Tuesday, January 30, 2024

free papercraft CT-scan and pharmacy packaging machines


Katu109 has to receive medical care that impacts his life in a big way. He made a blog about the special Universal Design Food he has to eat - and he  also likes to make original papercrafts sometimes! He put his papercrafts of a CT-scanning and pharmacy packaging machines on his blog that you can download and enjoy yourself for free as well!

Download + build your own free papercraft CT-scan and pharmacy packaging machines (by Katu109):

(download instructions: click the green "ダウンロード" buttons on Katu 109's blog)

Sunday, January 28, 2024

Ninjatoes.com from now on, ad-free and all! :o)


Today I:


1) Fixed all the broken image links on my main papercraft webpage (where you can download all the papercrafts I made myself for free!) 😊
2) Paid for a Wordpress.com subscription plan so that it doesn't show ads anymore (because that way it's even more fun to visit) 👍
3) Got a personal domain name so that it can also be reached using ninjatoes.com from now on! ✂️🎉

So what are you waiting for? Go check it out! 😀

Saturday, January 27, 2024

free papercraft Chikugo City Hanemaru mascot by Kubo-chan


Kubo-chan made a papercraft of ChikugoCity's Hanemaru mascot that you can download and make yourself for free!

Download + build your own free papercraft Chikugo City Hanemaru mascot (by Kubo-chan for Chikugo City):

(download instructions: scroll all the way down to the "PDF形式" download links on Chikugo City's webpage)

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

free papercraft prisoner transport van by Studio Ferrazzo


Studio Ferrazzo created this free papercraft prisoner van for the Dutch police; it even has a working side door! 😊 

Download + build your own free papercraft prisoner transport van (by Studio Ferrezzo):

(download instructions: click the "Download de bouwplaat hier." link on  Studio Ferrazzo's website and then the "Full resolution (2382 × 1684)" link at the bottom of the new page that opens)



Sunday, January 21, 2024

Heppoko Paper Model Studio free papercraft 1/350 scale V-22 Osprey aircraft and Gerald Ford aircraft carrier


Well that was fast!

Heppoko's V-22 Osprey is also released already now after the matching Seahawk helicopter and the Gerald Ford aircraft carrier herself!

Download + build your own free papercraft 1/350 scale V-22 Osprey aircraft (and lots more, by Heppoko Paper Model Studio):

Saturday, January 20, 2024

free papercraft 1/350 scale Seahawk helicopter for Heppoko's free papercraft aircraft carrier!



So I thought that Heppoko Paper Model Studio's free 1/350 scale papercraft E-2D Hawkeye AWACS plane I showed you a little while ago would be a final release for their free 1/350 scale papercraft CVN-78 Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier that they had finished and released.

But apparantly, it wasn't! 😃

They released a 1-350 scale MH-60R/S Seahawk helicopter to go with it now too, and they also shared on their Twitter account that are already prototyping on a V-22 Osprey to go with it too!

Download + build your own free papercraft MH-60R/S Seahawk helicopter (and lots more, by Heppoko Paper Model Studio):

Saturday, January 13, 2024

Perfect Dark Joanna Dark papercraft WIP 2 : The Trouble with Textures


So obviously, the Busy Days are far from over, so work on Joanna Dark is progressing very slowly, but it is progressing a little bit! 😀

I'm finding myself having to spend a lot of time on the texturing though, because pretty much every texture on the extracted 3D model seems to have issues: the thing is though, that I can't really remember if that's just from the extraction process (link), having to use an emulation plugin, or whether is was like that on the Nintendo 64 console itself too...?

The textures themselves are quite small, but I'm used to that from games of this era of course. But take Joanna's belt for example: it doesn't show in the extracted game model at all, while the textures for it were extracted just fine!? 

Like I said,I don't really remember if the belt was there in the game when playing it on the actual N64 console, but since the textures were extracted ,I'm just trying to put the extracted textures in what I think should be the right place.

But then another problem was that one half was colored like I expected it to be, while the other half was almost unrecognizably dark!? And they also seem to be very strangely aligned?

Pretty much every texturee has issues like this, so I'm basically using my best judgement to get a papercraft of a (properly) fully textured Joanna!

It's a lot of extra work while I already have little spare time for the foreseeable future unfortunately, but I think I'll be happier with the final papercraft with all the textures in (what I think is) the right place so I'll just persevere! 😉

Stay tuned!

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

free short wheel-based papercraft cars series

Jjokomi made a whole series of easy-to-make short wheel-based papercraft cars for you to enjoy.

Download + build your own free short wheel-based papercraft cars series (by Jjokomi Paper Car):\

Sunday, January 7, 2024

free cute papercraft color-yourself train station


Laetitia runs a blog with the cute name Vert Cerice 💚 with lots of fun and creative activities for parents to do with their kids.

One example is this cute papercraft train station 🚆 that she made for the Mômes site that has lots more fun creative activities too!

(and as you can see it's a color-yourself train station, so maybe you can color it cherry green...? 😉)

Download + build your own free cute papercraft color-yourself train station (by Vert Cerise):

Saturday, January 6, 2024

free Morisaki 2024 Year of the Dragon papercraft


Morisaki is a company for waterjet cutting, laser cutting and AeroDieCut processes and things like that so I think that's why most of the sample data you can download (here) is just in black-and-white outlines.

This time though, they posted acute colored papercraft for the 2024 Year of the Dragon! 🐉

Now you could request it as a free sample of their AeroDieCut process, but maybe that's only for people that live in Japan themselves? Luckily anyone can also just download their samples from their website (here).

Download + build your own free 2024 Year of the Dragon papercraft toy (by Morisaki):

Friday, January 5, 2024

free papercraft SD Gundam mobile suits, Kamen Rider and motorbikes


There used to be lots more free papercraft SD (super deformed) Gundam mobile suits on Keikei's site but many of them are not available anymore. I did find some of Keikei's work that you can still download dor free from his site! 😀

Download + build your own free papercraft Gundam mobile suits, Kamen Rider and motorbikes (by KK Factory):

Thursday, January 4, 2024

free papercraft Christmas tree, soccer ball, crystal and diamond +more


On Forest Lantern's website, you can download a free papercraft Christmas tree 🎄, soccer ball⚽ and truncated icosahedron, and if you browse tgrough their blog, you'll find a free papercraft cake🎂, crystal and diamond as well!

Download + build your own free papercraft Christmas tree, soccer ball, crystal and diamond (by Forest Lantern):

Forest Lantern made some fun and free #papercrafts to share!
Visit my blog to find the free download on Forest Lantern's website and blog :
#ペーパークラフト #pepakura #printable #bouwplaat #bastelbogen #recortable #armable

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

free airplane maquettes en papier by Criquet


You didn't really think that somebody like Criquet who's has just as big a Passion for Maquettes en Papier as Paskal wouldn't have his a website with papercrafts of his own, did you? 😉

Paskal's friend Criquet called his own papercraft site Nos belles "Plumes" du temps passé - une formidable adventure because he likes papercrafts of beautiful airplanes of days gone by! 🛫

And just like Paska's site, you can explore Criquet's site to find free papercrafts that he made himself. Many of his creations are on the website of another friend of his: Maquettes en Carton from Pierre (and some that are not free are on his ecardmodels.com shop).

Download + build your own free papercraft airplanes of days gone by (by Criquet):

How To Model Using Soda Cans OCIPMS presentation by Bob Penikas


In 2012, Bob Penikas sent me some pictures of an aluminium can Batman that he made using the papercraft templates from my website.

That sounds easy enough ("I'll just flatten out an aluminium can and then I can just cut out and glue the parts together just like a sheet of paper!") but of course it does require a bit more forethought than that. 😉

The first day of this year, Bob sent me an email that he did a small presentation on How To Model Using Soda Cans last year for the OCIPMS (the Orange County chapter of the International Plastic Modeler’s Society) about his process, tools that he likes to use and other things!

The presentation was filmed and Bob put it on his YouTube channel, so if you're thinking about making paper models out of aluminium cans too, you know where to get started! 😀

watch Bob Penikas' How To Model Using Soda Cans presentation:

(through links on the OCIPMS website)

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

free papercraft 1/350 scale E-2D Hawkeye AWACS plane for Heppoko's aircraft carrier!


Remember Heppoko's 1/350 scale papercraft CVN-78 Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier that they shared? last year

Well, I told in my last news update about it last February that they released the 23rd and final part, but that was really only for the aircraft carrier itself; they actually also made several airplanes and other things for the carrier model, and they were still making the an E-2D Hawkeye AWACS (Airborne Warning And Control System) plane. 🛫

Well, that was ready a little while ago too! 😄

Download + build your own free papercraft 1/350 scale E-2D Hawkeye AWACS plane (and lots more, by Heppoko Paper Model Studio):

Monday, January 1, 2024

free Wild West, World War II Star Wars transport speeder+more Maquettes en Papier!


Papercraft is a hobby enjoyed by people from all over the world! 🌍

Paskal from France for would call it a Passion for Maquettes en Papier! He and his friend Criquet even made a whole French Forum en Papier where enthusiasts share build threads of papercrafts that they built (which I always love to see! 😀) and their own creations that people can download and build themselves too!

Paskal and Criquet even created the French PMP magazine about paper modeling!

Paskal also has his a Maquettes en Papier website where you can find his Wild West and World War II buildings and some other papercrafts, including some banana palm trees 🌴 and a Star Wars transport speeder! (and don't worry, you don't have to speak fluent French to enjoy these Maquettes en Papier too! 😊)

Download + build your own free Wild West and Wold War II buildings + more (by Maquettes en Papier):

(Note: not all the models are available as free download so just keep exploring Paskal's site! 🙂)