PariahDolls Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Hello all, I’m Simon from Nottingham in the UK (and my state is always utter bewilderment). I found this site today and after reading a few posts I realised it’d be a good idea to join you and thought you might like to see my very early Work in Progress. It has been about 25 years since I last built a Dollhouse and that was a medium sized kit I built for my daughter. After years of deliberating I have finally decided to design one for myself. It will be an open top house (I hope they OK with you folks) and is going to be a New York style apartment. I’m making the side section hinged so that the rooms are more easily accessible and yes, I’m a glutton for punishment, I’ll be adding floor joists that appear when it’s open. There will be a fire escape to the back wall outside the windows. Luckily I have a 3D printer so I can make quite a few custom pieces as I need them. All the parts for that are now printed and ready to file/sand/tidy and then assemble. So, early stages as yet (I’m having the panels laser cut by a local company) and it’ll be nice to spend some time getting it just how I envisage it to be. Looking forward to getting to know you all. Simon 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debsrand56 Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 This looks like a very interesting project! It will be fun to see your progress. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kells Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 1 hour ago, PariahDolls said: I’m a glutton for punishment, I’ll be adding floor joists that appear when it’s open. There will be a fire escape to the back wall outside the windows. Luckily I have a 3D printer so I can make quite a few custom pieces as I need them. All the parts for that are now printed and ready to file/sand/tidy and then assemble. Yes, adding floor joists falls under the categorization "glutton for punishment" lol. I'm interested to see the whole project as it goes along but am especially interested in how you do that fire escape. I have a tall house that I want to do up as a kind of run-down 1930s tenement building / boarding house. I'd hoped to figure out a way to do a convincing fire escape on one side, so I'll be watching that with particular interest. Welcome to the forum! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Welcome to the little family, Simon. Will you be using MDF or plywood for your build? You can use strip wood to simulate the joists. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PariahDolls Posted August 27, 2019 Author Share Posted August 27, 2019 1 minute ago, havanaholly said: Welcome to the little family, Simon. Will you be using MDF or plywood for your build? You can use strip wood to simulate the joists. Thanks! It’s mainly 6mm MDF and yes, I’ve planned on using strip wood for the joists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PariahDolls Posted August 27, 2019 Author Share Posted August 27, 2019 44 minutes ago, Kells said: I have a tall house that I want to do up as a kind of run-down 1930s tenement building / boarding house. I'd hoped to figure out a way to do a convincing fire escape on one side, so I'll be watching that with particular interest. Welcome to the forum! Thank you. It’s quite nerdy of me but I tracked down the 1938 Building Code for fire escapes so I’d get the dimensions close (but in thicknesses to suit the printing process and avoiding fragility). I design architectural steelwork as my day job (staircases, balconies, balustrade etc). So getting that bit right is important to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PariahDolls Posted August 27, 2019 Author Share Posted August 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Debsrand56 said: This looks like a very interesting project! It will be fun to see your progress. Thank you, I’m sure there’ll be some stumbling blocks but hopefully I’ll find some help here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FurMama Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Welcome Simon! Open tops are ok by me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatFord Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 I'm totally impressed with your rendering! I can't imagine what you will do with the actual project! Can't wait to see the progress. Kim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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