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**GEEDUBBYA** · 06-03-2008

Howdy Mike,

So you have been bit by the cardmodel bug huh? Ok, as for clear canopies, those are pretty straight forward, you simply use clear overhead projection film that can be printed on by an ink jet printer. You print the "clear parts" (even the clear parts have a boarder around them so they will show up), and assemble the "glass" just as you would if it were paper.
As for rounding out the fuselage, yes it can be done and is done often depending on the individual part, you can "roll it" on the edge of a table, much like you would a dollar bill to straighten it (this leaves the bill curved and would do the same for a cardmodel part), wrap it around a cylindrical shape such as a pencil, rolling pin etc..
Cardmodels are alot more sophisticated now a days than they used to be with the introduction of the computer. Computers can make complex rounded surfaces and unfold them better than any human could in the past. This means that once the computer generated part is cut out, the folding and bending and rounding is alot easier today than it was in years past. There are even models of the earth done as a cardmodel.
And I have told you two ways to curve a surface, other cardmodelers could no doubt tell you more, the various techniques are more or less something that the individual picks up on his or her own thru their own crativity and imagination.
I realize I have typed alot and said very little, but I hope that something i have said makes sense to you.

Have a good day,

Greg

06-03-2008	#2 (permalink)
GEEDUBBYA Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pine Bluff, Arkansas Real Name: Greg My Models: model planes tanks and helicopters as well as missiles and rockets Visit GEEDUBBYA's Gallery Posts: 1,002 Images: 329	*Howdy Mike,* So you have been bit by the cardmodel bug huh? Ok, as for clear canopies, those are pretty straight forward, you simply use clear overhead projection film that can be printed on by an ink jet printer. You print the "clear parts" (even the clear parts have a boarder around them so they will show up), and assemble the "glass" just as you would if it were paper. As for rounding out the fuselage, yes it can be done and is done often depending on the individual part, you can "roll it" on the edge of a table, much like you would a dollar bill to straighten it (this leaves the bill curved and would do the same for a cardmodel part), wrap it around a cylindrical shape such as a pencil, rolling pin etc.. Cardmodels are alot more sophisticated now a days than they used to be with the introduction of the computer. Computers can make complex rounded surfaces and unfold them better than any human could in the past. This means that once the computer generated part is cut out, the folding and bending and rounding is alot easier today than it was in years past. There are even models of the earth done as a cardmodel. And I have told you two ways to curve a surface, other cardmodelers could no doubt tell you more, the various techniques are more or less something that the individual picks up on his or her own thru their own crativity and imagination. *I realize I have typed alot and said very little, but I hope that something i have said makes sense to you.* *Have a good day,* *Greg*