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In remembrance of the last paper planes thread, which just so happened to be one of the oldest boards on 4chan that passed away quite recently, this thread will serve as its successor. Hopefully this thread won't be prematurely bumped into oblivion like the last one did.

Anyways, this thread could serve as a sort of "Paper Planes General". Feel free to post your designs, .pdf files, and folding instructions. Anything goes as long as it flies or at least looks like its supposed to.
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Here's a little something to get things started. This is one of my favorite origami airplanes books out there: Origami Aircraft, by Jayson Merrill.

These designs are pretty kick-ass, in my opinion, given how functional they are (namely, functional landing gear, moving canopies on certain models, and overall flightworthiness). Personally, my favorite design in this book is the Firebat, though I strongly recommend trying them all out.

PROTIP: Use the thinnest paper you can find! I recommend tracing paper since it is the most lightweight and can give your models superior flight characteristics. Anything thicker will result in dense, stiff, and difficult-to-fold models. This especially applies on some of the more complex ones.
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A bunch of neat designs
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>>561924
>Jerry Mander
heh
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>>561933
Ah, the Nakamura Lock. Simple if nothing else
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Alright fellas, here's an archive of all paper models by Zio Prudenzio, lest they go offline like the rest of his website.
I'm missing the Reggiane Re.2005, does anyone have it?
And what about Raktapaksha-Trotskiy models? I asked in the old thread, but forgot to check again for replies on that and now I can't find it on any archives.
https://mega.nz/#F!iXoEnAZa
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>>562174
That link is password protected, sorry about that. Here's a fixed version.
https://mega.nz/#F!iXoEnAZa!1ODancibnddg6igQXddWUA
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>>561868
does anyone have a pdf of the plane from porco rosso, the Savoia S.21? I would really like to make it.
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Canons free white wings, very good flying characteristics. Should be made of heavy paper.
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>>563600
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>>563601
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>>561868
I am just leaving this homepage here. I build already nearly all of these jets and they even can fly.

http://ojimak.web.fc2.com/hanger.html

If it asks for a password, its "ojimak"
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>>561868
Origami jt that flies pretty well
https://imgur.com/gallery/N8JIF
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>>564517
Similar model with some clarifiation on the "jet fold"
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>>561868
plenty of paper plane stuff out there.
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>>561869
here's my attempt at the diamondback using paper that is way too small.
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>>563220
I would also really like to make this.
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>>563220
See
>>563709
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>>566856
shiny!
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>>566856
he cute
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>>563709
Some links are missing
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>>561869
the aurora one looks great but i am really confused with which crease indicates the place where i should outisde reverse fold and the picture is really low resolution
could anyone show me how to 7th step please
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>>563709
Ok, anon. Based on this >>570275
Is there an archive or something?
I really wanted to do F-2A and MIG28
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>>566856
That's a big plane.
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>>563709
So I just did the first one. With scissors and glue stick. I am pretty sure I was not supposed to do it that way. It still flies, but it doesn't look that good and I have a feeling that it will eventually break. I also made a big mess of paper. So any suggestions on what I should use?
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>>561869
Noice
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>>561868
Anyone got WW1 flyable planes?
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>>561868
How old are we talking here?
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>>570698
17 November 2015
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>>570441
X-acto knife and pva.
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>>570869
Thank you

Also, I'm this anon
>>570275
>>570321
If you go to the top of the page there is a link to an updated version of the site. u welcome
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>>561933
Is this loss?
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Do helicopters count?
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>>571690
Not OP but it would be cool if they cool fly.
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>>571690
Got any helicopters?
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>>571690
Those are cute!
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>>561868
Paying respect to Zio Prudenzio
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>>563709
Hm, what is the best paper to use for these?
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>>571690
Alright, crazy idea here. If you could give it gyro-copter mechanics you could probably get it to fly forward a decent amount just like a paper airplane. For those who don't know, gyrocopters were these crazy half-plane half-helicopters that had a free spinning, unpowered rotor that used the natural air currents to spin and act as a sort of lifting force, while a propeller on the front pulled the plane froward.
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>>574163
I've always used 67lb to 80lb paper for the models
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>>574215
Yeah, but isn't the propeller motorized?
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I'm curious, is there a branch of paper airplane making that has a high enough sensitivity for things like the weight of ink from a pen drawing on one wing to make a difference in how it flies? I can't make paper airplanes well myself because of poor fine motor control but they interest me to no end!
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>>577329
2 l8
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>>576885
rubber band power maybe? would complicate things a bunch and that's really the sort of thing you'd see made in like balsa wood or something, but heay
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>>576892
Micro Ultralights.
Remember even the weight of paint on a 36" model war-bird can reach 2lbs so aesthetics always makes a difference to the weight, and thus its flight characteristics.
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Ohhhh
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>>570333
For you
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I don't want this thread to die
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>>574000
> Zio Prudenzio
literally who
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>>580009
genau
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>>582125
So, what the fuck does any of this shit you just posted have anything to do with this thread or this board, you dumb fuck idiot? Nobody gives a shit about the crap you posted.
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There's this Italian guy with a youtube channel called Myguid0. He's made a LOT of pretty realistic original paper airplane designs, none of which require cutting or gluing to make. He gives you step by step tutorials on how to fold each of them. They're kinda meticulous to make, though, since you'll need a ruler and a pencil to measure out and mark the locations of folds, but the final products are definitely worth the effort IMO. His Su-47 design is my favorite, by far.

They all require A4 sheets of paper to make, though, so I just trimmed off a sheet of letter paper to A4 proportions and scaled down each indicated measurement proportionally to make each plane.

Unfortunately, his last video was made two years ago and he hasn't come back and uploaded to his channel since, which is a bit of a bummer since I would've loved to have seen more of his designs if he made them. Nonetheless, I highly recommend checking out his channel and his videos for some cool paper plane tutorials.
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>>582763
Here's his full list of models:

USA:
A-10 Warthog
F-4 Phantom
F-11 Tiger
F-14 Tomcat
F-15 Eagle
F-16 Falcon
F-18 Hornet
F-22 Raptor
F-35 Lightning
F-101 Vodoo
F-104 Starfighter

Russia:
Mig-21 Fishbed
Mig-29 Fulcrum
Mig-37 Ferret
Su-24 Fencer
Su-27 Flanker
Su-47 Berkut
Su-57 Felon (PAK-FA)
Yak-141 Freestyle

Europe:
Tornado
Typhoon

Sweden:
J-35 Draken
JA-37 Viggen
JAS-39 Gripen

China:
J-20 Mighty Dragon

South Korea:
KFX-200 Concept

France:
Etendard
Mirage IIIC
Rafale
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I remember back in 2016 there were lots of GPM modele Kartonowe links in Russia that can be downloaded and mainly is planes.

Link?
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>>570333
For you
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>>576885
I feel like you could maybe stick a phone vibrator motor and a coin battery in it without a whole lot of trouble.
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>>582125
Keep on topic you rap scallion.
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This thread should have more interaction. Even for /po/ , this is surprisingly empty.
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>>566856
i'm mostly reading /tg/ and only come to /po/ once in a while for terrain papercraft - but seeing this miniature plane, i have a question: Could you use real origami models (just folds, no cuts or glue, so no papercraft) like that one as wargame minis? Would they be sturdy enough or would they get dirty/damaged/unfolded from normal handling during play?
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>>584955
They would die
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>>563220
>>563709
It's been literal years and I'm still waiting for the Savoia S.21 to be "flight-ready" and posted on that website.
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>>584057
GPM
http://laras-paper.com/forum/2-11-1
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>>563220
SD version.
https://ta7080.wixsite.com/paperfactory/p-40
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>>585103
I had this in my stash. The original website is dead, but you can see it at https://web.archive.org/web/20000620224550/http://member.nifty.ne.jp/papermodel/htmls/Mymodel/Mod00j.html
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Darrick Vanderwier. Is God
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>>561869
My first try at one of these: the Bandit.
Folded from 12in kami.
I think it came out pretty good.
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>>585103
>>585237
Thank you!
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>>563601
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>>564518
I have an old John Montrol book somewhere and I’ve never been able to figure out how the jet tail works in the context of the models. So I’ve had to avoid them or make rough approximations.
I’ll have to post some of it.
I found it as a pdf on the last thread I think.
If I remember I’ll post some screenshots of it.
Later.
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>>582764
I want to see this when I get home.
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>>582763
I tried to scale letter to A4 and failed miserably. I just can’t seem to even get that first waterbomb base to come out right. I don’t know if it’s supposed to close at the center or not.
And the measurements just didn’t line up right even scaled down.
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>>577848
Really? I feel like that can’t possibly be right.
I know the C5 Galaxy takes around a ton of paint and that thing is enormous.
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aside from the two whitewings models posted in the thread, would anyone happen to have scans of the OG kits? if not I'd be tempted to buy some and scan them myself
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>>561868
Why the fuck is this thread still with the halloween theme?
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>>561869
Found a higher-res version of Origami Aircraft by Jayson Merrill
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>>586703
It's so slow even the themes take time to catch up kek.
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>>561868
Needs more fueling.
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>>561868
>ctrl+f
>JAXA
>'no match'
for shame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yoo0oYFwIc
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>>585824
I got some actual A4 and I’m gonna try again. But I still don’t understand how those are supposed to line up. They require folding in conflicting directions.
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>>589925
Well fuck me. I just opened up my A4 only to learn that it’s actually heavy duty card stock drawing paper.
I can’t win in this country.
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>>589975
Well, I found one I could do with letter paper. The F4. Not too interesting, but it’s a start.
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Anything new?
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>>561924
thanks anon
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It's a shame that this thread never gets updated
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>>589982
Looks great, Anon! I tried making his A-10 model but the final product came out really wonky. The fuselage was way too narrow and the engines came out lopsided, even though I followed the dimensions to the letter. Guess I gotta try again.
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Biplane supremacy, get these filthy monoplanes out of here.

http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/Aircraft/Boeing-40.html
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>>561869
The designs are really neat, but i got kinda stuck on step 19 of the switchblade, can anyone show me how to do that one?
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>>561868
blessed thread
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>>561933
very hard to beat this one
whos got a good cylinder plane design?
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diamondback almost
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>>585726
can't seem to get steps 15 to 16 right. Mind if you show me anon?
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>>597154
I’m going to have to figure out how to fold another one since I lost the one I did, but if I can figure it out I’d be happy to.
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>>597154
Sorry for the wait. I finally got around to it.
Basically you make a squash fold, but the paper becomes a 3D pyramid shape so you have to some how cold over the top of the pyramid so the whole thing lays flat. Then repeat on the other side.
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>>597306
In progress
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>>597307
Sorry, I can’t do a thing about pictures displaying the wrong orientation.
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>>597308
I can’t change the orientation if it’s already portrait.
Anyway, this is step 14-16 completed.
I accidentally ripped a bit of the squash on the right wing, but iirc it shouldn’t matter.
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>>597309
And the finished plane.
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Just finished making the Phoenix.
If course I’m doing it out of copy paper so it doesn’t fly work a damn cause it’s too heavy. But it’s pretty.
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>>597312
pretty cool anon
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Anyine have more cool papaer airplane books on this?
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>>596863
cute plane bro
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>>599641
I had one as a kid. It was a silver or bluish book of 10 planes; I'd say they were moderate difficulty. Newbie-friendly to be sure, but not the basic dart airplane shape levels of simple. Like, 4/10 difficulty. It was for kids. Had some fun little gimmick designs like taping a penny to the nose of a plane to make it faster or folding the wingtips in opposite directions so the thing would do corkscrews.

I don't remember the name or the author, but I do remember some of the plane names. There was the Twister, the Sky Coaster, and the Cloud Chaser, to name a few. Maybe that'll help lead you to find it...?

>t. guy who got lost on the way to /pol/
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>>599641
Had this one as a kid
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I did some models yesterday, was pretty fun. Funnily the "worst" design was the best one flying with two paperclips on its nose for the right stability.
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Does anyone have the John Collins book of Paper Airplanes? Called "The World Record Paper Airplane and International Award Winning Designs: The Best of John M. Collins and More Paper Airplane Book"

He has some designs on youtube but I want a visual step by step on them.
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>>604686
Yes. In a world with almost 8 billion people, including the author himself, the answer to "does anybody have it" is definetly a YES. All in a days work. I am off

*Capitan obvious flies away
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>>589982
this is my favorite plane of all times, nice work anon
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>>585967
Here are 12 of 15 from a kit that was sold by eddie Bauer, the other three were already used. Im pretty sure all the designs come from the original kits.
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I don't think anyone even knows about it, but I'll try: does anyone have the book Paper Pilot: The Paper Airplane Pilot's Manual? I have the physical copy but I'm missing the spitfire. If anyone is interested I can scan some, just ask. Such a cool book: cool airplanes that fly well so long as you add ballast correctly (takes a bit of knowledge that I've lost I think). Thanks in advance for reading this
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>>605878
I just got a bought a copy that has everything but the spitfire sorry. Although not the same i do have pic related that has paper planes similar to whitewings but imo look and fly better. I've gotten so obsessed with paper planes on such a retarded level its fucking unreal.
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>>584057
Here's a Russian site with loads of planes and a lot of other stuff as well.

https://only-paper.ru/load/aviacija_iz_bumagi/raznye_samolety_iz_bumagi/210-2
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any general building tips for airplanes? some of mine just do a downward arc backward and don't fly forward.
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>>606359
10paperairplanes.com
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I think I just found the holy grail of this thread, here is just a sample of a whitewings unreleased folding wing design, will post more if there is intrest
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>>607485 Holy shit this looks amazing! Could you please share a scan of this, i had no idea something like this existed.
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>>607498
sorry for the mediocre scans, its the best I can do.

I got 5 whole books on these, seem to be out of production for the most part, everything seems to be from Dr. Ninomiya, but there is zero mention of him throughout the books.
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>>607517
here are the translated instructions
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>>607518
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>>571589
No, it's Patrick XDDDDDD
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>>566856
he's a cute little plane. yess he is.
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Anyone remember Trotskiy Studios paper models? They were beautifully detailed flying models. The artist was a little eccentric and would only allow one particular model to be downloaded for a few days. You had to keep visiting to be able download others. It took a really long time to get the collection I have. He ultimately took down his site around 2011, briefly popped up on another site, then disappeared forever, afaik. I'd upload a model but I am getting an error. I guess I have to figure out what is going on (I'm a newfag).
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>>608282
Sounds very interesting anon. You can also use sites like mega as an alternative to share files if you want
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>>608285
Thanks for the tip, Anon. Hopefully this works.

This is my whole collection of models from this Japanese artist. There is a password on each file that the artist set. I could have written a script to remove it but I guess I never got around to it.

The password is trotskiy.

I hope other Anons enjoy these models as much as I do. I would hate for them to just disappear from history which is why I am sharing them. If anyone has Trotskiy models not in this collection, please post them.

https://megafile.cc/36bK/trotskiy-studiostar.gz
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>>608296, NO FUNCIONA
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>>561868
I wonder if /po/ has gotten even slower
something lasting from 2015-2018 was notable but now here we have this thread almost reaching 5 years and it's only the 7th oldest thread on the board...
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>>608282
el link esta caido
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Please send the Trotskiy link again. It's not working
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https://www.4dpaperairplane.com/general-dynamics-f-111.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zqtvlwxvS4&ab_channel=winGp
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http://asahi21c.hobby-web.net/index.html
Some cool 3d ww2 models that fly and can be launched via slingshot.
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Penny-Weight Flying Paper Airplaines: cut, fold & fly -- WWII Pacific, Volume 1, Phil Koopman Sr.
https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/airplanes/PennyPlanes_vol_1.pdf

Penny-Weight Flying Paper Airplaines: cut, fold & fly -- WWII Pacific, Volume 2, Phil Koopman Sr.
https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/airplanes/PennyPlanes_vol_2.pdf

Dime-Weight Flying Paper Airplaines: cut, fold & fly -- WWII Pacific Phil Koopman Sr.
https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/airplanes/DimePlanes.pdf
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Shit it's been 5 years since I first saw this thread. Takes me back. Different times.
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Bump the see the 20th birthday hat in the op
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>>609193
>>608282
>>610828
Sorry anons. I've been distracted with other things. The site must expire the link or something. Try this:

https://gofile.cc/55YY/trotskiy-studiostar.gz
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>>612745
Daaaamn, this one takes me back. I remember trying (and failing) to make his D3A model when I was still in middle school. The roster was a smaller all those years ago but it's pretty cool that he's made a few more models since then.
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https://gofile.cc/55YY/trotskiy-studiostar.gz
It says file doesn't exist :( Thank you for trying though.
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I remember seeing a tutorial for an paper plane called The Arrow in a YahooMail article once. I think I still know how to make it but I can no longer find it. Alongside The Arrow the author also included tutorials for a plane called the Cobra and a two-headed plane called the Sabertooth.
I wish I can see them again. Would love to try them again.
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>>616978
You do know you now have to try again and actually finish the D3A, don't you? It's a sign!
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>>585967
>>605305
I DID buy them and scan them myself. And then I traced over them with Inkscape for more clean lineart for printing!

https://meinframe.com/whitewings

This should be all the sets of paper only models (can sort by collection in top left menu, some collections are smaller because their planes were reprinted in later sets without metal hooks). I have a few of the balsa ones too, but havent finished the lineart, or gotten a laser cutter to test out reproducing the balsa forms.

>>607517

Mind if I lineart these? When you say you have 5 whole books, are they all different models? Are they all new? Would kill to get that all scanned and preserved.

I know there are some other models I dont have as well. Ninomiya published a few books that are difficult to get a hold of, like Jet Age Jamboree. There are a couple other people doing things like "Paper Flight" by Martin La Grange, though he uses the metal hook design.
Whitewings.com is dead, and when contacted the owner (after a few months) let me know he still has some product, but when asked to expand never made another reply. Seems only interested in offloading the remainder of his inventory to schools or the like that will buy in bulk.
Anyone know what happened to Ninomiya? Maybe I'm just bad at searching, but there doesnt seem to be any info past the 90's / early 00's.
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>>619540
wow! thank you for making these available. your post got me curious so i searched around and discovered that he passed away only just late last year. He continued making paper planes in retirement as the president of the japan paper plane association which holds tournaments across japan. he also contributed to a children science magazine sharing his knowledge and designs until 2016.

this has the final article published in the magazine in 2016
https://www.kodomonokagaku.com/read/67662/

his wiki in Japanese has loads more information than the English one
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%8C%E5%AE%AE%E5%BA%B7%E6%98%8E

A release from jppa on his death
http://www.kamihikouki.jp/news-detail.php?id=119&s=09

the last paper plane cup he attended before his death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9OVEQosvNw

i think i have a scan of jet age jamboree but i need to find it. if you want more info just look up ninomiyas name in Japanese (二宮康明).
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>>619557
>>619540

https://www.mediafire.com/file/ehx7v2emucddx1o/airborneallstars.pdf/file

https://www.mediafire.com/file/ebo4i6uavb9jy8f/jetagejmbr.pdf/file
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>>619557
Thank you for looking into that, I can't believe that he passed so recently. Or that he was active (as much as he could be) in his interests basically up until the end. Absolute legend.
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#561869
Yo OP thanks for the book man
Really made me wanna try origami again
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>>561869
Yo OP thanks for the book man
Made me wanna try origami again
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Anyone know how to automatically create papercraft models? i want to do the next french fighter SCAF/FCAS or other french military vehicles ?
I've got the pictures but i don't wanna do all the work on Sketchup
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>>561868
i don't know



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