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[Tomek]

Greetings everyone!

This is my first model presented here, so please be understanding .
This paper kit was published by Kartonowa Kolekcja, one of the relatively small, but popular Polish publisher of paper models. The model, desined by Pawel Mistewicz, shows the machine which belonged to RAF 67 Squadron and was operated by P.M. Bingham-Wallis (December 1941, Burma).
The kit itself is rather simple without too many details and is intended for beginners to modelers having already some experience. As rather basic kit you can see quite few simplification, which are quite natural for paper models. This is especially visible on the cowling of the model. Knowing these limitations of the kit I tried to push the envelope a little by trying to form some parts to more resemble the original subject (spinner, cowl). Paper (or more precisely cardstock) is quite suitable for this kind of operations, with some limitations of course. So this is it. I hope those of you who expressed some interest in the other thread won't be disappointed.

I'm still not sure what is the preferable format for showing pictures here, so please excuse if this causing any inconvenience on your side. All the thumbnails are clickable if you would like to see photo in a bigger format. I apologize for the background, I didn't realize how awkward it will come out (lesson for later...)

So here it goes:

Edited by Tomek, 07 February 2011 - 09:00 PM.

[harvey]

Man, thats sweet! You're very good with paper.....Harv

[LSP_Kevin]

Excellent work Tomek! Most impressive. It's hard to believe it's made out of paper and card stock. All those pre-printed parts that you have to form yourself - looks fiendishly difficult to me!

Kev

[Out2gtcha]

Excellent work Tomek! Most impressive. It's hard to believe it's made out of paper and card stock..........

Was thinking the exact same thing! These new paper models are almost hard to discern from plastic sometimes.

Great job Tomek you should be rightly proud.

Cheers,
Brian

[Loic]

Wow !
is this impressive or what ?!
Absolutly top shelf modeling my friend.
I am so glad you paper modelers guys have joined.
Can not wait to see a WIP thread now, just like the Clarktor one.
Cheers,
Loic

[JCote]

As others have said, very impressive, more convincing than quite a few plastic models I've seen. Like Loic, I think a WIP thread would be the cat's meaow.

[Kagemusha]

As others have said, very impressive, more convincing than quite a few plastic models I've seen.

Can't put it better myself, cheers!

[Bomarc]

Hey Tomek, look at you! I'm glad you worked up the nerve to present your Buffalo here, it's a beautiful model and deserves all the attention it can get.

As I said to Tomek in an email: My cowlings and spinners should come out half as good!

Well done!

Edited by Bomarc, 15 January 2011 - 11:54 AM.

[MostlyRacers]

Great work Tomek ! Pushed the envelope you have my friend !.

You and Bomarc have most efficiently demonstrated what could be achieved with card and paper. Ther are a few areas where plastic is more convenient (sanding those joints .... for instance) but paper modelling makes up for precison and ease of redoing parts (just need a scanner and a printer afeter all).

Now, coming back to an old suggestion of mine, a question to the mods : how about adding paper models to the LSP database ?

Hubert.

[Tapcho]

Good to see this one here too Tomek. I just love the Brewster in general but being a Finn I'm a bit biased I guess. :-)

[mattlow]

Beautiful work Tomek

I particularly admire the fact that you have to cut and assemble cleanly and tidily enough to preserve the final finish which is printed there from the very begining!

Matt

[reconspit]

ah....., ehm....., ah.... amazing...!!!
great!!!
I did the 1/24 Bf-109 G4 (red 7) in paper, but this is..., i don´t know...
great work man....

[Out2gtcha]

Now, coming back to an old suggestion of mine, a question to the mods : how about adding paper models to the LSP database ?

Yes, yes splendid Ideeer!

As others have pointed out, plastic can be better for some things and is what we are all used to, but some of the techniques you guys use can easily be adapted to those of us building plasitc.....and the CA soaked card stock and SOOOOO many ideas from Bomarcs Clarctor build can be used in conjunciton with plastic builds, it all "cross-pollinates" to add to ones over all modeling skill sets.

Great to have you guys.

Cheers,
Brian

[Tapcho]

So good to see that paper modeling is appreciated so warmly around here. One visit to a museum was a real eye-opener to me - looking at the wonderfull shipmodels at National Maritime Museum at Greenwitch London it stroke me that along all mixed media building (which is pretty common amongst all modeling activities) paper had a very specific and unique role with some of the models I saw. With paper one can produce wonderfull lifelike scale effects. Paper and cardboar you can find everywhere. It's easy to work with and very moldable too. Affordable and accesible, what more can one wish. So when you run out of styrene sheets consider alternatives found from kitchen or your trashbin for example. ;-)

[big matt]

Not fair. That is plastic!

Awesome job!!!