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One of the drawbacks with Inkjet printing, is that the colors eventually fade. Are there any techniques or processes to prevent fading?

One thing I've noticed in pictures of completed card models are the seams where the paper has been glued together -- such as aircraft noses or the sides of ship models. Are there any techniques for minimizing or disappering those seams? One of the advantages of plastic models, is that it's...

I have started attempting to work on an 1:144 scale DC-3. I'm using the Fiddler Green kit scaled down 42%. Last night I attempted a test build and it was a disaster. The pieces are so small (especially the nose section) and I hard time folding and gluing them together, even with super glue...

I've been pondering about using silver paper. I have access to a black and white laser and was wondering whether the following process might work -- Print the model with a black and white laser onto silver paper For the color sections, print them onto regular paper with a color printer Using...

From Slate.com's "Future Tense" column: http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/04/04/daniel_rus_vijay_kumar_and_printing_your_own_robot_video_.html Article includes an embedded video from Wired showing these robots in action.

At some point, I'd like to build some 1/144 scale models of classic propliners. Is there a free DC-3 available? I've been only able to find the commercial Alan Rose "half model" and the Fiddler's Green C-47. I'm not sure about the ethics of repainting and resizing a commercial model.

Has anyone ever experienced any kind of problems taking their downloaded models to a copy shop for printing? In particular, I'm wondering whether their might be questions from the shop about copyright violations, even though the model being printed is a free model. I've heard horror stories...

Today my first build came in the mail, the classic Dover model of the Krak des Chevaliers in Syria. I was really excited until I opened the book and (gulp) that's a lot of cutting to do (but I wanted a challenge, so suck it up :)) Glancing at the model, it appears that some of the wall detail...

So I keep reading that when it comes to building paper models, you should change your blades often. Is there general rule of thumb about how often I should change them? How can I tell that the blade has gotten too dull? Do I need to invest in bulk packs of blades? Thanks!

As I get into card modeling, I'd like to build a few examples of card models that I played with as a child, but unfortunately were gotten rid of a long time ago (I didn't appreciate what I had back then. :() I spent part of my childhood in West Berlin and I remember a series of card models in...

Hi! So I just ordered my first paper model. It's been something that I've been interested in trying for a while. I played with card models as a child (unfortunately I don't have any of them anymore) and I'm now trying card modeling for a few reasons -- Economics -- I have a young family and...