In most cases, you can tell a plastic model by the blunt trailing edge of the wings and tail surfaces. The paper models have always much sharper wing trailing edges. But a plastic model is smoother in its contours, where the paper model has some angularity (is that an English word?) to it, unless you burnish the segment seams.
For some reason, I find the paper models to have more character, maybe just because of their imperfect contours.
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