Endwalls and Chimneys
June 16, 2013
Sunday is Father's Day, a national holiday, and DH is out of town, ergo no fancy dinner to prepare. No, the bills are not all paid and the laundry is not all finished, but I have declared it to be another Mini Day! Got a lot of painting done - all the outside walls, and put a second coat of paint on the stairways. When that is all settled and dried I am supposed to paint a red "carpet" on the stairways. That might be tricky!
I also got the chimneys glued to the side walls. There will be six fireplaces! Here's a picture of the inside, with one side wall in place (before gluing). Each of those little squares is a fireplace - and the opposite wall has the same. I got those all glued into place and the two side walls are sitting under weights all night. Don't want any warping!
I guess I'm starting to sound like a broken record, but once again the engineering of this kit continues to amaze me! There are two chimney pieces and the side wall. So first the two skinny chimneys are glued to together. There are individual slots for these to go into on the first-floor level. So first I put the chimney stack in the floor slot, dabbed some glue on the outside edge, then fit the wall into its slots on the flooring, and pressed the two together. I then carefully slid them back out of the slots, and put them under weights to dry. That way all is straight and lines up perfectly for the finished product.
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