VW Karmann Ghia Paper Model

One of my earliest memories is of my dad driving me to kindergarten in his VW Karmann Ghia. It was dark blue with a white top. Three companies collaborated to produce the sports car: Volkswagen, Karmann, and Carrozzeria Ghia. Production of the cars ceased in 1974. This 1:25 scale paper model is of the convertible version of the Karmann Ghia. The three page JPG template for the model may be downloaded here. To get the highest resolution JPGs, click on the image first to enlarge it, then right click on the image and select "save image as". Sorry, there are no instructions for this one. 

Other VW Papercraft:

1999 Beetle
Herbie the Love Bug
1950's Split Window VW
New Beetle

KU EcoHawk VW Beetle Papercraft

At the University of Kansas (my alma mater!), the School of Engineering has an ongoing design project to create sustainable approaches to automobiles. One of the first successes of the project involved converting a 1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle into a plug-in series hybrid that can be recharged using either a generator running on used cooking oil biodiesel or a solar energy filling station. A paper model template of the VW (dubbed the "EcoHawk I") may be downloaded at the KU website.

Volkswagen Papercraft - New Beetle

VW Beetle Series, Part 7
This is the last installment in the seven part series on Volkswagen Beetles. All the previous Beetle photos I posted were of my own builds, but these photos came from the designer's website. To be honest, after building six other Beetles I was starting to get a little bored. :) So even though I haven't actually built this one I thought I would pass the information along. The template for this New Beetle is two pages with 70+ parts and is available in six different colors including blue, green, orange, red, white, and yellow. Downloads from Mamecraft are available here.

Volkswagen Papercraft - 1974 German Love Bug

VW Beetle Series, Part 6
The template for this Herbie the Love Bug papercraft was originally published in a 1974 issue of a German Disney magazine for kids. I couldn't locate a picture of the finished model, so assembling this Beetle was largely a matter of trial and error. The template has four pages and if it were printed one page per letter size sheet the resulting model would end up being about 10" (25 cm) long. I chose to print two template pages per sheet which gave me a final model about half that size. A download of the template can be found here.

Volkswagen Papercraft - Two Tone Beetle

VW Beetle Series, Part 5
This has to be my favorite build out of the five papercraft VW Beetles I have completed so far. All the parts had a very good fit and whoever drew the template added some nice touches of shading. I was unable to determine who created the template or how old it is. The two page, sixteen part template is available on this web page. There you will find several other Beetle templates in addition to this one.

PS. If you missed the previous Beetle builds in this seven part series you can view them here.

Volkswagen Papercraft - Cabriolet Beetle

VW Beetle Series, Part 4
Here is a simple Convertible Beetle papercraft with only three parts. Judging by the notes on the template, the model must have originally appeared as a supplement in a Marabout-Junior book. Marabout-Junior was an imprint of Belgian publisher Marabout that featured adventure novels for young adults. It is likely that this paper model was created in the 1950's or 1960's making it one of the oldest papercraft designs I have built to date. A scan of the template can be found here.

Volkswagen Papercraft - Cartoon Herbie

VW Beetle Series, Part 3
This is an odd cartoonish papercraft of Disney's Herbie the Love Bug. I am not sure of the origin of this model. I assume it was originally produced in the 60's or 70's as a publicity item for one of the series of Herbie movies that were released at the time. The instructions included with the template seem to indicate that it was intended for children and that it was probably printed on the back of a box of some kind. The 3D decoupage-like design of the fenders causes the Beetle to look somewhat strange when seen directly from the front or rear. A free download of the Beetle is available here.