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Lightweight cardboard structure, white cardstock surface covering with colored pencil coloring[/ATTACH]

This was an old school build all the way. I drew my own plans, and made my own patterns. No CAD, just pen, ruler, and other drafting tools.

Thank you. I appreciate that.

Each wheel is made from two discs of corrugated cardboard, with a lightweight cardboard tread strip, all covered with colored paper. The wheels roll on wooden axles.

The model is now completed.

Side pontoon in progress.

I'll show some of the earlier construction photos, now. The car is built from writing tablet cardboard, which is similar to cereal box cardboard, but a hair thicker. Body components are formed by butt-glueing cardboard strips to profile shaped cardboard panels.

Another view of the dash and steering wheel.

Thank you. This thread is a reconstruction of an old thread I started on this car back in 2011. I tried to find the original thread by going back through the old thread listings in this category, but couldn't. I still have the photos in my files, but I'm not going to repost all of them...

The next time I put an interior into a closed car, I think I'll make opening doors. Otherwise, the interior hardly shows through the windows.

A view of the dash.

It is picky, tedious work to put all that "chrome" trim (silver coated cardboard) on the model. A lot of cutting and glueing of fiddly little bits. Also, it took a while to regain my stride after not working on the model for about two years. Here is an earlier photo of the interior, before it...

Passenger side.

Here's the rear.

This is a project that I started back in August of 2011, and until now, has been dormant since 2012. It's a cardboard and colored paper model of a 1956 Packard Caribbean hardtop, in about 1/20th scale. I'll start by showing the most recent photos. Today I finished the side "pontoons"...

Thank you, Fred.