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Old 02-21-2010, 12:45 PM
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Sopwith Swallow (it’s Sketchup, Pepakura, Paint.net story [restart])

Ok, we lost some post but we have back papermodelers.com again, and this is what matters. I am working in ITC market about forty years and I konw that similar things usually happen, but, may be really because I worked for so many years with computers that i'm feeling so frustrated.

Btw, I looked for what I need for start again my original thread. Ok, I saved some text, sone image, some screen capture, so I think it's possible to share my path again.

Let me only some time to organize my data. Here my first post.

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Old 02-21-2010, 12:46 PM
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This is what I designed and built using softwares that are free or cheap and I would like to share with all of you my latest adventure.



First of all I invoke your patience for my basic English, for me will be a challenge to describe the whole process, but I hope the
pictures could help.
I waited to have completed the process, before showing the main steps that I did, because I wanted to be sure that the road taken
was the right one.
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Old 02-21-2010, 12:49 PM
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The Tools

The thing that has always fascinated me is the ability to design the models, using software available for free, and the possibility to
build models that are not available on the market.

Last December I bought the book of Roman Vasyliev "World War One - Card Model Design: A Step-By-Step Guide."
The book inspired me a lot, and it's done really well, but describes the use of Rhinoceros for modeling and Adobe Illustrator for coloring
and finishing. These software are very expensive for me, so I had to choose other SW available for free, to use later in the process of
design and finish of the model: the prototype Sopwith Swallow.

Finally I chose:
Google SketchUp 6.0 for modeling
Pepakura Designer for development in flat surfaces
PDF995 and PDFEdit995 for format conversion
Paint.Net for the graphical finish of the model
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I am really mad at myself for not saving your thread. Really, really mad at myself!! Beautiful model, simply beautiful.
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Old 02-21-2010, 02:31 PM
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Nando bravo !!! Go ahead!!!

One litle correction: The Roman's books uses Corel Suite not Adobe Ilustrator.

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Hello!
Good work nando. Excellent model and design! Bravo!

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If it's any help, I THINK I saved most of the previous threads.

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Old 02-23-2010, 03:16 PM
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Thank You all for your encouragement and thank RyanShort for your offer , but a friend of mine gave me a pdf where he saved almost all my posts, so I hope to restore my thread at the best. However I sent a pm to you with my email address. If you want, You can send to me Your file.

Nando

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Sketchup

I chose Sketchup, because for a while I was trying to use it, and because on the net is available an enormous amount of information
and tutorials.
Here some example of my previous attempts.




Pepakura

Same for Pepakura and Software995.

Paint.net

The reason why I chose Paint.Net is different. I'd like to use vector graphics, exporting from Pepakura model in EPS format, and using
the Gimp software in combination with Ghostscripts or Inkscape, but I failed and I will be eternally grateful if anyone can help me.
So I chose Paint.net, a program bit-map oriented , and, finally, the model is not scalable.
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Old 02-23-2010, 03:23 PM
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The Roadmap

Here is where I started from (an image capture from the Roman’s book).



This is what I designed.



This is the result at the end of the building.

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