havanaholly Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 So your Magnolia wants a tin roof, eh? So did mine: http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/index.php?app=gallery&image=39303 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat57 Posted November 7, 2013 Author Share Posted November 7, 2013 What fun Helen! Thanx for those links! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalesq Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Great links Helen! Who knew you could do so many things with corrugated materials. I like Holly's tin roof. There is something very nostalgic about tin roofs. Maybe there will be a tin roof in one of my future builds 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenV Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 They are pretty neat aye? I'm thinking one day for one of my houses landscaping corrugated creatures will feature.... NZ went through a phase of cutting shapes (a lot of Maori designs or animals/fish) out of mini Corrugated Iron and painting them and hanging them on fences in pool and bbq areas etc so I might incorporate this too. Debora I agree that there is something nostalgic about tin roofs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat57 Posted November 7, 2013 Author Share Posted November 7, 2013 I have always loved tin roofs and tin sided buildings,but took them for granted,as I see so much of it used here in Southeastern Alabama,U.S.-very old and very new examples. Until I started Googling about it to prepare for this build,I never realized how long corrugated tin has been around (1850s or 70s?) or that it has been so common in other countries for that long,too! There's a small wooden porch attached to the trailer I rent and it has a tin roof-Heavenly when it rains!!So glad you are having fun with this,too,Helen,and yes,Debora-do it! :yes: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxxie2 Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 One time I found corrugated sheets of scrapbook paper in A C Moore. I bought all they had. It was kind of thin but the size of the "corrugations" were very small and worked out nicely for a half scale house that I built. I did several layers of acrylic spray on the sheets before I tried to use them. I had to glue the pieces to pieces of cardboard to give them strength. A lot of buildings and houses have corrugated roofs out here also. They stand up to the extreme temperatures and weather we have. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat57 Posted November 8, 2013 Author Share Posted November 8, 2013 Hi,Roxie! When you say acrylic spray,do you mean a clear coat of something...Not to be ignorant,but I don't know since I can hardly use spray anything-except some paints-because of my stupid reactions to certain chemicals. But someone else may be able to use it. I bet the corrugated paper you and Morgan mentioned is nice-I've never noticed it,as I haven't bought paper at Michael's and we don't have an A.C. Moore's here. Luckily,the boxes I am sourcing from are new,clean,and free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 There's a Hobby Lobby as well as Michael's in Daphne near exit 38 off I-10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxxie2 Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 One thing I forgot to mention with the corrugated stuff......it "dents" easily. I got it all on the house and got a lot of little dents in the roofing. You have to be really careful how you handle it. Just saying....... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat57 Posted November 8, 2013 Author Share Posted November 8, 2013 Yeah,Roxie,that worries me a little bit,but in my case this little house won't be handled much once it's done. The Cinderella Moments lady evidently sells her dollhouses with the C.C. siding for hundreds of $, (which I am NOT,NOT,NOT comparing myself to,y'all!),but they must hold up enough for someone to charge that and to pay it-? I'm planning to do all the treatment to the C.C. before attaching it to the house exterior and I really think by the time I get the paint and a coat of Mod Podge on it,it will be pretty hard! If,not,I'll try something else. I'm nowhere near Daphne,Holly,but maybe someone else on the forum is? I hope to get a lot done on this over the weekend! ^_^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 You're not that far from Daphne, unless transportation is an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat57 Posted November 8, 2013 Author Share Posted November 8, 2013 You can lead a girl to the hobby store-ANY hobby store-but if she ain't got money what good does it do?! Got it?lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacey6163 Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Good one Kat , kind of like " wish in one hand and crap in the other " 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kat57 Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 I probably should start another topic,about windows,but since my question is about my current build I'll post it here. I was wondering how doable it would be to make front windows for the D.C. Ashley that are similar to the Buttercup's or The Orchid's? I mean their front first floor windows,which have a double hung look. The Ashley normally just has open rectangles surrounded with trim that comes with the kit. I'm Not buying windows,and I'm not replicating the arched trim of the GL houses' windows-just the inner 2 frames.They won't be working windows,but I'd like to make them more realistic than the kit's original design. Rigid packaging plastic will be the 'glass'. The walls will be built up a bit by the corrugated cardboard exterior and flat,spackled interior. I've seen how the Orchid windows go together,but not the Buttercup's windows. They both have the look I want,especially the Buttercup,which is very similar in size to the Ashley. Keep in mind I don't use power tools,but can use scrap wood or trim and a craft knife or even thick card. I think I can figure some of this out,but would appreciate any advice or instructions to go by. I'm posting a web photo of a bare wood Ashley-NOT mine-that I came across,so you can see what I am referring to. Thanx in advance! ^_^ http://www.pinterest.com/pin/428686458251722650/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgansmith Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 The corrugated scrapbook paper at Michael's is 1.99 a sheet, regular price. They have 40% off sales and 40% off coupons. I use the craftsmart sealer which I buy at 3/$1.00 on sale. Two coats. Craftsmart dark grey as basecoat, also at 3/$1. Then, I use metallic silver of some sort and last, burnt umber for rust. I peel away the backing and paint the underside of edges. It is sturdy enough and needs no further backing. However, I get the white, which seems sturdier. For several years, corrugated tin has been used in every way in high end homes. Go figure. P.S. Do the math. The scrapbook paper is too large, technically, for 1" scale and the cardboard box kind even more so. This is a PERFECT example of what I preach. Scale is not always an exact science. Sometimes, it is about what LOOKS right. This scrapbook paper is great looking in 1" & 1/2" scale and not bad in 1/4" even. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat57 Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 I'm using cardboard I have at home,coated with diluted spackle as stiffener and it has really turned out well for the effect I want. I may use some to accent the interior walls. But now I really need help with this window idea I mentioned. Maybe I shoulda posted it elsewhere....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgansmith Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 I'm not sure what you are wanting window-wise but I will do my best to help wherever you post I made the windows for my fling, they were the first I ever made and turned out ok. Are you wanting a double hung look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenswing Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 What are the measurementas on these windows? I may have two in my stash that you can have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 The windows aren't that hard to make. Trace the window opening onto a piece of paper for a pattern. Lay your stripwood pieces for the outer frame around the outside of your pencil line, either mitering the corners or butting them, and make two of these, gluing them together.. Take a piece of your stripwood and lay it across the center of your pattern and trace both sides. With one outer frame lying on your pattern, cut stripwood to fit across the inside of the upper frame and the center piece. Decide (again) if you want to miter or butt this frame as well; then cut your side pieces to fit and glue them all together and repeat this process for the second outer frame. Paint or otherwise finish off your frames and use your pattern to cut your plastic to fit the inner frames. When you're ready to glue the window in place, glue one to the inside with the inner framed part on the bottom, and glue the other one to the outside with the inner framed part at the top. You can cut a piece of kit scrapwood to fit between the middle of the inner frames if the gap bothers you. If you use card you can simply trace your pattern onto the card and then measure for your outer and inner frames and cut around them. Use a stylus or other dull, pointed item to indent between the outer and inner frame, prime and paint as you did for your corrugated siding, glue on the plastic and proceed as for the stripwood version. BTW, I don't recall many of the Buttercup's windows having interior outer frames for the windows, and I made mine using heavy card/ posterboard. It's windows had the upper & lower sashes cut out so the inner frames' middles glued to it to eliminate the gap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat57 Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 Morgan,yes-you may have missed what I said just before your earlier post last night,but I want to do a double hung look. Thanx for your help,always! Holly,I'll have to read this again when I get home but I think this is exactly what I want to do! I really appreciate the instructions! Judith,I'll have to measure the windows later,but it's moot,because I want to make them myself,probably out of card,most likely with Holly's instructions. Thanx so much,though! I'm trying to make as much as possible myself on this build,partly the $ issue,but also the practice to hone some skills to maybe do a more elaborate build one day (I can dream can't I? lol). The biggest problem with me is procrastination and I'm just so slow with my hands when I am working on anything-but,I am still enjoying it and that matters most! ^_^ Thanx for the help!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 You might remember I'm only one county away, should you ever want to get together to brainstorm when we're home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat57 Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 In regards to the window effect I want,look what I found in Mike's gallery(while searching windows). Very cool! Between these diagrams and Holly's instructions,I ought to be able to make 'double hung' windows. Thanx for having this in your gallery,Mike/mesp2k! http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/index.php?app=gallery&image=81701 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Mike is our DIY king. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandystar Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Kat, have you figured out how to post to a gallery? I would LOVE to see what you've done with your Ashley -- wherever you're at with it! It sounds marvelous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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