Model construction

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the queens college building a s t h e b u i l d i n g i s n o t t h at c o m p l e x w e wa n t e d t o s e e a l o t o f t h e d e ta i l i n t h e building w e d e c i d e d t o c r e at e a

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w e s ta r t e d w i t h t h e p r e c a s t c o n c r e t e wa l l s to do this we cutout the sizes of each s e p e r at e wa l l o u t o f b o x b o a r d w e j o i n e d t h e m t o g e t h e r w i t h d r aw i n g pins t h e p r e - c a s t wa l l s m a d e t h i s v e ry e a s y t o construct

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l o o k i n g at t h e d o c u m e n t s w e f o u n d o u t the demensions of each of the rafters we used balsa wood to cut these out t h e r a f t e r s s pa n e d t h e s pa c e at

9000mm

of roof

900centres

so we needed

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roof section we also needed raftes for the verandah/ poarch area

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c e i l i n g

next we needed to add the ceiling joists for the building a g a i n l o o k i n g at t h e d r aw i n g s w e f o u n d out the dimensions of the ceiling joists t h e c e i l i n g j o i s t s s pa n n e d

600centres

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ceiling joists

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