RB15 F1 Car

Context: This was a challenge by Red Bull Racing during lockdown. You can probably still find the net1 online.

Completed: 2020

Time to complete: ~60 hrs over a week (guesstimate)

rb15 paper model, right-back view

rb15 paper model, front-left view

rb15 paper model, top-front-left view

A Random Dutchman’s Bust

Context: I came across a Dutch designer’s portfolio where he decided to 3D scan himself and create a ‘clone’. He also uploaded the net1 on his website and challenged people to recreate it. Highschool me thought this was an interesting challenge to take on and did not stop to ponder if they’d be okay with an uncanny head watch them for the rest of eternity. In case you’d like to try, you can still find it here.

Completed: ~2013

Time to complete: ~3 days (guesstimate)

bert bust, right view bert bust, left view

Yamaha MT-01

Context:

Completed: ~2013

Time to complete: ~60 hrs over a week, 2 people (guesstimate)

Yamaha Endangered Animal Dioramas

Context: My first introduction to papercraft at ~10 years of age. They’re all relatively simple compared with those above. While the site was briefly taken discontinued, it seems to be back up as of writing this. See Yamaha Rare Animals of the World.

How it works

  • Print nets
  • Cut out pieces
  • Fold/crease/bend pieces and glue to together following numbers/instructions.

[more to be added]

Footnotes

  1. A ‘net’ is just the unwrapped surfaces of a 3D object laid out on a 2D surface (see wikipedia). In this case, several puzzle-like pieces with tabs on them for gluing. ↩ ↩2