On 1/4/2014 5:40 PM, Gunnar Sillén wrote:
Most precision models are constructed for 160gram paper. (c:a 0,2mm)
It is not very critical.
Gunnar
I find that it tends to be a case of selecting a paper weight for a
particular model. I mostly built ships that end up about 30 cm to 50 cm
long, and I prefer 110 to 150 gsm for them. Hull formers are often
much thicker - about 1 mm or so - and these are an art board stock with
the template glued on.. For small deck parts I use standard writing
paper - about 80 gsm - and on occasions, for signal flags, I've used
tissue paper (tricky to print on but not impossible).
If I had to nominate a weight I mostly use it would be 110 gsm. A good
inexpensive source for that paper stock is the sketching pads sold in
discount stores. Usually, for me, it's 100 pages for about five or six
dollars. Sometimes it comes in a wire-bound pad, but the drilled holes
usually are clear of the printed model. If not, I just print another
copy with the page turned so that the holes are now on the other side.
Gunnar's suggestion of 160 gsm is a good general-purpose weight that
most modellers, whether they be new-comers or quite experienced, would
be comfortable with.
Bob Pounds
Canberra
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