Yamaha origami: PH2
PH2 finds the perfect way to whittle away those dark winter evenings...
The kit itself is free to download, however it contains 914 individual parts, spread over 54 pages of paper, and is fiendishly difficult to construct. That said, it is stunning in its detail and is broken down into five blocks to make it easier for novice paper crafters. It's hard to imagine how many hours it would take to build this 41cm model but, if you fancy a challenge, click on this link and let us know when you have finished it, we'd love to see the pictures.
For additional inspiration (you will probably need this by the second or third week of construction) look at the Paper Crafts Gallery of completed models of all varieties at the bottom of Yamaha's page, which are mind-blowing in their detail.
http://global.yamaha-motor.com/yamahastyle/enterta...
Lots to choose from! http://global.yamaha-motor.com/yamahastyle/enterta...
You can obviously scale them up pretty easily (depending on the size of your printer/plotter), there's a 60% life size R1 which would probably be a lot easier to make.
That said. If I were to do it again I'd go for something slightly more light weight. 100gsm would do the trick. The problem is thicker paper is slightly easier to work with, but can throw out the geometry a bit. 100gsm would be a good compromise.
Be aware before you go into it though it's bloody hard work. So far I have got through 15 or so scalpel blades. So make sure you have plenty of spares.
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