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These are card models I have designed, and may be downloaded for your personal enjoyment. You can either print them yourself or (in some cases) purchase a pre-printed kit from Paper Models International.

To print your own model
You will need a printer capable of printing on card stock. In addition, you will need an un-ZIP program (such as WinZip or PowerArchiver) to decompress the files, and Adobe's Acrobat Reader program to open and print the files. The kits vary in complexity, and some may not be suitable for beginning card modelers. I've assigned a skill level to each kit to help you judge whether the kit is within your ability.

Steps:

Download the archive files. For most models there are two files: the instructions and the parts layout (simpler models may have parts and instructions combined in a single document).
Extract the model files from the archive files using an un-ZIP program and open them with Acrobat Reader.
Print the files. The instructions may be printed on ordinary printer paper. The parts layout should be printed onto card stock. The "weight" (thickness) of the stock will depend on the capabilities of your printer and your own preference. 67-pound cover stock (approx 8.5 thousandths of an inch or 0.2 mm thick) is recommended.

To purchase a pre-printed model

Models with this symbol beside them are now available as high quality pre-printed kits from Paper Models International.
Go to the pre-printed models page for more details.

Note to web site owners! If you want to offer these models on your site, please read this first.

NEW!
LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin Skill Level: 3/5

The famous German airship.
1:700 scale (over 13 inches long)

RMS Titanic Skill Level: 3/5

The legendary ocean liner.
1:1200 scale (about 9 inches long)

Airship Giant Skill Level: 3/5

Imperial Russian airship from World War I.
1:350 scale (about 13 inches long)

The mile-high Illinois Skill Level: 3/5

Frank Lloyd Wright's bold skyscraper design.
1:1700 scale (about 40 inches high)

Concorde Skill Level: 3/5

Concorde - the fastest and most beautiful passenger aircraft ever built.
Available in Air France, British Airways, Pepsi, FedEx and Air Canada liveries.
1:144 scale (about 17 inches long)

Airship Shed Skill Level: 3/5

Cardington airship shed for British airship models.
1:700 scale (over 15 inches long)

Canada Post Letter Box Skill Level: 1/5

A simple, colourful model of a Canadian street letter box.
1:16 scale (about 3-1/4 inches high)

Airship R101 Skill Level: 3/5

The British passenger airship R101.
1:700 scale (over 13 inches long)

Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne Skill Level: 3/5

Burt Rutan's futuristic X-Prize contender. Now available in two versions!
1:48 scale (approx. 7 inches long)

RVT Reusable Rocket Vehicle Skill Level: 2/5

This Japanese test vehicle is being used to research technologies for future reusable spacecraft.
1:32 scale (over 4 inches high)

H.G.Wells's Land Ironclad Skill Level: 3/5

This huge vehicle, described in a 1903 short story, anticipated the invention of the modern tank.
1:110 scale (approx. 10 inches long), compatible with 15mm figures

FMX-4 Facetmobile Skill Level: 2/5

An unusual one-person homebuilt plane designed using the lifting body principle.
This simple kit may be built as either a display model or a glider!
1:48 scale (approx. 5 inches long)

Vickers Transoceanic Airship Skill Level: 3/5

This passenger dirigible was designed in 1919, and though
never built it foreshadowed the era of international air travel.
1:700 scale (almost 14 inches long)

Airship Mooring Mast Skill Level: 3/5

Mooring mast for British passenger airships.
1:700 scale (approx. 3-1/2 inches tall)

Airship R100 Skill Level: 3/5

The British passenger airship R100.
1:700 scale (approx. 12 inches long)
2 versions available, for printing on either normal or metallic card stock.

Link Trainer Skill Level: 4/5

The Link Trainer - the first flight simulator.
1:24 scale (wingspan approx. 5 inches)

Soviet N-1 Rocket Booster Skill Level: 4/5

The N-1 moon rocket, ill-fated Soviet rival to the Saturn V.
1:144 scale (Almost 30 inches tall!)
NEW - A 1:96 scale version is now available (almost 45 inches tall!)

Moon Rocket Friede Skill Level: 3/5

The rocket Friede from the 1929 silent film Woman in the Moon.
1:144 scale (approx. 12 inches high)

V-1 Flying Bomb Skill Level: 3/5

The V-1 "doodlebug" - predecessor of the modern cruise missile.
1:32 scale (over 10 inches long)

V-2 Rocket Skill Level: 3/5

The V-2 - world's first ballistic missile.
1:32 scale (over 17 inches high)

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