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Can you tell which assembly on the right is made of the gray parts on the left?
Paper/Card Modeling is, building anything from a 2D paper/card into a 3D scale model. All parts are printed on several sheets and are pre-painted. All you need to do is: Cut out, fold/curve and glue the parts to each other. Detailed assembly instructions and/or exploded views of the different stages of the assembly are supplied with each kit, and some manufacturers supply their own building method/line codes sheet. The tools needed are basic: Scissors, X-acto knife, white glue, blunt nail and a ruler to score the fold lines. You'll also need cardboard to glue some of the parts on (fuselage formers) for enforcement. You can find most of these tools in office supplies or hobby stores.
A Brief History
Card models are made out of paper. It implies using a heavy, card stock, paper. Similar to the type of paper used for business cards. The model is printed directly onto the flat paper and then it is cut out, rolled, folded, glued, sometimes tabs are insert into slots, to make the model. Since most of the time the colors and details are already printed, most of the modelers time is spent in assembly. Which is just the opposite of most other forms of modeling. Card models are available for almost any area of interest. Card modeling goes back to the invention of paper. The Egyptians used papyrus to form parts for the models of their buildings. Likewise for the Chinese, who developed a much better method for making paper. It wasn’t until paper making came to Europe in the 15th century that the forerunner of today’s card models came about. These early models were simple two dimensional drawings on thin paper which were cut out in a rectangular pattern and then pasted onto heavier “card” stock. The early models were printed using wood or copper plates. Therefor the quantity was limited. It stayed that way until 1796 when Alois Senefelder (Munich) perfected the lithography. Now thousands of models could be printed from one plate. Quality and detailing continued to improve to what you see here and there.
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