Hi John,
You're quite adament and I'm with you, build the ledge. The wall must be where its planned to be.
The cover of the kit book shows a very unelegant solution to the problem indeed.
I had a similar challenge with the ID Chartres Cathedral. One of the roof parts is too long. The model on the cover of the kit book lets some "window frames" curve outwards to compensate for this. Limestone doesn't do that!
I have the feeling ID models suffer such flaws on a regular basis.
The models portrayed on the kit book covers "leave room for improvement". It's a good thing we modelers like to pick up this challenge.
Looking forward to seeing the completed assembly.
Cheers,
Bruno
PS: The Dutch expression for "scamping one's work" is "met de Franse slag". More or less literally translated into English this would read as "doing it the French way".
Good to see you Canadians inherited the language but not the attitude