Papercraft... what have you started

[Cerberus90]

Are you lot just using normal paper?


I'll make sure to put some pics up of the FW190 dr, should be one of my better models as I've used filler for the first time and primed the whole model before painting.

[dr_gn]

Cerberus90 said:

Are you lot just using normal paper?


I'll make sure to put some pics up of the FW190 dr, should be one of my better models as I've used filler for the first time and primed the whole model before painting.

The paper in my kit I'd describe as thin card. Some parts call for it to be doubled or tripled depending on how much stiffness is required.

Looking forward to seeing the FW190. What make of kit is it?

[Halmyre]

Cerberus90 said:

Thanks alot guys! Look what you've got me doing!!!

God knows how you lot are doing these other things, I'm ready to burn it fire already,

Is that a scene from 'The Italian Job'?

[Cerberus90]

dr_gn said:

The paper in my kit I'd describe as thin card. Some parts call for it to be doubled or tripled depending on how much stiffness is required.

Looking forward to seeing the FW190. What make of kit is it?

It's the Revell 190 A8/R-11. Really nice kit so far, as usual from Revell, everything has fitted pretty well with only a few small gaps.

Halmyre said:

Is that a scene from 'The Italian Job'?

There's a good way to salvage it, , make a diorama of them falling down the cliff,

[shortar53]

dr_gn said:

The paper in my kit I'd describe as thin card. Some parts call for it to be doubled or tripled depending on how much stiffness is required.

Looking forward to seeing the FW190. What make of kit is it?

I'm just using printer paper, as mine are printed off from the yamaha (mostly) website.

Ideally I'd be using something a little thicker - but that will have to wait till I place a new order from the supplier - it's a touch too thin, especially when you've applied glue, but if you go too thick it's going to cause issues with bending the model.
Dr_gn's model is an entirely different kettle of fish as it's a retail kit. I'd expect the standard to be significantly higher on the finished model (even bearing in mind the gulf in modelling skills)

[shortar53]

Macaw ready for assembly.


My initial thoughts remain. I haven't particularly enjoyed this kit, but the daughter asked me to build it for her.. It's not as infuriating as the Lemur's tail, mind.
It's also strange with regards to the feathers - the wings and the tail are double-sided, and call for the inner and outer to be glued together.

The instructions could be better - the wings tell you to stick the two parts together before cutting the scalloped bottom section. It would be a definite advantage to do the same with the tail feathers too, however that is four steps earlier. I'm left with a lot of "white" on the tail that i'll try and cover up.
The legs are just tubes, and measure perhaps 4mm in diameter. Without a paintbrush to wrap the tube around, I'd have struggled not to crush them.
Assembly may not take place today

[Morf]

shortar53 said:

I'm just using printer paper, as mine are printed off from the yamaha (mostly) website.

Ideally I'd be using something a little thicker - but that will have to wait till I place a new order from the supplier - it's a touch too thin, especially when you've applied glue, but if you go too thick it's going to cause issues with bending the model.
Dr_gn's model is an entirely different kettle of fish as it's a retail kit. I'd expect the standard to be significantly higher on the finished model (even bearing in mind the gulf in modelling skills)

From my experience, you'll struggle working with normal printer paper.

Printer paper is normally 80 or 90 gsm (grams per square metre). Serious card modellers will use different weights for different models, from 120gsm up to 250gsm, but if you're just getting started then 160gsm is a good starting point - twice as thick as normal printer paper.

160gsm is easy to get hold of: you can buy a 250 sheet pack for less than £10 from a stationery store. It will also work fine in most inkjet printers.

Give it a try, I think you'll find the improved rigidity over 80gsm well worth while.

[perdu]

For paper do you have a 99p shop handy?

They sell a packet of 'card' which I use when printing model description labels

It cost me 99p (quel surprise)

It is quite a lot heavier than 70 80 or even 90 gsm paper but not so heavy that I would imagine you having trouble using it for these models

Here's my packet of 60 sheets






The mackaw, love it already

[dr_gn]

Agreed, the paper in my fishing boat kit is about twice as thick as normal printer paper. Even so it sometimes seems too thin for comfort. PVA stiffens it up of course, at the expense of sagging and the associated nightmare of trying to align straight edges with sagged walls. UHU isn't as bad for sagging, but is hopeless to apply accurately.

Paper modelling is a whole different kettle of ballgames...but strangely magical.

[shortar53]

perdu said:

For paper do you have a 99p shop handy?

They sell a packet of 'card' which I use when printing model description labels

It cost me 99p (quel surprise)

It is quite a lot heavier than 70 80 or even 90 gsm paper but not so heavy that I would imagine you having trouble using it for these models

Here's my packet of 60 sheets






The mackaw, love it already

I'll check the local 99p establishments, along with their more expensive brethren next time I venture into town
(out-of-focus pic warning)


The Macaw is finished. (dead. expired. ceased to be)



I had a slight misfire and built the wings inside-out. The instructions were clear, I was just in a hurry to get it completed - fortunately, I noticed the error before the glue had fully dried out. Had the model been one I'd liked or enjoyed, I'd have re-done the wings - as it is, the daughter is happy enough with the result, so they stay.

I've told her my head is battered, and she can wait for the tortoise. Today's plan of attack, work commitments permitting, is the trailer for the Epson racer.

[perdu]

Arrr

Pretty Polly Pretty Polly

Awkkk





that is a pretty Polly

I hope she loves it

[ecsrobin]

Anyone like to share the links to where I find these awessome templates. Really like the macaw and the race transporter.

[shortar53]

ecsrobin said:

Anyone like to share the links to where I find these awessome templates. Really like the macaw and the race transporter.

The yamaha stuff (including the animals) is here,
http://global.yamaha-motor.com/yamahastyle/enterta...
The Epson stuff is here
http://www.epson.jp/sponsor/nakajima/craft/

Enjoy.

[SlipStream77]

Here's my progress so far, I'm using 160gsm card.

[shortar53]

SlipStream77 said:

Here's my progress so far, I'm using 160gsm card.

Good lord, that chopper is what, 4cm? I can see that being a little fiddly. The boat is coming along quite nicely though.

[shortar53]

A little progress today - work has been pretty manic, and a hospital appointment ate into my lunchbreak yesterday.

Cab commplete.
Trailer appx 80% complete - only the roof and door to complete.
This has been much more fun than the macaw.


The trailer is a little under a foot long.

I also need to run a black pen under the trailer wheels to get rid of the white lines.

[shortar53]

Epson racer / Transporter completed.
from end-to-end it's a little under 20" long.
Enjoyed this, although I can see the advantages of thicker paper stock.





Not sure if I want to do another car (on thicker paper) before the motorbike or not. I'll mull it over this weekend

[dr_gn]

Looks neat - well done.

[shortar53]

dr_gn said:

Looks neat - well done.

Thanks. There are a few areas I'm not entirely happy with - As a colleague said, "there'll always be a fold you wished was crisper", but there are no major annoyances. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out - it definitely has presence.

I'd love to know who thought this fold and glue sequence was a good idea for the door though...

How are you supposed to exert any pressure to the flaps?

Anyhoo, I'll see if the daughter wants this one - if not, I've cleared a space at the back of my office desk.
Onwards...

[dr_gn]

shortar53 said:

dr_gn said:

Looks neat - well done.

Thanks. There are a few areas I'm not entirely happy with - As a colleague said, "there'll always be a fold you wished was crisper", but there are no major annoyances. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out - it definitely has presence.

I'd love to know who thought this fold and glue sequence was a good idea for the door though...

How are you supposed to exert any pressure to the flaps?

Anyhoo, I'll see if the daughter wants this one - if not, I've cleared a space at the back of my office desk.
Onwards...

I guess that's where thicker paper would have helped. You could have glued some horizontal zig-zag supports under the flaps, you could then have got quite a bit of pressure to close the section.