Finished model 2026-III

A Dalek, of unclear scale. Kit presumably donated by CrazyMoon.

While PVA glue is forgiving, paper is not. I made the reflection that one really should build paper models twice: once to figure out how they’re supposed to be assembled, once to make the final product. This kit in particular had instructions that mostly made sense after the fact—for example the position of part 17 was not shown at all, but was quite obvious once the rest had been assembled. Only afterwards did I also realise where I should have retained gluing tabs on the parts; I got it in time not to make a complete pig’s ear out of the top dome. Alignment was still difficult, as can be seen in the lopsided attitude.

Finished model 2026-II

S/S Wermdö, by the Scout, 1:350.

This is actually my second attempt. The minimal instructions supplied were not sufficient for me and I ended up sticking random bits here and there on the first model. An explanatory session with the Scout and pictures of a built sample gave me a better understanding of what goes where. It was also obvious that the smokestack and other pipes should be made out of plastic rod rather than rolled-up paper.

Finished model 2026-I

The Carl Eldh Studio as paper model. Unclear scale.

In spite of the construction instructions seemingly being both verbose and equipped with several pictures, they are most of the time quite useless in getting the kit together and I had to retry the quite intricate folding at times. The rotunda, topped by no less than 16 roof segments, was a pain. Afterwards I suspect they were not intended to shape an onion cupola, but rather extended outwards from the walls, but, as noted, there was no hint that this was the intended result. Probably one is expected to have inspected the building on site first, before trying to reproduce it in paper.