Polish ore carrier "Soldek" (made of paper)

Very interesting!  I don't have much experience with the world of paper models, but I know there are some excellent products - and unusual subjects - out there.  On another website I saw some photos of a large-scale H.M.S. Victory that a guy was building from a paper kit made in Poland.  The detail and accuracy of it were downright mind-blowing - and if I hadn't seen the pictures of it in its early stages I wouldn't have been able to believe it was made of paper.

Hello Gents,

I did some progress with the 'Soldek'. Now, the most difficult part will come, sticking the ship's sides

Some information about 'Soldek': launched 6.11.1948; tonnage 2005 RT; dimensions 87x12,2x5,5 m; propulsion 2 boilers, 1 double expansion steam engine, 1 shaft, 1300 HP = 9,5 kts; complement 28. Since 1985 she is a museum-ship in Gdansk.

 

 Best Regards

Dirk

Very interesting!  May I ask, what glue do you use?

Fred

Hello Fred,

I using 'Uhu, Flinke Flasche'. For very little parts sometimes 'Wikol'-white clue.

Best Regards

Dirk

hey onyxman if you want to do paper use ALEENS craft glue ./ i,ve used it for years now. the place to go for more info would be PAPERMODELS INTERNATIONAL in beaverton ,oregon at last writing . they carry WILHELMSHAVEN ,J.S.C. and SCHREIBER and much more . i believe WILHELMSHAVEN has the best in card models and it runs the gamut from civilian and military ships , planes and a lot more. hope this helps     tankerbuilder

Facinating stuff, everything from tugboats to dirigibles. Unfortunately it looks like Papermodels International is going out of business.

http://www.papermodels.net/new.html

 

 

 Awesome! I await updates!

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onyxman .. the glue i recommend is aleens craft glue in the brown bottle . i do a lot of paper/card models to relax after a long or difficult plastic scratchbuild   tankerbuilder   pps the pmi as we know it has been for sale for a while now . the hope that i have is that some one will give it the same attention that i,ve come to expect ,if not i have ALL the addresses of the producers of these little jewels . they have no problem as they have staff who speak english   tankerbuilder

jtilley  did you know that the papermodel folks also have 1/200 models (full hull) of many of the ships that have a special following , SCHREIBER does a lot of those   tankerbuilder

dbaum60   do you know where i might get my instructions translated . i have about 15 of jsc models and i don,t want to mess them up  tankerbuilder 

Hello tankerbuilder,

you can try on their site. They talking english, too and they are very helpful. You can write an e-mail, I guess they can help you.

www.jsc.pl

Regards

Dirk