Mountaineer Precision Products
House Kit #301Z

This Z scale kit is mostly laser-cut wood and cardboard.  The walls, porch, doors,windows and trim
are wood. The floor, foundation, roof and steps are cardboard. Shingles for the roof are a paper-like material.

I painted the house with acrylics, mostly before

removing the pieces from the sheets. Rather than trying to work with most of the roof trim, I simply painted the edges of the roof. I also chose not to use the roofing shingles - I simply painted the roof.

I only had a few problems with construction, some just because I have big, unsteady hands and I'm working with small pieces.

I put the two dormers on a little too high, so the peak came a little too high onto the rest of the roof. Also, instructions with these kits often suggest that the insides of the structure be painted black so you're less likely, I suppose, to notice that there isn't anything inside. And I do this. But I should have painted the roof inside the dormers black before putting their roofs on so they wouldn't look like they're just setting on the roof (which, of course, they are.)

slots in the ceiling to allow them to go in more easily. I then filled in with a bit of glue.

The other problem was not of my doing(!). The porch foundation consisted of four pieces of cardboard. They were to be glued together in a specific order because they each had a piece of the front steps. I discovered that it's better to use too much than too little glue when putting these pieces together. The small amount of glue which I used dried very quickly and made it difficult to get the pieces stacked neatly. A little more glue would probably let me slide the pieces around to get them lined up better. That, however, was not the problem. I glued the porch flooring to the top of the foundation and then discovered that this combination was too thick to let the front door open!