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  • Walls (clapboard profile)... not shown: Top Tower Sides
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  • Floors (base floors are 1/4" thick, upper floors are 3/8" thick)
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  • These shots are of a test assembly of a set of JM907 parts. I did not use glue and did not complete the house. Use these photos for parts identification and orientation, but not instead of the house instructions
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  • If this were an actual assembly, I'd be gluing in the floors. Notice that the floors stick out about 1/8" toward the front
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  • A well-taped base corner
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  • Work up the side from the base to the top to line up the walls and straighten the house
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  • Tower floors and side
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  • I always pre-finish the floors with acrylic urethane (like 'StaysClear') or with non-penetrating stain+urethane (like 'PolyShades') before assembly. The finish protects the flooring from the tape damage. Even with protection on the flooring, rub the tape off, don't tear it off.
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  • Left Tower Side and Left Front
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  • Critical point in the assembly!... Make sure all of the parts are in their proper orientation at the top. I installed the "Groove Fill" here to make sure everything lines up
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  • my Tower Front sticks out on both sides of the tower, but I centered it and made sure the Tower Sides stayed parallel, and everything worked out
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  • The Top Floor: again, floor finish is an important protection but rub the tape off anyway
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  • The Foundation from the front
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  • Prefinish and rub the tape off or don't tape to the flooring at all
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  • The Top Floor and the Foundation are centered at the back and front
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  • Porch Floor (1/4" thick). Add weights
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  • There are lots of 9" tall things to locate the Porch Mid Floor
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  • I am just testing parts so doing the Porch parts out of order doesn't matter
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  • Notice the 5/8 trim at the left-front of the Porch - it is a target for the Railing and Gingerbread
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