1.  I need to know the best time to glue my kit paint it, etc.  Can you please advise me?  Thanks!

Sheryl

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1.  Answer for question above:

Hello Sheryl
 
 My name is Charles and I am happy to respond to your questions.  I basically glued nothing until I made sure that everything went where it was supposed to go and all parts fit-in other words- I basically assembled the house once before I started gluing.  It sounds like a lot of work and it is but I feel that the end results will be more pleasing to you in as much as when glued and dry a mistake in assembly will cause you much grief, therefore my policy has always been "dry" assembly.
 
 As regards painting, the only pre-painting I did was the small pieces-the ones you couldn't get to when the assembly was done.  I am not really sure what my final feeling is on pre-painting everything.  I am rather prone to painting after assembly with the aforementioned exception.  I have done it both ways and for me painting after assembly seemed to work best.  If all parts are not "exactly matched and fitted" and you pre-paint you can have cracks showing at wall intersections, etc.   Painting after assembly will allow the paint to flow into those misfit places and hide the imperfection.
 
 Dollhouse building, I believe, is an individual "sport" in that while you learn from others you should always put yourself into it.
 
 Hope I have answered the questions to your satisfaction.  Feel free to 
contact me directly at any time.
 
 
 Enjoy
 

Jim,
I am sooooooo jealous!!!  How could you!!!  How could you outrate
everyone else!!!  I must admit that it is just so beautifully
done....delightful. Of course my curiosity is there, so, you will break
down and give up your tips, secrets and do's and don't's, right?  It is
not possible that this beauty could have taken you three months!!!  No,
No!  It would have taken me a year, no fair!  Please, please, keep up
the great work you are doing.  It was a pleasure to have seen your
photos. ttys.
Lourdes in Homestead, Florida    
 

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#1.  One method is by using a sheet of Red Oak Veneer and either cutting it into single strips and placing them individually, or scoring the sheet and clear stain and varnish it before installation.  Date: 1-5-2000

#2.  There are different types of wiring, i.e., Tape wire applied like transparent tape, Round Wire used on real homes, but much smaller, and Copper Foil Wire like creating a Printed Circuit.  There are starter kits that use transformers.  Check with you local craft stores.   Date: 1-6-2000
 
 
 
 
 

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