STEP 081 > To find your exact width, place one end of your ceiling against a top inner side. Then with your pencil place a small mark where the other side's inside wall starts. Does this make sense ? LOL

STEP 082 > It should give you a tiny gap like this which whould be close to the 1/4 cm that we added in Step 008 when measureing 11 cm instead of the blueprint's 10.75 cm.

STEP 083 > Align your ruler to make a straight cut and slice off the end with your X-Acto knife.

STEP 084 > This is what I just trimmed off. the .25 cm of the 11 cm measurement.

STEP 085 > Do another DRY RUN, if it still tight, slice a little more off. Better to do 2 slices than 1 too short, you can't re attach a sliver of foamcore and keep it looking clean. OK SLIDES IN 100% all the way to the bottom !!! Time to attach.

STEP 086 > Place a line of hot glue on the TOP ONLY !!! We will secure the sides later.

STEP 087 > Carefully place your ceiling in between the 2 side pieces and slide down into place until the ceiling makes contact with the top of the door frame. REMEMBER you want it FLUSH with the TOP INNER FRAME too. Hold in place until the hot glue cools off.

STEP 088 > When the glue has cooled down you will notice the sides are still lose. This is good because it will allow us to move it up and down in Step 095 when attaching the opposite wall facade.

STEP 089 > To attach the other frame, start by putting a line of hot glue ONLY on ONE SIDE. DO NOT DO BOTH TOGETHER !!!

STEP 090 > Carefully align and gently lower your frame until it reaches the hot glue. Make sure the frame's side is centered and flush with the top and bottom feet as seen on the right side. Make CERTAIN it is FLUSH with the INNER FRAME as well. Having a bump here will ruin the decal skin application later on.

STEP 091 > When the hot glue cools down from the left frame application, you can see it is easy to raise the other side's frame slightly just enough to stick in the hot glue gun's nozzle in between.

STEP 092 > So just squeeze a line of hot glue to the side piece.

STEP 093 > Then lower your frame leg onto the hot glue as seen on the left of the photo. Make sure to align the top and feet.

STEP 094 > Most important, FLUSH with the inner door frame leg. NO BUMPS !!!

STEP 095 > Now remember in step 086 when I said DO NOT GLUE the sides of the top piece ? Well this is beacuse I wanted you to be able to raise and lower the ceiling as you see here until it reaches the PERFECT FLUSH EDGE with the top of the door frame.

STEP 096 > When you get it flush, put pressure on both ends with your fingers, then turn it around if you need to so that when you flip it over...

STEP 097 > The unglued frame is facing down, which will allow you to put 2 medium globs of hit glue against the top of the ceiling piece and the inside top of your door frame. The glue - that you see inside the red circles - will melt through the foamcore and bond the 2 pieces super secure.

STEP 098 > Keep pressure from both sides. Since Globs are hotter than lines of glue, it will take a little more time for it to cool off. patience before you let go, you want to geep the 2 frames as tight against the side pieces as possible.

STEP 099 > When the top of the frame has cooled down, we can repeat the same technique to the sides now. 2 or 3 medium globs on both sides will make sure nothing will be falling apart now.

STEP 100 > Keep pressure until your 6 glue globs cool down 80%


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