A "paper" project
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A "paper" project
I was cleaning out the disk drive and ran across a file with this. Got more parts than most the kits I see here at probably way less the cost ....
It's from Fiddlers Green.
For those who may not have gotten into paper models, here's about all the tools you'll need:
Sharp hobby knife, metal rule, dead ball-point for scoring, some round things for rolling, some UHU glue, and some color pencils to touch things up with. Quite a bit smaller investment than my "plastic" hobby.
Anyway, less than an hour later, here we are, all cut and cleaned.
Not sure when I'll put it together, I have right-eye cataract surgery in the morning ....
It's from Fiddlers Green.
For those who may not have gotten into paper models, here's about all the tools you'll need:
Sharp hobby knife, metal rule, dead ball-point for scoring, some round things for rolling, some UHU glue, and some color pencils to touch things up with. Quite a bit smaller investment than my "plastic" hobby.
Anyway, less than an hour later, here we are, all cut and cleaned.
Not sure when I'll put it together, I have right-eye cataract surgery in the morning ....
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I always wanted to see how a paper model was done. This will be cool for me
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Re: A "paper" project
It's a mistery for me also...Dirkpitt289 wrote:I always wanted to see how a paper model was done. This will be cool for me
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Re: A "paper" project
Good luck with the operation.
I look forward to watching this build.
Regards
Splash
I look forward to watching this build.
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http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/user/signUp;
Fiddlers Green currently has an offer of three free paper models for new sign-ups, choosing from a list of 75 models, if any one wanted to have a crack themselves...they are designed to be fun as opposed to rivet-counting accurate but are a great way to try paper models...
Fiddlers Green currently has an offer of three free paper models for new sign-ups, choosing from a list of 75 models, if any one wanted to have a crack themselves...they are designed to be fun as opposed to rivet-counting accurate but are a great way to try paper models...
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Re: A "paper" project
The right eye is done and seems fine, albeit probably not 20-20. Due to the holidays I cannot get the left eye done until early January so I'm wandering around with one good eye & one old eye. I can't put on my glasses, that just reverses the eyes. I bought a pair of drug store cheaters to help with close-in work. Otherwise I have times when I can see clearly and times when I can't ....
Anyway, today is the first day at the bench ....
First "problem" with many paper models is they are color printed on one side only and sure enough I had to color the interior of the front intake and the rear thruster before putting them together. That was domne by rubbing the side of a color pencil evenly on the cardstock then rubbing that with my finger to smooth it out. Then I used a round piece to shape the paper parts prior to gluing. Usually I get them close enough then do the final rounding/shaping when the glued seam is dry.
I also went to work on the tail, folding all the tabs, then giving a gentle roll down the centered down the front. I could cut out the blue "glass" and assemble a seat then use clear tape or something for the cockpit, but I'm not.
For those who don't follow paper models, this kit came in a pdf file which I printed on heavy (65lb) paper (card stock). I cut out the parts with a nice new #11 blade in my Exacto knife. Parts are formed by scoring along fold lines then folding, and/or rolling, and gluing. It's rather simple in theory but big complex models need good instructions, like photo-etch, on how to make complex folds and order of assembly. Having worked with paper and photo-etch, I find many tools and skills applicable to both.
Anyway, today is the first day at the bench ....
First "problem" with many paper models is they are color printed on one side only and sure enough I had to color the interior of the front intake and the rear thruster before putting them together. That was domne by rubbing the side of a color pencil evenly on the cardstock then rubbing that with my finger to smooth it out. Then I used a round piece to shape the paper parts prior to gluing. Usually I get them close enough then do the final rounding/shaping when the glued seam is dry.
I also went to work on the tail, folding all the tabs, then giving a gentle roll down the centered down the front. I could cut out the blue "glass" and assemble a seat then use clear tape or something for the cockpit, but I'm not.
For those who don't follow paper models, this kit came in a pdf file which I printed on heavy (65lb) paper (card stock). I cut out the parts with a nice new #11 blade in my Exacto knife. Parts are formed by scoring along fold lines then folding, and/or rolling, and gluing. It's rather simple in theory but big complex models need good instructions, like photo-etch, on how to make complex folds and order of assembly. Having worked with paper and photo-etch, I find many tools and skills applicable to both.
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Re: A "paper" project
What I like best about paper models is that you can pretty much choose your own scale within the limitations of your printer. The first one I did was a pretty detailed Yamaha bike (promo from their site) at ~1/6 scale I scaled in by 50% and did a 1/12 scale bike. Also your stash can be massive and still not take up any room
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Also, if you make a complete pig's ear of something you can just print out another copy and try again...
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Re: A "paper" project
John,
Glad to hear that you've at least got one eye fully serviceable and I hope the second follows suit in the New Year. I am also looking forward to getting some guidance on assembling paper kits, so more please!
regards,
Martin
Glad to hear that you've at least got one eye fully serviceable and I hope the second follows suit in the New Year. I am also looking forward to getting some guidance on assembling paper kits, so more please!
regards,
Martin
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Martin, while John's being a bit one-eyed about things, there's a lot of great guidance on building paper models here: http://www.papermodelers.com; - and the natives are friendly
Simon
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Edit: further to that, ecardmodels is having a Holiday Giveaway with two free paper models from its Exclusive collection; details here: http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/card ... odels.html;
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Re: A "paper" project
Thanks, Simon -- there is indeed a wealth of info on paper modeling out there.
I'm trying to finish the Hampden GB, then I'll be back to work on this ...
I'm trying to finish the Hampden GB, then I'll be back to work on this ...
John Ratzenberger
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Re: A "paper" project
Work restarted ... pix tomorrow ... I'm working the main body and the trolley right now ... (I know, what else is there?)
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Re: A "paper" project
Never mind, I'm dropping out.
I made, as one of you said, a pigs ear out of mounting the tail to the body. Part of it my fault, part the kit. I think I know what I need to do to build it right so I could reprint and move on, but I just don't care and I have other things to do these next couple days ....
I made, as one of you said, a pigs ear out of mounting the tail to the body. Part of it my fault, part the kit. I think I know what I need to do to build it right so I could reprint and move on, but I just don't care and I have other things to do these next couple days ....
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It's my model and I'll do what I want with it.
It's my model and I'll do what I want with it.