Ninjatoes papercraft wrote: > I was just browsing the world wide web for any science-fiction related > websites I could find when I found out about all kinds of downloadable > paper models from my favourite Star Trek and Star Wars series, but how > did *you* find out about this online papercraft hobby? ;o) Let us know > in the new webpoll! > For me, it was a very indirect journey. At one time I did a fair amount of messing around with balsa models (Guillows kits, and later on, a bit of RC stuff). Somewhere along the way I acquired a copy of "Building and Flying Scale Model Aircraft", by Walt Musciano. And one day a few years ago I found myself looking at his Waco Glider model and thinking "I should build one of those; it ought to be a nice little toy to play around with.".
Thing was, I didn't have any balsa on hand, and had become kind of a cheap bugger in my old age, and it occurred to me that maybe I could do something with scrap paper instead of going out and buying balsa. So, I started fiddling about with various kinds of paper and various sorts of structures. I have a lovely little test section of wing, about 6" long, made up from manila folder stock; it has 6 ribs, with cap strips, a main and secondary spar, with the main spar internally cross-braced, and has been painted with urethane to waterproof it. It's strong enough to use as a bridge truss... and weighs about the same as one! I even took a detour into the world of laid-up monocoque construction, using newspaper bonded with flour-and-water paste, as a possible technique for building a fuselage. At some point along this experimental route, however, I decided that I needed to research some point of detail. I don't remember exactly what the fateful Google query was, but I ran across the cardmodeling FAQ, and although many of its links were dead, many of them weren't. And my eyes were opened to the world of cardmodeling, and the astonishing number and variety of models available! So now I have assorted models occupying pretty much all the horizontal surfaces around the place (some mine, a lot of them now my son's, as he picked up the hobby shortly after I did). I've become addicted to the collection of card models, as much as the building, as the 30 GB lump of stuff on my hard drive will testify. Curse you, Internet!! ;) ;) And, of course, I've made the acquaintance of all you fine folks in this group, and acquired a whole new hobby. I never did get back to the Waco, though... :) Mike Henders -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en.
