And now for something completely different.


So recently I found out my niece doesn't have a dollhouse.

Of course, this can't stand, so I ordered one.

I know nothing about doll houses, so I ordered one with all the bells and whistles and furniture and everything else one would ever need. And working lights. Of course it needs working lights.

Now I wouldn't be me, if I just bought a finished one, so I specifically ordered one that allows me the chance to build it myself.

Today my dollhouse arrived.



Yup.

That's 1037 parts right there. For 70 Euros.

Everything has to be built. EVERYTHING. Books, tables, lights, beds, pictures in their frames, EVERYTHING needs to be built. I'm either in heaven or in hell.

I also can't believe DeAgo hasn't stumbled upon this yet. They wouldn't even need to put much work into dividing this up for a partwork, as it's divided into a billion substeps already.

There's a 154 building steps in total, but a lot of these steps are really what you would do per issue of a partwork from the amount of work involved per step.

Here's what I did today. Promptly messed up the bottom plate by installing the decorative print not exactly straight, but I'm going to hide this with some veneer strips of wood. Or something.

Don't start too late. With the amount of stuff in there I'm expecting this to be a multi-year project.

I built a two storey Dolls House for my Daughter (now 25) many years ago. Thankfully it has survived and my Grandchildren now play with it. I must admit thought it could do with a bit of TLC (Its on the list) . I have can remember quite vividly my good lady bring home one day a pack of individual roof tiles to be added to the house. Each one had to be glued on individually, bit like copper tiling the Victory.

:-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Well this is very different, looking forward to seeing how it goes, good luck with it.
Paul

Funny enough, for the first time during my routine ebay check I find parts for DeAgos doll house.

Anyway, on to the one I have.



I've wallpapered the first side wall which went orders of magnitude better and faster than the base.

I've also started work on the lattice windows, which leads me to a question. The window panes are cut from thin transparent PVC (I guess), then pre-lacquered pieces of wood are glued to the panes with the help of a template. The glue delivered with this kit is some wood glue. the wood doesn't really hold all that well against the panes it is used so thing it doesn't squeeze out. It will hold if it's so thick it squeezes out, but that doesn't look all that nice. If I try to clean it, I lose adhesion.

Does anyone have a suggestion on what to use as a glue instead and will not destroy the PVC panes?

Try something like this for your windows,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/it...9bbe2:g:1bUAAOSwKtVW1Z3Z