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PR Models (http://prmodels.webnode.cz/) has a few 1:100 WWII models if that's not already where you got your vehicles from.

If you auto-unfold, you're going to get that. Before you unfold, you have to go over the model setting the appropriate edges to be separated. It's not rocket surgery but it does take some diligence and either some experience and/or willingness to do it again a few times. I'm sure there a tons...

I think the thicker paper might help with the twist as well as careful, patient gluing. I have a tendency to want to glue too many tabs at once and things get out of whack. Secondly, you might consider Zip Dry glue. One of the nice things about that glue is that if you get glue smears or...

Well, now, Lancelot, Galahad and I wait until nightfall, and then leap out of the rabbit taking the French by surprise. Not only by surprise, but totally unarmed!

So, I was googling how to thin Zip Dry glue and came across this post talking about the glue thickening up on a scrapbooking site. Might help other Zip Dry users out there: Hi everyone, My name is Karen and I work for Beacon Adhesives, the makers of Zip Dry as well as many other adhesives. I...

That's quite mad, I say! I can't believe I didn't think of doing that. My biggest frustration with Zip Dry has been that I haven't been using it regularly and it gets all gunked up in the bottle tip. I spend a few minutes cleaning out the half-gelled stuff in the bottle tip just for it all...

I'm a fan of Zip Dry as well. It has a rubber cement-like consistency. I've found that if you happen to get a smear of glue somewhere on the model where you don't want glue, you can rub that area (as long as it hasn't fully dried yet) and the glue will kind of ball up and come off the paper...

Especially since I can confirm that the ones in that picture weren't put together terribly well. ;) There's a reason they're oriented for the photo the way they are.

I've done just a few of Zio's models. Ironically, I just finished the Fokker when I heard of his passing. Sad. Anyway, here they are. The SE5 was done at half size (1:144 scale) 'cause I wanted to see if I could. I saw a few done in this scale at the Wings of Glory website for use in the...

At least some of them look like they're from http://www.papertigerarmaments.com/. Awesome motor pool, marco. Although, I'm a little undecided on the speckle pattern that paper tiger armaments puts on the desert camo vehicles.

Actually, it's his dad's and his original metal car that he sold for the engagement ring. Not the paper one. He's doing this paper project as a homage to that car. Very interesting project. I hope he finishes it.

:wink: I guess it depends on how bad you were in the first place. :wink: The Cameo does have a bit of an issue with very, very tight angles. I think the problem is that, while the cutting point is very small, it's still the tip of a strait blade. That blade sometimes has a little bit of...

I looked through this chart ( http://die-cutting-machines-review.toptenreviews.com/ ) before I bought my Studio. I didn't do a thorough comparison but be sure you don't have to pay extra for software for the Sizzix. Honestly though, when I poke around various papercrafting sites, I only see...

Certainly. UHU02 just makes pdf files, correct? If so, my process would be to convert that pdf document to a series of single-page images (the free GIMP can do this), load those images into Studio on my PC which is the software that controls the Cameo (since Studio can't take pdf files...

I use my Cameo to do almost all of the cutting I do. If you have a Pepakura .pdo file, you can send the cutting pattern to the Cameo fairly easily. If not, I find I'm more comfortable sitting at the computer, zooming in where I want to, adjusting the lines as I want, all before I hit the go...