This is an odd cartoonish papercraft of Disney's Herbie the Love Bug. I am not sure of the origin of this model. I assume it was originally produced in the 60's or 70's as a publicity item for one of the series of Herbie movies that were released at the time. The instructions included with the template seem to indicate that it was intended for children and that it was probably printed on the back of a box of some kind. The 3D decoupage-like design of the fenders causes the Beetle to look somewhat strange when seen directly from the front or rear. A free download of the Beetle is available here.
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Monday, December 29, 2008
Volkswagen Papercraft - Cartoon Herbie
This is an odd cartoonish papercraft of Disney's Herbie the Love Bug. I am not sure of the origin of this model. I assume it was originally produced in the 60's or 70's as a publicity item for one of the series of Herbie movies that were released at the time. The instructions included with the template seem to indicate that it was intended for children and that it was probably printed on the back of a box of some kind. The 3D decoupage-like design of the fenders causes the Beetle to look somewhat strange when seen directly from the front or rear. A free download of the Beetle is available here.
Friday, December 26, 2008
Star Wars Papercraft: Hoth Turret & Cannon
Monday, December 22, 2008
Volkswagen Papercraft: Hand Drawn Beetle
This papercraft Beetle is unusual in a couple of ways. First, it is a hand drawn template, something that has become relatively rare in our computer age. Second, even though the Beetle is known for its rounded profile, the designer chose to use a boxy shape for the model. The template for this model is available from the Antique Automobile Club of America on their website.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Volkswagen Papercraft: 1999 Beetle
This is the first in a seven part series of my builds of various VW Beetle papercraft. I hope to have all seven builds posted in the next several weeks but there are likely to be some other posts that will interrupt the series from time to time. :) This Beetle is by Mitsuaki Ohashi, Japan, 1999 and can be downloaded here. For a template with only two parts it achieves a good three dimensional shape. One quirk I noticed with the template is that one of the backup lights on the rear of the Beetle is white and the other is red.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Phial of Galadriel Papercraft
Template Info
Scale: 1:1
Finished Size: 4 1/2" (11.4 cm)
Number of sheets: 1
Number of parts: 9
Difficulty: 4/5
Download: Here
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Astronomy Paper Models #2
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Magic Wand Papertoy
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Pop-up Santa Christmas Card
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch Papercraft
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Papercraft Animals #2
- "Funny Cats" (there are several designs available) by Yuuku, Japan, 2004 which can be found here.
- "Goldie Chick" by Tadan, Sweden, 2007 which can be found here.
- Panda by Toylava, Japan, 2006 which can be found here.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Lovecraft Papercraft
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Marvel Papercraft - Mjolnir, Thor's Hammer
Template Info
Scale: 1:2
Finished Size: 5 1/2" (14 cm) x 10 1/4" (26 cm)
Number of sheets: 3
Number of parts: 7
Difficulty: 3/5
Download: Here
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Retro Cartoon Robot Papercraft
On the left is Rosie the robot maid from the early 60's American television cartoon The Jetsons . The model may look simple but it actually took some time to complete. The original template is very small, without instructions, and was not designed with any gluing tabs. I enlarged the template almost 100% and improvised my own gluing tabs to make it easier to build. The original template was designed by Phil Shore, USA, 2008 and can be found here.
On the right is H.E.R.B.I.E (Humanoid Experimental Robot, B-type, Integrated Electronics) from the 1978 Saturday morning cartoon The Fantastic Four which was based on the Marvel comic book series of the same name. The H.E.R.B.I.E character was designed by none other than comic book legend Jack Kirby who was working as a story board artist for the show at the time. After the show was canceled, H.E.R.B.I.E eventually began making appearances in the FF comic books themselves. The template for this papercraft was designed by Sean Kleefeld, USA, 1998 as part of a "fun pack" which is offered on his Fantastic Four fan site here. The original template was designed to be assembled without glue but I improvised some gluing tabs on the head and body to help the model hold its shape better.
UPDATE 05.27.2009: Unfortunately the link to H.E.R.B.I.E seems to be permanently dead. I don't think Mr. Kleefeld would mind if I posted an image of the template so that others can continue to enjoy building his creation, so here it is:Friday, November 21, 2008
Movie Papercraft #1
Monday, November 17, 2008
2001 Papercraft - HAL 9000 Interface
The "HAL 9000 Interface" was the electronic eye and speaker which the HAL 9000 computer used to communicate with the crew of the spacecraft Discovery One in the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Template Info
Scale: 1:1
Finished Size: 4"(10cm) x 12"(30.5cm) x 1/2"(1.3cm)
Download: Here.
More fun
If you want to turn your home computer into the HAL 9000 using this papercraft, a screen saver that mimics HAL 9000 monitor images from the movie can be found at this website.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Papercraft Animals #1
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Tabletop Graveyard Papercraft
Friday, November 7, 2008
Astronomy Paper Models #1
- Moon Icosahedron by Calvin J. Hamilton, USA, 1998
Model can be found here. - Polyhedron Skyglobe by Richard Powell, Great Britain, 1998
Model can be found here. - Earth Rhombicuboctahedron by Carlos A. Furuti, Brazil, 2004
Model can be found here.
The hardest part of each of these models was getting the final side taped in place without crushing the model.