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Post by oldschooldm on Aug 1, 2012 22:34:59 GMT -9
I built the Laketown Great House and was challenged to make it fold-flat. I got about 75% to fold flat (saving a LOT of storage space) but the U-shaped foundation is glued entirely... There are 5 brads: 4 holding the eaves in place, and one holding the top of the roof tower down on one side. The gabled door has tack on the back of the door to hold it in place, and the main building fits inside the u-foundation by pressure from the crossbar support inside the main building (see the crane house for the cutfile for that:) When it's all together, it looks like the building on the left... Attachments:
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Post by dcbradshaw on Aug 2, 2012 5:35:47 GMT -9
*shakes fist at oldschooldm*
Don't you know I already have ENOUGH stuff I'm dying to build?!?!?
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Post by Vermin King on Aug 2, 2012 5:50:38 GMT -9
You met the challenge very well indeed. On the U-shaped portion, I still think that could be fold-flat, but it would be very long. Outer walls glued together. bobby pins to connect the three sections, and end caps that are not glued, but inserted. Long could be more of a storage issue than leaving them 3D. You did very well indeed. Very well.
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Post by oldschooldm on Aug 2, 2012 6:00:06 GMT -9
You met the challenge very well indeed. On the U-shaped portion, I still think that could be fold-flat, but it would be very long. Outer walls glued together. bobby pins to connect the three sections, and end caps that are not glued, but inserted. Long could be more of a storage issue than leaving them 3D. You did very well indeed. Very well. Actually, I tried something exactly like that. The problem is that the U-foundation wants to provide a LOT of structural strength, and all the pinning techniques I use don't do that anywhere near as well as glue. It was fussy to construct as well. I'm happy with how well it compresses as is.
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