This is a free download from ichiyama. The kit is 1/35 scale. I scaled it up to 1/24. It was a fun kit to build except for the tires. I had to build a dozen of them to get five I liked, and I am still not entirely happy with the results. But it looks good on the shelf.
Sunday, February 21, 2021
1931 Bugatti Racer - paper model in 1/24 scale
Friday, December 11, 2020
USS Gambier Bay -- 1/200 Scale Paper Model
I'm picking up this project again after letting it sit unfinished for about two years. I am not much for writing detailed build threads, but I will try to post updates now and then. Maybe that will help motivate me to finish the kit. It has lots and lots of greeblies.
For the uninitiated, "greeblies" are those tiny little parts that can drive you half crazy, especially when your tweezers go "boink" and the part flies somewhere over your shoulder. Greeblies that you think fell onto the floor between your feet will actually land in the shag carpet in the next room. No one knows why; it just happens.
Progress on the Gambier Bay
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Medieval "Morning Star" & Stand -- 1:1 scale paper model
Sometimes I just need a break from building airplanes and model RR structures. This evil-looking piece of hardware was a free download and an evening's work. And, who knows, maybe it will come in handy when I go back to teaching at the college in January.
Saturday, November 28, 2020
Still Trying to Decide on a Trackplan for Ceresco
Ceresco ("seh-RESS-koh") is one of two terminals on my Ceresco & Wolf River HO scale shelf layout. The other terminal, Scots' Landing, is nearing in progress -- track laid, some scenery done, some structures built. My requirements for Ceresco:
- Size, 9 feet x 2 feet
- A simple plan -- most space given to scenery and scratch built structures
- Varied elevations
- Industrial atmosphere but not "big city"
- Most tracks not parallel to the edge of the layout
- Drop-in Connection across the aisle for continuous running
- Some staging, not necessarily hidden
- Turntable & engine house
Saturday, October 24, 2020
What If? - Dornier Do-335 Paper Model 1/33 Scale
What if . . .
. . . Lufthansa converted a Dornier Do-335 fighter to a post-war, four-passenger, high-speed, executive transport? This paper model, from E-Cardmodels.com, is 16.5 inches long with a 17-inch wing span. I made two changes to the kit: I scratch built the passenger cabin interior and the clamshell passenger door. I am always impressed by the fit and finish of Marek's designs.
Friday, October 23, 2020
New Bedford Whaleboat Paper Model - Scale: ~1/30
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" paper model 1:33 scale
This paper model kit from Maly Modelarz was a real joy to build. Artwork and fit are excellent and the finished model is very accurate in dimensions and proportions. The scale is 1:33. The flight deck base was a free download.