Trees - set 1

Scenery MiniWorld

EASY TO BUILD PAPER

CRAFT

Cut, assemble and play

General Assembly Instructions• Sharpscissors.• Paper-cuttingknife(recommended:X-Actoknifewitha#11blade).• Sturdytweezerswithsmoothedges.(Tweezerswithroughedgesorteeth

willmarthesurfaceofthepieces.)• Metalrulertomakeastraightcutorscore.• Toothpicksforreachingintotinycornersandspreadingdropsofglue.• Whiteglueandgluestick.• Cuttingsurface(recommended:acuttingmat).• Drypen(noink)orbluntknifeforscoring.

TOOLSNEEDED

Usually,apieceforacardstockmodeliscutoutintwostages.First,thepieceisseparatedfromtherestofthepiecesbycuttingroughlyarounditwithscissors.

Don’tcutalongthelinesatthisstep.Oncethepieceisseparated,youcanworkonitwithoutdamagingotherpieces.It’sbesttodo

thescoringandfoldingbeforeproceedingtothefinecutting.

Cutting

Work on one piece at a time:• Scorealongthedottedlines.• Cutalongthesolidlines.• Foldalongthedottedlines,butdon’taddgluetoanypiecesyet.

VERY IMPORTANT: Tryoutthepiecestobegluedbeforeapplyingtheglue.Thiswillhelpyouunderstandhowthepiecesfittogether,andyouwillbeabletotakenoteofanyadjustmentsthatmightbeneeded.Thenapplyasmallamountofglueonthetabindicatedbyablackdot.

Mountain fold

Valley fold

Scorethefoldlinestomakeacrispstraightfold.It’sespeciallyimportantforthesmallestpiecestobescoredbeforefolding.Toscore,placeametalruleralongthefoldline,andthenpresswithadullpoint(adrypenordullknife)alongthefoldlinetocompressthepaper.Thiswillhelptoachieveacrispfold.

Therearetwokindsoffolds:

Mountain foldgenerallymeansthatthetextureisontheoutside,whileonavalley foldthetextureisusuallyinside.

Mostpiecesonthemodelrequireamountain fold,thoughafewuseavalley fold.Valleyfoldswillbeindicatedonthemodelpieceswiththevalleyfoldsymbol.

Scoring

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glue

• Printpages5to10onWhiteCardStockpaper(sometimescalledCoverPaperorBristol),160grammes(recommended)or190-200grammes(110lbs)preferablynonglossybutwithamatfinish.

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WithapinorthepointofyourX-Actoknife,makeasmall

markalongthe2scoringlines(thesearevalleyfold)

Turnthepapertheothersideandscorebetweenthe2marks

Turnagainthepaperandscoreonthedottedline(mountainfold),cutthesmallthickline

Foldthepaperdownin2,whileliftingupthe2tabs,usingagluestickapplygluetothe

interiorofthefoldmakingsuretonotputglueonthetabs

Letitdry,thencutaroundthebranch

thenitisreadytoglueonthetreetrunk

Cuteachsetofbranchesseparetly,atthistimedon’tworryaboutcuttingaroundthebranch,thenfollowthesesteps.Thesedifferentstepsseemsalittletimeconsuming,

butdonecarefullyitwillgiveyouanicefinishmodel

scorebetweenthemarks

scorehere cuthere

important,don’tputgluehere

Assembling the Branches

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Animportantkeyforawell-assemblemodelistoscoreneatlyeverypiecealongthedottedline,thentoprefoldeverythingbeforegluing.

Assembling the tree

• Be careful when using scissors or a paper cutting knife.• Glue, scissors, and other tools may be dangerous, so be sure to keep them out of the reach of young children.

Andremember,there is no hurry.

TAKE YOUR TIME!

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