Harry Potter Diagon Alley #1

I decided to take a day off the computer and work on the construction of my first Harry Potter Diagon Alley 3D puzzle. I already had the base constructed which the two finished shops will sit on, as below. You can see where each shop goes.

I started with the walls of the Weasley joke shop, fitting together the pieces for each wall. The bright orange made it easy to find all the pieces. I then glued all the pieces in each of these five walls, which took AGES but the walls feel pretty secure now!

 
I started constructing the walls of the other building which is the office of the Daily Prophet. The total constrant between the green plants and the walls made this reasonably easy to do quickly. I glued all the pices together once I was certain the walls were correct.

On Friday last week I went back to the puzzle after a few weeks away from it. It was time to glue the wall sections together and get them secured onto the base. I regret to say that I forgot to take photos of this as I worked on it on Friday. I was motoring along with construction! I also had to fit and glue each section of the roof ready to go on last. This all took the whole afternoon but it was fun!

And now the finished project-photos show all sides of the final construction!

I'm already starting on the next set of two shops which I'll do a full post on when I finish it.