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Anonymous
I've successfully used two-component resin which is usually for laminating eg car parts and such with glass fibre. It has a consistency like oil or syrup and can be easily applied with q-tips. The paper gets a little opaque but very sturdy (plastic-like). If you do this while building the papercraft, stuff common cotton wool into the kit and add drops of resin, mashing it in with eg a shashlik stick. You'll end up with a kit as hard as normal resin kits.
The only downside is that you might need to airbrush it. But since I usually build vinyl/resin kits, I have no problem with that. Plus, the final coloring makes them look way better. Also, you can touch up the details with resin putty. If you've soaked the paper well with resin, you can also wet-sand it.
In the end, you'll end up with a great sturdy papercraft. Conider investing $15 for a 0.1g digital scale with a tara function; that'll make mixing small resin amounts easy. 10ml are usually enough for an 8" kit.
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