Suggestions for Making Paper Models
1. Print the graphics on paper heavier than regular printing stock. Something near the thickness of an index card will do nicely. The heavier Bristol paper found in art stores works well (the model is almost indestructible), but thicker paper is more difficult to cut with scissors.
2. Score all of the planes on a page before you begin to cut them out. Use a stylus or a dried up ballpoint pen to score where the wings and stabilizers bend away from the fuselage. The B-17 will be bent through the fuselage. Score it on the thin black line that runs from the nose to the tail.
3 . Use rubber cement to glue the models together. If you put cement on both sides before joining them, the bond will be much more secure. If you have an excess of rubber cement, the models will tend to stick to one another. An inexpensive rubber cement pick-up (crepe-latex) shaped like an art gum eraser may be bought in art stores. This will remove most of the dried excess very quickly and easily. (09-08-01)
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