Post by tjdreams on Mar 21, 2018 22:13:13 GMT -5
Has Anyone built any of their kits?
I started on my 2nd one today.
knowing i was going to have some free time at work today, I decided to start on one of Archistories Cardboard house kits. After All Having to drive 1.5 hours+ home to turn around and drive 1.5+ hours back a hour later in the snow for a mandatory meeting made no sense.
So I packed myself a basic assembly kit. A excell knife with a new #11 blade, a cutting mat, a small piece of 440 grit sandpaper, a pair of tweezers, a bottle of Roket Card Glue, a few toothpicks, and of course the Archistories house kit.
After opening the kit reading the instructions i cut the first few pieces from the spurs and testfitted them to find they were a perfect fit no tweeking or trimming was required. Infact near every part was a exact fit with the only adjustment/trimming needed being sanding the edges smooth where i cut them from the spurs.
This was the first time i've used the Roket Card Glue By Deluxe Materials. I put a little bit of it in a cap from a water bottle and used a tooth pick to apply a small amount to the edges of the cardboard then assembled the pieces. The glue became tacky rather quickly. So make sure you assemble it correctly the first time as trying to pull it apart will cause the cardboard layers to separate before the glue releases.
Next step was to cut the window glazing and glue it to the inside of the windows. I found it easiest to do this with the walls still on the spurs. I cut the glazing about 3mm bigger than the windows which gave just enough overlap to glue it to the walls without interfering with the interior structure. The interior structure not only helps keep the house square and adds stability to the structure but it also subdivides the house into several different rooms on 2 different floors and has strategically placed holes so you can light the different rooms individually.
Now being able to light the rooms individually gave me a idea. A Perfect place to try out NCE's new Light-it Decoder. Now if i'm going to light it, It's going to need Window Shades and Curtains. And i just happen to have the perfect thing laying right on the desk a old ticket book with Pink, Yellow, and Green tickets made of paper just thin enough to allow a little light to pass through. So i proceeded to cut and glue some shades and curtains to the inside of the window glazing.
Here is a pic of the backside showing how i layered the curtains over the shades.
I started on my 2nd one today.
knowing i was going to have some free time at work today, I decided to start on one of Archistories Cardboard house kits. After All Having to drive 1.5 hours+ home to turn around and drive 1.5+ hours back a hour later in the snow for a mandatory meeting made no sense.
So I packed myself a basic assembly kit. A excell knife with a new #11 blade, a cutting mat, a small piece of 440 grit sandpaper, a pair of tweezers, a bottle of Roket Card Glue, a few toothpicks, and of course the Archistories house kit.
After opening the kit reading the instructions i cut the first few pieces from the spurs and testfitted them to find they were a perfect fit no tweeking or trimming was required. Infact near every part was a exact fit with the only adjustment/trimming needed being sanding the edges smooth where i cut them from the spurs.
This was the first time i've used the Roket Card Glue By Deluxe Materials. I put a little bit of it in a cap from a water bottle and used a tooth pick to apply a small amount to the edges of the cardboard then assembled the pieces. The glue became tacky rather quickly. So make sure you assemble it correctly the first time as trying to pull it apart will cause the cardboard layers to separate before the glue releases.
Next step was to cut the window glazing and glue it to the inside of the windows. I found it easiest to do this with the walls still on the spurs. I cut the glazing about 3mm bigger than the windows which gave just enough overlap to glue it to the walls without interfering with the interior structure. The interior structure not only helps keep the house square and adds stability to the structure but it also subdivides the house into several different rooms on 2 different floors and has strategically placed holes so you can light the different rooms individually.
Now being able to light the rooms individually gave me a idea. A Perfect place to try out NCE's new Light-it Decoder. Now if i'm going to light it, It's going to need Window Shades and Curtains. And i just happen to have the perfect thing laying right on the desk a old ticket book with Pink, Yellow, and Green tickets made of paper just thin enough to allow a little light to pass through. So i proceeded to cut and glue some shades and curtains to the inside of the window glazing.
Here is a pic of the backside showing how i layered the curtains over the shades.