RolandD6

[RolandD6]

Hello Everyone

Paper modelling is very closely allied to my primary interest in building very small flying scale models in the range of 8 to 18" wingspan. To fly they need to be very light which means that many structural details need to be faked by printing them on very light paper. For example, details such as printed control surfaces with shadowing provide the illusion of structure with no added weight.
A model around 8" ws would need to be around 3 grams or less to fly well.

Very thin balsa wood, super light tissue (not normal model stuff) and very thin rigid foam (blue or white) wet sanded to 0.5mm or less thick are the normal construction materials. At present I have no examples to show except for a now seriously damaged sport model that I build to try out some ideas. For example, the rear turtle deck of that model is made of folded 0.4mm blue foam that has been creased to simulate fabric over stringers.

I Use TurboCad Pro for all 2D and some 3D CAD type drawing tasks, Open Office for extended calculation tasks, and I will be using other software such as Carrara more extensively for 3D model development tasks as I become more proficient in using them.

The ultimate goal is to be able to develop a model structure in 2D & 3D, develop printed/airbrushed paper/foam (or what ever) surfaces in the manner I see others do here and apply those surfaces to a very light structure. To achieve the latter I have spent a lot of time developing and building specialised jigs to hold things in place as the model is being built.

At present I am slowly documenting progress on Scale, Indoor
under the two Banhidi Gerle 13 threads.

Paul

[B-Manic]

Welcome to the forum. It sounds like you have a challenging project underway.

[Don Boose]

Welcome aboard. I came to the paper model craft via stick and tissue - peanut, dime scale, and 1/24 scale. Used to be a regular at Geneseo until my teaching schedule conflicted and still keep up my Flying Aces Club membership.

Enjoyed browsing the Hip Pocket Aeronautic Builders' Forum and loved the in-flight film of the Martin MO-1.

I must admit that I had never heard of the Banhidi Gerle 13, but I see that it is exceptionally attractive aircraft and I wish you well on your project.

Don

[RolandD6]

Thank you for the warm welcome. I guess I will need to be somewhat circumspect with my posts on this forum, keeping the content to those aspects of the project that relate to what others on this forum are doing. Thanks again Paul

[Retired_for_now]

Welcome, Paul! Sounds like some really interesting work.

Posting in the "other things we do & make" area should be fine.

Yogi (we're not really that strict ...)

[RolandD6]

Originally Posted by Retired_for_now

Welcome, Paul! Sounds like some really interesting work.

Posting in the "other things we do & make" area should be fine.

Yogi (we're not really that strict ...)

Thanks for the tip Yogi.

Paul