TotallyNotACat Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 I'm renovating an Arthur that my parents built for my grandmother. Thankfully, despite my dad's usual attention to detail, they used hot glue on everything. I think. Probably, anyway. I've managed to find tons of great tips so far (hair drier on hot glue? OF COURSE!) but I haven't found any ideas for getting this porch off. The roof is mostly detached from the front. I can see where the tabs are, but no sign of hot glue there. In fact, I don't see hot glue where the porch roof meets the supports either. That makes me nervous. The inside isn't decorated at all. Total bare wood. So I can see the tabs pretty well. Does anyone have any idea how to start? I haven't seen any good pictures of the standard porch assembly, so I'm not sure how to do it backwards. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Did you check out the Team Arthur building blog? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotallyNotACat Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 Just now, havanaholly said: Did you check out the Team Arthur building blog? Been trying to, yeah! I haven't seen anything that helps me yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathi17 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 I found this: http://www.dollhouse-kits.com/2007/09/01/dollhouse-instructions/ It refers to the limited edition kit, but it might help you see how it's put together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotallyNotACat Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 Just now, kathi17 said: I found this: http://www.dollhouse-kits.com/2007/09/01/dollhouse-instructions/ It refers to the limited edition kit, but it might help you see how it's put together. It does! I also just got the roof off the porch. It was terrifying. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathi17 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 1 minute ago, TotallyNotACat said: It does! I also just got the roof off the porch. It was terrifying. I'm glad you managed to get the roof off. as I looked at the instructions in the link I sent you, I saw that it didn't have a porch roof on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathi17 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 I found the instructions for your Arthur here: https://secure.img1.wfrcdn.com/docresources/6202/22/229255.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathi17 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 And here is Gina's blog on building the Arthur: http://moreminis.blogspot.com/2007/06/arthur-day-1.html#.Vp73bF7stko Keep going to newer posts to see the whole build. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotallyNotACat Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 Oh, awesome! These should help too! I was surprised to see that the front of the house is two pieces instead of one, on my house, and on that blog! Easier to fit it into a box, of course. I'm sorely, sorely tempted to take off the main roof so I can wallpaper and spray paint more easily. I just am not sure hot it'll go. I love this house, but it makes my apartment reek of mildew. The sooner I can get that covered with Kilz, the better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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