Tigpuppy Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 (edited) I am trying to figure out if a house I recently bought is scratch built or a kit from RGT. The previous owner added trim to the front edges of the plywood of the floors, but didn't cover where the walls intersected with the floors. The picture on the top shows how the floors are joined to the outer walls (inserted into a groove of some sort). The picture on the bottom shows how the inside walls just get sandwiched between the floors. Can anyone with a RGT dollhouse tell me if this is a common way that they make them? Thanks! Edited June 18, 2020 by Tigpuppy Misspelling correction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 (edited) I need to see a photo of the house. I personally cover all edges with channel trim. It give it a nice finished look. Edited June 18, 2020 by Sable 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigpuppy Posted June 19, 2020 Author Share Posted June 19, 2020 6 hours ago, Sable said: I need to see a photo of the house. I started a gallery for this new house I bought so I can keep track of before and after images of my progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 No, that's not a Real Good Toys kit. it looks like a great place to start, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdodyd Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I have a RGT "Simplicity" dollhouse - the floors are fitted into grooves similar to your house. The width of the walls and the slope of the roof look like typical RGT houses. The front door and 2nd floor window/shutters are identical to the ones on my house (and I have an old RGT catalog that shows them.) The dormer windows are identical to the ones on RGT houses. On the other hand, the first floor three-sided windows don't look like anything RGT makes and the placement of the stairs is odd (RGT houses typically have staircases directly in a line going up.) Having three, rather than the two typical dormer windows, is unusual. Maybe a basic RGT house that has been very much customized? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabags3 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 6/18/2020 at 5:33 PM, Sable said: I need to see a photo of the house. I personally cover all edges with channel trim. It give it a nice finished look. While reading this thread you happened to answer another question I had in the back of my head... what trim covers the edges on the front of the house for a more polished look. yay!!! channel trim! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 (edited) I'm looking at the space above the 3rd floor to the bottom of the eave at the back, and it looks like there's a kneewall at the front that matches that amount of space. That's not a dimension of any of the Real Good Toys' Dollhouse Center colonials (which is what has many similarities to this house) There are a great number of similarities... the layout of the front, the colonial addition, the dormers (while an old style for Real Good Toys, this style dormer could have been pre '88) as well as the grooved construction (which became the norm after '88, so for Real Good Toys, those would have been different eras). I am inspired by jdodyd's post about the Simplicity, though... that could certainly be a Simplicity addition, and the Simplicity floor-to-ceiling is 9" so, if it is a Simplicity addition, that seems to match the house floor-to-ceiling suggesting it too is 9", and the Dollhouse Center houses made by Real Good Toys had 9 7/16 floor-to-ceilings. There are more nit-picky things, but the bottom line is that it is a well-made house and one worthy of ownership. Edited January 29 by doc it's always good to finish with a compliment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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