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  • Jim R
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    • Apr 2018
    • 16202
    • Jim
    • Shropshire

    #1

    Book Nook Arcade

    I've seen a few of these Book Nook kits built and been quite impressed. Currently Pete is building the Magic Wand Shop and he's making a great job of it. That has persuaded me to have a go at one of these kits. My daughter asked what I would like for my recent birthday and this was the result.

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    The kit has lots of laser cut wooden parts as well as card, plastic and what look like vinyl stickers. There is also a lighting kit.


    The laser cut edges have to be sanded to remove the burnt material. This is after sanding.
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    Painted with Vallejo Model Color
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    Made a start. Great fun.
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    One very odd thing. The books are small laser cut blocks to which a vinyl sticker is attached. If you look at the books carefully the spine of the book is on the right side of the front cover whereas it should be on the left. It is the same for all the books. Not a big deal. I didn't notice until I'd made a few books anyway.


  • stillp
    SMF Supporters
    • Nov 2016
    • 8297
    • Pete
    • Rugby

    #2
    Some of the books in the magic wand shop are the same Jim, the front is on the left of the spine not the right as we would expect. Not on all of them though - some are OK!
    Pete

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    • AlexBB
      SMF Supporters
      • Feb 2022
      • 53

      #3
      I wonder if this is because 'Rolife' is a Chinese company and many traditional Chinese books have the spine on the left as they are read back to front compared to us.
      Cheers
      AlexBB
      😊

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      • stillp
        SMF Supporters
        • Nov 2016
        • 8297
        • Pete
        • Rugby

        #4
        I was thinking that Alex, but some of the books are the normal way round.
        Pete

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        • Jim R
          SMF Supporters
          • Apr 2018
          • 16202
          • Jim
          • Shropshire

          #5
          I wondered if it was simply that the viewing angle of the completed model will show the spines of the books, all nicely coloured, rather than the laser cut page edges.

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          • AlexBB
            SMF Supporters
            • Feb 2022
            • 53

            #6
            Originally posted by stillp
            I was thinking that Alex, but some of the books are the normal way round.
            Pete
            Hi Pete,
            It seems Chinese books go both ways!...
            Traditional ones read opposite to ours (back to front) and the text reads in vertical lines from top to bottom reading from right to left, and have a right side binding. This is the same with signage, calligraphy etc...

            Modern Chinese books read left to right in horizontal lines same as ours and have a left side binding.

            So I would imagine in Chinese book shops there would be a mix of books bound both ways..
            Cheers
            AlexBB
            😊

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