[Darwin]

Eugene, one gets the thicker parts by printing onto the card, then laminating the cardstock to the appropriate thickness of cardboard. There have been several threads on the subject. Some of the guys use spray cement to bond the cardstock to the backing material. Some use gluesticks, others use rubber cement, others use white glue, etc. Whatever floats your boat, so to speak. My own preference is to use Ailenes Tacky Glue, vigorously roll the bubbles out with a 4-inch wide roller (like the ones you used to spread ink over the linoleum blocks back in elementry school crafts), then weight down the laminations with several books (like pressing flowers) overnight. Alas, once all is ready to cut out, it is done by hand. My preference is to rough-cut the parts out of the laminate using a pair of heavy shears or tinsnips, leaving about an eighth-inch or so of margin to the part outline, then fine-cut the part using a heavy-duty craft knife (the big honkin' Xacto handle that is machined from one-inch aluminum barstock) or a box cutter. Lots of small, controlled cuts are better than trying one sweeping cut that somehow manages to wander across the middle of the part. Or, if you are really, really lucky, you can find a set of laser-cut frames aftermarket parts for your model....not too likely for Shipyard-type kits, but sometimes one does get lucky....which is now defined as making it through the night without a pit stop.

ps Xacto makes a really nice egronomic box cutter for about $10, really worth it for easing the pain on the arthritic hands.