I painted and installed the roof verge board all around the supports. I then painted and installed the top roof panels. They fall right in place so nothing has been difficult so far.
I then installed the porch edge trim. I know the instructions tell you to install the brackets (gingerbread) first but it really doesn’t matter if you put the edge trim on now and then the brackets. I had to sand the edge trim to fit on the back corner because it was a little stubborn going in.
This roof is so complex and elaborate that it took many hours for me to figure out just what the instructions were asking me to do. Hopefully my pictures will make it much simpler for the next person who builds this dollhouse.
After the edge trim is in, I put together the brackets. While they dried, I painted and glued on the verge board trim.
After all of that was dry, I installed the brackets. I followed the box photo pattern but you can put them in anyway you want, just make sure you use only 13 for the porch or you will run short on the other two roofs. I made sure that they were all flush to the roof edge, if they aren’t, you will have to cut or sand them down. The roof front trim, which will go on tomorrow, sits over the roof edge and on top of these brackets so it's vital that they are flush to the roof edge or your front trim will have gaps and waves on it from the brackets. Basically the front trim is like a hood over the brackets. You will only see the bottom half of them when you're done.
This is an extremely difficult roof to put together so take your time.
After the front trim is in, use spackle to hide all gaps, touch up paint and let this whole structure dry overnight.
