Can anyone help me build a model of the taj mahal?

Question

I need specific details and i need to know materials to build it. I have about 2 days for 3 weeks. It must look like a 11th grade work. Thank you

Answer 1

Ignore the jerks.....

http://papertoys.com/tajmahal.htm

Here is a neat site....You can most likely print this back it with a good posterboard and so on ...Or take it to a local print shop (Or UPS store) and have it enlarged......At least you will have a pattern for whatever you want to do.


Oops heres another site:
http://www.greatbuildings.com/models/Taj_Mahal_mod.html

Answer 2

There are some very thick papers that are excellent for model making. At the moment I cannot remember the name of them, but most college book stores will know what you are asking for. Most colleges will allow the public to make purchases in their stores. It has a high cotton fiber content, so from the side it looks a little fuzzy, but not really fuzzy, just a little.
When you go to cut it with a mat knife, don't cut all the way through. Stop about 3/4 of the way through. That is where the fold for the side of a building or a roof will be. And you are going to fold it away from the cut -not into the cut. I know it's hard to picture when you are reading it, so cut a small piece off and experiment, then you will see what I mean. One way it seems to sink in, the correct way that doesn't happen.
I can't give you exact measurements because that depends on what scale you use. For 1/2" scale, 1/2" = one foot in real space; 1/4" = one foot in real space. And so on. Models of the Taj Mahal have been done, since the building was built, by architecture and landscape architecture, and many other students, endlessly. So the measurements are on the Internet, and in books in every library. College libraries have the best resources for that. You can't take college books home, but you can photocopy info from the books they have there.
Some people like to use modeling clay, which never hardens, for the spires and towers. Paper is hard for that.
Start early, if you wait too long, you will be sorry. You picked a project you will be proud of when you have finished it.

Answer 3

Oh yeah I build taj mahal models all the time, but those are all like 12th+grade works. If your shooting for 11th grade, go Eiffel tower man. As far as material, nothing but popsicle sticks and superglue.

Answer 4

oh. i will help you