Card Models

I am about to begin a Nimitz class carrier made entirely of paper.

MBT70,

I built a card model of a Morane-Saulnier Type N WWI monoplane in 1/144 scale and even rigged it! It looks okay, but nowhere near as good as some card models I've seen on the net.

Here's a thread by a fellew who scratch-built two WWI planes in card. It's really fantastic work:
http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21191

Here's the card modeling FAQ:
http://www.cardfaq.org/faq/

Here's a card model USS Nimitz:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/cv/cvn-68/120-js/cvn68-main.html

Here's an HMS Victory in paper card:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/misc/sail/victory-96-cs/cs-index.html

Let us know how your build goes.

Regards,

Lufbery,

My thanks for some great links.  I saw the build on Aerodrome a while back (I'm Pfalz Prophet there) and was impressed and amazed at the man's skill and talent.  Everyone, whether they go card or not, should see that amazing build.

I also liked HMS Victory and it had some great card builds by the same gent in Aachen, Deutschland.

Good stuff ... 'preciate it!

 

 

I haven't tackled card but here's a couple of shots I took at a show last year.....





Michael

The info Lufbery gave you is right on the money. Paper Models International is how I built a few airplanes many moons ago. I think PMI handels a line of German kits called Williamshaven? Thay build up like a plank on frame kit. I was at one time toying with the idea of using a paper model as a patern for a plastic ship......but that is another story.Good luck with the build.

MBT70 wrote:

Lufbery, My thanks for some great links.  I saw the build on Aerodrome a while back (I'm Pfalz Prophet there) and was impressed and amazed at the man's skill and talent.  Everyone, whether they go card or not, should see that amazing build. I also liked HMS Victory and it had some great card builds by the same gent in Aachen, Deutschland. Good stuff ... 'preciate it!

No problem. I've been fascinated by card models for a while. My grandmother got me a kit years and years ago for making a clock out of card. I never built it, because I was too young. Now I'm not sure if I still have it, but I'd like to give it a try.

Meanwhile, the model ships and airplanes I've seen look fantastic. They're very inspiring.

Regards,

Wow, ok, this is amazing, and I'm eager to try.

However, I have a major question (and you don't need to be a (paper)modeler to answer it.... how does the B5 ? papersize compare to the European A4 size ?
Can a A4 printer handle B5 ?

The reason I ask is that I have received a sample-file from a fellow modeler, containing the boats from HMS Victory, just to try it out. However, apparantly the orriginal was printed on B5 paper, which of course I can't find anywhere ever here.

see what happens when it prints on your size paper. will either be ok , be big or be small. 

B5 paper is 176mm x 250mm, hence smaller than A4 (210 x 297).  if you print it out on A4 paper it should come out original size.

If printing from a PDF, disable "Fit To Page".

Michael

Or you can print them any size you like, just making sure they are all the same increase/decrease in size.  Jeff Herne told me he likes to take a card model and use it as a template to make a significantly larger ship out of styrene or wood.  Of course, his skills are well above my own, but I'm eventually going to give it try myself.