Monday, March 5, 2012

Hipped dormer for William and Mary dollhouse

I have four hipped dormers to make for the William and Mary dolls' house, and I started with the one in the kitchen roof.  I'll do a proper tutorial on hipped dormers when I do the three on the main house, but here's a walk through.  

Here's my reference photo:


Based on this photo, I chose the Housework's working casement window.  I painted the window white and added the panes using 1/32" vinyl model striping.  Then I built my dormer from foam core, because it's light and easy to adjust.  I glued and then duct taped the dormer together.



I drew the outline of the dormer unit on the backing, and cut out the opening.


I glued the dormer to the backing panel over the hole, and used narrow strips of aluminium tape (used for duct work) to mimic lead.  I slated the dormer with Richard Stacey Versi Slates, using folded slates as ridge tiles.  Then I started slating the roof, making sure that the backing panel for the dormer would lift free of the roof base, so I have access to the little room underneath.



I've run out of slates, so have to wait for my shipment, but I'm very pleased with this first attempt!


5 comments:

  1. This looks great. Thanks for sharing.
    Hugs,
    Dorien.

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  2. You are so BRAVE to do Dormers, Especially Hipped-Roof ones! That's a LOT of angles to play with! Your slates look great... and the aluminum flashing too! The results will be SO worth the effort!

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  3. It looks really good Nina!!!!!

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  4. Thanks so much, Dorien!

    I didn't realize how complicated hipped dormers would be, Daydreamer, before I launched into them :) But I really like the way they look, so I hope it'll be worth it!

    I appreciate your comment, Elga!

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  5. These look excellent Nina. You've made a very good job of them. Hurrah for foamboard!

    BTW - did you get my message?

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