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Last batch I made, I used a different material for the branch tips...the fibers that will get painted. 1 experiment I cut paint brush bristles into about 1/8" fibers. 2nd experiment I cut sisal rope same length. I liked #2 better.
Play around, I also have many trees that will end up in a background somewhere.
What am I missing that you are trying to figure out?
Thats what I usually do... Just glue the panels together, but not to the trusses, let them dry and cure for a week or so in place so that they keep their shape and a tight fit. Then you can just lift off the panels but leave the trusses in place with the lighting. That was the whole point of epoxying the panels together at the peak, so that they would be a solid unit without needing the trusses, or so I thought, that's how I'm doing mine on this kit.
Thats is as far as I remember, but it's been a long time since I kept taking Bretts roof off of the pilot model at the 2010 show.
Everytime he turned around to talk to someone I took the roof off, when I turned around to talk to someone on the other side of the booth he'd put it back on.... hahaha
I guess I missundestood something you were doing along the way.
I have faith, you'll get it right.
i got the 4 walls done and that's about it so far. i used ho scale 2x12s cuz i had a boatload of them from nortons. i had run out of o scale 1 x 6s and tried the ho 2 x 12s. they were a tad too big so i ordered o scale 1 x 6 and had a ton of these left over. i didn't prestain them because i decided this structure would be pretty pristine. i sided all the walls (boards applied to chipboard subwalls) prior to priming/painting them, and only added nail holes where boards butted. after i got the windows and doors cut out i primed all the walls with rattle can grey, and then painted them white wash and primary red.
since this pic was taken i got all 17 of the windows in and their glazing installed. i also have a checkerboard tiled floor for it. i'm trying to figure out how to fabricate some booths. my daughter is going to be doing the signage for this one.
this became necessary after i snipped the resistors off the leds and then was stuck with the dillema of soldering extentions on these:
and these:
i can't believe i'm putting myself through all this just so the roofs can be removeable, and the structure isn't even gonna be within reach. i gotta be nuts....
Keep on !
i hope to be able to extend the led leads by soldering some microwire to them. jury is still out....
i thought i'd share with you fellas a picture of me at my lakefront house.
Get some shrink tube slide on one of the wires twist together move the tube over the joint and heat it up no muss no fuss. ............
s a 3 volt power supply/3 volt leds.