Painting; Assemble The Housebody; First-Coat; Sanding One Course At A Time - Real Good Toys Victoria’s Farmhouse Instructions Manual

Instructions for Special Edition Kit #JM-1065 Victoria's Farmhouse

Painting:

Paint (first-coat) everything. Don't try to sand , fill, primp, or do much of anything to the wood before the first coat.
The first coat fills and reinforces the wood so sanding clips off the fibers rather than pushing them around. The first-
coat is all about what penetrates and fills the wood. There is no expectation that more than a hint of paint will be on the
surface. Don't 'double paint' or try to give it an extra thick first coat as you watch the paint soak in... that is expected and
preferred.
The first benefit of painting before assembly (one-coat) is that it is the easiest time to do a really thorough job of sand-
ing after painting. The difference between a heirloom-grade finish on a dollhouse and a "I-was-in-a-hurry" finish is most
often the quality of the sanding, and it's hard to sand into the little hidden corners of an assembled dollhouse, but it's easy
to sand the flat panels layed out on a workbench.
So sand everything now - sand until the paint is smooth and transparent with no scratchiness to it, and with lots of wood
showing through the paint. For the clapboard walls, sand "one clapboard course at-a-time": fold the sandpaper and hold
it on your finger-tips, then sand back-and-forth across one clapboard's suface 2 or 3 times, then move up to the next clap-
board. "One at a time" is what makes it smooth and "Heirloom-Great".
The second coat goes on smooth and creamy, and except for touchup, it may be enough. Second coat the walls and porch
sections, leaving any edge or surface that will be glued un-painted. Wait to second coat the railings and windows.

First-coat

If you are wiring this house, I recommend the #7999 wiring set, which uses a Jack and Plug in the foundation to connect the
house to the Power Supply. If so, cut an Electrification Slot in the edge of the Base Floor, using the Middle Floor as a guide.
See www.reqalgoodtoys.help for a tutorial.

Assemble the Housebody

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1. Glue, tape, and weight the founda-
tion set to the housebody's Base Floor;
flush at the back and along the left edge.
The floor overhangs ± 1 /
4
right edges (Illustration #3). You may have
to flex the Foundation into position... this is
the step that straightens the Foundation.
Make the Foundation line up in Back
Make the Foundation line up
on the left edge
www.realgoodtoys.help has painting and sanding videos
" at the front and
The Base Floor overhangs
± 1 / " at the Front and Right
4
edges (view from the Front)

Sanding one course at a time

Lined up in Back
Caution: Look at the Foundation and Base Floor
several times before leaving it to dry... the overhang
on the right and in front.
is
"Right" and "Left" are from
the front of the dollhouse
Housebody (1) page 8
Lined up on the Left
(looking from the front)