March 22, 2003
Here you can see all of the Rear Beam Wall's Upper
and Lower Sections.
Detailed assembly of this piece can be seen on Page
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March 22, 2003
Here are the Rear Beam Wall's Center Sections. The
brown ends are the Toilet paper Rolls. |
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March 22, 2003
Now it was time to construct the Front Beams. 5 Hours
later, all 7 Beams were Hot Glued together.
Notice the Red Arrows pointing at empty spaces where
the V shape Feet are placed. This is to indicate that
they go in LAST. This way, when the Foamcore sides
get stretched, you get a perfect snug fit. |
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March 22, 2003
After all the pieces Hot Glue had cooled down and
permanently bonded the Foamcore, I inserted the V
shapes (Follow the Red Arrows) and used Hot Glue on
the Underside to attach them to the Side Walls. |
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March 23, 2003
OK, now if cutting the Foamcore wasn't Boring enough
- LOL.
This step is really for the perfectionist in you.
If you don't care seeing White edges between the gaps
of the Download Decals, then by all means, Skip the
painting and go right to printing the Decals. |
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March 23, 2003
Here you can see the Rear Wall Center Beams painted
edges.
Once the Decals are applied, the Grey paint makes
a tremendous difference. |
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March 23, 2003
And finally I painted the Rear Wall's Top and Bottom
pieces.
After all the Foamcore was painted, I had spent
a whopping 9 hours of work. I can't believe how long
this took. Time for bed. |
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March 24, 2003
I spent about 3 hours after work printing all the
Download Decals needed for the Beams.
I actually counted wrong for the Neon "Feet"
and needed to print an extra 7 sheets. (I forgot that
I had a ceiling that contains an extra angled foot.
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After the printing
I had the JOY of cutting for 2 more hours :D Too late to
continue tonight, time for bed. |
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March 25, 2003
Today I discovered a very IMPORTANT Trick to applying
the Decals on the Toilet paper Rolls.
You can see the Decals have an Embossed Line.
This is your Guide to where the Foamcore Ends and
the Toilet Paper Roll Begins.
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What I found
out is that if the Decal is NOT Glued onto the Roll, it
looks much better. |
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March 25, 2003
I printed my Decals on FULL Label Sheets (Available
at any Office Supply Store). Not only does this save
you time in not needing to put Glue on your paper,
it sticks perfectly smooth on the Foamcore.
Ok, on the Left you can see I peeled back the Protective
Waxy Paper but Stopped at where the Decal's Line.
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The paper is thin enough that you can see through and where
the Line appears.
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March 25, 2003
Now use a Sharp Xacto Blade to cut the peeled paper
like you do when opening an Envelope.
Make sure NOT to cut the Decal. |
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March 25, 2003
Here you can better see what I am trying to explain.
The Red Arrows show you where the Line appears on
the Decal. The top part is exposed (Where we will
stick the label on the Foamcore) and at the bottom,
we see the protective paper still intact.
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This will prevent
the decal from sticking to the Toilet paper Roll. |
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March 25, 2003
Align the Decal's Line with the Edge of the Foamcore.
Now smooth out the label and make sure there are no
Air Bubbles.
As you can see, nothing below the line stuck to our
Rear Wall's Center piece. |
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March 25, 2003
Here is the best angle to explain why I did this.
When you cut the Toilet Paper Rolls into Quarter
Pieces, they don't always come out exactly the same
size. Since the Decals are all Identical, This hides
the imperfection and gives you a better looking Diorama
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March 25, 2003
How the 2 curved Toilet Paper Roll pieces fit together.
Here you can see that on both sides (the protective
sheets prevent sticking to the cardboard) are equal
length. |
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