Author Topic: arkons papercraft  (Read 17286 times)

Offline arkon

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arkons papercraft
« on: February 19, 2012, 01:02:04 PM »

 fokker dr-1   fiddlersgreen

star destroyer    paper replika

renault ft-17   fiddlersgreen
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Offline Rafael

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2012, 01:35:15 AM »
Cardboard, Yum!!!
Those are nice, Arkon!
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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2012, 02:22:59 AM »
 :)
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Offline JP Vieira

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2012, 03:33:53 AM »
Excellent work!

Offline sotoolslinger

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2012, 07:44:51 AM »
MOAR :-* Show the Viper and Buck Rogers fighter

Offline finsrin

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2012, 07:51:16 AM »
Showing my ignorance on paper models.  Are these kits or scratch?

Offline arkon

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2012, 09:55:37 AM »
built from "kits" you print out




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Offline Rafael

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2012, 10:09:33 AM »
A little piece of art :-*
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Offline RussC

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2012, 10:51:52 AM »
You know, if that Starfighter was posted to a plastic build thread, I'll bet nobody would catch on! It looks just like the old 1981 Monogram kit.

And it is one of the neatest and yet basic starships out there.

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2012, 03:16:56 PM »
I've said it before and I will say it again...

All hail the God of Frustration!!!

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #10 on: February 20, 2012, 04:54:34 PM »
What he said! Working in such diverse media as paper is truly impressive!

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Offline ChrisF

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #11 on: February 20, 2012, 09:56:28 PM »
BRILLIANT !!

Offline Tophe

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2012, 12:02:41 AM »
Congratulations! :-*
(well, the ecologist part in me used to say "killing a tree for making paper is a crime", but... well, I would authorise this, for building marvels like that... ;) )

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #13 on: February 21, 2012, 02:04:20 AM »
Congratulations! :-*
(well, the ecologist part in me used to say "killing a tree for making paper is a crime", but... well, I would authorise this, for building marvels like that... ;) )

Could be recycled paper...
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Offline Scooterman

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #14 on: February 21, 2012, 10:30:18 AM »
Saw the BSG Viper and the Starfighter this past weekend and they DO look like plastic, and very well done!

Glad you brought them Arkon, sorry I wasn't around when you left early..........

Offline arkon

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #15 on: February 21, 2012, 12:08:48 PM »
sad i could not say later to you all but i got a urgent call and had to go. see you at the lhs!
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Offline arkon

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #16 on: February 24, 2012, 06:56:30 AM »
here be some more



b-17 from fiddlersgreen





albatross dIV from FG


bf-109 from FG



mig-3 from FG







BSG viper mk II from ninjatoes
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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #17 on: February 24, 2012, 07:19:06 AM »
Holy crap  :o Those are awesome :-*

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #18 on: February 24, 2012, 07:50:51 AM »
I never could get the hang of paper models, these are pretty danged cool!
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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #19 on: February 24, 2012, 12:06:59 PM »
The paper MiG-3 is very beautiful, even better than plastic/Real...

Offline finsrin

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #20 on: February 24, 2012, 12:12:18 PM »
Impressed paper models can have such a quality look.  I would be tempted to try switching to plastic landing gear.
What is your preferred glue?
Bill

Offline RussC

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #21 on: February 24, 2012, 04:29:23 PM »
I never could get the hang of paper models, these are pretty danged cool!


  Its easier than you think, and I would invite any of you to give it a try.  I have a big write up on techniques for building paper models and scenery parts like control towers over on http://www.kampfgruppe144.com/phpBB3/index.php  go to the FAQ area (am still listed as moderator there- go figure!)

  If you don't mind not being a paper kit purist - who makes everything uncompromisingly from paper, and you add some wood to the model for strength such as landing gear- good catch finsrin, or plastic props and canopies, heck even metal parts where you can get em'   then in fact you can get results comparable to an all-styrene or all resin model.

  Half of my builds for flying wing and tailless were paper, and btw- the wings are the easiest paper parts to fabricate so a flying wing in paper ----not so hard at all. If you want to do a paper model and have best chance of a win, go for a Fiddler's Green Go-229 or a kit of a YB-49.

  I have more paper (and styrene scratchbuild) model kit building technical tutorials over on my deviantArt page http://russc1.deviantart.com/
 
  You'll find them sandwiched in the main gallery between my model build pics and lots of dragon art , but go to the left side panel and click the tutorials folder to find them all easier.

 
« Last Edit: February 24, 2012, 04:35:56 PM by RussC »

Offline arkon

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #22 on: February 25, 2012, 01:07:14 PM »
what russ said for buildin paper models. i use a wood glue i get from work....tightbondII. it dries quik but it WILL warp parts if you do not glue them flat on a surface.
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Offline finsrin

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #23 on: March 01, 2012, 09:41:16 AM »
Do these come with a statement telling the scale?
B-17 and Me-109 appear about 1/72.

Offline arkon

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #24 on: March 02, 2012, 09:33:06 AM »
they are from fiddlersgreen, they print to fit on the page , they have a funny scale system so you can print all the ones they have at the same scale, but yeah they work out to be about 1/72 scale or close to it.
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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #25 on: March 02, 2012, 10:53:08 AM »
The future day when there will be no more petroleum (and plastic) for hobby, we will all join you Arkon (or die), you will be our (beloved) leader... ;)

Offline RussC

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #26 on: March 02, 2012, 03:28:06 PM »
The future day when there will be no more petroleum (and plastic) for hobby, we will all join you Arkon (or die), you will be our (beloved) leader... ;)

  There is plenty of plastic out there, a patch of it the size of Brazil in mid pacific, ready to be scooped, plus landfills full of it.

  Also, there are plastics that can be made from grown renewables like corn.

  But paper is a great way to build !

Offline arkon

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #27 on: May 02, 2012, 12:19:27 PM »
new one uss reliant





not a big star trek fan but i dig this one for its shape n style.
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Offline Tophe

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #28 on: May 02, 2012, 12:30:34 PM »
Yes, like a future twin-boomer. Nice :-*

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #29 on: May 03, 2012, 03:34:28 AM »
Nice work on the Reliant!

I'm a bit of a Star Trek fan and I've always liked how different Reliant is from Enterprise.

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #30 on: May 03, 2012, 04:36:49 AM »
Amazing

Offline finsrin

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #31 on: May 03, 2012, 03:23:07 PM »
Amazing

Ditto on that.   Finally saw/held a couple paper models.  Were well built and looking fine.

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #32 on: May 03, 2012, 06:33:11 PM »
nice work -- some of them look like plastic kits !

Think the manufacturer went a bit heavy on the panel-line pre-shading with that B-17 tho ;D

Offline arkon

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #33 on: May 11, 2012, 12:21:58 PM »
it was supposed to be a no paint plain aluminium skin on the b-17 but it just printed out black lines ,some blue on windows and all else white!
 thanks for the looking!!
may or may not have some(one?) done in the next nine months.(fingers crossed)
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Offline arkon

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Re: arkons papercraft
« Reply #34 on: April 14, 2013, 11:08:53 AM »
fokker dr 1 flown by ernst udet

yeah i know i only made 8 cylenders instead of nine, but most will be hid behind the cowling.
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