A month later and some progress - I moved what I have already down from my sandbox to the ground where the tower is to stand. It's in a shared mainland region.
I've finished the main structure - the exterior textures are my own - the interior a mixture of library and mine and a couple of purchased ones.
I don't like the dimensions , but felt that the
SL camera forced my tower to be wider (and hence squatter) than my RL influence. I am however very pleased with my blue shutters.
The Camera Obscura is all working - It listens for a region name on a channel and changes the map to that region maps and rotates the pointer arrow round to point out the direction the region lies in .
Most of the tower is finished but I want to do some landscaping around it, adding some climbing plant textures to break up the stonework and also build a landing jetty by the main entrance - Maybe I'll get round to that by next month

- Also need to do a bit more work on the optics as well.
Here are some piccies of work to date