Castle MiniWorld

The GUARD POST

Durable, high quality paper toys.

Rudolph the Checkered

Knight stands guard at the gate of his

post.

A Miniworld Demo

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

• Printpages5and6onwhitecardstockpaper(sometimescalledCoverPaperorBristol),160grammes(recommended)or190-200grammes(110lbs)preferablynonglossybutwithamatfinish.

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Assembling wallsWhenassemblingawallwithawindoworadoor,orafloorwithahole,suchasinthetower,beforegluingittogetheryouneedtofirstgluethedoororwindowframeintoplace.

Thenfoldovertheotherpieceofthewallandglueittotheframeaswell.Afterward,gluetheothertabsintoposition.

Don’ttrytoglueeverythingatthesametime,orthegluemightdrybeforeyouhavefinishedassembling.

Preparethewallandframebyscoringandcutting.Doapre-foldtopreparethepiece,thengluetheframetoonesideofthewall.

Cut, fold, and glue The Guardpost to learn the basics of assembling a Miniworld toy set.Onceyou’velearnedhowtoassemblethesepieces,you’llbepreparedtobuildanyofthefull-sizedMiniworldsets.Recommendedageforassembly:10andup(oryoungerageswithadulthelp)

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Pieces with extra color borderSomepieceshaveextracoloraroundthem.Theseincludedoors,people’sarms,spears,windows,andmore.Foldthesepiecesinhalfandgluebeforecutting,sothatthepiecewillhavetextureonbothsides.Simplyfoldalongthedottedlineandapplysomeglue,preferablyusingagluestick.

Oncetheglueonthepiecehasdried,cutitout.Youdon’thavetocutrightontheline,it’sfinetoleaveamillimeterortwoaroundit.Foldhere

onthedottedline.

Whencutting,leaveamillimeterortwoaroundtheblackline.

Caution•Becarefulwhenusingscissorsorapapercuttingknife.•Glue,scissors,andothertoolsmaybedangerous,sobesuretokeepthemoutofthereachofyoungchildren.

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