

Quality models are intricately designed and in that sense the diagrams are no different than what you would find if you were working with balsa, except of course you can bend paper without tearing it. However, while paper is easier to work with, you still require a lot of patience. When you do this and print it out you have everything that you need for the complete project – both the design and the material! What’s best about paper models is that you can download paper models free online. Each material has its own distinctive quality that it brings to the experience, but by far paper modeling is the easiest.

Of course I suppose in that case you can just start out with sturdier material like cardboard, as mentioned in the article.Īs a hobbyist, I’ve built models from balsa wood, plastic and paper. I always wondered if the models would have been sturdier, however, if you could use something like wax to put on the paper so that it’s not so flimsy. The last time I saw a paper model was in high school, when someone was modeling a set of buildings for a science project. December 14, - I had no idea people did this for a hobby.
