quality card stock model manufacturers

[buffalowings]

what material do I use to represent the clear canopy? and where may I obtain it?

[dansls1]

I used a thin clear cover from some packaging, a special edition dvd box IIRC, but overhead projection 'paper' would work good. I was able to buy individual sheets from one of the local office supply places, specifically from their 'copy house' - had to ask about it and got through 4 employees before somebody knew for sure how much and how to do it.

[Golden Bear]

Harrummerph?

What is this thread about? Lot's o' interesting stuff.

Here's a take on "best" card manufacturers. Halinski is the best. Well, you're put off by their supposed complexity? But, EVERYTHING WILL FIT. Yes, everything. Any errors are your own and that is a huge confidence to have in building a model.

GPM is pretty much (recent kits) almost as good.

Model Art (etc.) will have problems despite their beautiful colors. There will be things that won't fit the way they are shown. Modelik will have even huger problems including incredibly poor coloring including mismatches and banding. Ugh.

Hmm, who else? Fly is scarey and will produce a wonderful kit if you can deal with errors.

The thing that I do not understand is why folks are afraid of Halinski. Yeah, they detail to the max - worse with newer kits than older - but the confidence that the pieces will fit together without the need to leave everything "floating" until the end more than compensates.

I still recommend the Halinski Hellcat (even with the slight misprint that you need the Zero? kit to correct) as the MOST FUN and enjoyable kit of any aircraft. Anybody can do it. It is beautiful at the end.

Well, rant off. You can buy mylar or acetate at most art stores. However, it is easy enough to build and do your own vacuum forming with a couple boxes, a couple clip boards and a $4 toaster from Walmart. There are tutorials out there, if not here, then over at Zealot - look for things by CmdrTed, one of the great card builders.


Carl

[ccoyle]

Originally Posted by Golden Bear

I still recommend the Halinski Hellcat (even with the slight misprint that you need the Zero? kit to correct) as the MOST FUN and enjoyable kit of any aircraft. Anybody can do it. It is beautiful at the end.

Ah, for a minute there I thought you said the Wildcat, not the Hellcat. I have the former kit. I took advantage of some Christmas cash and the closing of PMI to stock up on some Halinski kits. Haven't built any yet -- waiting to see if I can get laser cut frames for some or all. My favorite is the Brewster B-239 in Finnish markings...that kit is right near the top of the future builds list.

[paperscalemodels]

Originally Posted by OldTroll

When a Halinski model (or a model by some other Polish publishers) has a number like 3-4/2003 or 7-9/2004 it is an indication that the model has more pages than normal and takes up 2 or more "slots" of the year's publishing schedule. This is quite common in the Maly Modelarz line.

maly Modelarz started as a monthly magazine (12 issues per year)
but in order to control the complexity / price
some of the models were combining few months into one print.
e.g. japanese battlecruiser Hiei
7-8-9/2006 is the issue for July August and September of 2006
20 board parts pages
12 pages of instruction
and 1 page of formers


scale 1:300 / Length: 222 m (728 ft 4 in)
over 2 feet of a paper scale model