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Anonymous
I know this has been asked before, but..
Preservation of papercrafts.
I'd like to make a few small, detailed papercrafts that would be handled more than a normal shelf-sitting papercraft.

What does /po/ recommend to preserve papercrafts?
Pic related, it's one of the ones I want to make.
>> Anonymous
>>156254
sauce on pic?
>> radnomness !t4XAG9SVEw
>>156254
hairspray it?
>> Anonymous
i dunno, lol

spray-on lacquer perhaps
>> radnomness !t4XAG9SVEw
>>156262
does sound like a few coats of spray on lacquer would make it more withstanding.
>> Zulekia
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That is in the Maple.rar file on /rs/. It has the arrows and crossbow along with many other items.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/4h5dqe
>> Gollum999
Make a cube or something out of your scrap paper, then try out something. See if it works.

BTW let us know the results, so people will stop asking this question.
>> Anonymous
use plasticard instead of paper.
>> Anonymous
>>156278
That sounds like an awesome idea. Now I just have to find a store that carries it. I read online that most hobby stores carry it.

Where do you buy yours?
>> 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.
>> Anonymous
the whole point of p-kraft is that it's low key. using resin is so the opposite of low key and if that's how you feel about preserving paper then you should probably be spending money on actual models instead.

i use elmer's glue and water. i'm surprised nobody remembers making those paper-mache balloon animals in kindergarten with the rips of newspaper. my elmer's glue 20 or so layer laquer works so good that we play volleyball with the pedobear i used it on! my recommendation is WIN.
>> Anonymous
oh yeah, and when you use glue/water it absorbs some of the color, so if you folded an edge badly you can just cover it up with the semi-colored glue and it looks like you never made any mistakes. WIIIIIIIIIIIIIN.
>> Anonymous
Oh damn, I thought that was a Pencil holder or something, thatd be kick ass.
>> Anonymous
>>156436

The only problem with that is that ink can bleed depending on the type of paper you use. Ive tried using plain elmers glue and it didnt work out too well.
>> Anonymous
bump
>> Anonymous
>>156436
I do buy resin models usually.

But now and then there's a neat papercraft model which I just want to preserve. If you're happy with the stability of plain paper, good for you. I'm not. I put work into building it, so I might as well do it right.
>> Anonymous
bump