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PostPosted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 2:04 pm 
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geetings to all…

i’ve been following all the new types, sizes and sources for windows, doors and mullions that are now available…my view is that it can only be good for the hobby…

so…i just had to try them myself in a small cottage…the inspiration for some of the details came from the house tom rebuilt for janet…(but i didn’t copy it exactly)…i’m probably going to follow a similar color scheme, too…see this link for the inspiration house…

http://www.cardboardchristmas.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=339

here are pix of the major cardboard pieces, paper mullions and progress so far…the base, fence and other details will be shown later…

the silver paper mullions were produced on a craftcutter according to paul's instructions in his article at

http://www.cardboardchristmas.com/html/windowframe_patterns.html

i’ll post pix of the project as it progresses…

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Looks like a great start, Howard! What will the height be?


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This will be a fun project for us to follow!


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Thats cool Howard, I cant wait to see how it turns out!


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good afternoon...windows are finished...i'll let the picture tell the story...my very best regards...howard...


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Lookin' good! :-)


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good evening...

here's the completed base...it measures about 4" x 6" x 5/8" thich...fence is 3/4" high...posts are 1" high...primer and finish are next...when completed the piece will be about 4" tall including the base...

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Howard:

How do you cut out the fence top.
Looks cool.


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regarding cutting fence top...i'll post details and pix in a day or two...

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Steve, I'm going to guess that Howard started the fence with a hole punch, the way he did in this article from LittleGlitterHouses.com: http://littleglitterhouses.com/paul/sma ... houses.htm

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In case you want to get started before Howard gets back to you. :-)


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