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Old 09-03-2017, 05:49 PM
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Unfold Brazil Captain America (Capitao Versao)

Here is something new for me, I finally decided to try a figure (my five year old grandson may have had input).

Anyhoo, this is a pepakura model so there are no real "instructions". So I started from the bottom and worked my way to the top. Firstly I had to convert it from A4 to Letter size, which was accomplished in the PDF viewer, then I was good to go.

I started with the feet and made little envelopes to hold 10 pennies each for foot. Now remember this is the first one of these beasties I have tried so I tried to form the fold lines, not realizing they were really necessary (these show up pretty well on the 3D side of the pepakura viewer. as I worked up the legs I started to loose those "creases". When you look at the pictures you will see what I mean.

The parts fit really well with a couple of exceptions, I had trouble with the inside of the elbows, and the head. I just massaged the elbow parts carefully 'til I got them to fit. The head was an entirely different problem. First it seems to small (I built it as the size in the kit) and secondly the Captain has a severe under bite which I could not fix. There is also a piece on the jawline that I had to trim.

I stuffed the ol' Capt. full of toilet paper to make sure he holds his shape and below are pictures of the finished product.

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Old 09-04-2017, 04:56 AM
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That turned out very good for your first try at a pepakura based figure.
Building a paper model that was processed for and through pepakura always seems to present some sort of head scratching.
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Old 09-04-2017, 07:36 AM
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Excellent work!!
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Old 09-04-2017, 01:53 PM
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Looks good to me. The pieces of the first (and only) pepakura based figure I tried are still laying in a drawer.
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Old 09-04-2017, 02:28 PM
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Thanks for the comments guys. But, alas, the Capt. is no more, the wife and I went out shopping and when we returned our husky and lab/dane cross had their way with him, lol. Guess it doesn't matter that his head was too small.

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Old 09-04-2017, 03:43 PM
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those damn cats!!!!!!!aaaargh!!!!!!!!!


I tried to build a Batman paper model...from a pepakura file.
...man it was frustrating without proper assembly diagrams.
I had a lot of trouble with the upper torso...things just didn't go together well.
And the cape still is not attached properly.
I never finished the model...the Hands didnt get built.
Just too complicated.
And with all the other errors, I just couldn't be bothered to deal with them.
So I gave up.
I didn't toss it though...and luckily, my Fish haven't chewed it up yet.
Maybe one day...
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Old 09-04-2017, 04:13 PM
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Hee hee. Now I know you've got a thing about cats Dave, but yer wrongly accusin' 'em this time. Around my neck o' the woods a Husky and a Lab/Dane cross would translate as a couple of rather desirable DOGS.
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Old 09-04-2017, 05:40 PM
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He said...his dog(weird cat) destroyed the model.
A real Dog would not do such a thing.
So it has to be a cat in disguise.
A cat...in a dog suit.
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