Ummm ... haha it did take me a while, but one night I stayed up till 3 am just to finish it, what I do is I build smallerparts then just put the whole thing together :/
I use a glue stick to temp hold things in place then hot glue gun, once the whole thing is done I go back over the tas with glue gun just to make sure everything is relatively well stuck down.
I would avoid using tape, no one on here uses it, plus there is the chance of it tearing or peeling off etc, glue is far more suitable for peping, I dunno how tape reacts to resin but glue seems to be the best means of peping. Resin doesnt stick to some things very well, like certain plastics, so there may be a chance the resin doesnt take well on the tape but I cant personally tell you or guarentee anthing. Keep going with it, maybe put a layer of glue (hot glue gun glue) over the tabs and creases and tape before resining. You could always do a small test patch, see how the resin takes to the tape.
Best of luck