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This bottom layer sticks out just beyond the supports. |
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Now to prepare for layer 2.
I cut some 1 cm strips and scored them so they would
bend. |
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Using the Hot Glue, I attached the strips in the
ceter of the lower layer piece. |
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I then added a small piece to the outer edges for
the middle layer to attach itself to. |
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Let's create our ceiling tile template.
Measue a circle 41 cm and 27 cm. Draw a line from
the center point and measure 10 degrees from each
side of the line.
Use your ruler to draw the outer edges from the
center point.
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Make 13 of these.
Now Use Hot Glue and attach it to the layer 1 ring. Align
it to the outer edge and use dabs of glue on the center
edge and anchor point. |
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Here you can better see the anchor point.
This keeps the piece in place but also gives us the
desired angle for the middle layer of the ceiling. |
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After each piece cools down, attach another to the
first one, going around in circles till you reach
the front end of the layer 1 ring. |
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July 14, 2002
Well I wanted to finish, but it's midnight and I
have to update these for you all :)
Here is where I am at as of yesterday evening. |
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A view from the inside.
This diorama will really come to life when the color
is applied. But that is still a ways to go :) |
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July 28, 2002
Let's get back to the roof's construction.
We need a rectangle piece 59 cm X 14 cm. This is
for the front of the 2nd layer part. |
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Align the rectangle with the roof's front base (the
flat end) and against a temporary tile (The piece
under my index finger is not yet attached, I am just
holding it in place) |
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Place a mark where the 2 pieces meet.
This will be your angle cutting line. Do the same
on the other end of the rectangle. And then mark the
bottom where the flat layer 1 ring ends.
Basically the corners of the circular shape. |
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Use your Xacto blade and cut the ends off.
This will assure a good fit at the proper angle. |
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I then used my Hot Glue Gun and attached the piece
to the layer 1 roof base.
Now we have to calculate the proper angles for the
end tiles. |
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July 28, 2002
Stick a tile along the edge of the layer 1 base as
we did for the others.
Make sure rectangle piece is over the tip of the
tile.
Trace a line where the 2 pieces meet. (The blue line
is actually closer in real life, I just moved it a
little to show you better what it should look like.) |
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