Useful resources for card modellers

[MartinRS]

I recently responded to a request for a suggestion for a card model of a Welsh chapel and thought that some of the general links I posted might be of use to all card modellers.

In my opinion the best resource for card models is Mauther's site. If you scroll down to the bottom of his page you will find links by scale as well as categorizes such as 'buildings'.

You can find Mauther's site at https://papermau.blogspot.com/


I would recommend anyone to checkout the Wayback Machine for card models. Just enter 'card models' as a search term and see what it turns up. I have found loads of card models on the site. One caveat. The Wayback machine archive contains binaries, something it was criticized for, so make sure you have an up-to-date virus scanner installed on your computer before visiting the site.

You can find the Wayback Machine at https://archive.org/index.php

The UK planning portal is also a source of inspiration for the card modeller. Just remember that the content is copyrighted so you can't ripp the files off. It should give you some ideas though.

Every council has their own portal, as well as the national portal. The weekly/monthly lists are useful.

The national portal is at http://epicpublic.planningni.gov.uk/publicaccess/

An example of a local portal, Sheffield in this case, is https://planningapps.sheffield.gov.uk/online-applications/

An example of a weekly list is https://planningapps.sheffield.gov.uk/online-applications/search.do?action=weeklyList Just click the search button and pick a plan, such a a new build. (You might have to wade through a list of applications to erect extensions or chop down trees etc.). You will find links to plans and elevations under the 'documents' tab.

The Glasgow weekly list https://publicaccess.glasgow.gov.uk/online-applications/search.do?action=weeklyList

I have also found plans of historic buildings at a couple of American museum sites. One advantage of these sites is the content is out of copyright. The disadvantage is many of the plans are probably only of interest to American outline modellers.

Apologies if these links have been suggested before.

Martin.
 

[MartinRS]

Re my suggestion for using the Wayback Machine to find printable card models. A few other useful terms you can use to search the internet archive are foreign language terms for card models.

Below are a few suggested terms

Card Stock Model

Bouwplaat
Recortable
Kuppark
Knutsel
Knutseld
Knutselen


Bastelbogen
Kartonmodell
Papermodell
Kartonmodellbau


Modele Kartonowe
Kartonowy
Modele Papierowe

Papercraft

Maquettes de Papier

Modelos de papel
Modelos de carton
Recortables
Juguetes de papel


Modelli di carta
Modelli in carta
Modellismo in carta
Modelli da ritagliare

Digmei Niar

Pappersmodell

That should keep you busy !