Accessbay; Assemble The Access Bay; Builders Tip; Glue And Tape The Access Bay Floors To The Housebody’s Floors - Real Good Toys Victoria’s Farmhouse Instructions Manual

Instructions for Special Edition Kit #JM-1065 Victoria's Farmhouse
IV. Assemble the Access Bay:
The Access Bay allows the decorator access to the gable's
front rooms.
c 1. (this may already be done) Glue and tape the Access
Bay Floors to the housebody's floors, tight and straight.
Dividers between the Access Bay floors help to keep the
floors lined up (Illustration #1).
c 2. Prepare for Attaching the Hinges:
Preview: In this section, you will temporarily install the
hinges for the Access Bay Front and Access Bay Left
Side. You are doing this now so you can work flat on the
table where you can hammer and drive screws more eas-
ily than inside an assembled house.
Make sure your #1 Phillips head screwdriver is in new
condition.
Check that the hinge can open a bit more than 3/4 of the
way around (this helps the Accessbay Front from being
"springy" when it closes).
c 3. Check the clapboard profile on the Access Bay
Front and Access Bay Side to identify the base end of
each of those panels. Mark the base end so that even
when the clapboard surface is on the work table, you can
tell that the base end is at the bottom (Illustration #2).
c 4. Lay the Access Bay Front face down with the clap-
board surface on the work table.
5. Tape two hinges on the Front Panel pin down and
c
hooked on the edge, one spaced 1" from the top, and the
other spaced 1" from the bottom (Illustration #3).
Punch a starter hole in the center of each hole in
the hinge: Drive a nail part way through the wall and
pull it back out (don't go all the way through).
Builders Tip: Stick the screws in a soft bar of soap to
make them turn in easier.
Start a screw in each hole (the tape will help the
screw stand up). Drive the screw
hammer (hit it hard!), and the rest of the
way with a #1 Phillips screwdriver.
Repeat for the other screws.
Turn the tape to cover the hinge and screws.
Add another piece of tape... this will hold the Access-
Bay Front a bit away from the Side in the next step.
Hinges Pin Down
and hooked on the edge
1 / way in with a
2
Illustration #1
Glue and tape the Access Bay
Floors to the Housebody's Floors.
Illustration #2
Base End
Illustration #3
Tape Hinges Pin Down
and Hooked on the edge
1" from the bottom edge
More great tips on installing screws:
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go to "JM1065", then click "Blog"
AccessBay (4) page 13
AccessBay Floor
Divider
Dividers help to keep
the Floors Lined Up
1" from the top edge
Clapboard faces down