Got some time to kill? Perhaps the art of papercraft as applied to some JNCs will do the trick. These are the creation of a Japanese artist who goes by the name Metmania Fan, and cover a whole range of makes and models, from the popular (hakosuka Skyline, S30 Fairlady Zs, AE86s) to the obscure (Subaru 1000, A40 Toyota Celica). Simply download the templates from this website, print, and fold to your heart’s content. Here are some examples of the finished product.
A40 Toyota Celica.
Nissan Fairlday Z432.
Nissan Bluebird 510 Coupe.
Mitsubishi Galant GTO, Subaru 1000, and B110 Sunny.
To Quote BBC, “Abfab”.
The best use I’ve found with paper car models is scaling them up to make pinatas. Print the model large scale on paper and spray adhesive this to posterboard. Fold and glue it up –make sure the roof is reinforced for hanging. Cover in one layer of paper mache, and then do a color print out of the graphics and use your paper mache glue to lay those down and you’re good to go! For the last one I made for a Diez de Mayo party (http://i.imgur.com/TTRNmqh.jpg) I made wheels out of cups.
Wow, that’s awesome. But I’d feel bad beating it with a stick!
Site’s gone now, sadly.