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[Connectamabob]

I've been thinking recently about using card model templates to make models out of sheet styrene instead of paper. B&W laser printer and photocopier toner can be heat transferred with a clothes iron, so I was thinking it would be easy to just print out cheap B&W pages on plain paper, transfer to styrene, then cut an assemble from there.

You'd have to leave out the tabs, depending on how thick your styrene was, and some models would have to be printed out flipped/mirrored, since the transfer process would flip them (I don't know how to do that with a PDF). Also vehicles with wheels would need extra work to eliminate the polygonal wheel look. The benefit though would be that you would have a much more durable model, which could also be fully detailed in 3D by cutting and layering the printed-on surface details separately, as well as whatever aftermarket/bits box details you wanted to add later.

More work than a straight paper model, but it the end product would be a full & proper plastic model, and for more or less the same cost as cardstock, depending on where you buy you styrene.

[hubbabubba]

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I'm trying to figure out how to attach pictures to this forum. If anyone can explain in simple English, you can have pictures.

Hello,fist post an' all, came out of of lurkingmanship just to say....
'Are you gonna post them pics?'
I'm interesed because I've never tried card stock, so I'd like to see your results....
Hope Ive not broken any forum etiquette or anything like that.
Rgds all

[AKULA]

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Hope Ive not broken any forum etiquette or anything like that.

Its ok they don't have a shed here... 

BTW - replied to your PM on Frothers

 

[hubbabubba]

 
Off to check the post then

[supervike]

Hiya Hubba!  Good to see you over here.

[hubbabubba]

 
Thanks Vike

[fourcolorfigs]

I love Mel Ebbles stuff and use some of it myself. Paper modeling can be a hobby unto itself!

[Gluteus Maximus]

I love Mel Ebbles stuff and use some of it myself. Paper modeling can be a hobby unto itself!

Yes, he has some great designs for vehicles and buildings. I like how he gives loads of options with the colour schemes. I have a load of his stuff that I just need to find the time to build