Gonna try out the paper thing

**astromanED** · #1 09-04-2009, 07:35 AM

Hello out there, I've always liked what paper modellers are doing but never tried. So I think i'll give it a whirl after reaserching the tips and tricks. See ya around.

**silveroxide** · #2 09-04-2009, 08:12 AM

Get your feet wet and start building something simple. Learn as you build.

**Retired_for_now** · #3 09-04-2009, 08:24 AM

Welcome - print yourself a model (something with not too many parts or too many curves). It'll make the tips and tricks much clearer.

Yogi

**Wyvern** · #4 09-04-2009, 08:53 AM

Welcome! Plenty of things to get your feet wet in our downloads section, and check out ecardmodels.com (run by a fellow member of this forum) for some of the best prices around on some of the most unique kit subjects you'll find.

Wyvern

**cMags** · #5 09-04-2009, 09:53 AM

Welcome! What subjects are you interested in? I'm sure a lot of us will have good recommendations for freebies to try out that are good entry-level models.

**ct ertz** · #6 09-04-2009, 10:23 AM

Hllo and welcome,
You can always try one of the scale cubes over at Ecardmodels.com. It is free, and it will give you a good start learning to cut, score, fold and glue nice right angles. It looks simple but getting a right angle out of whack can really mess up the look of a model. Good practice! Chris has some other great models over there as well, and you can check out the download section here too!
CT

**astromanED** · #7 09-04-2009, 01:04 PM

I'm mostly a mecha modeller, but I'll take on any easy projects to keep me occupied during down times in Iraq, so I can put my mind else where. Cant really bring a whole lot of tools there (thus no plastic/resin models) so i figure theres plenty of paper and card so we'll se how it goes.

**lepercan** · #8 09-04-2009, 01:55 PM

One of my former students made 1/72 and smaller models(bond/copy paper being fairly easy to acquire on his base in Iraq) and gave them to the local kids. they loved them!

**SJPONeill** · #9 09-04-2009, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by lepercan

One of my former students made 1/72 and smaller models(bond/copy paper being fairly easy to acquire on his base in Iraq) and gave them to the local kids. they loved them!

What a great idea!! Do you know what sort of models went down well with the kids?

**rickstef** · #10 09-04-2009, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ct ertz

Hllo and welcome,
You can always try one of the scale cubes over at Ecardmodels.com. It is free, and it will give you a good start learning to cut, score, fold and glue nice right angles. It looks simple but getting a right angle out of whack can really mess up the look of a model. Good practice! Chris has some other great models over there as well, and you can check out the download section here too!
CT

Or you can get our tagged one in our downloads section too.