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Making a completely new roof

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Making a completely new roof
Making a completely new roof
Making a completely new roof

I took the old one apart and used it as a stencil for the HDF. I couldn’t think of a better way to do it and for the most part it worked.

the new roof doesn’t sit flush on the building but I expect that for the most part they will be sitting on the sidelines to allow for play inside the buildings so I’m not worried. I compensated for it later with the shingles too.

The hardest part about keeping it removable is keeping it all in one piece when it comes off. the angles aren’t great and where I’ve cut it made it harder. I elected to reinforce a section with a roughly made triangular cross bar and what can only be described as an excessive amount of superglue. it worked though.

Making a completely new roof
Making a completely new roof

oh look… more shingles.

I overlaid across the edges of the HDF to create a ‘bigger’ and account for my lack of planning and measuring on the substructure.

The important thing is to keep building the shingles out way over the edge/top of where your cut line is. this way it gives the impression that the roof continues further on past the cut, rather than ending like a jigsaw. you get a lot of wastage on the shingle use but it does look better.

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