Archive for the 'Construction Techniques' Category
Customizing a Victoria’s Farmhouse, part 6
Friday, March 25th, 2011| It’s time to paint the Ceilings, but first, I will spackle them to help hide the tapewire. I could put on Liner Paper (a thick white paper that is sold in wallpaper stores), but I still have bathroom dividers to install, and the Liner Paper is thick enough to make them too tight. Liner paper also hides the tapewire more thoroughly, and on a ceiling, that makes finding the tapewire for the hookups more difficult. So, I’m spackling… |  |
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Wallpaper Pastes: product comparison
Saturday, February 19th, 2011
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| My Friends at Hobby Builder Supply have a customer who purchased a #9043 roombox and some Minigraphics Mucilage, and asked for an assurance that the mucilage would work on the lacquered surface of the roombox. I replied that I had always used “YES!” paste when wallpapering over lacquer, but that I would test the mucilage, compare it to YES!, test them both against my ‘go to’ standard pre-mixed wallpaper paste that I buy by the quart. (more…) | ||||
Customizing the Victoria’s Farmhouse, part 5
Friday, January 7th, 2011
I’ve been finishing up the wiring on my Victoria’s Farmhouse, Running tapewire around the dividers (which I put in after the “up-and-over” runs on each floor), making the connections, and putting a power jack in the foundation. Here’s the diagram that I have been following for this build; the red wires were put in before the dividers:
Customizing a Victoria’s Farmhouse, part 4
Monday, December 13th, 2010
Customizing a Victoria’s Farmhouse, part 3
Thursday, November 18th, 2010When I played with the miniatures in Customizing a Victoria’s Farmhouse, part 1, I made a floorplan with a bathroom on the second floor. That uses up the doorway in the second floor divider, so I have some Divider Customization to do for a new door into the Master Bedroom.
Customizing a Victoria’s Farmhouse, part 2
Thursday, November 11th, 2010Changing dollhouse Windows
Last week (Customizing a Victoria’s Farmhouse, part 1) we played around with some dollhouse furniture to make an interior plan, and began moving windows to accommodate it. Here’s what the front cutouts look like with the Picture window moved 1″, and the first-floor window enlarged to standard size. (more…)
Customizing a Victoria’s Farmhouse, part 1
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010The Victoria’s Farmhouse is a great house to build, and a great house to move into. It has big rooms, an interesting interior shape, and access from the side for the front room. I am working on one now in my spare time, and I’ll document the steps I follow for personalizing the inside. (more…)
New and Improved Lilliput Staircase Kit Now Works with Junior Dollhouse Kits Too!
Friday, July 16th, 2010The NEW & IMPROVED Lilliput® Staircase Kit now works with all 8 1/8″ – 9″ floor-to-ceiling heights!
This is great news for all who have either a Lilliput® or Junior Series dollhouse kit and want to upgrade your interior stairs. The kit also features materials to build the landing rail as shown. The staircase can be built either left or right for your convenience! The kit comes complete with instructions and detailed drawings.
Click here to see what a two-story staircase would look like!
We would love to hear what you think about these improvements, so don’t be shy, let us know today!
Mini wishes, Jennifer
LED Lighting in a Miniatures Showcase
Monday, June 7th, 2010I’ve been answering questions about our new Extrabrite LED striplights and how to use them (and a picture is worth 1000 words!), so here’s the scoop:
LED lights are perfect for lighting up a display.They are small, easy to install, and easy to keep out of the way; they are bright and use very little power; and they last a long, long time. But the big advantage in LEDs inside a closed display is that LEDs turn most of their power into light – they make much less heat than incandesent bulbs so there’s no need for venting or fans. (more…) |