Just amazing..........

okieboy

Member since
July 2003
From: USA

Posted by okieboy on Thursday, July 31, 2003 5:06 PM

I would say something... but it would be along the lines of, "What the @#$%!?" and "Well, I'll be &*%$ed!" "As I stand motionless with my jaw open and a look of utter disbelief on my face..."

"We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harm." George Orwell

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 31, 2003 10:41 AM

i can see it now...a folded paper diorama base with paper trees and hills (i'm not sure anyone would try to make paper sand dunes, but now that i've said that someone's gonna say they've already done it!)
i don't know about 20 years from now, but i'm sure that around my house it wouldn't last 20 minutes (younger siblings make for a dangerous theatre of operation) ! Wink [;)]

frosty

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allan

Member since
June 2003
From: Cavite, Philippines

Posted by allan on Saturday, July 26, 2003 12:48 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Cobrahistorian

in ten years? ASH.

Or a small termite mound.

If you were to put it in a diorama, would the base be made of paper too?

Will somebody please think of the trees?! Clown [:o)]

No bucks, no Buck Rogers

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Cobrahistorian

Member since
December 2002
From: Aaaaah.... Alpha Apaches... A beautiful thing!

Posted by Cobrahistorian on Saturday, July 26, 2003 3:04 AM

in ten years? ASH.

"1-6 is in hot"

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Saturday, July 26, 2003 2:20 AM

Sure is!
But I wonder how paper models stand the test of time...what's that gonna look like in 10 or 20 years?

~Brian

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 25, 2003 11:30 AM

yikes! not cheap...but that's some serious origami, neh ?

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Friday, July 25, 2003 11:20 AM

Dou itashimashite!
The current exchange rate is about 118 yen to a US dollar, so about 76 bux?
Almost as much as Tamiya's plastic Wagon!

~Brian

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 25, 2003 11:11 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by J-Hulk

That is amazing!
It's in Japanese, not Chinese, by the way.
"Kami Mokei" means "paper model."
The text says the model comes on 17 pages of A3 size paper, is 70cm long and sells for 9,000 yen. It is 1/25 scale.
The modeler also used piano wire, flower arrangement wire, small chains, OHP film, aluminum foil (from the kitchen) and red cellophane (from his kid's bedroom!).
Amazing!

Domo arigato for the translation, J-Hulk-sama. we r all in ur debt... hey, what's 9,000 yen in US bux, anyway ?

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Friday, July 25, 2003 10:14 AM

That is amazing!
It's in Japanese, not Chinese, by the way.
"Kami Mokei" means "paper model."
The text says the model comes on 17 pages of A3 size paper, is 70cm long and sells for 9,000 yen. It is 1/25 scale.
The modeler also used piano wire, flower arrangement wire, small chains, OHP film, aluminum foil (from the kitchen) and red cellophane (from his kid's bedroom!).
Amazing!

~Brian

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 24, 2003 1:38 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by RAF120

I'm still having a hard time believing that Dragon Wagon was made entirely out of paper. How in the world did they make the mirror arms and other small railings.

Did anyone get any kind of a scale?

wow! i'm impressed...goes a little beyond the basic paper airplane type thing, for sure!
altho my japanese is not too good, i'd guess that 1/25 could be the scale. in which case, it's a big old thang...double wow!

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Dwight Ta-ala

Member since
July 2003
From: Philippines

Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Thursday, July 24, 2003 3:36 AM

Wow!

Dwight

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Cobrahistorian

Member since
December 2002
From: Aaaaah.... Alpha Apaches... A beautiful thing!

Posted by Cobrahistorian on Thursday, July 24, 2003 2:25 AM

Allan... LOL.... do ya think we can do that with the instructions???

So THAT'S what they're for!

"1-6 is in hot"

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allan

Member since
June 2003
From: Cavite, Philippines

Posted by allan on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:15 PM

And you all wonder why we bother sanding and painting plastic. I wonder what those chains are made of?

We plastic modellers follow the instructions. The paper modeller BUILDS the instructions. LOL.

No bucks, no Buck Rogers

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 7:59 PM

Bloody brilliant, that. I just would like to know how someone would have enough time to make paper look that good.

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RAF120

Member since
March 2003
From: Exit 7a NJ Turnpike

Posted by RAF120 on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 7:14 PM

I'm still having a hard time believing that Dragon Wagon was made entirely out of paper. How in the world did they make the mirror arms and other small railings.

Did anyone get any kind of a scale?

Trevor Where am I going and why am I in this handbasket?

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Cobrahistorian

Member since
December 2002
From: Aaaaah.... Alpha Apaches... A beautiful thing!

Posted by Cobrahistorian on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 4:09 PM

Yeah, but the thing is, a plastic model will stand up to a lit match a hell of a lot better! ;) No "realistic" bullet holes or the whole thing goes *FOOMP!* up in flames!

LOL

Still, its an impressive model!

"1-6 is in hot"

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kaleu

Member since
February 2003
From: Racing capital of the world- Indy

Posted by kaleu on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 3:59 PM

Wow....that is incredible, now if you will excuse I am going to go and stand in the corner and cry.....

Erik "Don't fruit the beer." Newest model buys: More than I care to think about. It's time for a support group.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 12:20 PM

That is incredible!!
'Nuff said!
I'd like to see the finished p-51!
Anybody able to translate that?

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 10:34 AM

WOW..... that's all I can say

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wibhi2

Member since
March 2003
From: Brooklyn

Posted by wibhi2 on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:10 AM

Yeah, it looks like heavy card stock or railroad board (I've built architectural models with that stuff).

Wow, maybe I should dump my plastic and convert to paper - That stuff looks awesome

3d modelling is an option a true mental excercise in frusrtation

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shermanfreak

Member since
January 2003

Posted by shermanfreak on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 8:52 AM

Anybody want to complain about the quality of their Italeri kits anymore ?

I'm lucky if I can roll up a newspaper properly so that I can swat a fly let alone make it look like something.

Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert

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erush

Member since
May 2003
From: USA, GA

Posted by erush on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 6:54 AM

Absolutely incredible... * sits and stares...speechless * * contemplates QUITING * Big Smile [:D]

I'm impressed to say the least.

Eric

Hi, I'm Eric and I'm a Modelholic too. I think I have PE poisioning.

"Friendly fire...isn't"

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 6:29 AM

If you go to the main page, they have other models also.

Here is an example of a P51 Mustang, just to show how it looks before removing the parts from the sheets. http://www.kami-mokei.com/jsc_p51/p51.html

I would think that, it's like a stiff paper stock.

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renarts

Member since
April 2003
From: Sunny Florida

Posted by renarts on Tuesday, July 22, 2003 11:25 PM

Let me understand this....that was paper? That is some serious Origami!

Is it a composite made up of paper? Lucy, ju got some splainin to do....You have just wreaked complete chaos with the lemurs in my head.

Mike

Mike "Imagination is the dye that colors our lives" Marcus Aurellius A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"

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shermanfreak

Member since
January 2003

Posted by shermanfreak on Tuesday, July 22, 2003 11:03 PM

That is without a doubt ....... unreal.

Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 22, 2003 10:39 PM

Ma, I can barely do that with plastic and PE, much less paper! Your topic header is dead on.

demono69

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Just amazing..........

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 22, 2003 10:35 PM

I saw this in another forum and I just had to share. The thread was on "Paper-Based" modeling and here is a kit you have to see [:0]

It's a Dragon Wagon, paper-based. I wish I could read Chinese and get more details on the kit.

http://www.kami-mokei.com/m25/g189_2.html

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