Model building is assembling select papers, woods, plastics, or metal pieces to build small or scaled proportions of actual houses and structures. You may also construct imaginative characters like toys and robots. Paper is a popular choice because it is affordable and easy to work. A person may pursue assembling models as a recreational and educational hobby or as a career choice.
There are many varieties of paper weights and card boards
that are used for arts and crafts projects. It is your judgment call of
preferences after analyzing the model you intend to build.
We may cut paper with scissors or a sharp blade. It may be
attached with paste, glue, tape, staples or straight pins,, string, thread, or
paper clips.
Types of papers
Experiment with unfamiliar types and weights of papers.
Making everything from scratch will tap your skills and talents and gain
knowledge and experience.
- Paperboard
from consumer product boxes, shipping containers
- Corrugated
cardboard
- Chipboard-pressed
recycled paper not corrugated
- Newspapers
- Photo
paper
- Computer
paper
- Card
stock
- Foam
board
- Index
cards
- Construction
paper
- Art
and crafts paper
The size of the model determines the paper weight. Miniature
structures may use light to medium weight. Larger models will need polystyrene,
cardboard, Styrofoam, foam boards, or other boards lined with wood or metal.
Corrugated boxes are excellent for texture.
These papers are available in distinct colors, depict unique
textures or have drawings suitable for interior and exterior decor.
Your choice of paper to build your model is the appearance
of the final project.
Procedure:
- Prepare
a stable base on which we will place the house and landscaping.
- Draw a
template or make a blueprint
- Trace
the template onto the finished paper choice
- Decorate
or paint the interior and the exterior before cutting. You may draw or use
colorful craft paper to mark windows and curtains, hanging pictures, and
other items that appear on the walls of a house.
- Cut
with scissors or a blade (You may cut away the entire blueprint of the
template or cut individual sections.)
- Assemble
the structure (Soft paper is assembled easier by allowing additional
folding tabs that will secure the sections together.) Use adhesives to
fasten the house together.
- Use
toothpicks, ice cream sticks, paper, and other small items to construct
interior furniture and exterior objects.
- The
roof is prepared by drawing a template or making a blueprint. We can place
it on top of the house as one piece or in sections depending on the
configuration of the structure.
- Place
the finished structure on the foundation to make it easier to transport
your creation or to stabilize it.
- Use
paper craft or origami techniques to shape toilet tissue and rolls, and
colored tissue sheets for shrubbery, flowers, lamp posts and other outdoor
items.
- Use
aluminum foil, wax paper, and butcher's paper to make industrial
appliances and pipe fixtures. Sandpaper sheets are excellent to represent
textures for roads, trails, railways, streets, and industrial roofs of
factories and other types of commercial buildings.
- Learn
how to paper-mache as this is a brilliant method to make any indoor or
outdoor decoration.
- Tour
your home and arts and crafts bins to find papers and items recyclable for
the model construction. After exhausting your hunt; purchase things you
lack.
