Previously on Surrounded with pretty things... Stage 1
Now for Stage 2!
The weather was better this day so I got a more consistent light for the photos.
Initial predictions from the instructions
From that it's pretty obvious that this stage will be finishing the exterior walls and Bag End is getting it's iconic green door complete with cirth 'G' for Gandalf (that OAP of a vandal!) as well as the lovely coloured window in the study/kitchen/dining area that you can see on the exterior of the box.
No minifigures in this stage so it was right into construction!
There were four smaller windows that went around the walls the has a slight hinge to open them.
When placed correctly with the panes closer to the external edge they completely lost this feature because of the way they interacted with the circular frames on the outside. I found that by switching the panes to the internal hinge points I was able to salvage some to the opening action but not completely. That didn't effect the overall appearance of the windows other than that the panes are set a few millimetres deeper into the wall than they would normally be.
and here's the finishing point for now with the instruction page for comparison
I was mistaken about the window being coloured and there was more to the interior that I thought but I'd say that otherwise looks about right don't you think?
Next up! Stage 3!
Now for Stage 2!
The weather was better this day so I got a more consistent light for the photos.
Initial predictions from the instructions
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No minifigures in this stage so it was right into construction!
There were four smaller windows that went around the walls the has a slight hinge to open them.
When placed correctly with the panes closer to the external edge they completely lost this feature because of the way they interacted with the circular frames on the outside. I found that by switching the panes to the internal hinge points I was able to salvage some to the opening action but not completely. That didn't effect the overall appearance of the windows other than that the panes are set a few millimetres deeper into the wall than they would normally be.
and here's the finishing point for now with the instruction page for comparison
I was mistaken about the window being coloured and there was more to the interior that I thought but I'd say that otherwise looks about right don't you think?
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