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Great thread, guys. I'm going to have to experiment with resharpening or hardening X-acto blades. The thought never occurred to me. I always knock out my long, straight cuts first with a plain old single-edge razor blade in a box cutter. I've got a huge pack of blades I bought cheap and just...

I believe acrylic artist's medium is very similar to PVA, but thinner and designed for brushing on, of course. If you wanted something that's a better bet for longevity that might be a good replacement. I keep a jar of acrylic gel medium around for various uses with models and sometimes as just...

Thanks, tank. The Nerd Herd may be gone, but at least now it's immortalized in paper. Wade

Don't delete anything. That looks great to me. I have no problem with multiple Space Station V's coexisting in the world. We already have Martin Saenger's version of the finished station. Of course, we'll all wait with anticipation to see what UHU does with his. The "under construction"...

Now that's scary.

I always liked the red/white ones. VW busses are red hot with collectors these days. I saw a stock-looking 23 window go for $100K in the Barrett-Jackson auction a few months ago. Here's links to a couple more Microbus models I've run across lately...

BTW, there are links to all the models shown shown in that article at my website (signature link below) under the respective movie names. Wade

My own intro to paper modeling was from an excellent 2004 article in Modelers Resource magazine by Hilber Graf. I just Googled and it seems the magazine has the article posted as a free PDF download (labeled onlypaper.pdf). Some of the links mentioned won't work, but the article content's not...

I'm guessing that UHU product at Michael's is "Creativ’ Craft Glue for Cardboard & Paper". That's what it's called at their website. Zip Dry is also at Hobby Lobby (think 40% off coupon). I'd never thought about cyanide being in super glue, but that makes sense. It's pretty low odor, so I'd...

Bryce has been around for over a decade and I've been using it for almost that long. There are many tutorials and books around on it. There used to be lots of Bryce-oriented websites, but I think they've thinned out. It was designed for non-techy artists to master quickly and has pretty...

With any spray painting it's best to use multiple light coats rather than laying it on at all. This brings to mind a worthwhile subject for experimentation. I'm thinking for paper model pages, the best course would be 2-3 very light coats of fixative, followed by multiple (maybe 3-5) coats of...

Well, you've sold me on Epson. I'll probably get one after my Canon 850i gives out entirely. Still, a fixative is not a bad idea, I think. When I put hours of work into a project, I want as much protection as possible. I believe some modelers even hit the pages with a coat of clear varnish...

Definitely buy a can and use it. I've used a fixative on all my model sheets since early on when I had a mishap. Inkjet inks are water soluble, so for permanence a model does need to be coated. I haven't heard of an inkjet-specific fixative before, but that sound like a good idea. Wade

Hang in there, Dude.

Here's something I just ran across that made me smile. If you want a version that's a bit less complicated, this vintage French model of the Vespa might be right. It's even green, too. http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/diy-paper-model-vespa-scooter.htm