History of a paper vehicle

When I built the 15mm paper vehicles I went through more practice stages than with any other paper models. This was mainly because of the shape of the vehicle chassis.
As with all my paper models I use MS Powerpoint to draw the net or shape of the model. The initial stages are just to see what works without using up printer ink so they have no textures or detailing.


Pic 1

As you can see from Pic 1 I created some practice versions of tanks and I had a go at a supply truck.


Pic 2

Continuing with the practice versions Pic 2 shows the completed missile vehicle. I also put it next to two 15mm figures from GZG to check I had the right size. You can see I also started with some detailing just to help visualise the vehicle.


Pic 3

It was then time to move onto some textures and other details. Pic 3 shows my first attempt at the desert camo pattern on the first version of the main tank model. At this point I also thought of adding more detail to the model in the form of reactive armour plates, as you can see on the front of thetank.


Pic 4

Having made progress on the camo patterns I turned to a plain metal version and increased the level of detailing for the models. Pic 4 shows the plain metal versions of the APC and light tank. It also shows more clearly the reactive armour plates. These worked well as separate pieces to be stuck onto the vehicle chassis. Mainly because by doing so the model seemed less flat and also meant you didn't have to stick them on if you didn't want to.
I thought about making the hatches so you needed to also stick those on but decided against it. But I did include in the models different service panels and number plates to be stuck on as desired.


Pic 5

Sometimes when I'm making models I either run out of time and need to move onto other projects of early designs get shelved. The dropship in Pic 5 was such a model. I may return to it at some point but for now here is as far asIi got.

Jeremey (AKA Germy)