Paper model

Pepakura redirects here. For the New Zealand urban them. Some also use photo paper and laminate them by
area, see Papakura.
heat, thus preventing the printed side from color wearingPaper models, also called card models, pepakura or out, beyond improved realistic eect on certain kinds of
models (ships, cars, buses, trains, etc). Paper crafts can
be used as references to do props with other materials
too.

2 History

Paper model of Mount Vernon

papercraft, are models constructed mainly from sheets

of heavy paper, paperboard, card stock, or foam.

Details

This may be considered a broad category that contains

origami and card modeling. Origami is the process of
making a paper model by folding a single paper without
using glue or cutting while the variation kirigami does.
Card modeling is making scale models from sheets of
cardstock on which the parts were printed, usually in full
color. These pieces would be cut out, folded, scored and
glued together. Pepakura is the art of combining these
model types to build complex creations such as wearable
suits of armor, life size characters, and accurate weapon
Example of a cat papercraft
models.
Sometimes the model pieces can be punched out. More
frequently the printed parts must be cut out. Edges may
be scored to aid folding. The parts are usually glued together with polyvinyl acetate glue (white glue PVA).
In this kind of modeling the sections are usually prepainted, so there is no need to paint the model after completion. Some enthusiasts may enhance the model by
painting and detailing. Due to the nature of the paper
medium, the model may be sealed with varnish or lled
with Spray foam to last longer . Some enthusiasts also use
paper crafts or perdurable to do life-sized props starting
by making the craft, covering it with resin and painting

Printed card became common in magazines in the early

part of the 20th century. The popularity of card modeling
boomed during World War II, when paper was one of
the few items whose use and production was not heavily
regulated.
Micromodels, designed and published in England from
1941 were very popular with 100 dierent models, including architecture, ships, and aircraft. But as plastic
model kits became more commonly available, interest in
paper decreased.
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5 SEE ALSO

Availability

Since paper model patterns can be easily printed and assembled, the Internet has become a popular means of exchanging them. Commercial corporations have recently
begun using downloadable paper models for their marketing (examples are Yamaha and Canon).
The availability of numerous models on the Internet at little or no cost, which can then be downloaded and printed
on inexpensive inkjet printers has caused its popularity
again to increase worldwide. Home printing also allows
models to be scaled up or down easily (for example, in order to make two models from dierent authors, in dierent scales, match each other in size), although the paper Cut away model of a V12 engine made from sheets of paper.
weight might need to be adjusted in the same ratio.
Inexpensive kits are available from dedicated publish- 4 Subjects
ers (mostly based in Eastern Europe; examples include
Halinski and Maly Modelarz, a portion of the catalog of Because people can create their own patterns, paper modwhich date back to 1950.
els are limited only by their designers imaginations and
Experienced hobbyists often scratchbuild models, either ability to manipulate paper into forms. Vehicles of all
by rst hand drawing or using software such as Adobe forms, from cars and cargo trucks to space shuttles are a
Illustrator. CAD and CG software, such as Rhino 3D, frequent subject of paper models, some using photo re3DS Max, Blender, and specialist software, like Pepakura alistic textures from their real-life counterparts for exDesigner from Tama Software and Waybe or Dunreeb tremely ne details. Architecture models can be very
Cutout or Ultimate Papercraft 3D, may be employed to simple and crude forms to very detailed models with thouconvert 3D computer models into two-dimensional print- sands of pieces to assemble. The most prevalent designs
are from video games, due to their popularity and ease of
able templates for assembly.
producing paper models.
On the Web, enthusiasts can nd hundreds of models
from dierent designers across a wide range of subjects.
The models include very dicult and ambitious paper
projects, such as life-sized and complex creations.

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3-D models to paper models

The use of 3-D models greatly assists in the construction of paper models, with video game models being the
most prevalent source. The video game or source in question will have to be loaded into the computer. Various
methods of extracting the model exist, including using a
model viewer and exporting it into a workable le type,
or capturing the model from the emulation directly. The
methods of capturing the model is often unique to the
subject and the tools available. Readability of le formats including propriety ones could mean that a model
viewer and exporter is unavailable outside of the developer. Using other tools that capture rendered 3-d models
and textures are often the only way to obtain them. In
this case, the designer may have to arrange the textures
and the wire frame model on a 3D program, such as 3DS
MAX, Metasequoia, or Blender before exporting it to a
papercraft creating program, such as Dunreeb Cutout or
Pepakura Designer by Tama software. From there the
model is typically rened to give a proper layout and construction tabs that will aect the overall appearance and
diculty in constructing the model.

Various models are used in tabletop gaming, primarily

wargaming. Scale paper models allow for easy production of armies and buildings for use in gaming and that
can be scaled up or down readily or produced as desired. Whether they be three-dimensional models or twodimensional icons, players are able to personalize and
modify the models to bear unique unit designations and
insignias for gaming.

5 See also
The Art of Scale Paper Modeling
Net
Cardboard modeling
Paper Aeroplane
Origamic architecture
Paper prototyping

External links
Paper Models at DMOZ

7 TEXT AND IMAGE SOURCES, CONTRIBUTORS, AND LICENSES

Text and image sources, contributors, and licenses

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Kostmo, ZeroA4, Devvyn, DMacks, Paper33d, Pantoine, JHunterJ, AnotherBrian, Sweaterii, Zabdiel, Dosmit~enwiki, Hu12, Newone,
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