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When floor is dry turn over and place in direction in photo,
glue front and rear walls to floor, you can fit long interior wall
to temporarily hold walls square. Fit and glue bottom section of
side walls flush to bottom of supports and front and back walls.
Side wall should come approx.half way up floor thickness. Tape of
clamp when happy and leave to dry.
Tip: dry assemble all components before glueing to confirmhow
pieces assemble. Most pieces have tabs to assist line up
Fit internal walls, glue to floor and sides. Fit ceiling but do
not glue,leave to dry. By not glueing ceiling this will allow easy
access later to decorate interior. You can now fit removable side
walls sand gently ifnecessary for a gentle fit.
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Glue floor supports to underside of floor. Lay floor piece as in
drawingabove to show bottom, glue support as direction in photo.
Support positions are not critical but better to glue between holes
so no glue goes in holes before fixing walls.
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Tip: dry assemble all components before glueing to confirmhow
pieces assemble.
Ceiling fitted but not glued.
Fit front and rear gable and ridge board, glue only to
ceiling
Fit corner trims, Narrow to side, slightly wider at front and
rear. Overlay wider ones to edge outside of narrow ones
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Fit roof panels
Narrow
Wide
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sand small taper around top edge of bottom 2 layers, this will
give a little dimensional look to the steps. Assemble 3 layers and
the fit 2 side pieces to steps.
assemble rear steps in the same manner.
glue corrugated card to roof, try to match corrugations left to
right. Fitend barge boards flush to top of corrugated card. Crease
paper striplength wise down centre line and glue to ridge, trim to
length.
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When dry remove roof and ceiling and turn over. Fit rafter end
trims, one on each side.
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sand
CorrugatedCard
CorrugatedCard
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Paint cover boards, I recommend same colour as weatherboards
then paint gable end in lighter contrast colour, when dry glue
cover board to gable end. Alternately paint cover boards and glue
to coloured paperor thin card, then cut out around triangle and
glue this to gable end.
glue 3 sides together using roof and front porch floor for
line-up. Glue toroof but not floor. when dry fit trellis,
corrugated card and barge boards.
Paint porch. Roof colour to match main house, lattice and post
whereoriginally same colour as weatherboard but later where
repainted in contrasting trim colour. Paint steps and deck timber
in wood colourand sides in weatherboard colour. Originally lower
boards belowfloor level where also painted in different colour, but
same as used on window sills.
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Tip: At this point mount exterior trim to card with lowtack tape
and paint before fitting. Paint exterior weatherboards before
fitting trim
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Note: photo of alternate version, same assembly.
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After painted frames are dry turn over and remove backing paper
covering double sided adhesive. Stick bottom section of frame over
edge of acetate. Press down then trim around frame with sharp
knife.
Glue 3 pieces of chimney stack together, make sure bricks are on
the outside, glue header to top of stack, make sure its square.
When drylightly sand chamfer to top of header, glue to roof.
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stick top sash above bottom sash, glue into window holes
keepingflush with inside wall. Fit doors in similar manner but fit
flush to extof wall. You can adjust the frames up or down to have
the look ofopened windows.
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Acetate
Line up with edgeof acetate
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When the windows and doors are fitted, glue prepainted trim
pieceson outside of painted house. It should be starting to look
like yourvery own 1920s New Zealand Railway house ready for your
familyto move in to and decorate.
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