Recent content by Wendigo

Thank you guys for your input! I remember not being so enthusiastic about the guitars given the fact they were made from so few parts but a couple of details here and there, details easy to do, and you've got some excellent models, in fact, the Red Special is the best model I've built so far...

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The saddle is made from 2mm cardboard bricks (tiny ones :nuts:) and painted - sorry for the quality of the photos, it's because I used the supermacro function of the camera. This is how I made the strings: cut a thin strip of paper, fixed it (it's important to have a little tension for it to...

The fretboard - I used 1 and 1.5 mm cardboard The neck and the bridges. Bridges and the parts for the tuning keys.

So, a quick model for this summer: Bryan May's Red Special from paperguitar.com. Building follows the same steps as other guitars and I will point out only the differences. No tabs, instead I used 1.5 mm cardboard. The two parts are united. Also you can see the switches prior to separation.

Conclusion I expected that this model to be easy to build but I was wrong. Now I think that a 120gsm paper would be a more suited medium. Also, some tabs are important if you want the parts to look better (see my example with the wheels). There are some mistakes that were pointed out but I...

Well, I think this model turned bad so yours must be lot worse :laugh: OK, last pictures

Exhaust pipes, gas tank and the turning fork

Seat cowl

... and rear arm

Engine and radiator

Final assembly Back to the unfinished frame, here's what I did to get it straighter: ...and the result: Not what I'd expected but will have to take it so.