5-StyinBorkelenSchaft

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DUTCH STY IN BORKEL EN SCHAFT TIPS FOR MAKING THIS PAPER BUILDING - Print on heavy weight paper (125lb. or 200g/m2). Allow to dry. - Cut out the building parts with a sharp hobby knife. Use a metal ruler to cut along straight lines. - Mark the folding lines on the blank sides of the building faces. Use the hobby knife to score the lines. - Fold building walls using your fingernail to make the folds sharp. Make the corners square. Fit the building together to see how it looks. - Cut the base out of cardboard or styrofoam. Glue the base a few millimeters from the bottom edge of the building. The small gap between the base and the bottom of the walls will allow the  building to sit in your terrain rather than on top of it. - Trace the shapes of the short sides of the building on styrofoam to make roof supports. Cut and trim to fit inside the walls. Check how the roof fits and fold it accordingly. The roof should overhang the building slightly, so glue the supports a few millimeters in from each end of the roof. - Fit the roof onto the building. If you want the roof permanently attached, just glue it in place. - Attach chimneys and details as desired. - You may wish to spray a protective matte varnish on your finished building. Finished sty Pape r buildi ng proje ct by Pat rick van Gompe l GHQ, 2810 0 Wo odside Road, Shore wood, MN 5533 1 USA www .ghqmodels .com 1-80 0-BUY -1945

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DUTCH STY IN BORKEL EN SCHAFT TIPS FOR MAKING THIS PAPER BUILDING

- Print on heavy weight paper (125lb. or 200g/m2). Allow to dry.

- Cut out the building parts with a sharp hobby knife. Use ametal ruler to cut along straight lines.

- Mark the folding lines on the blank sides of the building faces.Use the hobby knife to score the lines.

- Fold building walls using your fingernail to make the foldssharp. Make the corners square. Fit the building together tosee how it looks.

- Cut the base out of cardboard or styrofoam. Glue the base afew millimeters from the bottom edge of the building. The smallgap between the base and the bottom of the walls will allow the building to sit in your terrain rather than on top of it.

- Trace the shapes of the short sides of the building on styrofoamto make roof supports. Cut and trim to fit inside the walls. Checkhow the roof fits and fold it accordingly. The roof shouldoverhang the building slightly, so glue the supports a fewmillimeters in from each end of the roof.

- Fit the roof onto the building. If you want the roofpermanently attached, just glue it in place.

- Attach chimneys and details as desired.

- You may wish to spray a protective matte varnish on yourfinished building.

Finished sty

Paper building project by Patrick van Gompel GHQ, 28100 Woodside Road, Shorewood, MN 55331 USA www.ghqmodels.com 1-800-BUY-1945

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