I hope to do three or four more of these but I am still awaiting some fresh blades from E-Bay to make the cutting out a bit better. One thing I have noticed is that the parapet at the top of the page can be a bit of a pain to fold due to the small size and I strongly recommend trying to score on both sides.
I also do not recommend using Pritt stick... while it keeps the card from warping when you stick a print out to the card but does not have the hold needed for the main flaps.
Once I get into these I hope to put together a few more interesting shapes and varied heights.
Now a few points on these...
- Card matters - these are stuck to old folder dividers that were kicking about work and are a bit to thin. As such they are a bit curved at the base. This can be sorted with some thicker card for reinforcement around the base. The taller the building the worse this will get
- Edging matters - worth going around the edges with an appropriate coloured pen or crayon (if the kids let you). You can see the yellow on the shorter building and the white around the corners.
- Glue matters - the taller building, made 6 months ago, has the parapet coming apart and needs to be stuck back down really.
Overall I am very happy with these as I can, if I really want to, sit down in front of a good zombie film and knock out a whole urban areas of 8 to 10 in an evening. What takes the time is the waiting for the glue so do this the night before and leave a lot of heavy books on top. It just gets a bit fiddly with the parapets but if you keep some pegs to hand they are not too bad.
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