Post by mark on Feb 25, 2014 10:45:51 GMT -5
1st floor done. congrats to kellyann for an incredible job. each room is a work of art!
i've built two houses from greenleaf, and the difference in quality is ginormous. leonard's product is light years better: the wood is thicker and cabinetgrade; greenleaf's pieces come embedded (scored) in sheets of non-cabinetgrade plywood, which then must be pressed out, which results in many pieces tearing/splintering and which then have to be repaired before you can even prepare them for assembly! leonard's windows are actually something you can hold in your hand, rather than a paper-thin piece of plastic that you cannot hold by the edges which results in fingerprints that are hard to remove since the item is so thin; the ease with which the walls fit into their slots was a new experience for me. with greenleaf's tab/slots, i had to make the pieces fit together by squaring off the corners of each slot and the edges of each tab (evidently greenleaf uses a round router bit to score the pieces); i also appreciate the care taken in shipping the kit. as far as the little number below, i can now concentrate on prepping the pieces only, not on repairing them
first, then prepping, then 'making' them fit together.
i've built two houses from greenleaf, and the difference in quality is ginormous. leonard's product is light years better: the wood is thicker and cabinetgrade; greenleaf's pieces come embedded (scored) in sheets of non-cabinetgrade plywood, which then must be pressed out, which results in many pieces tearing/splintering and which then have to be repaired before you can even prepare them for assembly! leonard's windows are actually something you can hold in your hand, rather than a paper-thin piece of plastic that you cannot hold by the edges which results in fingerprints that are hard to remove since the item is so thin; the ease with which the walls fit into their slots was a new experience for me. with greenleaf's tab/slots, i had to make the pieces fit together by squaring off the corners of each slot and the edges of each tab (evidently greenleaf uses a round router bit to score the pieces); i also appreciate the care taken in shipping the kit. as far as the little number below, i can now concentrate on prepping the pieces only, not on repairing them
first, then prepping, then 'making' them fit together.
Looks like a proper painted lady. 
