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Offline Emma.J

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Help with L shaped Mansion
« on: August 20, 2009, 23:46:39 »
 :wave: Hello all I'm hope some one will be able to help me with a problem I have. ???
When I first started collecting Playmobil I came across a site with a converted mansion called Rivermead Manor. I saved some pics and here they are. Can anyone tell me how to turn a corner on a house? From these photos I can see the wings seam to be attached along the front of the house. The only way I could see to do this was to slice the end off the base and file down the external ridges of a T connector to push the extra section up to the original build. Is this right has anyone ever done this? I'd love to be able to extend my mansion outwards like this.
Thanks for any help you could give, as this has been a bit of an obsession for me, Emma.

This is the plan of a standard house on left and the manor on right.


Here is the manor





Here is an internal shot looking into the extension
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Re: Help with L shaped Mansion
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2009, 06:44:35 »
If this is Steck, then there is a four-way connector from, I believe, a Western set which may allow this.  It might need some trimming down and painting to finish off.
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Re: Help with L shaped Mansion
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2009, 10:59:05 »
A four-way connector does indeed exist. As far as I know it was only used in the old steck-farm (3716):



I am afraid though that they are rather hard to find.
Besides that, I am not too sure they'd fit. Aren't the walls of the Rosa-sets higher as the regular Steck-walls?

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Re: Help with L shaped Mansion
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2009, 16:35:11 »
It is used in two sets, it would work but you'll probably have a gap, the color is not the same as that of the mansion
http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-05-3070

I don't think that it is really rare.

Maybe you should email that person and ask him how he did it. Probably very simple solution.
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Re: Help with L shaped Mansion
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2009, 17:02:23 »
If the 4 way was in the old farm does this mean it will be coming out again , or was it a different set ?
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Re: Help with L shaped Mansion
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2009, 17:15:09 »
Within the last few years it was available from UK DS.
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Re: Help with L shaped Mansion
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2009, 07:29:20 »
Quote from: Rasputin on August 24, 2009, 17:02:23
If the 4 way was in the old farm does this mean it will be coming out again , or was it a different set ?

The new set is smaller a probably won't include the four way connector.
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Re: Help with L shaped Mansion
« Reply #7 on: August 27, 2009, 22:11:56 »
Quote from: highlandcattle on August 24, 2009, 16:35:11
It is used in two sets, it would work but you'll probably have a gap, the color is not the same as that of the mansion
http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-05-3070

I don't think that it is really rare.

Maybe you should email that person and ask him how he did it. Probably very simple solution.

Excellent idea asking the creator for advise!
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Re: Help with L shaped Mansion
« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2009, 15:38:50 »
Hi thanks for the advice. I've actually got the fourway connector from the farm and tried it as mentioned its too short I'd have to cut up a piece and patch the bits together. I think maybe filling down the house T piece by taking off the outside ridges and maybe gluing another part to it to create the +  ???
Or would two corners glued together maybe?
I'd love to ask the original builder I was hoping they may have been a member of the forum. I know the original website wasn't in English and unfortunately the only other language I speak is very bad French. :-[
I'll keep working on the problem thanks.
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Re: Help with L shaped Mansion
« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2009, 19:49:20 »
You could always ask the original builder in English and provide a web translation with your question.
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