My First Paper Model.

[dansls1]

Looks good - it's giving me flashbacks to my youth and way too many hot summer days spent around MG's

[susiesdad]

Originally Posted by Keds_Girl_Lala

That is very nice. I find a small circle cutter at Michael's that work fine for circles over 1cm or so. I have seen also the same cutter in different brand packages mostly. It work like a compass.

Thank you. Unfortunately we haven't a Michael's in UK, I used to spend hours in Michaels on my annual visits to Florida. Haven't been for last two years though. I tried Amazon.co.uk and found several makes of Compass Cutter so will try one of those.

Alan

[susiesdad]

Hi there. Having started the wheels I am very impressed with how shapes can be acheived with paper (I have tried for three days to attach a photo but have been unsucessful. The upload drops out half way). This is definitely the right medium for me to start building models after about50 years. Then it was plastic Airfix kits of WW1 aircraft in the main. This printed paper is more house and wife friendly and easy to clean up after. Having said that some of you guys seem to have large workbench areas and lots of glues, paints and tools around.

Still back to the MG. Having built one wheel I am very disappointed with my cuting of the circlar pieces and have now found a compass cutter that will be used to start the wheels again. Isn't it useful to be able to reprint the pieces that one makes a hash of. Think I'll be using model kits that allow home printing rather than those ready printed.

Back to the wheels, bye for now

Alan

[Amazyah]

You'll find that the longer your into this hobby addiction, you will find all sorts of "tools",
paints, glues etc that will serve a purpose.
I have accumulated a vast array of oddball stuff that has come in handy.
A few examples;
For scoring I use a seam ripper most of the time.
Gauze bandage, painted, makes a great screen or exhaust cover on armor builds.
I think I have about 50 different tweezers not to mention a slew of
screw drivers, drill bits, crochet needles and knitting needles.
The list is endless.
Someone mentioned something the other day about using a spatula!:D

The longer you have this addiction, the more stuff you will accumulate!
You may find the wife complaining about the room required for your hobby after a few years!

Still you can't go wrong when you consider the cost per fun ratio.

Enjoying your build! Keep them pics coming!

Russell

[susiesdad]

At last I've been sucessful at uploading the picture of the first wheels under constuction mentioned in my previous post. I have moved forward with the model now but sorry no photos at the moment. Will post when they become available.
And Russell - you see I'm already using the spatular , a remnant from my schooldays, Biology disection outfit.

Alan

[Amazyah]

Your wheels look great too!
That spatula really works wonders, doesn't it?
I mean, as far as paper is concerned. I never did like the frog dissection part of my biology class. Yuch.
That spatula works best for shaping paper in my book!

I can tell by your wheels that you are well on your way to becoming a paper modeling addict!
They look really good and wheels are one of the hard things to learn to get right!

When you get some further progress, don't forget to share them pics!
We love em! Can't get enough of em!

Looking forward to more!:D

Russell

[Zathros]

I didn't even know about the Canon MG. I have an MG and hope to download this one. Link, maybe?

[rickstef]

Paper Craft - Canon CREATIVE PARK

[peter taft]

You're certainly getting to grips with paper model making.... Nice wheels

[Nazgul]

Tidy work there mate