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Once the tile is cut, repeat on the other end and Attach all ends together with your Hot Glue gun.

Don't worry if you don't get the correct angle on the first try. It took me 3 pieces to get it just snug.

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No this is NOT a TOILET BOWL - hee hee - it is the underside of the roof. Time for details.

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These are the pieces we will need. I cut out the center from one of the tile patterns. On top is 4 cm and at the bottom measures 7 cm.

I also needed to cut out 2 strips of foamcore...1 cm X 14 cm.

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The 2 strips fit on top of the smaller tile piece. Leave a small gap on each end.

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Start cutting :)

We need 14 small tiles and 34 of the strips. We also need 4 pieces 14 cm X 5 cm for the bottom straight side.

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First I glued the cut tile to the circular tiles (Layer 2 roof) This piece fits over the joint of the big tiles to hide the cracks as well as make it look like the film set.

If the piece sticks out, that is good, it will assure you a flush cut when trimmed.

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Use a sharp Xacto blade and trim the Small Tile. Then hot Glue the 2 strips in place.

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Use a sharp Xacto Blade to trim the excess strips.

Doing it in 3 steps assures a neater appearence. Since the ends will be visible in the finished Diorama, we don't want torn edges.

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Here is a great angle to show you how the pieces lean against the inside edge of the Layer 2 Tiles.

You can also see how clean and flush the front ends meet. Now get cracking on the other 13 :)

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First step again... Hot glue all the Small Tiles to the layer 2 tiles.

Make sure to align the center of the Small tiles with the cracks of the layer 2 ring.

If you look at the bottom, you see the 4 rectangle tiles in place (14 cm X 5 cm)

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Then trim all the excess pieces once the glue has hardened.

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Hot glue all the strips in place, remember to leave a small edge on each side.

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Again, Trim off the excess with a Sharp Xacto, be carefull, you don't want to chop off your fingers in the process :)

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So this is what it looks like so far. The details are a lot of work but really add to the look don't you think?

Now we need to add the double thickness that is on the top end of Layer 2.

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Cut angled pieces using whatever scrap pieces you have left.

They do not have to be the exact angle of the ceiling. We will be trimming them like the details.