0003 - Pipes [01]
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        Preparation

These images should be printed at 300 DPI.  This is set in the image files already,
so you should be able to just print them at 100% using most image viewing/editing software.
The images should be printed onto white 200 gsm A4 or Letter sized card.  Most home printers 
can handle this thickness of card (check your manual), and it provides sturdy, lasting models.

This is a modular set, so the number of times to print each image depends on the number of base 
parts you want available to work with.

Before cutting out on the solid lines, score along the dotted fold lines.  Red arrows indicate
fold lines that should be scored on the opposite (unprinted) side of the card.

Once everything's cut out, do a dry assembly run, and make sure you understand how everything 
will go together.  It's no fun trying to discover how it works while the glue is drying.

(optional) After the dry run, before you glue, color the exposed edges of white card to suit the 
surrounding texture.  This can be done with anything from crayon to paint, use whatever works 
best for you.


        Component Construction

Pipe Section, Plug(s), Single Pipe Support, Ground Pipe Support:
No special considerations needed.  Just work through the tabs.

Ground Pipe:
I find it helps to start with the 'a' tabs, to hold the basic shape together to begin with.

Ground:
These are intended to be printed onto 200 gsm card, and then glued to another layer of card for 
a thick stable base.  I prefer 400 gsm  card for the second layer, but a layer or two of 200 gsm 
should work.


        Assembly:

Glue the Single Pipe Support onto the matching ground piece.
As needed, glue one or two plugs onto either side of the Single Pipe Support, over the hatch texture.  
The plugs are simply glued with the flat/closed end pressed against the texture.  The texture is 
printed so that if one (or both) plugs are left off, there won't be any untextured card.

Glue the Ground Pipe Support onto the matching ground piece.
Glue the Ground Pipe onto the Ground Pipe Support.
Glue the flat face of a plug onto the Ground Pipe Support.

The completed Pipe Sections are designed to be able to slide over the plugs, to connect the modular
elements together.  There should be no need to glue the pipe sections to the plugs unless a permanent 
configuration is desired.