Mineejv Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Hello everyone, New member from Ma.Me.Fl. I've always loved little things. I was working in a small grocery store in the early 90's (so long ago) when asparagus came in wood grates. Made my first little store in it,with just a box cutter and saw. In 1996 I built my first house a 10 room which was 39x 30 x181/2 from scratch (no plans) scrapes (spent no money). My husband was a builder so he helped me some. He bought me some mini tools by minicraft,a table saw,2 sanders &dremel to do the finish work in that house. I've bought 2 abanded house since that time ,but never had the room or time. I've moved in the past year,so now I have a whole room & closet to work in. (I've missed my mini's & tools).I'm redoing one into a Christmas house it's coming along good (I hope). Just bought a Dura-craft VH-600 Victorian house kit. I'm lost. Have it all organized & labled,the instructions aren't good for a first time kit builder. When doing the siding there's nothing to glue it to, (it's only the first...... thing to do).It says to glue the tongue then seat it in the groove(I get that). Is it going to hold good enough for when I pick it up? Or should I put something behind it (paper- wood)? I have be reading this forum for a month now (might be 1/4 way Thur). It's very helpful and I love looking at everyone's work,an dream to be able to do some of those works of art. I haven't found much on the build of the Dura- craft VH-600 Victorian. Any help would be good. Another thing I'm not good with a computer too! Thank you,Thank you, JV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Welcome to the little family, Joanne. My first two kit builds were Dura-Craft, and I can tell you that you will learn a LOT! The siding is milled into the wall. It helped me to lay strips of masking tape side by side, sticky side up, to glue the tongues into the grooves for a tight fit. Once you get your long-frame pieces assembled and set into the foundation the wall sections will slide down into them. Do you have to build your windows as you go? There is a section specifically for questions about building Dura-Craft kits: http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/?app=forums&module=forums&controller=forums&id=30 Gaps and tight fits can be a problem with D-C kits, so take your time and dry fit before you glue. Once your wall sections are in place you can go through with a tub of spackle or drywall mud and fill those "seams" where they're glued together, and when its ll dry you can sand it smooth for priming and painting or wallpapering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesp2k Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Hi Joanne, welcome! If this is typical Dura-Craft construction, then the siding sections stack one on top of the other - becoming the walls. They're tongue & groove The edge of each siding section fits into the trim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Welcome. I live in Broward. For a second I didn't know where MaMe is. For the rest of the world, Miami is pronounced "MaMe" by some of the locals. I hope you can make it to our Dollhouse and Miniature show at the Boca Raton Community Center on March 11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mineejv Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 Ha ha......I said, I wasn't good with the computer...or with writing. I'm from Massachusetts then Maine,now Tallahassee. Would love to go to the show I've never been to one,and can't make that one either,but thanks for the invite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mineejv Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 Just went back and read what I wrote sure looks like"MaMe Fl. I love the Pastalitos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Joanne, where in Tallahassee? DS#3 is staying with us whilst the contractor hired by the insurance company repairs his house that a large chunk of live oak fell on in January and took out several trusses of his roof, the ceiling in one room, and shot his wiring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 2 hours ago, Mineejv said: Just went back and read what I wrote sure looks like"MaMe Fl. I love the Pastalitos. Haha that is so funny. Sorry about my error and glad you could see how I made the error. Yes, Tallahassee is a very long way from Boca. There are good shows in Orlando, one last weekend. http://showsandclubs.smallscaleshowcase.com/florida.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mineejv Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 I live over by Southwood. We didn't get that storm to bad on the south side,but other places got it good . Glad he's safe.You can fix a house......don't we know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Mineejv said: I live over by Southwood. We didn't get that storm to bad on the south side,but other places got it good . Glad he's safe.You can fix a house......don't we know? His duplex is on Brewster and he owns his side. The wind tore the limb off the live oak down to the root that was beside the other half of the duple, taking out all the trusses on his neighbors' side; the top of the limb with all the branches is what fell on his side, coming down into his front bedroom/ office; going in there with all the insulation, dust & mold spores to retrieve all his important papers from his desk gave us all a horrible respiratory problem that took over a week to work through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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