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Step 3Assembling the housing
The first thing you should do is check that the tab fits in the hot shoe: fold it (you may want to score your cardboard with a knife before folding) and it should slide right in and fit snugly. If it doesn't, you can try cutting more cardboard and gluing it to the tab to make it thicker (but don't stick it in to the hot shoe until the glue is very dry!!).
If that works, then fold along the indicated lines, wrap the tabs around the back, and attach the two tabs from the side panels to the rear panel. If you're looking from the back to the front, the place where the mirror will go should ramp up and away from you. You want to wrap the back tabs around the rear panel so that the 18mm hot shoe tab is facing down. The rear panel should be inside the tabs, such that the panel itself helps keep the folded at 90 degrees. You can see a picture of the back of mine. Note that I almost didn't leave enough space, and so my tabs are pretty small. (The flash is harsh because I didn't have the bounce unit on!)
Attach the tabs using glue or double sided tape.
If that works, then fold along the indicated lines, wrap the tabs around the back, and attach the two tabs from the side panels to the rear panel. If you're looking from the back to the front, the place where the mirror will go should ramp up and away from you. You want to wrap the back tabs around the rear panel so that the 18mm hot shoe tab is facing down. The rear panel should be inside the tabs, such that the panel itself helps keep the folded at 90 degrees. You can see a picture of the back of mine. Note that I almost didn't leave enough space, and so my tabs are pretty small. (The flash is harsh because I didn't have the bounce unit on!)
Attach the tabs using glue or double sided tape.
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