need help with singing busts..again

[Ryan Wern]

I want to recreate the singing busts from the Haunted Mansion. I'm trying to keep the display true to the original, but I can't remember if the busts sit on individual pedistals or on a brick wall. In the movie they sit on pedistals, but I'm not sure if it's the same on the ride. I looked at doombuggies.com and couldn't find any pics and the YouTube videos just show the busts and not really a clear shot of what they are mounted on. A wall of some sort would be cheaper and easier to build because I already have most of the materials, but I don't know if that would ruin the effect because I'm going to have them inside a cemetary fence in my front yard. I didn't know if a wall inside a fence would look out of place. Can someone help me out? Thanks:xbones:

[bobzilla]

Here ya go http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252cf2a78e1d01240b67d4af860e-500pi&imgrefurl=http://capsuper.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c2252cf2a78e1d01240b67d4af860e.html&usg=__BSrBOl3FSEcF2kh0NY-u0Wdw_jY=&h=332&w=500&sz=61&hl=en&start=28&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=qWvk1mqY7lvIfM:&tbnh=86&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgrim%2Bgrinning%2Bghosts%26start%3D20 %26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Di sch:1

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[Ryan Wern]

bobzilla to the rescue again! thanks.

[psyko99]

Pedestals can be cheap to build using sonotubes (concrete forms) and ridged foam boards. You can get everything you need at one store (Home Depot, Lowes, etc...).

[Ryan Wern]

Perfect! I live about 500 yards from a Lowe's. Thanks for the help

[Mr Grimsley]

Here's another thought... I'm planning to build a simple garden bench made from rigid foam insulation, something along the lines of these:

1490

1491

Solves the need for 4 seperate pedestals.