Italian page with simple airplane models and interesting articles on design

[Rubenandres77]

I was looking for a completely unrelated thing on the web,
and I stumbled upon this website:

Riproduzioni Aerei carta

It is an Italian page that offers 17 airplane paper models at different scales.

The models are very simple (no more than 3 pages of parts),
definitely not detailed, and probably not very accurate.

But I guess they can be useful for beginners or just for a quick practice.




Instructions are very basic and simple,
and even if there are some sentences in Italian,
the images are very explicit and almost no translation is needed:





The website looks very old.

So old, that the models are provided as GIF files. No PDF downloads.
The digital colouring and textures leaves something to be desired
in some of the models, while it is nice in others.



But the models have their charm.
And the way they are assembled, and the internal structures,
may at least be interesting (or inspiring) for someone.




And, a very useful section of the site is this one:
Meccanica del volo (mechanics of flying)
With articles about the physics of a model,
the physics of paper, the basics (and advanceds) of model design.

You may need an on-line translator for the articles, but it's really worth the reading.


The list of models available is the following:

Aermacchi MB 328 scala 1 : 58
Sud Aviation Caravelle SE210 scala 1 : 185
De Havilland Vampire F1 scala 1 : 58
Mikoyan Gurevich Mig 1 scala 1 : 53
Macchi MC202 "Folgore" scala 1 : 57
Savoia Marchetti SM79 "Sparviero" scala 1 : 90
Caproni Ca 135 bis / P.XI scala 1 : 94
Caccia Mikoyan Gurevich Mig 15 "Fagot" scala 1 : 63
Caccia Gloster M.Fk.III "Meteor" scala 1 : 72
Caccia Savoia Marchetti SM 91 scala 1 : 70
Bombardiere Fiat BR20 scala 1 : 92
Silurante Nakajima B5NI "Kate" scala 1 : 68
Aeritalia G91Y scala 1 : 62
Macchi MC 200 scala 1 : 53
Kawasaki Ki 45 scala 1 : 75
Fiat CR 32 scala 1 : 53
Martin B26 G Marauder Scala 1 : 94


Hope this can be useful or interesting for someone

[Zathros]

Very nice Ruben. Muchos Aviones interesantes! Gracias!

[silveroxide]

Very good site with interesting instruction guides and freebies as well.

[John Wagenseil]

Thank you, thank you!
Years ago, when I first discovered paper modeling on the internet, when connections where really really slow, I stumbled on this site, downloaded a couple of models, and planned on going back to the site to download a few more. Of course, I was never able to find it again. I thought that the site had probably been taken down and was gone for good.
Anyway, the models are simple, but still nice, and good for a fun build when burned out on the advanced stuff.
And this time, years later, now that I have a better internet connection, I will make sure to download and properly annotate everything.
Thanks again for posting this great blast from the past.