June 30, 2002
In the same technique as above, take your second
spine and attach it along the other window edge.
Make sure it is flush with the cut. Take your time,
Do not glue it all in one shot, it's too large and
you will end up with a mess. Not to mention the possibility
of tearing your window in half. |
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June 30, 2002
Now for the curved corners. Cut 2 identicle pieces,
2.25 inches X 5.5 inches. |
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June 30, 2002
We want them to bend so it's time again to slit one
side. This time at every 1/4 inch.
You want more cuts to make a smoother bend. |
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June 30, 2002
This is where our pieces fit. "But Niubniub,
it looks gross" you say? LOL We must alter the
ends so that they appear flus with the top and bottom
ledges. |
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June 30, 2002
Take a NEW blade and cut through the foamcore at
an agle like in the picture. Do this on both ends.
You want to shave as close to the top side's paper. |
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June 30, 2002
Now use your Hot Glue Gun to attach the piece to
the window ledge.
Make sure to test your piece before permanentaly
bonding with the glue. You want to make sure it is
flush and smooth.
Shave off some more foam if it doesn't give you a
clean seam. |
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June 30, 2002
Now that the window is finished, it's time to make
the 2 front wall sections.
Take your 19.25 inch pieces and cut one side at 1
cm intervals to alow it to bend.
DON'T cut all the way through. |
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June 30, 2002
We now have a flexible foamcore ready for it's spinal
surgery :) |
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June 30, 2002
Take your spine piece and Hot Glue it to the top
of the wall.
Make sure it's flush so it will look nicer. |
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June 30, 2002
Now we can put the pieces in place. Ahh, it actually
almost looks like a room - LOL.
I was going to Hot Glue all the pieces to the main
base but decided that it will be easier to take pictures
if I can remove wall sections like they do in real
movie sets.
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Don't worry
about the gaps between the 3 pieces, there are support columns
that will be strategically placed to make the wall seamless
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July 13, 2002
Let's make some support beams.
I started with a rectangle piece 19 cm long. I measured
2.5 cm from the top and another 2.5 cm after that.
Then I made a line at 1cm from the left side. |
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July 13, 2002
Time to make another template. This time a 5.5 cm
circle |
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July 13, 2002
Place the circle along the 2.5 cm line and the 1
cm line on the left. |
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July 13, 2002
This is the shape of our beams. |
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July 13, 2002
Now use the Xacto blade to cut our piece.
Discard the 1cm piece at the bottom.
Now we use this shape to trace 16 pieces. Once cut,
Hot Glue 2 pieces together to give us 8 beams. |
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