Having entered the war with America on December 7, 1941, the Japanese command soon realized that the need to defend itself was not far off. Anticipating possible raids by American aircraft on the islands, the command of the Japanese Navy had ordered a technical assignment for the construction of a high-speed high-altitude interceptor fighter that […]
Continue Reading
The work on the model began by correcting the picture, which replaced the lines plan for me. These kinds of pictures need to be checked. The different plans may not match. Therefore, it is necessary to make the appropriate changes. After correcting the picture of the longboat, it can be placed into the design program […]
Continue Reading
As I already said, I managed to find a few more pictures with illustrations of the boat and its equipment. I also managed to find pictures showing the equipment of the longboat of that time: a bucket, a lantern, a compass binnacle, oarlocks and an anchor-cat. That’s all the information that I had at the time of the start of the modeling. I must say that this was not my first model, which I developed myself from the very beginning. I already had experience in model development. I will talk about this another time. My toolbox included FreeShip!, Acad 2000, InDesign and Photoshop. […]
Continue Reading
St. Petersburg, Russia, every year hosted a convention similar to the Paper Modelers Convention before the pandemic. Once I visited this meeting of modelers and saw everything with my own eyes. The main difference from the American convention is that in the gathering of Russian modellers a competition is held between them. There is a […]
Continue Reading
The 23rd Annual International Paper Modelers convention will be held on October 30, 2021 in Hampton Inn & Suites, Sterling, Virginia, USA . The International Paper Modelers Convention is an annual celebration of the hobby of paper craft model making. Whether you are a novice paper folder or experienced paper engineer, you’ll enjoy seeing the […]
Continue Reading
Many people follow the work of a paper engineer from Ryazan, Maxim Artyushin aka MaxArt. He is currently developing a model of the Yak-130 aircraft. On Thursday this week, he finished developing a 3D model airplane at Blender. Now he has to texture the model. Maxim chose shades from light blue to deep blue for […]
Continue Reading
For several days now I have been working on the translation of the PSG-Modeler magazine No. 3 March 2014 French longboat on a scale of 1:72. The case turned out to be a little more complicated than I thought. It is necessary to add illustrations so that the assembly process is most clear. I hope to be finished by the end of next week.
Continue Reading
A small digression. Historical background. The second half of the 18th century is rightfully considered the heyday of sailing shipbuilding in the sense that by this time ships had already acquired high seaworthiness, but had not yet become a victim of harsh naval pragmatism. Their silhouettes fully reflect the harmony of graceful ship lines, and the overly luxurious decoration […]
Continue Reading
By the nature of my occupation, I was faced with the creation of sites. It was a very interesting experience. At first, I made sites on the CMS Joomla! A few years later, a new and very simple version of the CMS WordPress appeared, which had very attractive capabilities in creating the appearance of sites. […]
Continue Reading
At the very beginning, I must say: I don’t know how Blender actually works. I have not taken lessons to work with Blender from a renowned 3D modeling guru. I do not know on what mathematical principles the Blender algorithm is built. I understand the physical principles of the rendering engine, but not completely. In short, I began to […]
Continue Reading
Welcome to my website! Here I talk you about my paper models, how I build them and what comes out of it. With the coming of computer programs for 3D modeling, as well as page maker programs, paper modeling has reached a completely new and very high level. Now anyone who wants can design a […]
Continue Reading
Two events that happened at about the same time gave me an interesting idea. The first event was common. I was browsing the Paper Modelers forum and came across a post in which the author complained that paper modelers did not pay enough attention to the post-war ships, especially modern ones. After a little thinking […]
Continue Reading