Contents • • • • • • • Details [ ] This may be considered a broad category that contains 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 does. Card modeling is making from sheets of cardstock on which the parts were printed, usually in full color.

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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 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 ('white glue', 'PVA'). In this kind of modeling the sections are usually pre-painted, 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 filled with 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 them.

Some also use photo paper and laminate them by heat, thus preventing the printed side from color wearing-out, beyond improved realistic effect on certain kinds of models (ships, cars, buses, trains, etc.). Paper crafts can be used as references to do props with other materials too. Example of a cat papercraft The first paper models appeared in Europe in the 17th Century with the earliest commercial models were appearing in French toy catalogues in 1800. Printed card became common in in the early part of the 20th century. Dirct X. The popularity of card modeling boomed during, when paper was one of the few items whose use and production was not heavily regulated., designed and published in from 1941 were very popular with 100 different models, including, ships, and aircraft. But as kits became more commonly available, interest in paper decreased. Availability [ ] The Robert Freidus Collection, held at the has over 14000 card models exclusivly in the category Architectural Paper Models.

Since paper model patterns can be easily and assembled, the has become a popular means of exchanging them. Commercial corporations have recently begun using downloadable paper models for their marketing (examples are and ). The availability of numerous models on the Internet at little or no cost, which can then be downloaded and printed on inexpensive 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 different authors, in different scales, match each other in size), although the might need to be adjusted in the same ratio. Inexpensive kits are available from dedicated publishers (mostly based in; examples include Halinski, JSC Models and Maly Modelarz, a portion of the catalog of which date back to 1950.