how much popular paper modeling is ?

[ultra]

hello everyone

there was a question that i got asked today

how popular your hobby is ?

i just stood still and said nothing i mean i don't even find a translation in my home language for paper modelling not mentioning that no one in the entire country knows it (yeah I've looked everywhere and still no hope)

so my question is how popular paper modelling is in your country on a scale of 0 to 10

as for me it's probably 0.00 in Egypt or even -1
so how's is it for u

P.S i only made this topic cuz i got asked a billion times and i mean NO disrespect to our wonderful hobby

ultra stone

[Nemesis7485]

Though better than some countries, it's still not too popular in the UK. Over 50% of my customers are Polish ex pats. Convincing pl****c modelers in the UK to give paper a try is like asking them to stick their hands in a blender. They just won't. The typical response I get is "Wow, that looks great....... but I couldn't do it".

[ultra]

Originally Posted by Nemesis7485

Though better than some countries, it's still not too popular in the UK. Over 50% of my customers are Polish ex pats. Convincing pl****c modelers in the UK to give paper a try is like asking them to stick their hands in a blender. They just won't. The typical response I get is "Wow, that looks great....... but I couldn't do it".

cool i get the same expression from people but at least some knows it

so that's probably 4.5 for u

ultra stone

[rickstef]

Tell them next time, when they ask you that question, it is very popular with me, otherwise I wouldn't be doing it.

and then point them to the forum and show the member count

[ultra]

Originally Posted by rickstef

Tell them next time, when they ask you that question, it is very popular with me, otherwise I wouldn't be doing it.

and then point them to the forum and show the member count

that's a wonderful idea(wonder why didn't i think of it)

thnx

ultra stone

[Zathros]

Tell them, "It began here, in Egypt, when someone got a piece of papyrus, and made the first paper pyramid". I am certain and would bet that someone did!

[rockpaperscissor]

Good point Zathros. It's unprovable, but it stands to reason that ancient Egypt was probably the birthplace of paper modelling.

[ultra]

Originally Posted by Zathros

Tell them, "It began here, in Egypt, when someone got a piece of papyrus, and made the first paper pyramid". I am certain and would bet that someone did!

Originally Posted by rockpaperscissor

Good point Zathros. It's unprovable, but it stands to reason that ancient Egypt was probably the birthplace of paper modelling.

u know something u may be right as i saw in the museum a piece of papyrus modeled on the shape of a bird (really i saw it)

so yeah that's a good answer still no one answered me how popular is it at your country

ultra stone

[doctormax]

0 in Ireland i reckon i have the largest card model collection in Ireland

[NStarkel]

I don't know what number for the u.s.a. but it's gotta be higher than 3