PaperModelers.com

Go Back   PaperModelers.com > Card Models > Model Builds > PASA, Paper Aeronautical and Space Administration

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #21  
Old 03-31-2012, 05:57 PM
Columbia107's Avatar
Columbia107 Columbia107 is offline
Member
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Canton, SD, USA
Posts: 38
Total Downloaded: 0
Little surprise coming soon for you guys, photos of my work on the Side 1 pipping!
__________________
Hail Columbia!!!
Reply With Quote
  #22  
Old 04-06-2012, 07:54 AM
Columbia107's Avatar
Columbia107 Columbia107 is offline
Member
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Canton, SD, USA
Posts: 38
Total Downloaded: 0
Hi guys, long time no talk, just thought id turn the conversation to paper for a while on the thread. Id like to know what everybody's favorite paper to work with is. I like to use Epson Presentation Paper Matte 13" x 19" 102 g/m with an bit of Staples Matte White Brochure & Flyer Paper 8.5" x 11" 170 g/m for various reinforcements.
__________________
Hail Columbia!!!
Reply With Quote
  #23  
Old 04-06-2012, 08:03 AM
ProjectKITT's Avatar
ProjectKITT ProjectKITT is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Wisconsin, US
Posts: 348
Total Downloaded: 0
I like 110# cardstock, 8.5x11". Pretty much use it for everything
Reply With Quote
  #24  
Old 04-06-2012, 08:16 AM
Paper Kosmonaut's Avatar
Paper Kosmonaut Paper Kosmonaut is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Grunn, NL
Posts: 3,227
Total Downloaded: 1.87 GB
Hi Don, good to see you back here. I use a lot of different types of paper nowadays. For SRM's and nose cones I like to use silk gloss photo paper, it shines but not too glossy, which is unrealistic. For the rest, I often use coloured paper of variable thickness and strengths with approximately the same colour as my build for inner structures or reinforcement. My common basic building material is 200 gram (±110lb) A4 laserjet paper which I put through my inkjet, which works fine.

I always look for structures in paper to be able to use them for a special purpose. Brownish beige ribbed structured fibrous paper might be very good for the skin of an Shuttle External Tank or a Delta IV booster. Paper with a little fabric like structure in it might be useful as the thermal blankets on the shuttle. Silver paper is good for Atlas type rockets, and so on. Try and find some of David Hanners' builds here (dhanners). He does magic combining all kinds of paper, including toilet paper! (-:
__________________
PK's Blog - Dij t dut mout t waiten!
Reply With Quote
  #25  
Old 04-06-2012, 01:18 PM
Columbia107's Avatar
Columbia107 Columbia107 is offline
Member
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Canton, SD, USA
Posts: 38
Total Downloaded: 0
Thats awesome! Never thought of using toilet paper on a model. But i will say im planning on doing a little something special for the wings for my model of Columbia, balsa wood struts with an aluminum skin for a little smoothness over the wooden beams, then probably use a spray adhesive to attach AXM's skins to my wing design, still working on the rest. Its gonna take me forever to complete all these models, but as Agatha Christie said in the seventh episode of the forth season of Doctor Who "The thrill is in the chase, never the capture!"
__________________
Hail Columbia!!!
Reply With Quote
Google Adsense
  #26  
Old 04-06-2012, 04:07 PM
obwand10's Avatar
obwand10 obwand10 is offline
Member
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 457
Total Downloaded: 112.64 MB
I use 67lb for EVERYTHING. It seems a little more flexible than 110lb(to me), but when working with pre printed models, I don't have a choice.
__________________
Mohammed Aly
Current Projects
LUT, Pad 39A
Reply With Quote
  #27  
Old 04-06-2012, 04:17 PM
Inky's Avatar
Inky Inky is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: North Texas DFW area
Posts: 1,216
Total Downloaded: 233.25 MB
Send a message via Yahoo to Inky
All I use is 110lb 8.5 X 11, I live out in the sticks and the nearest store is 25 miles away that has cardstock. It is 75 miles to the nearest office supply store so I use what I can get.
Reply With Quote
  #28  
Old 04-08-2012, 07:53 AM
Columbia107's Avatar
Columbia107 Columbia107 is offline
Member
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Canton, SD, USA
Posts: 38
Total Downloaded: 0
Staples is 20 miles to the north of me up in Sioux Falls but there is a True Hardware store here in Canton, but I will say we all do what we must.
__________________
Hail Columbia!!!
Reply With Quote
  #29  
Old 04-12-2012, 11:51 AM
Gideon's Avatar
Gideon Gideon is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Texas
Posts: 256
Total Downloaded: 50.69 MB
60lb. cover stock is my paper of choice (I've yet to use anything else). I found it interesting that all types of papers (i.e. bond, offset, cover, index, etc.) have different weights for the exact same thickness of paper. You would think they would make it easier than that. The "weight" is apparently the weight of 500 sheets of that type paper in it's "basic" size. So, for instance, cover stock's basic size is 20" x 26" while index's basic size is 25.5" x 30.5". Therefore, index is "heavier" than cover when the thickness is the same. Confusing enough? Here's a link to help you out.

Paper Weight - Conversion Chart
__________________
Last Build - 1:48 F1 Engine
Current Build - Mammoth Tank (Scale unknown)
Next Build - P-3 Orion (VQ-1 livery)
Reply With Quote
  #30  
Old 04-12-2012, 02:36 PM
ProjectKITT's Avatar
ProjectKITT ProjectKITT is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Wisconsin, US
Posts: 348
Total Downloaded: 0
DigiCopy uses a rating called caliper to denote paper thickness more accurately than weight:

DigiCOPY - Paper Selection

110lb cardstock is 9.0 caliper, 80lb cover is 7.3, for a few examples.
Reply With Quote
Google Adsense
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 05:21 AM.


Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.

Parts of this site powered by vBulletin Mods & Addons from DragonByte Technologies Ltd. (Details)
Copyright © 2007-2023, PaperModelers.com