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Offline Remington

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Renedra Mud-Brick House Help
« on: July 08, 2014, 07:01:24 PM »
Has any of you esteemed Ladies and Gentlemen ever attempted to put the new Renedra Mud-Brick House together? I am simply astonished by the extremely ineffective, nay bad, design... Nothing fits together, nothing clicks... How the hell am I supposed to glue 4 walls and a roof together and hold the at the same time?

Offline Ahistorian

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Re: Renedra Mud-Brick House Help
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2014, 07:06:09 PM »
I found that it went together pretty well. If I recall correctly, I let the walls get tacky and turned it all upside down. Clicking the roof into place let it all stick in place.

That said, it needs a bit of greenstuffing to clear the cracks - and cracks aplenty there are. Once it's put together though, it looks okay even with the lines showing.

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Re: Renedra Mud-Brick House Help
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2014, 07:33:57 PM »
Thank you for the reply! I am flabbergasted by the way they've split this up. Mine is a true pain to put together and I am not a rookie modeller...

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Re: Renedra Mud-Brick House Help
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2014, 08:09:19 PM »
I got quite stressed when I started, but I went off for dinner, came back and it all suddenly made sense. You do need to examine the guidance on the back much more carefully than I did to begin with.

Offline Turbo-Ben

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Re: Renedra Mud-Brick House Help
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2014, 11:43:28 AM »
Can anybody tell me whats the size of the door and windows?

Offline Remington

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Re: Renedra Mud-Brick House Help
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2014, 01:04:37 PM »
Sure,

door is Width x Height 1.6 x 3.4 cm
windows are WxH 0.6 x 1,7 cm and they are placed ca. 2 cm off the floor

I managed to build mine finally and I must say... if Renedra wants to produce that kind of products, I refuse to give them money for them. Seldom have I seen such bad fit and such a bad way of setting up assembly. And at that price.

The result looks ok, but it's not worth nearly 20 € and two evenings of hassle (on for glueing and one for closing all the gaps with greenstuff.

Offline Turbo-Ben

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Re: Renedra Mud-Brick House Help
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2014, 08:28:44 PM »
Thank you Dimi!

Offline Ahistorian

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Re: Renedra Mud-Brick House Help
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2014, 09:23:38 PM »
In counterpoint, it took me one evening to assemble and paint it and it looks okay/nice in these AARs.

http://morningstarproductionshome.blogspot.co.uk/

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Re: Renedra Mud-Brick House Help
« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2014, 09:56:00 PM »
Well, some people's evenings are longer than others...

These two took me an evening till now



while I spent about two evenings for these two about two years ago



and the material was under 5€ for all 4 of them...

And to be honest - I don't really think that the plastic one looks better! :?
And that at only 18€ and nearly the same time each!

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Re: Renedra Mud-Brick House Help
« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2014, 11:34:48 PM »
@ahistorian

Yes, great result indeed. Glad you felt more comfortable with it.

@Ben

You are right! These look great! When you have some time... We should talk again. You know... ;) :)

 

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