Need help with mini nuke paper model

[MichaelS]

Originally Posted by Burning Beard

If that thing is hollow inside, stuffing it with something like toilet paper will make it less likely to get crushed.

Mike

My second on tissue or paper napkins.

[airdave]

lol its got nothing to do with actual H-Bombs.

Its a thing from a video game.
A game called Fallout.

Its the Fallout Mini-Nuke...every household should have one!

I've got one.
But mines not paper...its a lapel pin (badge).

I don't know why I haven't done a paper one yet?!




I wonder if theres a Nuka-Cola?

[airdave]

These are all of Mike McDermotts Fallout models on deviantart:
https://billybob884.deviantart.com/a...ybob884))&qo=6

I'm not a fan of ripping templates and artwork from video games, so I don't like the textures on some of his models,
but hes put out a few objects from the game including this Mini-Nuke (that Alex is trying to build).

[gotham]

Dave-that pin badge looks really close to Thunderbird 2.

[airdave]

Originally Posted by gotham

Dave-that pin badge looks really close to Thunderbird 2.

You could say the same about a Watermelon.

[alexdarth]

Thank you all for replying!!! I already tried edge-gluing as rickstef mentioned and it worked perfectly! I'm still surprised as to how good it holds! airdave i mentioned hot-glue because (i think) it works best on these situations, but you are right, it isnt good for papercrafts. I got confused with the H-bombs too, they look very nice tho :D I didnt even think about stuffing it but even if i did, it would make the gluing more difficult and it already was hard enough to "close" the model. Especially the very last tabs were nearly impossible to stick together as there was no way of me applying pressure on them. I could use some advice on the matter.

https://imgur.com/a/SEYaWOf
I really like this model, now that i finished it. I generaly love rusty/damaged/metal things and on top of that these type of papercrafts seem more natural and look awesome because even small imperfections on dont make them look any less good.

[alexdarth]

Also i figured that edge-coloring with colored pencils doesnt work well, at least when you have to press hard in order to produce a dark-intense color, it crinkles the paper a little and so, even if i colored the edges black with a little green, they still appear white because of the white underneath the ink. Could also be the paper i use. In this model it doesnt look very bad because it fits with the scratches

[Lex]

My experience is PVA is absolute no go when it comes to edge glueing. CA will do, I wonder if UHU does the kob as well though

[alexdarth]

Hello Lex, UHU works just fine, thats the one i used! I wanted to stop using UHU on my papercrafts because it doesnt stop coming out of its container and makes a mess but the white glue i bought takes more time to stick which really makes the job harder (about both edge and tab gluing)...

[Lex]

Might want to open the cap and let it dry for a day, PVA with less water content works better. :P

For UHU, have you tried diluting with ethanol? I heard a 25 ethanol - 75 UHU mix doesn't leave any strings, without diminishing its usefulness