Jalopnik: Papercraft

Paper Craft Rally Cars Highlight Shapes Of Speed

Wes Siler — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:00:00 EDT

There's not much that's cooler than a Paper Craft model. Using nothing but a couple of sheets of paper, some glue and enormous amounts of time, compressed wood pulp aficionados are able to create incredibly accurate scale models of just about anything. Paper Craft is also a detailed study on the forms and shapes of everyday objects, breaking them down into components capable of being created from right angles. Take these rally cars for instance. Disassembled, you don't get accurate representations of body panels and wheels, but rather surfaces, shapes and colors. [via Saturn.dti.ne.jp]

Cigarette Box Lamborghini Reventon Smokes The Matchstick F1 Car

Travis Hudson — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:45:00 EST

Screw Michael Arndt and his F1 car made of matchsticks. We've found a fan of pricey super cars who's trying to one-up Arndt with a Lamborghini Reventon made of cigarette boxes. That's right — the Reventon — the one million Euro ($1.5 million) supercar constructed entirely out of cigarette boxes. Call this a convergence of one man's passion for the finer items in life and self-destruction: Lamborghinis and cigarettes. Which is which? We guess it all depends on which category you think a buck per mile maintenance cost lands the Lambo. All we know is it's an example of some seriously exceptional papercraft. Check out the gallery below and see it compared to its real life Lambo counterpart.

[via Gearfuse]

Working PaperCraft V12 Cranks And Lights Up

Ben Wojdyla — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:15:00 EST

The visible V8 was the highlight of some of our younger years, planting the greasemonkey virus in our still mushy brains. While we've moved on from that fantastic toy, this miracle of man-hours has us yearning to build miniature fake engines again. This paper craft V12 kit, available from yeesjob.com is an impressive display of time, energy and talent, misguided or otherwise. When complete it features a rotating crankshaft, fan, pushrods, 12 pistons and their 12 connecting rods all simulating the motion of a real V12. To add to the flavor, each cylinder has a red and blue LED installed in the "head" to indicate a power cycle or an intake cycle - pretty spiffy. Now the shocking part: The kit comes with an easy to follow 595 page instruction manual. Let's hope you're very patient - and that the finished engine never has a run-in with a teething puppy.