The Building of... THE PRIORS ... a doll room

First up there is a law someplace that says I should NEVER EVER be allowed near a glue gun!  Now while the diorama was fun to make and the video instructions easy to follow, it did all go a little pear shaped due to my serious inability to use a glue gun!  Anyway it's done, a lot of wonky walls and excess glue, plus a couple of burnt figures  Look I even managed a blister (I'm clever like that!)   My assistant for today was Jordan 

I say hospital doors but you could use this method with most door styles. You will need a printer for this one Plus... Foamcore board Ruler Repositionable Glue Glue Craft knife Net Cardboard (not corrugated) Black felt tip pen Aluminium Foil Tape Print your doors onto A4 sized (normal sized) paper. Cut your card wider and longer than the paper As you can see your 1:6 doll will be taller so your card will need to be the right height for the doll   Cut out the windows Use the window shape as a template for the window and cut your net a little bigger than the window you have removed Spray your card with repositionable glue Lay your doors on the card near the top leaving a small edge around the top and sides. Lay the net over the window area Gently peel away the doors from the top and smooth the net into place then smooth the doors back down The doors do not reach the bottom. Draw a line to the bottom of card following th...

That would be the top floor of my hotel, I had at one time thought I had finished this diorama but a ball and the wonderful English weather had other ideas.  My doll room is a purpose built building separate from my house and is supposed to be a garage, but I had it built without the window and garage door. So anyway a ball got stuck in the top of the drainpipe I never noticed and water seeped into the back wall.  Well I noticed in the end but by then it was to late! So ball removed and wall left for a month to dry out. Everything on the upper three shelves along the back wall was removed and once the wall was dry painted with a gloppy anti mould stuff, then painted white.  The top floor is a car park so pretty easy to re-do. Below then on the left was the hospital this just needed a few adjustments and was fine. The Children's and Birthing Room The rest of this floor is taken up with the top floor of my hotel. Now these walls took t...