Once all the prep work's done the house assembles FAST! Because I trimmed all my tabs & slots during the dry-fit everything went like it was supposed to. Because the wood glue made the tabs swell slightly I used a scrap of 3/8" plywood to protect the kit wood and my smaller claw hammer to "coax" stubborn tabs into the slots. The sidewalls, lower front wall & foundation are now drying. I'll need to reglue one corner of the foundation that came skewed during the "coaxing' process. I kept my bigger textbooks from nursing school at DH's suggestion that I could use them for reference. Even retired I still refer to them when I need fairly large, flat, even weight on a dh part while it dries.I have a different suggestion for stair assembly for this house, now that I've reglued ALL the treads: once the first floor dividing wall is painted/ papered and the stringers are finished however one wants them to look, glue one of the stringers to the dividing wall & once the wall's glued in place, put glue on the tabs & tread supports of the second stringer & install it. Then put glue on the bottom & edge of the tread that abuts the wall side & lay it flat onto the tread support of the second stringer. Once the glue dries on the second floor I'll reglue the foundation corner & see if I can get the second floor front on & masked. This evening I'll start drawing shingling lines on the roof parts. I'll wait until we get back from our cycling weekend to paint the exterior trim & do the exterior finish. The paint job on the front door turned out very well, the eggplant looks more like a very dark plum, not so black a purple as eggplant, and the yellow is dark enough to look good with it. I want to do an ochre wash on the stucco when it's dry, so I'll paint the exterior door & window trims eggplant, too. I'm thinking I'll wash the upstairs front shingles with the eggplant paintwater. I'll probably use India ink/ alcohol on the roof shingles, maybe stain.I promise I'm taking pictures! As soon as I finish the house & the film roll I'll get the prints on disc. ;) ;) Complements of havanaholly