TINTIN MINIWORLDCut, assemble and play

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EASY TO BUILD PAPER CRAFT

Assembly Instructions• Sharpscissors.• Paper-cuttingknife(recommended:X-Actoknifewitha#11blade).• Sturdytweezerswithsmoothedges.(Tweezerswithroughedgesorteeth

willmarthesurfaceofthepieces.)• Metalrulertomakeastraightcutorscore.• Toothpicksforreachingintotinycornersandspreadingdropsofglue.• Whiteglueandgluestick.• Cuttingsurface(recommended:acuttingmat).• Drypen(noink)orbluntknifeforscoring.

TOOLSNEEDED

Usually,apieceforacardstockmodeliscutoutintwostages.First,thepieceisseparatedfromtherestofthepiecesbycuttingroughlyarounditwithscissors.

Don’tcutalongthelinesatthisstep.Oncethepieceisseparated,youcanworkonitwithoutdamagingotherpieces.It’sbesttodo

thescoringandfoldingbeforeproceedingtothefinecutting.

Cutting

Work on one piece at a time:• Scorealongthedottedlines.• Cutalongthesolidlines.• Foldalongthedottedlines,butdon’taddgluetoanypiecesyet.

VERY IMPORTANT: Tryoutthepiecestobegluedbeforeapplyingtheglue.Thiswillhelpyouunderstandhowthepiecesfittogether,andyouwillbeabletotakenoteofanyadjustmentsthatmightbeneeded.Thenapplyasmallamountofglueonthetabindicatedbyablackdot.

Mountain fold

Valley fold

Scorethefoldlinestomakeacrispstraightfold.It’sespeciallyimportantforthesmallestpiecestobescoredbeforefolding.Toscore,placeametalruleralongthefoldline,andthenpresswithadullpoint(adrypenordullknife)alongthefoldlinetocompressthepaper.Thiswillhelptoachieveacrispfold.

Therearetwokindsoffolds:

Mountain foldgenerallymeansthatthetextureisontheoutside,whileonavalley foldthetextureisusuallyinside.

Mostpiecesonthemodelrequireamountain fold,thoughafewuseavalley fold.Valleyfoldswillbeindicatedonthemodelpieceswiththevalleyfoldsymbol.

Scoring

• Be careful when using scissors or a paper cutting knife.• Glue, scissors, and other tools may be dangerous, so be sure to keep them out of the reach of young children.

Andremember,there is no hurry.

TAKE YOUR TIME!

Score,cut,fold,andgluethesidefirst;thengluethetop.

OPTIONALBeforegluingthebottompiece,glueinasmallcointoaddweighttothemini-people.

Tip:Whencuttingaroundthearmsorothersimilarpieces,youdon’tnecessarilyhavetocutrightontheblackline.Youcancutamillimeterortwofromitoutsideinthecoloredarea.

Toformthearms:foldinthemiddle,gluetogether,andwhendry,cutaroundthearm.

Theseinstructionsapplytothebasicshapeofallmini-people.Somemini-peoplehaveadditionalparts.

How to assemble the Minipeople

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