Thanks for the websites. I'll check them out. There are some fine looking WWI armor card models at
hal-pc.org/~mccullou/cardmodels.html (this is the first time I've tried posting a link, so I hope it works....) and if I stumble across anymore, I'll let you know.
For the uninitiated, paper modeling is just that -- modeling with paper. It seems like it's bigger in Europe, and there are some folks producing an amazing array of kits. On some of them, the detail is about as exacting as you'd want to get. I got into it through real space modeling; there are plenty of launch vehicles and satellites and manned spacecraft available, and the nice thing is, a lot of them are free for the downloading. (And another nice thing: if you mess up a part, you just print out another one.)
I got into it through Delta 7 Studio's "Project Gemini" CD. Although this is one you have to buy, what you get is amazing -- 1/24th-scale capsules for every Gemini mission, as well as the various docking targets (including the "Angry Alligator"), a 1/96th-scale Gemini-Titan and Atlas-Agena, a Gemini capsule with a fully detailed interior and a "Splashdown Gemini," which is the Gemini sitting on the water, awaiting recovery.
And since they're all on computer, you can manipulate the images. For example, I enlarged the Gemini-Titan and built it in 1/48th scale. And I combined the Gemini capsule with the full interior with the "Splashdown" base, opened both hatches and scratchbuilt a Gemini flotation collar -- all out of paper.
So if you want to super-detail paper models, you can go to town on them, just like plastic.