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Issue 86
Contents
The pier that leads from the bathhouse to the sea.
Picture 1 shows the contents of this issue
Using a kraft knife, separate the beams and smooth the edges with sandpaper. Using wood glue, attach the beams into the holes along the long beam as shown in picture 2. Attach the second long beam to the tabs on the cross beams. Fix the cross beam “A” into the remaining slot, both edges will protrude slightly higher.
Attach the boardwalk on top of the assembly using wood blue and clamp all the parts and allow to dry, pictures 3 and 4.
Now to the painting.
Before we get underway, painting the pier, I scored the wooden planks and posts to give a more realistic old wood look. I also heavily scored the lines between the planks which will make them look like they have placed individually.
It is recommended painting the post first before attaching then to the boardwalk.
Mix up a brown paint, you can use the magazine guide if you wish, however, I mixed up a medium brown and painted all the assembly with this colour first.
Once dry, I used different shades of brown, grey and a little green to the top planks and the posts to give it a more rugged look.
Pictures 5 and 6 show the assembly complete and painted.
Markwarren attached the following image(s):
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Issue 87
Contents
The First and Second Floor Windows.
Assembling the Windows
Take the vertical and horizontal strips, and glue them together as shown in picture 1. Make sure the bevelled side of the vertical strips are facing outwards. Once dry, paint the inside of the window frame white. I also spray painted the plastic windows white to take away the plastic look, picture 2.
Apply double sided tape to the edges of the windows. Note the tabs have a bevelled edge. The bevelled edge is the front of the window. You will also notice that the rear of the window has round marks from the manufacturing process, the tape goes this side, picture 3. Take off the protective film on both sides of the plastic glass and stick them to the windows using the double-sided tape.
Place both windows into the frames as shown in picture 4.
The next part of the assembly is quite straight forward. Take one of the two window surrounds and attach with quick drying glue the lower moulding at the bottom of the surround. Note, it is bevelled, so hold it in place until the glue is set. Next attach the cornice at the top in the same way, followed by the windowsill to the lower moulding. Attach the pediment details, again with quick drying glue. Do the same with the first-floor window, before attaching the window frame assemblies to both the back of the window surrounds, using quick drying glue, pictures 5 and 6.
Picture 7 show the complete assembly for this issue.
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Issue 88
Contents
The Exterior Wall and Rope Ladder
Take the exterior wall parts and a ruler. Place the ruler along the back of the wall lining up each seam and bend the wall carefully, picture 1. As you can see, I used a mini clamp to hold the ruler in place whilst bending the wall. Move the ruler and clamp to each plank in the wall until you have bent all the seams as shown in picture 2.
Using wood glue secure the exterior wall in place along the frame from issue 74 and clamp in place until the glue is dry, picture 3.
Now do the same with the second part of the exterior wall, gluing in place as before, picture 4.
Using a craft knife, cut the two fixing plates and glue them inside the frame where the exterior walls join, picture 5. Picture 6 shows the assembly complete.
Note: I will show how to sand and paint so the joints do not show in a later update.
Assembling the Rope Ladder
First, take the four dowls and cut into 24 pieces, each 24mm long, picture 7. Cut the template into two parts along the blue dotted line, picture 8. Glue the two parts together and place a strip of double-sided tape along the template and place the 24 dowels in place as shown in picture 9.
Leave the end of the rope about 30mm from the end and using quick drying glue apply a little to the end of the dowl and wrap the rope around as shown in picture 10. Do this all the way to each dowl along each side of the template, leaving around 30mm of rope at all the ends, picture 11.
Once the glue is completely set, peel back the rope from the template.
Picture 12 show the rope ladder complete.
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Issue 89
Contents
The Wall Panels, and Wallpaper for the inside Walls.
In the first part of this issue, I show how I have sanded down and repainted the outer panels that were assembled in issue 88. This is purely my own choice and is not part of the build. Should you decide to do this yourself, please be aware that you will have to repaint all the panel assembly. You do this at your own risk.
First, I sanded down where the panels join and filled in any gaps, pictures 1 and 2. The whole panel assembly was repainted with a mixture of blue paint that I made up. For those interested, I used a medium blue, spot of red and black and toned down with white. The formular is below.
12 parts Blue
1 part red
1 part black
6 parts white
10 parts water. This will depend on how thick your paint is.
The paint needs to be of a running consistence, but thick enough to coat the wood. Once the panels had been painted, I used a slightly lighter blue to paint the odd panel, using a dry brush after to tone the paintwork into the panel so not to leave any hard edges. This gives panels a more realistic different shaded look. I then gave the painted panels a very light sand before giving it a matt varnish, picture 3.
Attaching the Wallpaper
Apply PVA glue to the bottom of the frame as shown in picture 4. Apply the ground floor wallpaper, picture 5. Then apply the middle and top floor wallpaper in the same way, picture 6.
Note the position of the different wallpapers.
Assembling the Exterior Back Wall (Rear Porch Side)
As before, slightly bend the individual panels using your fingers and a ruler, picture 7. Next apply glue to the part of the frame the panels will be attach too. Place the panelling onto the frame, making sure the panels fit around the edges and door area. Hold it in place using mini clamps whilst the glue dries, picture 8. Allow this panel to fully dry before moving onto the next panel.
Once dry apply the next panel, picture 9, and then the final panel. When all the panels have dried, turn the assembly over and apply the fixing plates. These will need to be cut out of the cardboard supplied with this issue. You will need to cut a “B3” and a “B5” and apply these with PVA glue, picture 10.
Picture 11 shows the complete assembly for this issue. Markwarren attached the following image(s):
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Issue 90
Contents
The Wall Panels, and Wallpaper for the inside Walls.
Picture 1 shows the contents for this issue.
Assembling the Exterior Back Wall (Rear Porch Side)
As before, slightly bend the individual panels using your fingers and a ruler, picture 2. Next apply glue to the part of the frame the panels will be attach to, picture 3. Place the panelling onto the frame, making sure the panels fit around the edges and door area. Hold it in place using mini clamps whilst the glue dries, picture 4. Allow this panel to fully dry before moving onto the next panel.
Once dry, apply the next panel and then the final panel. Picture 5 shows all the panels in place. When all the panels have dried, turn the assembly over and apply the remaining fixing plates, picture 6. These will need to be cut out of the cardboard supplied with the previous issue.
Before attaching the inner wallpaper, I sanded the panels down, filled the gaps and then painted the whole outer panelling as I did in the previous issue. For those wishing to do this see the build log of issue 89, where all the information can be found. I also painted the sides, top and bottom of the frame blue as instructed to do so in the magazine. Picture 7 shows the panels repainted and complete.
Note: This time I used a ruler and pencil to highlight the panel lines.
Finally, turn the assembly over and apply the wallpaper as shown in picture 8. This process is identical as the previous issue.
That completes the assembly for this issue and pack.Markwarren attached the following image(s):
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