going to be able to use the same 1x2 radiator grilles because that would make the windows too large.
In one of my first orders, I bought some 1x1 bricks with studs on one side (they are called headlights). Those bricks were going to be used to attach the wedges that line the roof. The reason I didn't end up using them was because of the corners. The gap was too large between the wedges (1x2x 2/3 roof tiles...I call them gutters) so another solution had to be found (which was 1x4 with 4 studs on one side and 1x1 corner with studs on two sides).
Anyway, There were all these "headlight" bricks that weren't going to be used so I stacked them to see how they'd look. Because they're open in the back, the support walls behind them could be seen (which are various colors). That wouldn't do, so I stacked them on 1x2 bricks with a 1x1 dark grey brick behind them. Once they were installed, they looked pretty good, so I left them as they were.
The corners for that building turned out to be unstable. This wasn't learned until the roof was put on and my wife saw the columns of 2x2 bricks bowed in. I should have tied in supports for the corners with the supports for the roof but I didn't, so I had to tear down the walls, put in extra supports, and then rebuild the walls.
Once the south walls of the main building were constructed, the roof for the main entrance was covered and tiled (most of it. Some of it had to be left unfinished so the tower could be placed).
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