Guess its time for an update. It seems I've been working on the house a lot but not much to show for my efforts. Since it has been a while though I thought I'd give you an update anyway.

I have everything punched out of the packaging boards and all the pieces are in gallon sized zip lock baggies. The only thing left in the box is the sheets of shingles.

I am very lucky that I have my second bedroom devoted to working on this project so I don't have to pull it out, work on it, and put it away when I'm done. I can just leave as is and close the door. This is really helpful because you need to let the glue dry good before moving on to the next step and you can't always get back to it the same day. I can work on it in 15 minute increments if that is all the time I have.
One thing that has taken a while is measuring the roof for the shingles. It is much easier to do when it isn't on the house but I needed to make sure they all met right at the joints so it will be one fluid line...at least that's the plan...lol
Then because the underside of the roof will be the second floor's ceiling I gave it a coat of paint, sanded it, painted it, sanded it, puttied the imperfections, sanded and painted it again. I now have a nice smooth well-coated ceiling for the second floor.
I also got the rounded tops of the windows cut out of the siding. I tried to do it with a jeweler's jigsaw and broke the blade twice and hadn't gotten very far so took the exact-o knife and worked painstakingly around the tops of the windows. Glad it wasn't glued onto the house so I could work on it on a flat surface.

As you can see to the right of the peak above the porch - there is a gap between the first floor wall and the ceiling. This meant I had to put on the roof before I added wallpaper to either the kitchen or the big room.
Showing the windows cut out of the kitchen bay and the second floor. I then removed all the siding, marked on the back where it came off the house and it is in a baggie now too.
House without siding and the main part of the roof in place.
The back of the roof now is in place with the finials on the ends and middle...blame the photographer for not getting a good picture of the top of the roof where the finials are...okay so I can build the house but not great at photography...yet:) I would have gone back in and gotten a better photo but I have it all taped up after gluing the roof to the house better. So you'll just have to wait:)