Radio base station - 3
5: The final step in tearing it down is to remove the
crude oversize base from the lattice tower by carefully
cutting through each leg with a razor saw.
tower, removing the wiring from the hole in the base. With the
wiring severed, we can now remove the dish casting and bulb
mount assembly from the top of the tower by gently pulling
it intact from the tower. If it cannot be removed due to glue,
cut or break off the small mounting stem of the bulb housing
and leave it embedded in the top of the tower. The final step in
tearing it down is to remove the crude oversize base from the
lattice tower by carefully cutting through each leg with a razor
saw. Leave as much of each leg intact as possible.
We are now left with a bare lattice tower that can be rebuilt
from the bottom up, starting with a new concrete base. Unlike
the Tyco accessory, the concrete base of a tower is gener-
ally small and low profile, easily replicated by a single square
of Evergreen #4518 sidewalk styrene. Pre-scored into ½” x
½” squares, a single square presents us with a base 43 scale
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