Here are a couple of views of the Disney Haunted Mansion Paper Model that show some of the problems with working at a 200% enlargement.
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| Disney Haunted Mansion Paper Model Floor Construction |
Here I am gluing the floor onto a piece of black foam core to give some structure to the model and to help keep the model straight. You can also see some of the difficulty in working at this size. The metal ruler is 15" long. The two black round things are a couple of heavy weights that I took off of a broken desk lamp. The round coins in the back are $1 coins that I never spend (just don't like them) but they make great small weights for paper model work.
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| Disney Haunted Mansion Paper Model Floor Construction |
Here I am attaching the floor to the bottom of the model. The floor glues inside the model and is held in place by gluing a tab running all the way around onto the inside of the walls. Here you see all of the paper clamps I am using to hold things together while it dries. You can also see some thumb tacks at the corners keeping things square. After this step I glued the whole thing onto a larger piece of black foam core to act as a final base. Of course the final base also has a hole cut in it to allow access to the inside for assembly and also to wire in some porch lights later on.
