Japanese Railroad Paper Models

I am impressed by the shear quantity of the free papercraft available on the JR West website. There are dozens of models of Japanese trains available for download, everything from nineteenth century steam locomotives to modern day "bullet trains". And as if that was not enough, there are also train station paper models and railroad tracks to go with the trains. Pictured is just a sampling of all that is available. It takes some browsing to get to every piece in the collection, but it is well worth the effort. I am not sure of the exact scale of the models, but the railroad cars appear to be about 8" (20 cm) in length.

Related Papercraft:

Mister Rogers Red Trolley
Pullman Car
Mini TGV Engines
San Francisco Street Car
MLP Friendship Express

End Game Captain America Papercraft

I am a long time Captain America fan. My all-time favorite Cap moment out of the MCU movies was in Avengers: End Game when Steve Rogers picks up Thor's hammer in the battle against Thanos. Imagine my delight, then, when I found this End Game Captain America paper model by WR Papercraft! Standing at about 18" (45 cm) tall, the model is fair-sized, which is a good thing as many of the parts are small. The printable template for the model is available for download here. The download includes both PDF and Pepakura PDO files. Build photos are by Woon.

Related Marvel Papercraft:

Full Size Mjolnir
Mini Traditional Cap Shield
Avengers Paper Toy Collection
Wakandan Shields Captain America
Thanos with Gauntlet

2020 Mustang GT500 Papercraft

To help fight boredom during the quarantine, last year Car and Driver magazine released a free paper model of the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500. The model is super simple. It has only two parts (one being the rear spoiler!). The printable PDF for the model may be downloaded here. If green is not your cup of tea, there are four other color schemes of the model available. At the time of its release, Ford promoted the 2020 GT500 as being "the most powerful street-legal Ford in history".

Other Papercraft Automobiles:

1997 Corvette
1993 Dodge Viper
1968 Shelby Mustang
1967 Toyota 2000GT
1956 Thunderbird

Papercraft Cicada

While this papercraft cicada may look like origami at first glance, it is actually a glue-less paper model (i.e. cutting is employed, in addition to folding). What is amazing about this model is its template contains just one piece. This single piece is cut out and then carefully folded to give the result in the photo. The printable template for the model was created by Fumito Nozaki and is available at the website located here. After following the link, click on the blue text under the photo to download the PDF. The template is black and white, so printing on color paper is required for the best results. The cicada in the photo was printed on metallic paper.

Other Papercraft Bugs:

Tarantula

Beetles

Scorpion

Butterfly

Digimon Papercraft: WarGreymon

WarGreymon is considered to be one of the strongest digital monsters in the Digimon universe. He is a Dragon type Digimon whose attacks include Terra Force, Great Tornado, and Mega Claw. The appearance of his face is somewhat like a tyrannosaurus. This paper model of WarGreymon was created Hellsword Papercraft. The template for the model is available in both PDF and Pepakura PDO format and may be downloaded here.

Previous Digimon Papercraft:

Gabumon

Jyarimon

Data Link Digivice

Renamon

Tai Kamiya

Life Size Baby Groot Papercraft

In the Marvel movie, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, a group of Ravagers (think space pirates) capture Baby Groot. They dress him in clothes and declare he is now their mascot. This life size paper model of Groot in Ravager clothes was created by PJ Exelero Papercraft. The finished model stands about 12" (30 cm) and comes with a display base. The template for the model is available in Pepakura PDO format only. The unlocked PDO may be downloaded here. Build photo by DeviantART member Hugo-drax.

Previous Life Size Papercraft:

Master Yoda
S.U.N. Elementalist
DBZ Goku and Kit Buu
Incredible Hulk
Harley Quinn
R2-D2

Star Wars AT-ST Paper Model

This papercraft is a rework by Fred Smith of Shunichi Makino's AT-ST model which he released in 2002. Smith improved on Makino's model in several ways. Weathering and battle scarring were added. The paper handrail on top was replaced with wire. The front windows were constructed to be open rather than closed. All exposed paper edges were colored black. These changes make for a much more realistic model than the original. The JPG format template for Smith's repaint may be downloaded here. The first appearance of an AT-ST in a Star Wars movie was the Battle of Hoth scene in The Empire Strikes Back.

Other Star Wars Papercraft:

Hoth Turrent and Cannon
Interdictor-class Star Destroyer
B-wing Starfighter
Darth Vader TIE Fighter
X-34 Landspeeder
Clone Wars Y-wing

Mini Harry Potter Paper Toy

In 2011, I posted about Gus Santome's Harry Potter paper toys. Now in 2020, Gus has finally released another character in the series. This one happens to be Harry himself! What took you so long, buddy? ;) Like all of Gus' paper toy characters, Harry is double sided. One side has a smiling face, the other a face with a startled look. As a bonus, Gus has included tiny paper models of all seven of the Harry Potter books. The finished books are about 1" (2.5 cm) tall. A printable PDF template for this toy may be downloaded here.

Other Harry Potter Papercraft:

Golden Snitch

Quidditch Field

Lucius Malfoy Wand

Hogwarts Well

Cute Niffler

G1 Transformers Papercraft: Bumblebee

In most of the Transformers movies released to date, the robot character Bumblebee has the ability to convert into a yellow Chevy Camaro. However, in the 2018 Bumblebee movie, the title character is shown transforming into a yellow Volkswagen Beetle instead. This switch to a VW was a deliberate nod to the Generation 1 Transformers Bumblebee toy which also transformed into a Beetle. This G1 Bumblebee papercraft was created by Tosanaji Prakoso and KM Shofaun. Both PDF and Pepakura PDO templates for the model may be downloaded here. Generation 1 Transformers toys were produced by Hasbro Company in the late 80's.

Other G1 Paper Models:

Teletraan I Computer

Laserbeak and Ravage

Soundwave and Buzzsaw
Omega Supreme
Poseable Optimus Prime

Vintage Inn and Bakery Building Paper Models.

In 1983, the German children's magazine, Fix und Foxi, featured two "mountain house" paper models. One was an inn, the other was a bakery. Scans of the templates for the models may be found here. I suspect these two buildings may have been part of a series, the pieces of which form a village. However, since my German is not very strong, I have not been able to discover through the Internet if my suspicions are true. If anyone has any information on additional models in the set, please let me know.

Previous Vintage Architecture Papercraft:

Arabian School
Arc de Triomphe
Disney Cinderella Castle
Abraham Lincoln Cabin
Elephant Pagoda