Holiday Apologies
Trader Sam | July 4, 2010
Happy Independence Day! Do you remember that promise to make up for making you all wait so long for the Disneyland Paris Sleeping Beauty Castle paper model? Well, today, I’m making good on that promise.
I have made the model parts available even though the instructions still haven’t been completed (or even begun). I know that some of you hard-core builders enjoy building without instructions to make it more of a challenge. Well, good luck! For the rest of you, this will give you a chance to familiarize yourself with the parts and buy much-needed supplies.
I am away from the computer for the holiday weekend. If there are any problems with the links and/or files, please shove an email into my inbox, and I’ll fix everything as soon as I can.
Do you already have more information about when the instructions will be completed? approximately.
I really look forward to make it! I love the model.
Greetings.
Hello friend of mine
Already finish of cutting all the pieces of the castle and I am eager to begin his assembly. These days I return to Paris to return to visit disneyland, I am charmed with it!
Since the instructions go? Will we be able to see them soon?
A greeting and an embrace
When they were finishing the instructions? Approximately
I hope to have the instructions finished before the end of the year. Early Fall would be nice. It’s probably all just wishful thinking.
Then again, once I tackle something, I attack it head-on and plow right through it. I’m a fast worker, so you never know when it will pop up.
Thanks you for a very fantastic model!
Right now, I’m building on tower B, but is a bit confused by parts B 33-45, the ones that makes up that weird staircase- thing on the tower…, I don’t really understand where to put those together, a little help, please?
Well, if I did that, I’d have to help everyone else, too. Explaining how to build it would be an enormous undertaking, especially without any pictures. You’ll all have to wait for the instructions.
The castle is fantastic. When approximately estaran the instructions? I am eager to begin his assembly.
A question mas. Does a model of glaze exist to apply to the paper to protect it from the powder? Something and well-read in diverse forums.
A greeting and thank you very much
PS: One word of warning, I suspect using 110 pound card stock is what sent my last HP inkjet to an early grave. 65 pound stock is as thick as I’ve gone with this new HP 6310 and it’s outlived the previous 6210 by a year already.
Check your printer manuals first and be sure they can handle cardstock (by weight) before you try using card/cover stock
Which paperweight should be used for the castle? Would 160 g/sqm be ok? Or better 120 g/sqm?
It all depends on you. Nearly everything I do is designed for basic printer paper, which can vary in weight. I like to use HP brand paper for all of my printing. I own HP printers, which print best on HP papers, and I’m a bit of an HP fan.
I typically use one of the Everyday/Multipurpose packs (20-24 lbs.). The bright white ones show better color.
If you have a color laser printer (or access to one), and you like a stiffer paper, I’d go with HP’s LaserJet paper. It’s bright, smooth, and more durable (I think) than the regular paper . . . even though it’s 24 lbs. It also has a hearty grain that can make folding against the grain hard if you don’t score. But, it’s the best (for me), and I get it once in a while.
If you want anything stronger than that, start looking into cardstock. Everyone has their own preferences, and I generally don’t use it. Maybe someone here can make a recommendation.
Ah, well, it depends not only on me, as the thickness of the paper – if choosen much thicker than the constructor intended – may cause problems with the parts fit.
You`re using 90 g/sqm, so I guess it is a good idea to use that weight for me, too.
Part fittings is one reason why I stick to regular paper. The other reason is that that’s what most folks have at home, so they can print right away.
Actually, a lot of people use card stock, and they haven’t reported any problems.
I prefer 65 pound (176 g/m2) card stock, though I’ve also used 67 pound cover stock on some models. I’ve found the 67lb more flexible which does make it easier to use on some applications like round towers, but the trade off is it doesn’t take glue as well as 65lb card stock. Elmer’s glue-all absorbs more liberally into the 67lb cover stock and makes the glue tabs too flexible. Glue tends to lay more on the surface of card stock and keeps tabs rigid while I build.
For this model, I had 25 sheets of 65lb card, 26 sheets of 67lb cover stock and a mixed pile of scrap stock on hand for the remaining 20 sheets I needed. So I used the 51 sheets of clean stock sparingly and carefully evaluated which parts should get which paper and used the scrap stock for parts where I was 100% certain the previously used backsides wouldn’t show. In the end my model is at least 65% 67lb cover stock.
But most importantly I haven’t noticed even the slightest alignment discrepancy by using either 65lb or 67lb stock over 20lb paper. The only time I run into that kind of problem is when I change the size of a model, especially when I make them larger than the original. Then parts that fit by a pixel’s width on the screen start to become wrong real world.
Building without instructions is definitely a challenge, especially for one of my level 9 models.
Another reason for releasing the parts early was to give myself a swift kick in the butt. With the parts out there, I have no choice but to work on the instructions. When will that be? I’m actually leaning for a Fall release.
How about a race? You try to get the instructions done before I can finish building Le Chateau without them. I have to warn you though, I have the base level 50% completed, and you’ll have to hurry since I expect to be done in 3 or 4 days! giggle.
Hmmm . . . a word of warning: don’t complete too much of the base. You may want to be able to stick your hands/arms underneath for support when you glue on the upper levels. Who knows; you may have an easier way to build it than I did. Good luck!
Well I did leave the 2 arches and the portcullis out for now so I can pick it up by shoving my arm down the tunnel. Today I picked up a 3 pack of giant size white foamcore boards to make my base.
So far, I built the mountain, the main base level of the castle with the brown rear roof section attached and the “grassy knoll” with the stairs as 3 separate sections. I’m currently working up sections D, E, J & K and the lower sections of towers B, F & G. Once they’re done I plan to build the bridge and mount everything to foamcore. Then I’ll go back and do the fancy bits I left out so they wouldn’t get damaged during construction.
So far everything is going together like a dream. It’s a lot of fun building from photos, although the watermarks are making it more difficult. (Stupid plagarists and ebay pirates…) Bottom up, that’s the way I always do it. The only thing that would have made it easier for me would have been a numbered diagram. But the photos and blender renders are doing the job very nicely. Without them I wouldn’t have even attempted it!
PS I hope I’m not sounding arrogant or anything, I’m just excited to finally be building this model!
I agree that the watermarks are horrendous. I do have plans to redo them over the next week.
Thank you so much! but I not a searching the instructiom file.
There are no instructions completed at this time. Be very patient.
Hi, Greetings from Brazil!
I didn’t want to start the new model without instructions – and because I’m not finished with the other Sleeping Beauty castle, yet. But I’m going to! I love your models. They are beautiful and a great hobby to have.
Did you ever thought about doing the cinderella Castle and or the Maleficent castle? *hint hint*
Great Job on this one! You are really gifted,
Cheers!
Ya know, this is the second time you’ve released something when I was low on cardstock! lol
Seriously though, since I know how you work, I know I can use scrap stock for some things because you don’t like to leave even a backside of a part blank. I’ll let you know in a couple of days how I’m doing at building this from drawings only!
Oh, and THANK YOU!
Towers and walls going up! After spending 5 hours with dial-up downloading and printing, I started building at 1am last night.
Seeing photos is great and all, but being able to hold the parts in your hand makes the model just so much more impressive! The details are excellent, the colors are beautiful and the parts are clever. That tunnel/breezeway/foyer/whatever you want to call it is quite an amusing piece of paper engineering. I wasn’t quite sure how it all worked until I figured out what part A56 was!
I also like the little cicle/triangle pieces that give a base to the 3 towers and hold the walls nice and straight. It’s the kind of part that made me say “now, why didn’t I think of that?!?”
Wonderful! You are the Davinci of the papiroflexia. Thank you very much for sharing so much work. I hope that the instructions are not late very much. I begin to gather material.
The model looks beautiful. I can’t wait to start.
Oh… my… god! Well, although I downloaded the parts I guess it would be wise to wait for the instructions. And I should finish my “Unseen University” first, otherwise it will be pushed back by this amazing, breathtaking papermodel. Thank you so much for sharing!
Christmas comes early! Thanks so much for this great model. I may have to wait for the instructions, but waiting will be a pleasure.
Thank you so much! I’ve wanted to make this model for a long time.