havanaholly

Just be careful with the heat gun and, if you can find a mount to hold it to let it cool between uses, do so; or else invest in a heat-resistant pad to lay it on, and turn it off when not in use. Also, it's easy to scorch the wood if you hold it too close to the house whilst softening the glue. These are things I have discovered from my own use of the hubs' heat gun.

ROTFLMAO! Have you read my mantra "mistakes are learning opportunities when you have no other instructor"? Obviously I have made a huge number of mess-ups; I learned early on to forget perfection and go for realism, and if you pay really close attention to the 1:1 world and objects around you, ain't none of them perfect.

Welcome to the little family, Paula. I wonder if it would be possible to soften the glue with a heat gun or some sort of solvent to help disassemble a section of the roof for hinging.

Well, yeah, but I'm an occasional sheller and born beach bum... I grew up in West Palm Beach, FL and the hubs grew up in Gulf Breeze, FL, so hiking in sand barefoot along the water line is something we both could do all day long when we were a tad younger, and are good for a couple of hours even now.

Thanks for the reminders!

Havanaholly here. My personal wood glue preference is Titebond wood glue (with the red cap). The hot glue that is most available for craft work is not very good for holding wood to wood over the long haul. Back in the days of Dean's grandfather (Dean owns Greenleaf now; his grandfather designed many of the houses) the hot glue he used may have been better. I live in the southeast and between the ambient heat & humidity hot glue just doesn't do the job.

I cannot imagine ballet at 82! (Me) I would jiggle a metal putty knife blade under that window frame and keep tapping the handle with a hammer until the frame comes off. Then I'd sand that raised mess around where the frame was. If the frame doesn't survive, see about finding some 1/4" x 1/8" strip wood to make a better replacement. This is where a magnetic gluing jig comes in handy.

For a while the hubs and I were drinking apple cider vinegar to help control the bad cholesterol, Two tablespoons in a small glass of apple juice will not burn your throat or make your kidneys mqad at you, but we found out it also comes in capsules, so we don't drink it ny more.

Neither the hubs nor I are gardeners, although I used to enjoy planting and tending veggies; but the local deer put the kibosh on that when we moved here. The neighbors warned us, so I just had my little compost pile going until I noticed it wasn't getting any bigger; the deer had decided it was their personal smorgasbord, so now everything goes into the garbage bag. When the weather turns nice we mostly hike a mile or two (at our age and after all my recent medical stuff it's what I can do) and later on we'll head to one of our local beaches and hike in the sand.

Mistakes are the way we learn new skills when no other teacher is available.

Welcome to the little family.

Welcome to the little family, Lynn. Lots of our members have built or are building the Beacon Hill and will be able to share pointers with you.

Arielle, never NEVER post your personal contact information on line where spammers can harvest it. People can contact you through our internal messaging feature. At the top of the page there's a little envelope icon; when a number appears beside it you will have a message. If you click on the three little dots at the top right of the box your post is in you should get an "edit" option in the drop down box that you can use to remove your email address from your post.

Considering regular Barbies are 1:6 scale, you'd be absolutely right! I was pleasantly surprised to run across the three I found in 1:12.

Kami, the first part of the sentece was next to the photo; I fixed it. It's a "stained glass" insert in that door, not Barbie; she's up in the attic/ nursery with the baby.