Recent content by jjsher

Thank you, johanvanacker, for the compliment. There is a slight problem with the leg section, which you could see if the two parts were separated, but fortunately it is not really noticable when they are together. This is the most complicated paper model I have built so far and I am pretty...

Absolutely beautiful. I have several times though about trying to build something from matchsticks, but I haven't come up with a particular, simple building with which to start.

A lot of the patterns I have found, especially of animals were for gutting from wood or metal, but the most detailed ones I have were originally designed for paper. It is much easier to cut really intricate details with a razor knife in paper. If you decide to try it, google paper cutting...

The second model I have to show is a mechwarrior, in particular a Madcat. I think it came out pretty good. I made two changes in the plan. I used a toothpick to allow the top part to rotate around the legs. I also glued a fairly large metal nut inside each foot also to make sure it wouldn't...

I have not built a lot of paper models yet, but I thought I would share pictures of a couple of them. The first model I have pictures of is a fairly basic train engine. For such a simple model, my build has several issues.

Here are some pictures of the things that I got into after discovering paper models on the internet. Looking up paper models led me to the paper cuttings. I did a bunch of these, unfortunately none of the patterns are of my own design yet, I have gotten the ideas I have done from seeing other...

I have finally had time to gather some pictures to share of the projects I have done so far. How do I go about adding the pictures to my posts? And should I just add them to this post? (Some of them are not models anyway.)

I live in the very SE corner of Kansas near Joplin. I did model railroading when I was a little kid, but we really didn't have room for it growing up so I got out of it. I still really like looking at all of the details people put on the train layouts though. I occasionally toy with the idea...

I have done some very basic paper models with some of my students. I actually have some very basic models of houses and such as well as some origamic architecture items on display in the school library. I also have some of my paper cuttings hung up in my room as well as a few pieces of...

I have not built a lot a paper models yet, but all of them I have done so far have been printed on 11 x 17 cardstock (although it isn't as thick as the 60# 8.5 by 11 that I can get.) This makes the ones I have built approximately 130 percent the size of the original (30 percent larger). You...

My name is Jon and I am a middle school industrial technology teacher. I discovered paper models while crusing the internet back in 2009. They really caught my attention due to what I teach, so I started to scour the internet for models and discovered this forum which I joined back then. I...