Joined: Fri Sep 16, 2011 9:29 am Posts: 235
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Wonderful! I love seeing these little treasure brought back to life. A second chance to mesmerize a new generation to the magic of Christmas. Did I understand correctly that you didn't use the original top of the base? The reason I ask is I just did a complete refurbish of the "Grandfather" house and the base was completely smashed. I couldn't bare to through the original parts away so I figured out how to rescue the base. I took all the pieces apart, moistened them and sandwiches the parts between two pieces of heavy glass. Now that they were flat I gave the exterior parts a light sanding. I then glued new paper hinges to the inside of the four sides. This gave me a four sided box with no bottom. I formed a piece of Styrofoam to fit tightly into the cavity and then glued the original bottom onto the base sealing the edges with my stucco compound. Then re-coconut. Pictures to follow. If you did reuse the original parts please disregard this dissertation. LOL
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