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I've discovered a difference in the engines. What appears to be inspection hatches on the side determines that these hatches should be on the outside of each engine when mounted on the wing. I've therefore "handed" parts E4b and made them E4b port and E4b starboard. The amended pdf's have been...

Assemble cone E5c with joiner J9 and then glue in the inner liner E5d (it may need trimming). Chamfer former E5a to fit flush at the back of E5c. Make sure both sides are smooth. Glue disc E5b to the front of the former and when dry, trim it to the former from the rear and colour the edge...

Glue two tabs of ring E4a in place on E3b. When dry, glue the rest of ring E4a in place. Assemble ring E4b with joiner J8. Run a bead of glue along the inside of the front edge of E4b and fit it over the tabs of E4a, note that the red dot on E4b lines up with the red dot on E3b...

ENGINES... I decided to make 1mm card formers as there was no rigidity in the engine units. This would also make it easier to keep their shapes when gluing the various stages. Also, there was no inner cladding to cover the insides of the engine intakes and exhausts so I added these also. The...

I'm still here! I've finally finished the engine and I am very pleased with the outcome. Just got to add the part that fits underneath. Here is is what it looks like at the moment. Will update the build in the next day or so.

I thought the engines would be easy......... I came to the conclusion that round formers were required to provide rigidity. The tabs on most of the parts had to be repositioned to make assembly easier and neater. I have struggled with the nose cone strips not meeting up properly but after...

Assemble parts L, L1 & L2. Start attaching part L to the cockpit by aligning the centre. Gradually glue the tabs working from the centre. I found that it was not very rigid where the cockpit attaches to the top of the body so I cut out a section and glued in a 1mm piece of card underneath...

BEFORE GLUING PARTS TOGETHER, CHECK THAT THE TABS DO NOT INTERFERE WITH EACH OTHER – TRIM IF NECESSARY. There are modifications to the tabs on R & R1 (Page 03.pdf) and L4 is no longer required (Page 08.pdf). The modified pages have been uploaded. I assembled the parts of the cockpit as per the...

I can't take credit for the rendition, I'm only converting it to A4 pages, modifying the tabs and numbering the parts.

Upper body (Module 2). Attached T to T1 and then glue on the card stiffeners. Join parts TB2 to TB3 and TB4 to TB5. Add card stiffeners to these assemblies. Construct part TB7a and attach to part TB7. Construct part TB7b as shown. Now, attach TB7b to part TB7 by initially gluing the...

There is a modification to part TB2 on the Page 2 pdf. The new version is uploaded but will not affect the construction of module 1.

That's strange, I only used 253 pages of 160 gm for that Optimus Prime build? (I did not print the instructions but viewed them on my pc). https://mikebmodels.blogspot.com/p/this-is-fantastic-card-model-of-optimus.html

Main body. Join the base parts B to Ba and then re-enforce base B with 1mm card using the template guide provided. Assemble parts B3a & B4a and when dry, fit them to sides B3 & B4. Note that there is an alignment dot on one of the tabs on each part. This tab faces the front of the body...

This is a very well designed model but unfortunately the parts were printed in A3 format. Because the majority of modellers only have an A4 printer, including myself, I’ve re-arranged the parts (without a reduction in scale), to fit onto A4 sized sheets. 4 of the parts were too big to fit onto...

I've finalised the parts for the body module and started to build it. The build sequence will follow in a couple of days.

This is part of the rear landing unit printed on A4 which I practised with to get the feel of the build. I will start by printing out the parts on plain paper just to check the fit, correct tab locations and method of assembly. Once satisfied I will number the parts and then start to build in...

I have decided to start this model again and I will publish my progress as I go along. As a first step, I opened up each pdf page in GIMP and then saved them individually as page 1 to 8 Bitmap files. Then, one at a time, I opened up each page in MS Paint and copied the parts one by one and...

I copied all the parts onto 13 x A4 sheets, keeping the original dimensions. Some of the larger parts 1 divided into 2 parts, overlapping the joints. I found a lot of problems with the tab locations. a lot were in the wrong position and clashed with the tabs on the corresponding parts. Also I...

Thanks, Zathros. They are both mounted on my garage wall. The normal size one is mounted on the left hand side wall of the garage and the big one is mounted on the rear wall, so that people can see it when the garage door is open!

Here is a photo of my 2x size model as reported in previous posts.