Paper- what’s old is new, Modelling with paper

One of the things we did in St. John, was  to give a presentation on modelling with paper buildings. I’m a great fan of using this medium and have built over a dozen different buildings out of paper.

Using photos from digital cameras and printing out on a laser printer there are several advantages:

1. The material is cheap, if you make a mistake crumple it up and print again. Companies like Clever and scalescenes provide free kits to try.   http://clevermodels.squarespace.com/  http://www.scalescenes.com/
2. You can take a photo of a specific prototype and build THAT building.

   

3. You can scale the buildings to force perspective.

   

   

   

4. The buildings come preweathered.

When I say paper, the body is cardboard, usually 1/16” thick. That gives you about a 6” HO thick wall. Braced on the inside and sealed both inside and out it won’t warp. For windows I usually print out on overhead projector sheets.

Yes, I could give my presentation here but it’s a little long for a simple blog. I’ll give it again at another show.