Shops Triple
Sides of shops 1.28m
24cm
30cm
20cm
63cm 1.35m
X X
X 63cm X X
1.17m
1.89m + 45cm foundation
1.79m + 45cm foundation
X
20cm 45cm foundation
1.25m
= 1.5” x 1.5” (40x40mm)
= 1” x 1” (25x25mm) 1
Back of shops
4.54m
71cm
71cm
71cm 71cm 1.75m
1.3m
1.35m
71cm 75cm
75cm
75cm 75cm
75cm
75cm
71cm
1.79m + 45cm foundation
20cm
24cm
20cm
Roof of shops
4.54m
75cm
75cm
1.2m
75cm 75cm
75cm 75cm
71cm
72.5cm m
71cm
72.5cm m
71cm 72.5cm m
4.46m
2
Front of shops
4.54m
75cm
4.46m 71cm
71cm
75cm
75cm
71cm 75cm
1.89m + 45cm
1.85m + 45cm foundation
95cm
1.5m 65cm
70cm 1.46m
71cm
20cm
1.25m
85cm
41cm/16”
13”/33cm
Horn pipe 20cm
The Shops are a fantastic imaginative play element and go really well in a village scene with lots of vehicles. You will need 1.5” and 1” hollow section and iron sheets. You will also need to cement in the foundations of the shops. Make sure you have at least 1.5 metres of space around the Shops.
Per set of shops 1.5”x1.5” 2mm hollow section 1”x1” 2mm hollow section Iron sheet (green or blue) 12ft x 1ft x 1” hardwood Small tyre Wooden disc 2” 3mm mild steel pipe 5 x 20mm rivets 2mm mild steel sheet 3” bolts and washers
Amount 8 5 10 2 11 1 10ft 1 ½ boxes 4x2ft 39 3
How to build 1. 2. 3. 4.
Weld the frames to the measurements in the diagrams. Make sure that there are no sharp edges. Dig the foundation as shown. Before cementing in the frame, sand and paint with undercoat the section of metal that will be going in the foundation. 5. Cement in the frame of the shops. 6. Paint the frame. 7. Using a drill and rivet gun you can attached the iron sheets to the frame. 8. Cut three 5ft and six 1ft pieces of wood 9. Paint the 1ft sections with blackboard paint 10. Paint each of the 5ft sections a different shop sign: 1 restaurant, 1 radio station and 1 internet café. 11. Attach the six 1ft pieces (as shown above) to the walls of the right hand shop, two on the back wall and one on each side wall, using four 3” bolts. Grind off the remaining bolt thread on the back. 12. Attach each of the 5ft sections to the horizontal hollow section at the top of each shop and the vertical dividing hollow section using four 3” bolts. (radio left, restaurant centre, internet café right). 13. Using 5 small tyres, the remaining bolts (11) and the wooden disc construct a Table Siraj and place inside or in front of the middle shop. 14. Place 1 small tyre underneath each 1ft piece of wood in the internet café. 15. Place a small tyre 1ft in from each side wall of the radio station. 16. Using the 2” mild steel tube create a horn pipe as shown above 17. Using the 2mm mild steel sheet create the cone for the horn pipe as shown above and weld to the horn pipe. 18. Attach to the left hand shop as shown above. 19. Paint the inside of the three shops as desired.
Colour Scheme Paint the metal orange Paint the cone yellow Use blue or green iron sheets. Paint the boards in bright colours
4
Foundations
18�
X marks the centre of the foundation and where the leg should go. 2ft deep
18�
4.5m
1.25m
75cm
1.5m
5