Paper is a material so versatile thatit can create anything. In skillful hands, he acquires the form that the author of the crafts will wish. In Japan, the art of origami has become widespread, and the most prominent artists are honored with the title of "living national wealth". In Europe, magazines are very popular, containing special patterns for making mock-up copies of the most diverse technology - from locomotives to spacecraft. Only in Poland are several publishing houses specializing in the production of these products, and the demand for them has been consistently high for several decades.
How to be lovers of modeling in our country, where such literature is not so widely represented, but they still really want to make a plane, tank, or paper ship with their own hands?
There is an exit.The simplest solution is the ability to purchase graphic materials with appropriate scans in digitized form. It remains only to run the resulting document to print and take up the scissors or a knife. But such an affordable method has its drawbacks. It is possible to glue a plane out of paper with your own hands, but the quality of painting surfaces may not be the best.
To ensure sufficient rigidity materialIt must be dense, and on the Whatman paper the laser printing is not very good, especially color. After all, any of the most complex form consists of relatively small elements subjected to bending. As for inkjet printers, the images obtained with their help are afraid of moisture, and therefore of water-based adhesives like PVA. But for the real poster-modeling enthusiast, all this is not a hindrance. Our masters are not so spoiled as European lovers, they can make a plane out of paper with their own hands, and only then paint it as the original prototype requires. In the arsenal of craftsmen there are various techniques, from impregnation with glue to a special primer. They are able to put on any camouflage, to imitate a slightly dull or polished duralumin in a naturalistic way, so that it looks like the covering of a real winged car.
Thus, the decorationsurfaces become a matter of secondary, the main thing - the correct geometry of the fuselage and the planes. Build a plane out of paper with your own hands is really not easy. This requires considerable patience, the ability to work hard and perseverance in comprehending skill, that is, character traits needed in any business.
Without the use of flat reamers volumetric partscan not do. The success of the whole thing depends on how accurately they will be cut. Experienced modellers recommend using for this purpose not scissors, but a very sharp knife or razor blade. An indicator of the high qualification of someone who collects an airplane from paper with his own hands is the minimal use of additional materials in the layout, such as plastic or metal. But adhesives and varnishes are allowed almost any: in addition to PVA, usually used and molecular, and rubber, and many others.
And one more, perhaps, main advice.It is impossible to make an airplane copy from paper with one hand in one day and there is no need to strive for this. The process itself must be enjoyable, and any impatience seriously harms the final quality. But having done everything on conscience, you can sincerely rejoice at the result. Good luck!
