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German tanker Altmark (1938), 1:250 scale, published by HMV (Germany) . Germany built replenishment tankers to fuel its warships at sea. Altmark served the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee, providing fuel and stores, and taking on prisoners from war prizes. HMV is a top-line publisher of highly detailed paper model ship kits. With its optional laser-cut detail set, the Altmark kit has over 3,100 parts. The 1:250 floating dry dock paper model and its detail set, also from HMV, are out of print but sometimes turn up on auction sites. Models and photograph by Lars Wahl.  \nPaper Ship Models By David Sakrison  \nPaper ship models have come a long way in the past twenty years, from rough, hand-drawn kits to today’s highly accurate, highly detailed maritime paper models. In Europe, scale model exhibitions include many museum-quality ship models made from paper  \nkits. Publishers in Poland, Russia, the former East Germany and Yugoslavia, and other former Eastern Bloc countries produce printed kits for paper ship models that stand up well against the best plastic and wooden models.  \nThe first paper models were printed in Germany in the 1700s, and the first commercial paper models appeared in France in the early 1800s. In the early  \n155  \nVol. 65, No. 2 summer 2020  \n156  \n2. Australian river boats, 1:100 scale, published by World of Paperships (Netherlands). The paddle steamers Adelaide (1866), Pevensey (1910), and Alexander Arbuthnot (1916) have all been restored as working museum ships on Australia’s Murray River. Each of these printed kits can be built in a basic version, or in an advanced version that produces a very detailed and accurate scale model. The Pevensey kit can be built as the fictional Philadelphia from the Australian television series All the Rivers Run. Models and photograph by Jeroen van den Worm.  \ntwentieth century, cast iron, tinplate, and balsa dominated the toy industry and paper models faded in popularity. World War II brought a boom in paper modeling, since paper was one of the few materials that was not tightly regulated. But the ship models printed in newspapers and on cereal boxes during the  \nwar were simple and toy-like.  \nThe 1950s brought plastic models of increasing detail and accuracy, and paper modeling mostly died out in the West. Behind the Iron Curtain, plastic models were expensive and hard to get, and most scale  \n3. Baltic ferry Lilla Weneda, 1:100 scale, published by Digital Navy (United States) . The river ferry Lilla Weneda and its ten sister ships were built between 1961 and 1964 in Gdansk, Poland. They were the first coastal passenger ships completely designed and built in Poland. Model and photograph by Roman Detyna, Digital Navy. The very detailed kit is available free from Digital Navy. Request it by sending an email to Roman at [contact@digitalnavy.com](contact@digitalnavy.com).  \nNautical Research Journal  \n4. Fletcher-class destroyer, 1:200 scale, published by Digital Navy (United States) . Between 1942 and 1944, 175 Fletcher-class destroyers were commissioned for the United States Navy, more than any other destroyer class. They proved highly successful and popular with their crews. Some served in Korea and Vietnam. The kit is offered in four color schemes, and it can built as a full-hull or waterline model. Model and photograph by Roman Detyna, Digital Navy.  \nmodelers built printed paper models. The kits were hand-drawn, and papers and inks were often of poor quality, but some of those Soviet-era kits still produce good-looking models.  \nIn the early 2000s, several factors came together to fuel a surge in the popularity of paper modeling. Affordable software for designing paper models and the growth of the Internet made it much easier to create and distribute paper model kits. Publishers and individual designers could produce detailed, accurate paper models that would be far more expensive to create in plastic. A cottage industry arose of hobbyist","cbCaioykrIsXjg8R","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioykrIsXjg8R","pdf",1341708,12,"English","# Nautical Research Journal\n## Featured paper ship kits and publishers\n## Historical development of paper modeling\n## Tools, materials, and build tips\n## Scales and digital print resolution","[{\"question\":\"What factors drove the resurgence of paper modeling in the early 2000s?\",\"answer\":\"Affordable software for designing paper models and the growth of the Internet made it easier to create and distribute kits. Publishers and individual designers could produce detailed, accurate models that would be costly in plastic.\"},{\"question\":\"What basic tools are commonly used for paper ship modeling?\",\"answer\":\"Scissors, a hobby knife, a cutting mat, a steel straight-edge, a scriber for crisp folds, and craft glue. Aleene’s Tacky Glue is cited as a favorite.\"},{\"question\":\"What scales and print resolution are mentioned for paper ship models?\",\"answer\":\"Common scales include 1:400, 1:250, 1:200, 1:100, and 1:50. For digital models, the standard resolution is 300 dpi, allowing scaling without losing clarity.\"}]","Paper Ship Models By David Sakrison - Issue 2 | PDF"]