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Bugbait’s mini fortress Version 1

This mini fortress stands 180mm high and 150mm wide at the base. Materials required 5mm foamboard Thick card (or three layers of thin card) Thin card As with anycutting on foamboard make sure that you have a good “snap-off” blade and spare blades FOAMBOARD MUST BE CUT WITH A VERY SHARP KNIFE TO STOP IT TEARING

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Print out the templates on card, cutthem out so that none of the outside black lines can be seen. Small dotted lines are a fold line. Large dotted lines indicate where the back needs to be cut out to achieve the right bend angle. I preferto lay the templates on the foamboard use a scalpel or sharp blade to mark where to cut, I find this more accurate than marking with a pencil.

Template 1 – this is 164mm high and 100mm wide, 4required - 5mm foamboard. Note the top area that is cut out is for Template 4 (the top floor) to sit in, if you are not using 5mm material for the floor you should cut out less so that the floor will sitat the right height. I cut out a 5mm notch down one side on the inside, (cut the first layer of paper and then through the foam but not the bottom layer of paper) so that they will all slot together,or you can cut each side at 45 degrees, your call.

Do not cut a notch out of both sides ONLY ONE SIDE LIKE THE PICTURE ABOVE

Glue these four wall sections together with PVA wood glue and leavefor 8 hours make sure that they are square!

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I clamped mine and left them overnight as my foamboard had warped in storage.

Template 2 is 150mm wide, 4 required - 5mm foamboard The numbers onthe template indicate how much to trim out so the they will fold right. Mark 8.5mm from the top, carefully cut through the first layer of paper and peal it off, shave the foam centre until it lookslike this picture. For the bend, cut along the line then cut 1.5mm on each side of that line, peal the paper and shave the foam, it should now bend, test fit this when all 4 are made. Cut a 5mm notch...