Tools needed to construct PaperCraft

Paper model is one of the easiest models to construct, to start; all we need are a knife, a pair of scissors and a bottle of whit glue. However, if you want to accelerate your working speed, reduce your effort or increase the quality of your work, you will need some of the tools motioned here:

Cutting tools:

Cutting blade: easy to find, sharp, and inexpensive. However, the blade is too thin and it is hard to manage and it makes your hand tired very quickly, so it is not a great cutting tool for long-time work.

Art knife: the head of the burin are usually 30 degrees. It is better for precision cuttings.

Scissors: usually for large scale cutting and cut edge curve. A pair of big scissors and a pair of small scissors are a great combination.

Ruler: combine with knife to cut straight line, metal is better than plastic, last for longer.

Dedicate cutting mat: one of the most important tool for professional paper model constructors. It is made specially to protect your knife which will last 5 times longer than cutting on ordinary board. Moreover, the cutting marks will automatically recover as long as you do not remove the rubber layer completely.

 

Marking Pen: after you cut the price from the cardboard, you will need to use the marking pen to scratch on the folding line. So you can fold the piece properly. However, marking pen is not the only tool to scratch the line, something thin and smooth will also be good like this:

Glue:

Water glue: easy to find and inexpensive, but can easily damage the cardboard, and takes a long time to dry.

White glue: the most common glue used for paper model, easy to apply, turned to transparent when dried.

Alcohol get: great glue to paste a large area. Do not contain water and will not damage the paper.

Instantaneous drying glue: take 3 second to dry, huge penetration which makes it a double-edge sword, it is an excellent tool to paste fine piece and reinforce the structure.

Toothpick: a good tool to apply glue on the paper, very cheap tooJ. By the way, it is forbidden to put glue directly on the paper piece.

Forceps: use to hold small piece

Clip: use to hold just pasted piece

Colorful mark pen: when a piece is cut, it will remain a white edge; mark pen can color that edge and make the model more realistic.

Spray adhesive: use to solidify after the paper model was done to help the model last longer and have a shiny outside.

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Why do people love paper model?

Easy to find

       With the power of internet, paper models are now very easy to find and downloaded. Lots of designers are willing to publish their paper creation freely and let everyone download them and enjoy the pleasure of creation. Moreover, many companies like Yamaha and Canon are also publishing free paper models to promote their products.

Inexpensive

       With the entire free model collection, all you need to do is to print them, the cost is only few cardboards and a printer. If you want to make some high quality work, you can also go to print these masterpieces in professional printing shops which will not cost too much.  

Quick start

       A pair of scissors and a bottle of white glue are all the necessary tools to start your project.

Variety of topic

       From space to ocean, army to daily life transportation, movie character to Japanese cartoon, hundreds different topics and thousands diverse models are waiting for you. There is at least one type that you are interested.
Difficulty for everyone

       Paper model are very easy to start, some of them have only one page; it is a great leisure for kids. However, some of them can become a big project which has hundreds of pages or very complicated details. They are made for adults or a team of amateurs. They are hard to accomplish, but once the project is completed, the feeling of achievement will also be huge. People will be impressed and you are going to be proud of your-self.

VS

 Optimus Prime paper model, 263 pages, 1.3 meter!!



Highly realistic

       With technology and wisdom of the designer, most of the paper models are highly realistic or vivid. You will even not believe the masterpiece in front of you is made by normal cardboard.

 F-15, high quiality paper model.

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Great training process

       Finally, paper models are easy, but if you want to make a great piece, you have to be focus, concentrate, persist, smart, rational, and passionate. Making paper craft is a great way to learn all these habits which will help you in your social life. Moreover, if you want, invite some friends and assemble the work in team is other fascinating way.

Availability and acquisition of papercraft

Since papercraft patterns can be easily printed and assembled, the Internet has become a popular means of exchanging them. Commercial corporations have recently begun using downloadable papercraft for their marketing (examples are Yamaha and Canon).

The availability of numerous models on the Internet at little or no cost, which can then be downloaded and printed on inexpensive inkjet printers has caused its popularity again to increase worldwide. Home printing also allows models to be scaled up or down easily (for example, in order to make two models from different authors, in different scales, match each other in size), although the paper weight might need to be adjusted in the same ratio.

Inexpensive kits are available from dedicated publishers (mostly based in Eastern Europe; examples include Halinski and Maly Modelarz, a portion of the catalog of which date back to 1950. Experienced hobbyists often scratchbuild models, either by first hand drawing or using software such as Adobe Illustrator. CAD and CG software, such as Rhino 3D, 3DS Max, Blender (software), and specialist software, like Pepakura Designer from Tama Software and Waybe or Ultimate Papercraft 3D, may be employed to convert 3D computer models into two-dimensional printable templates for assembly. Because of this, there is a vast number of models available. Ships, automobiles, aircraft, spacecraft, buildings, and animals are all common. In recent years, Japanese subjects, such as Gundams and anime figures, have become common subjects in papercraft.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_model

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What is Paper Model?

Wikipedia describes paper model as follow:

Paper models, also called card models or papercraft, are models constructed mainly from sheets of heavy paper, paperboard, or card stock.

Details:

Card modeling is making scale models from sheets of cardstock, on which the parts were printed, usually in full color. These pieces would be cut out, folded, scored and glued together. They are generally more popular in Europe and Japan than in the United States.

Sometimes the model pieces can be punched out. More frequently the printed parts must be cut out. Edges may be scored to aid folding. The parts are usually glued together with polyvinyl acetate glue (“white glue” “PVA”). In this kind of modeling the sections are usually pre-painted, so there is no need to paint the model after completion. Some enthusiasts may enhance the model by painting and detailing. Due to the nature of the paper medium, the model may be sealed with varnish to last longer.

paper model - Himeji-jō

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_model

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Here, you will find useful information and interesting tips for paper model. We will show you how to build paper model step by step, show you interesting paper model website, tools to create your own model, etc.

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