Speed Racer Mach 5 Papercraft

The Speed Racer franchise has remained popular since the introduction of the anime in the 1960's. Paper model designs for the iconic Mach 5 race car from the series tend to be either too simplistic or overly complicated. I like this model by Shinya because it strikes the middle ground of being somewhat detailed, yet still easy to build. The Pepakura PDO template for the car may be downloaded here. Build photo by ZeroxCraft.

Other Papercraft Cars:

Mr. Bean's Mini
Clark Kent's Nash Healy
Halo Warthog
GTA Vehicles
Transformers Urbana 500

Origami Turkey

Happy Thanksgiving! To celebrate the holiday here is an awesome origami turkey by Jo Nakashima. To create the design, Jo modified a previously designed pigeon origami. Video instructions for how to fold the turkey may be found here. May you find an abundance of reasons to be thankful this Thanksgiving!

Other Holiday Papercraft:

Cooked Turkey Origami

Simple Mayflower Model
Printable Advent Christmas Tree
Origami Advent Calendar

Angel Tree Topper Origami

Marvel Punisher Papercraft

This Punisher papercraft is based on a 3D model from the Marvel: Future Fight mobile video game. The Punisher is a brutal vigilante who first appeared in comic books in 1974. Many consider his introduction to be the beginning of the "antihero" trend that gained momentum at Marvel in the 1980's. PDF and Pepakura PDO templates for the model may be downloaded here. Papercraft design and build photos are by SupSorgi at SupMug Papercraft. The Punisher is officially part of the MCU due to having his own television series as well as some appearances on the Daredevil TV show.

Other Marvel Paper Models:

Ultimate Alliance Thor
X-Men Apocalypse
Silver Age Captain America
Black Panther
PS4 Spider-Man

Melting Snowman Paper Toy

Inspired by some novelty melting snowman cookies, Kate at Mini Eco designed this Christmas printable in 2015. Having only two parts, this papercraft is an easy build! For nerds (like me) who care about such things, the snowman's head is a 20-sided geometric shape called an icosahedron. The PDF template for the snowman toy may be downloaded here.

Other Geometric Papercraft:

Platonic Solid Lanterns
Three Tron Bit Models
Colorful Gemstones
Chinese Lanterns
Cubeoctahedron Globe

13th Anniversary!

Yesterday was the 13th anniversary of the Tektonten Papercraft blog! This year I am sharing a paper model I designed in 2008, the year Tektonten Papercraft began. This is a scale model of the so called "Tower of the Winds" in Athens. I never released the template for this model primarily because as a newbie I didn't know what I was doing at the time and the template is not in a format that is easily shareable! In the future, I hope to rework the the template so I can offer it for sale on Etsy. Thank you to those who have continued to visit my blog all these many years! Also, much thanks to new visitors! Everyone's support is greatly appreciated!

Barbie Papercraft: The Raquelle Mansion

Here is the third house in the Barbie papercraft house series: the Raquelle Mansion. Raquelle is Barbie's "frenemy". She has a big crush on Ken, Barbie's boyfriend. By a not so strange a coincidence, Ryan, Raquelle's twin brother, has a crush on Barbie. What a tangled relationship web there is in Barbie world! The printable template for the Raquelle Mansion may be downloaded here. Ryan and Raquelle originally lived in Hawaii before moving to Barbie's Malibu neighborhood.

Other Houses in the Series:

Barbie's Dreamhouse

House of Ken
House of Nikki
Ryan Mansion
Casa de Teresa