August 17, 2025

Area 88 Manga Mini Paper Aircraft Collection

Area 88 Aircraft Bastelbogen
The 1980s manga series, Area 88, tells the story of a young pilot named Shin Kazama. Dozens of real life aircraft were featured in the series. This collection of mini Area 88 aircraft paper models was created by R & P Models. The thirteen planes in the collection include the F-8E Crusader, the F-20 Tigershark, the AV-8 Harrier, the Mirage F.1, the F-105D Thunderchief, the F-14 Tomcat, the Jak-38M, the Electric Lightning, the F-104 Starfighter, the Blackburn Buccaneer, the F-8 Crusader, the Saab 35 Draken, and the A-10 Thunderbolt II. Each of these models is very small. In fact, the templates for all thirteen planes fit on just two sheets of paper! The PDF template may be downloaded here.

Other Papercraft Airplanes:

Cirrus SR22
SD Grumman J2F Duck
X-Men SR-71 Blackbird
2.5D F-15 Eagle Decepticons
Blue Angels F11F Tiger

August 9, 2025

SD Mini Gundam Papercraft

SD Gundam Bastelbogen
I thought these "super deformed" mini Gundam papercraft were super cute. Pictured are the RGE-B790WC Genoace Custom and the RGE-B790 Genoace.  The models are about 2" (5 cm) tall when complete. The PDF templates for these may be downloaded from the creator's website: WXY Paper. Instructions are included!

Other Gundam Papercraft:

OZ-13MS Gundam Epyon
Chibi Gundam Collection
RX-78-2 Gundam

August 3, 2025

Easy Printable Pirate Ship Playset

Disney Pirate Ship Maqueta
The old family.disney.com website (later known as "Spoonful") had lots of great papercraft projects parents could do with children. But alas, the Spoonful website shut down in 2014. One of the Spoonful projects I liked, was this easy printable pirate ship. The playset included a 3D ship, cannons, and some 2D pirate figures (including a few skeleton crew members!) An archived copy of the playset's PDF template (along with instructions) may be found at this: download link. Besides paper, what else is required to build this ship are some drinking straws to hold the sails to the masts.

Other Spoonful Paper Projects:

Princess Paper Dolls
18" Jack Skellington Figure
3D Nemo Papercraft
Wonderland Easter Diorama
Teardrop Mickey