Pete's magic wand shop

[stillp]

After I'd finished my laser-cut Tower bridge, Wotan's BookNook railway station prompted me to have a look at the range of Book Nook kits available, and this caught my eye. Took a couple of weeks to arrive, during which I received the usual AI-generated messages about the shipping progress, e.g. "Your parcel is now with the shipping agent in Milwaukee", followed by "Your parcel has reached Customs in Wisconsin", etc., then it turned up out of the blue. A surprisingly heavy package, 1175 grams, and seems to contain everything you'd expect from the picture.

Instructions are written with a Chinese accent! Parts are a mixture of laser-cut plywood, MDF, and die-cut printed paper. There are also 3 tubes of something - one is labelled "Green Colour", which is self-explanatory, one is "White Latex", but I don't know if that's paint or glue, and the orange 30ml tube has no English at all. Maybe Miko can help?

With a bit of luck I'll make a start tomorrow.

Pete

[Miko]

I've seen these, I was tempted by one showing a Kyoto street scene

Looking forward to seeing your progress


Miko

[stillp]

Can you help with translating the characters on the tubes please? I don't know if the white latex is glue or paint, and there's nothing I can understand on the orange tube. TIA.
Pete

[PaulTRose]

Going to enjoy watching this go together

[Jim R]

WOW! They have certainly thought of everything. Loads to do but should build up with amazing detail. Looking forward to seeing how this comes together.

[flyjoe180]

Pete, looks rather interesting. Hope you get a satisfactory translation for the tubes. I can't tell if that White Latex is glue or paint either. I tried using my phone translate function, but I suspect the bit that needs translation is the bottom text where the light reflection is. Hope Miko can help you.

I did get the back of the orange tube though, not sure how accurate it is:


Good luck!

[Mr Bowcat]

In for the build Pete. My daughter is Harry Potter mad so might have to get this and build for her.

Can you provide a link to where you ordered from?

[stillp]

Here you are Bob: https://booknooks.co/products/diy-do...50354085986602
I ordered another one as well, to get the 20% discount.
You'll be able to show me where I'm going wrong!

Pete

[Miko]

Hope Miko can help you.
Good luck!

I can get by in Japanese, reading kit instructions etc, although Japanese 'kanji' are similar to Chinese characters they aren't exactly alike

I had the same problem as you, the photos aren't clear enough to read with a translator

The orange tube seems to be pva glue, the green tube seems to be some sort of pigment, paint I suppose and the other as the tube reads 'white latex', but what that's for I'm uncertain

Miko (日本語を長く勉強している)

[stillp]

Thanks Miko, the green tube is paint. Looking at build videos on Youtube it looks as if the white latex is for joining parts that aren't wood or paper, but I've aked my daughter to forward photos to her friend in Hong Kong.
Pete

[wotan]

Pete

Good luck with this, as I said I had great pleasure building the two that I have done so far. One little tip I would suggest is to buy a green and a brown felt tipped pen to use to cover any exposed wooden edges. These work very well and are much easier than trying to use paint.

Looking forward to your progress.

John