Paper Modelling

Author: Lutz Pietschker
Version: 2011-03-01

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Paper Modelling- An Old Hobby

This is true in a double sense: Paper modelling itself is not a "new age" thing; it goes back at least to the year 1802, when the first known book about paper modelling was published (Heinrich Rockstroh: "Anweisung zum Modelliren aus Papier"). In fact, it must of course have been older, for the thing must have had some addicts if someone undertook to write about it. By the way, even Goethe mentions that he used to construct and build paper model houses as a child, so it seems to be a cultural heritage as well. (The last remark was for the teachers among my readers.)
In a more personal sense, it is an old hobby for me, for I started with it in my early teens and have been at it, although with some "inactive intervals", ever since. You can read something about the models I built below.

For me, the charm of paper modelling is its simplicity as far as tools and basic construction are concerned, coupled with nearly endless options for enhancement and complexity. The range of models that are offered by many publishers around the world is huge, there is nearly nothing you don't find if you look for it. Also, it is fairly easy to construct paper models by oneself, or to at least add some improvement to bought models, which pleases my engineering spirit. And with each model anew, it is a small wonder to see 3D structures grow from flat pieces of cardboard.

If you are interested in the hobby, I can recommend a few web sites and books to start with:

• Paper Model Related Links, a link list
• Arbeitskreis Geschichte des Kartonmodellbaus eV (AGK), Germany
• kartonbau.de and kartonist.de, two German-language paper modelling forums
• Aue-Verlag (aka JFS or Schreiber-Verlag), Germany
  One of the oldest publishers in the hobby (they published their first models in the 1870s). Their "JFS" or "Schreiber-Bogen" brand is known throughout the hobby, and they offer a huge range of models of every kind and for every level of expertise. They also have a good printed catalogue.
• HMV Hamburger Modellbaubogen, Germany
  They are specialising in, and publishing a huge range of, "technical" models (planes, cars and lots of ships) as well as "seaside architecture" (harbour equipment, lighthouses).
• moduni "Modellbau-Universum", Germany
  An online shop for models of any kind, but still very strong on the paper modelling side.
• L'Instant Durable, France
  Publisher with a huge range of architecture and art models. Sometimes not as elaborate as the JFS model, but still very good, and a very interesting collection of models.
• AstroMedia, Germany
  This publisher specialises in astounding working models, in particular about optical and astronomical topics. Some models I know are a table planetarium, a sextant and a star globe, but there are many others available. The models are usually accompanied by educational background material.
• Paper mechanisms and automata have been described and constructed by some notable authors. See the websites of Walter Ruffler, Robert Ives, Optical Toys and Tarquin Publications for details. Another artist (not limited to paper models) worth mentioning is Peter Markey from Wales, but he does not have a homepage of his own, it seems (try a web search). See also some book recommendations below.
• Other players in the hobby:
  • Cony's Modelling Pages, in German. Cony lives in Berlin, like me, and is a real enthusiast, as opposed to me (I am still graduating). He has a long list of self-designed models under his belt.
  • Godwin Petermann's (GTP) Modelling pages; he also lives in Berlin
  • The personal carton modelling pages of Pierre G., with hints on technique, images of assembled models and many links
  • Stipp Bastelbogen, Berlin/Germany, specialises in "model railway scale" models and offers a somewhat unusual range of models, including storage sheds, water towers, phone booths and even street urinals.
  • Mitteldeutscher Kartonmodell-Verlag: They offer a large range of models in very flexible scale; many of the models are related to the former German Democratic Republic
  • The Lower Hudson Valley Paper Model Gift Shop: They take their name seriously and offer some models as a gift, i.e. free downloads.
• Alvar Hansen: Papiermodelle bauen (Aue-Verlag 2003, ISBN 3870292687)
  This is an instruction (there is a German and an English language edition) for beginners and advanced modellers, published by the Aue-Verlag mentioned above. Also gives some good background information.
• Arbeitskreis Geschichte des Kartonmodellbaus (AGK): Zur Geschichte des Kartonmodellbaus (Aue-Verlag)
  A multi-volume edition that covers the history of paper modelling.
• Dieter Nievergelt: Architektur aus Papier (museum catalog)
  Photos of an exhibition of paper models of buildings shown in Switzerland and Germany in 2000 to 2004, with additional historical and technical remarks and an extensive list of publishers and their models.
• Heinrich Rockstroh: Die Kunst, mancherlei Gegenstände aus Papier zu formen (the art of modelling various things from paper, C. Salfeld, Leipzig 1810) My copy is a reprint of the original, published by the AGK in 2008 (printed by Aue-Verlag), with an additional transcription into modern letters and notes by Dieter Nievergelt. This is one of the first instructions for paper modelling of which only two known copies exist, both of them incomplete. I am deeply grateful to Dieter Nievergelt and the AGK to have made this complete reprint possible.
• Mark Hiner: Paper Engineering (Tarquin Publications 1985, ISBN 0906212499)
  Describes paper mechanisms like pop-ups and sliding images, includes cut-out examples.
• Duncan Birmingham: Pop-Up design and Paper Mechanics (Guild of Master Craftsmen Publications, Castle Place, UK 2010, ISBN 978-1-86108-685-3)
  Systematic approach to the construction of pop-up models and pull-tab mechanisms, in gorgeous format. Also includes cut-out templates for cards using such techniques.
• Walter Ruffler: Paper Automata Mechanisms (Tarquin Publications 2003, ISBN 1899678589)
  Describes basic paper mechanisms used to make "action" models, a.k.a. automata. Five cut-out examples show the working crank, friction, cam, gear and trip/pawl mechanisms.
• Walter Ruffler: Paper Models that Move (Dover Publications 2010, ISBN 9780486477930)
  Describes basic paper mechanisms used to make "action" models, a.k.a. automata, and basic papercraft. 14 cut-out examples are included, most of them re-published from earlier sets.
• DDR in Karton (Mitteldeutscher Kartonmodell-Verlag 2002)
  An overview of paper models that were published, by various publishers, in the German Democratic republic between 1949 and 1989
• Ramin Razani: Phantastische Papierarbeiten (Augustus-Verlag 1993, ISBN 3-8043-0236-X)
  A collection of paper cards, with building instructions and templates
• Ramin Razani: Faszinierende Grußkarten (Augustus-Verlag 1997, ISBN 3-8043-0352-8)
  Another collection of paper cards, with building instructions and templates
• Bianchini, Siliakus, Aysta: Paper Architect (frech Verlag 2009, ISBN 978-3-7724-5561-2)
  Pop-up constructions of famous buildings from all around the world

My Models

Let me group my models into four ranges:

• Prehistoric
  No physical traces or images left, just a fleeting memory
• Historic
  Built and documented, which means that at least photographic evidence exists
• Under Construction
  Began building it, but am not done yet (a state that may have been lasting for many years, for various reasons)
• Future
  Models that are waiting on my shelves to be built

Size is always given as "width by depth/wingspan by height". Abbreviations used are:

• A5 = 210x148 mm
• A4 = 297x210 mm
• A3 = 420x297 mm
• JFS = Schreiber-Modellbaubogen
• AGK = Arbeitskreis Geschichte des Kartonmodellbaus e.V.

Prehistoric Models

Note: If the scale, size etc. seem a bit too detailed for a model long gone, they are probably taken from current catalogues under the assumption that the model is printed today as it was then.

• I began (I think) with some simple castle models of the JFS brand. I really can not say which, but it must have been about three or four, plus some old-town houses in HO (1:87) scale.
• Wasserburg Konradsheim (JFS, 1:160, 26x21x18 cm, 3 sheets A4)
• At the age of about 14 years I constructed and built a medieval castle in 25 mm (1:72) scale with an overall size about 50x50 cm, of the simple 4-corners-4-towers-type, but with a working drawbridge and trap doors in the tower platforms. This was a model intended to be used, and it was. My brother and I fought out bitter battles for this castle with our Hausser Elastolin knights, Roman soldiers and Mongol raiders. It lasted us for some years, which is remarkable as it was under constant attack by catapults and cannon.
• Holstentor Lübeck (JFS, 1:160, 21x8x26 cm, 3 sheets A4)
• Agricultural Tractor (Youth magazine "Frösi"/GDR, 1:?, about 22x12x8 cm)
• Schloss Neuschwanstein (JFS, 1:250, 59x20x30 cm, 11.5 sheets A4)
• The North River Steamboat of Clermont aka "Fulton's Folly", Robert Fulton's steamship (JFS, 1:200, 24x5 cm, 1.5 sheets A4)
• Burg Hohenzollern (JFS, probably 1:125, 66x36x34 cm, 9 sheets A4)
  This model nearly cost my brother's life. When it was very nearly done and rested on a low settee in my room, we got into a quarrel in the course of which I slapped him, he looked around, aimed and sat squarely on top of the model. I believe my mother came into the room just in time to save him.
• Dornier Do 27 "Serengeti", Dr. Grzimek's plane (JFS, 1:50, 19x24x6 cm, 1.5 sheets A4)
• Fouga Magister jet trainer airplane (JFS (I believe), no details known)
• The Stephansdom of Vienna (JFS, 1:300, 36x23x48 cm, 11.5 sheets A4)
  To be honest, I never quite finished this one. Those gothic spires gave me the creeps after some time.
• Lighthouse (JFS, 1:50, 19x19x50 cm, 6 sheets A4)
• The Spirit of St. Louis, Lindbergh's plane (JFS, 1:50, 18x28 cm, 1.5 sheets A4)
• Lifeboat "Theodor Heuß" (JFS, 1:100, 23x6 cm, 1.5 sheets A4)
• Junkers Ju52/3m (JFS, 1:50, 38x59x? cm, 8.5 sheets A4)
  This was the aluminium-coated-paper version of the model, enhanced by me with cabin lights and anti-collision lights. It was nearly done and then mortally damaged when I moved. You will find the same model below because I intend to build it again.
• Shakespeare's Birthplace (by an English publisher I can't remember, approx. 1:87, about 20x15x10 cm)
• Row of English semi-detached houses (1:76, 40x10 cm, 1 sheet 52x31 cm)
• English Country Pub (1:76, about 24x15x15 cm, 1 sheet 52x31 cm)

There must have been others, but, well, my memory is not up to the task.

Historic Models

Roughly in order of construction finishing date:

• Roman Country House (JFS, 1:87, 24x16x8 cm, 3.5 sheets A4)
• Leonardo da Vinci's Inventions (Helicopter, Armoured Car, Paddle Wheel Ship; L'Instant Durable, about 1:150, 7x7x7 to 15x15x10cm, 2 sheets A3)
• Alte Wasserkunst and Michaeliskirche Bautzen (Old Water Tower and St. Michael's Church in Bautzen, Domowina-Verlag/Joachim Bethmann, about 1:120, 25x22x22 cm, 4 sheets A4)
• Esslinger Burg mit Dickem Turm (Castle of Esslingen with the "Fat Tower", part of the town's 13th century fortifications), re-printed at J. F. Schreiber's, approx. 1:200, 50x20x25 cm, 3 sheets 36x42 cm
• Der Volksvertreter, automaton ("The Representative", Walter Ruffler, 11.5x9x22 cm, 4 sheets A4)
• House Sparrows (Leon Schuijt Design Johan Scherft, 1:1, 14 cm, 1 sheet 30x44 cm)
• Wassermühle (water mill, reprint Neuruppiner Bilderbogen, 20x20x25 cm, 1 sheet 40x55 cm)
• Mirontaine Models:I summarise these on one page because they are rather small and no "real" cardboard models, in my opinion.
  • Craigievar Castle Scotland
  • Un Carousel en 1900 (a carousel of 1900)
• Mir stürzet ab, funny little set inspired by the Mir space station accident (Trickbüro-Verlag Zürich, 12x12x14 cm, 1 sheet 295x485 mm)
• Achterbahn für Murmeln (marble roller-coaster, Schröder, 22x31 cm, 9 sheets A4)
• Pilot boats Apollo/Mercury (Scaldis Cardboard Modelclub, 1:250, 7.5 cm, 2 sheets A5)
• Villa Bärenfett (very small postcard model of a Karl May memorial block house)
• Bewitched, automaton (witch riding a broomstick, Flying Pig, 6x14x22 cm, 4 sheets 20x20 cm)
• Sextant (working cardboard model, AstroMedia, 1:1, 20x5x23 cm, 4 sheets A4, pre-punched)
• Muckle Flugga Lighthouse and Rock (my own design, 1:1000, 28x20x7 cm, 4 sheets A4)
• Inselbahn Sylt I (Sylt island train, Borgward-Leichttriebwagen LT4, MB-Modellbau, 1:87, 15 cm, 1 sheet A4 plus "Nivea" decals)
• London "Routemaster L" Double-Decker Bus (JFS, 1:43, 21.5x6.5x10 cm, 2.5 sheets A4)
• Into the Wind, automaton (Walter Ruffler, 5 sheets A4)
• Canalboat Cabin Model (based on British narrowboat "Sunny Valley", C112, Novus Publishing Ltd, Birmingham 1981, about 1:18, 14.5x12.5x10.5 cm, 4 sheets A4 in b/w, with colouring instructions)
• Narrowboat (Anne Hoskins, very simple model, approx. 1:72, about 20 cm, 1 sheet A4)
• Dragon Mobiles (Tarquin/Anne Wild 1987, 6 mobiles with different dragons)
• Fairy Tales & related:
  • Cinderella (JFS, children's model/toy theatre scenery)
  • An anniversary card for a storyteller I love
• Pigeonnier de Saint Paul Cap de Joux (pigeonry, Piroux, 1:100, 7.5x9x10 cm, postcard-type model, 1 sheet A4)
• Santa Maria del Naranco (Fiquin y Badiqui, 1:72, 30x20x25 cm, 3 sheets 60x43 cm)
• Impatience, automaton (Flying Pig, 3 sheets A4)
• Johannes Keplers Mysterium Cosmographicum (Weltgeheimnis, Kepler's world mystery, a mystic invention from 1596, by AstroMedia)
• M. C. Escher Polyhedra (fun with regular polyhedra, from a book by Schattschneider & Walker)
• Ecole Arabe en Algerie (Arabian school in Algeria, reduced reprint of a 19th-century lithography of Imagerie d'Épinal)
• Schloss Pfaueninsel (Pfaueninsel palace mini-model by Christian Biskup)
• Nodding Dinosaur, Nodding Tiger (two mini-models with nodding heads by Peter Markey)
• Wave machine (another model designed by Peter Markey)
• Feuer-Drache (fire dragon, an automaton by Walter Ruffler)
• Drachenlenker (To Fly A Kite, automaton, Walter Ruffler, 3 sheets A4)

Models under Construction

In order of construction starting date:

• The Cathedral of Le Puy-en-Velay (L'Instant Durable, 1:250, 30x37x34 cm, 22 sheets A4) (box 6)
  Just begun, then left alone; did not understand parts of the construction. (It seems that others also felt that the construction needed improvement.)
• Capt. Nemo's U-Boat "Nautilus" (Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum, 1:100, 16 sheets A4) (box 4)
  Just begun, then left alone because I thought it a bit too much at that time. I plan to modify this model to some extent, so I will take my time.

Future Models

This list is not complete and in no particular order (some are loosely in order bought, but not throughout, new acquisitions will be added at the bottom of the list).

• Nuclear Power Station (KWU promotional model of 1983, designed and printed by JFS, 1:350, about 42x60x50 cm, about 12 sheets A3) (box Z)
• Titanic (Taco 1987/Thomas Siewek, 1:200, 135 cm long, 24 sheets A4) (box 4)
• Shakespeare's Globe Theatre (Waldo S. Lanchester, about 18x18x20 cm, 5 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Walfangboot zum Mutterschiff Willem Barendsz (motor whaleboat, Jade-Verlag, 1:250, 2 sheets 42x31 cm) (box 4)
• Seenotrettungskreuzer "Theodor Heuß" (JFS, 1:200, 21x5.5 cm, 1 sheet 32x43 cm) (box 4)
• Seenotrettungskreuzer "John T. Essberger" and "Georg Breunsing" (2 lifeboats, Alstermodell/Hamburger Modellbau-Verlag, 5 sheets A4) (box 4)
• Seenotrettungskreuzer "John T. Essberger" (lifeboat, JFS, 1:100, ?43x9x17 cm, 6 sheets A4) (box 4)
• Lightship "Borkumriff" (Jade-Verlag, 1:250, 1 sheet 42x31 cm) (box 4)
• Dornier X (12-engine seaplane, JFS, 1:100, 48x48x10 cm, 4 sheets 32x43 cm) (box 2)
• Dornier Wal (seaplane, JFS, 1:100, 27x18x6 cm, 2 sheets 32x43 cm) (box 2)
• Hanseatic Cog (Hansekogge, JFS, 1:100, 24x8x30 cm, 4.5 sheets A4) (box 4)
• Marienmünster on Reichenau ("Kurz und Gut" magazine, 5 sheets A4) (box 6)
• Windmill "De Gekroonde Poelenburg" from Zaandam, NL (Leon Schuijt Bouwplaten, 1:100, 17x16.5x23 cm, 2 sheets A3) (box Z)
• Cottage "Een Zaanse Buurt", NL (Leon Schuijt Bouwplaten, 1:100, 35x25x12 cm, 3 sheets A3) (box Z)
• A Kissing Machine, automaton (Optical Toys/Peter Markey, 2 sheets A4) (box 5)
• Magdalen Bear:Automata too (This book contains four cut-out paper automata; Tarquin Publications 2001, ISBN 1899618457)
• St. George and the Dragon (automaton, Keith Newstead, 9 sheets A4) (box 5)
• Northern Night Sky Globe (AstroMedia, 20 sheets A4) (box 3)
• Sundial (AstroMedia, 2 sheets A4) (box 3)
• Pont Neuf de Paris, panoramic model (L'Instant Durable, 1:250, 58x22x26 cm, 12 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Berliner Dom (Berlin cathedral, JFS, 1:300, 33x28x32 cm, 9.5 sheets A4) (box 6)
• Destroyer H.M.S. Campbeltown (of Saint-Nazaire fame, Wydawnictwo JSC, 1:400, 2 models on 2 sheets A4) (box 5)
• Bremerhaven Lighthouse of 1855 (Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum, 12x12x25 cm, 6 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Ludwigsbahn "Adler" of 1835 (JFS, 1:20, 84x13x14 cm, 9 sheets A4) (box 2)
• Das kleine Tischplanetarium (Armillasphäre) (small table planetarium, AstroMedia, 19x19x19 cm, 4 sheets A4) (box 3)
• Dragon Mobiles (Tarquin/Anne Wild 1987, only the "Celtic dragon" is yet unbuilt) (box 3)
• Pteranodon ingens (flying dinosaur, JFS, 1:7, 40x100 cm) (box 3)
• Carcassonne (L'Instant Durable, 1:250, 94x58x20 cm, 39 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Mechanical Birdwatching Cat, automaton (Optical Toys/Peter Markey, 2 sheets A4) (box 5)
• Wartburg (JFS, 1:250, 72x22x21 cm, 9 sheets A4) (box 6)
• The Jerusalem temple as it was in Jesus' time (Aue-Verlag, 25x17x8 cm, 1 sheet 34x54, very simple b/w model) (box 6)
• Antonov An-2 (Mitteldeutscher Kartonmodellverlag, 1:50, 25 cm wing span, 4 sheets A4) (box 2)
• Steam engine "Rügener Museumslok" (Feinwerk- und Modellbauservice Häger, 1:43.5, 18.5x5.5x8 cm, 11 sheets A4) (box 2)
• Lighthouse (JFS, 1:50, 19x19x50 cm, 6 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Santa Maria 1492 (JFS, 1:87, 39 cm, 3 sheets A4) (box 4)
• Reichstag in Berlin (JFS, 1:400, 32x38x15 cm, 9 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Pilatus PC-6 "Porter" (JFS, 1:50, 20x30.5x5 cm, 2.5 sheets A4) (box 2)
• Pharaoh's Vessel (Pharaonenschiff, JFS, 1:100, 42x14x5 cm, 2 sheets A4) (box 4)
• Circus Roundabout (automaton, reprint of historical sheet, #198) (box Z)
• Historic modelling sheet (reprints of models by Oehmigke & Riemenschneider, Neuruppin, and other publishers) (box Z)
  • Modellirbogen Festung (5582)
  • Modellir-Carton Ritterburg (5678)
  • Modellir-Bogen Ritterburg (5568)
  • Wintervergnügungen (3697)
  • Modellirbogen Bauernhof (5219)
  • Circus automaton ("turned by the heat of the stove")
• Motorcycle BMW R16 (with sidecar) (JFS reprint, 1:10, 26x15x10 cm, 3 sheets A4) (box 2)
• Ju 52/3m (JFS, 1:50, 59x38x?cm, 8.5 sheets A4, partially metal-foil coated) (box 2)
• Hohenzollernburg (Hohenzollern castle, JFS, 1:125, 66x36x34 cm, 9 sheets A4, reprint) (box 6)
• Hamburger Michel (St. Michaelis church in Hamburg, JFS, 1:300, 28x19x44 cm, 8 sheets A4) (box 6)
• Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche (postcard model of a Berlin landmark) (box 6)
• Fischkutter "Consul Pust" (trawler, JFS, 1:100, 41.5x7.5x20 cm, 4 sheets A4) (box 4)
• Castle Bruneck (JFS, 1:90, 14 sheets A4 including base) (box 6)
• Burg Eltz (Eltz castle, JFS, 1:160, 78x36x35 cm, 16 sheets A4) (box 6)
• Impatience, automaton (Flying Pig, 3 sheets A4) (box 5)
• Automata from Magdalen Bear's book "Automata too" (Tarquin Publications, 14 sheets A4) (in book)
• Cornish Tin Mine Engine House (Heritage Models/The Trevithick Trust, 1:90, ?x?x23 cm, 2 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Buddhistischer Tempel (Aue-Verlag, 20x20x10 cm, 1 sheet, very simple b/w model) (box 6)
• Galiläisches Dorf (village in Galilee, Aue-Verlag, 30x40x10 cm, 2 sheets, very simple b/w model) (box 7)
• Circus Roncalli (JFS, 60x43x13 cm, 1:100, 9 sheets + 4 base sheets, A4) (box 7)
• Citroen H van (JFS, 18x9x10 cm, 1:24, 4 sheets A4, includes model 3 variants) (box 2)
• Historic Town (Velka Kniha Vystrihovanek, Richard Vyskovsky, ISBN 80-7341-353-1, a book with paper models that can be assembled to 11 variants of a historic town with 82 houses, 2 churches, 2 town-halls, 1 synagogue, 1 water mill, 3 wells, 7 town gates, 16 towers, a town wall, a bridge and a renaissance castle, 1:165, 150x100x25 cm, 132.5 sheets A4) (box 1)
  Will I ever assemble it? I can not say... but the pure beauty of it! Amazing.
• Motorjacht (motor boat, reprint, Zur Geschichte des Kartonmodellbaus #1, AGK, 1 sheet) (in book)
• Le Porte du Pont-Charles a Prague (reprint, Zur Geschichte des Kartonmodellbaus #2, AGK, 1 sheet) (in book)
• Wright Flyer & FW 190 (reprint, Zur Geschichte des Kartonmodellbaus #3, AGK, 1 sheet) (in book)
• Opel Kadett (reprint, Zur Geschichte des Kartonmodellbaus #4, AGK, 1 sheet) (in book)
• Water mill (reprint, Zur Geschichte des Kartonmodellbaus #5, AGK, 1 sheet) (in book)
• Medieval Village (Usborne, 1:87, 60x46 cm, 8 sheets A3 including 2 base sheets) (box 7)
• Medieval Town (Usborne, 1:87, 60x46 cm, 8 sheets A3 including 2 base sheets) (box 7)
• Viking Settlement (Usborne, 1:87, 60x46 cm, 8 sheets A3) (box 7)
• Cathedral (Usborne, 1:87, 60x46x? cm, 8 sheets A3 including 2 base sheets) (box 6)
• Mont Saint-Michel (L'Instant Durable, 1:500, 47x58x32 cm, 33 sheets A4) (box 6)
• Villa Blumenthal (AGK, 1:87, 5 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Die Nürnberger Burg (Nuremberg Castle, Altstadtfreunde Nürnberg e.V., 1:250, 104x?x? cm, 20 sheets A4) (box 6)
• La 2CV Citroen (JBP Diffusion Carto Kit, 1:12) (box 2)
• Staromestska radnice v Praze (Old town-hall in Prague, Betexa, 1:160, 10 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Flak 36/37 88mm (aka 8.8, Wydawnictwo Andrzey Halinski, 1:25, 8 sheets A3) (box 2)
• Sd.Kfz. 7 (German 8 ton halftrack, Wydawnictwo Andrzey Halinski, 1:25, 10 sheets A3) (box 2)
• Well from Kazimiersk Dolny (Renova, 1:25, 18x18x17.5 cm, 8 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Torpedo Boat (reprint, Zur Geschichte des Kartonmodellbaus #6, AGK, 1 sheet) (in book)
• The Grand Junction 90 Cornish Beam Engine (Heritage Models, 1:60, 26x8x20 cm, 6 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Make This Castle (Usborne, 1:87, 60x46x? cm, 8 sheets A3 including 2 base sheets) (box 6)
• Victorian Seaside Resort (Dover Publications, 1:87, 12 sheets 31x23.5 cm) (box 7)
• Robie House (a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Dover Publications, 1:87, 16 sheets 31x23.5 cm) (box 7)
• Hamburger Deichstraße (Hamburger Modellbaubogen, 1:250, 23x17x10 cm, 5.5 sheets A4) (box 7)
• 4 Hamburger Hafenfähren (4 Hamburg harbour ferries, Hamburger Modellbaubogen, 1:250, 8.6 cm, 4 sheets A4) (box 4)
• Hamburger Hafenbarkassen (Hamburg harbour launches, Hamburger Modellbaubogen, 1:250, 7.5 cm, 1 sheet A4) (box ??)
• Alsterschiffe (Alster boats, Hamburger Modellbaubogen, 1:250, 8.2 cm, 1 sheet A4) (box ??)
• Mathematical Curiosities (Gerald Jenkins & Magdalen Bear, Tarquin, cut-out book, 14 pages A4) (in book)
• Regiomontanus Sundial (AstroMedia, 14x5x20 cm, 2 sheets A4) (box 3)
• Der Stader Kran von 1661 (Harbour crane of Stade, 1661, Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum, 1:100, 7.5x7.5x15 cm, 2 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Gotthard-Postkutsche (Gotthard post coach, Lehrerverein Zürich, approx.1:24, 3 sheets 24.5x34.5 cm) (box 2)
• Terry Pratchett's Unseen University (Cut-out book, Transworld/Doubleday, 124 sheets A4) (box 1)
• Domäne Dahlem (Dieter Güllert Modellbogen, 1:100, 7 sheets A4) (box 7)
• St. Pauli Landungsbrücken, Hamburg (Hamburger Modellbaubogen, 1:250, 91x30x16 cm, 20 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Alte Seezeichen (old navigation signs, Wilhelmshavener, 1:250, 30 small models, 2 sheets A3) (box Z)
• Koppelpoort, Amersfoort (Sjoerd Hekking Bouwplaten, 1:200, 20x10x10 cm, 3 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Stonehenge (Brian & Lizzie Sanders, 38.5x38.5x6 cm, 3 sheets 40x40 cm) (box Z)
• Rügen und Hiddensee (Breihofer Design, 28x28x8 cm, 3 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Krantor Danzig (JSF, 1:87, 20x35x42 cm, 9 sheets A4) (box 7)
• The Golden Book of Card Modelling (abc/Richard Vyskovsky, a collection of 36 models of all categories in one book, 260 pages A4) (box 1)
• Habitat des Cévennes (L'Instant Durable, 1:130, 3 Models, 14 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Theatre a l'Italienne (L'Instant Durable, 1:80, 20x16x21 cm, 4 sheets A4) (box 1)
• Theatres de la Comedie-Francaise (L'Instant Durable, 1:100, 3 theatre models of the 17th, 18th and 19th century, 12 sheets A4) (box 1)
• Jugendstiltheater Lübeck (Art Nouveau style theatre of Lübeck, Ulf Sommer, 8 sheets A4) (box 1)
• Altstadt (Lübeck) (Lübeck's Old Town, Ulf Sommer, 24 small houses) (box ??)
• Pettersson's Hof (after the "Pettersson and Findus" child books, K. Hjelm Förlag, 1:40, 6 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Das neue deutsche Reichstagsgebäude (reprint of a historic model, 6 sheets 42x34 cm) (box Z)
• Romantic water mill (JFS, 24x18x15 cm, 4 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Auto Union Type C Racing Car (PreDes, 1 sheet A4, very simple model I got in the Audi Museum in Ingolstadt) (box 2)
• Trojan Horse (OK, this is a joke- an advertisement postcard of the hilariously funny Unter Niewo theatre group) (box 3)
• SS Great Eastern (JFS, 1:200, 106x19x34 cm, a lot of sheets A4) (box 4)
• Paddlewheel Tug Strongbow (a companion model to SS Great Eastern; JFS, 1:200, 20x8x10 cm, a few sheets A4) (box 4)
• Haunted House (Usborne, about 1:33, 45x45x26 cm, 16 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Wizard's Castle (Usborne, 16 sheets A4) (box 6)
• Zamek Slavkov-Austerlitz (Austerlitz Castle, Betexa, 1:300, 14 sheets A4) (box 6)
• Hrad Karlstejn (Karlstein Castle, Betexa, 1:350, 14 sheets A4) (box 6)
• Mohyla Miru (Austerlitz war memorial, burial mound of peace, Betexa, 1:100, 40x17,20 cm, 4 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Berliner Straßenbahntriebwagen TM33 und TM36 (Berlin streetcars TM33 & TM36, CDT, 1:87, 2 sheets A4) (box 2)
• Dampflokomotive (steam railway engine, Parragon Books, ca. 1:50, 38x14x17 cm, 8 sheets A4) (box 2)
• Inselbahn Sylt II (Sylt island train, Borgward-Leichttriebwagen LT4, MB-Modellbau, 1:87, 15 cm, 1 sheet A4 plus "Beck's" decals) (box 2)
• De Ijsvogel (kingfisher, Leon Schuijt Design Johan Scherft, 1:1, 1 sheet 30x44 cm) (box Z)
• Wassermühle Barrien automaton (Barrien water mill, Walter Ruffler, 1:100, 4 sheets A4) (box 5)
• Claude Monet gardens of Giverny (L'Instant Durable, 31x44x16 cm, 3 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Maisons Traditionelles de France-Auvergne & Limousin (L'Instant Durable, 1:130, 6 Models, ? sheets A4) (box 7)
• Multi-Purpose Ship Kitzeberg (Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum/Kieler Verkehrs-AG, 1:100, 27x10 cm, 8 sheets A4) (box 4)
• Samurai, automaton (Walter Ruffler, 11.5x9x22 cm, 4 sheets A4) (box 5)
• Bremer Stadtmusikanten, sand-driven automaton ("The Bremen Town Musicians", fairy tale characters from a famous Grimm tale, Walter Ruffler, 11.5x9x22 cm, 4 sheets A4) (box 5)
• Hamburg Harbour in the 1930s, diorama (Hamburger Modellbaubogen, 21x30 cm, 12 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Quartz Crystals (Reinhold Wittig for Mineralogische Anstalten der Universität Göttingen, 20. Diskussionstagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kristallographie, 8.-15. September 1980, 8x15 cm, 1 sheet 42.5x71 cm) (box Z)
• Kontinentalverschiebungsmodellausschneidebogen (Reinhold Wittig for an Alfred Wegener exhibition, 20x30 cm, 1 sheet 42.5x71 cm) (box Z)
• Lighthouse "Hohe Weg" (Hamburger Modellbaubogen, 1:250, 15,5 cm, 4 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Frigate "La Belle Poule" (Shipyard, 1:96, 77 cm, 22 sheets A4) (box 5)
• Christuskirche Bad Cannstatt (Michael Goschütz, 1:100, 20x15 cm, 8 sheets A4 including instructions) (box 6)
• Oosterscheldekering (storm surge barrier, Paper Trade NL, 1:350) (box 7)
• Batterien Schleswig-Holstein & Lindemann (two coastal gun batteries, JSC, 1:400, 12 sheets A4) (box 6)
• Lowestoft Lighthouse (Paper Shipwright, 1:250, 11x8.5x7.5 cm, 2 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Klemm L20d (JFS, 1:24, 52x27x8 cm, 2.5 sheets A4) (box 2)
• Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter (JFS, 1:250, 4 cm, 1 sheet A4/ 4 models) (box 2)
• Rifleman (Kaperkit, 1:6, 33 cm) (box 3)
• Ubåt No 1 Hajen (Swedish u-boat "Shark", 1:100, 22 cm, 4 sheets A4) (box 5)
• Chram Svateho Vita (St. Vitus Cathedral of Prague, Betexa, 1:350, 14 sheets A4) (box 6)
• Québec (L'Instant Durable, 1:400, 44x64x34 cm, 17 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Kopernikus-Planetarium (Kopernicus' orrery, AstroMedia) (box 3)
• Fairmile B Motor Launches & Fairmile C MGB (3 models, CFP Horst Mürell, 1:250, 13 cm, 2 sheets A4 each) (box 5)
• Park Güell, Barcelona (panoramic view of the main entrance, Papeti, 1:150, 24x29x14 cm, 5 sheets 25x35 cm) (box Z)
• Rose Shell (oil storage hulk, Paper Shipwright, 1:250, 32x6x8 cm, 4 sheets A4) (box 4)
• Pliensaubrücke (Neckar bridge in Esslingen, Reimers, 1:300, 90 cm, 10 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Ritter Rudolf (knight in armour, JFS, 1:9, 10x9x25 cm, 3 sheets A4) (box 3)
• Osprey (Birdmobile, 1:1, 150x52 cm, ? sheets A3) (box Z)
• Narrowboat Rousham (canalboat, Gunnar Sillén, 1:87, 20 cm, 1 sheet A4) (box 4)
• Fischkutter "Selma" (fishing cutter, JFS, 1:100, 17x5x14 cm, 2.5 sheets A4) (box 4)
• Die Thomaskirche zu Leipzig (St. Thomas' church Leipzig, Mitteldeutscher Kartonmodellverlag, 1:250, 36x27 cm, 10 sheets A4) (box 6)
• Chaire du Moyen Age (medieval chair, Les Cahiers Maquettes, Baobab Design, approx. 1:7, 9x9x19 cm, 1 sheet 32x69 cm) (box 3)
• Victorian Painted Lady (house and garden, Dover, 1:87, 22 cm high, 6 sheets 23x31 cm) (box 7)
• Waaggebouw-Deventer (Deventer city scale, Leon Schuijt, 1:100, ? sheets 44x31 cm) (box Z)
• Rainbow Warrior (the Greenpeace ship, Möwe-Verlag Wilhemshaven, 1:250, 23,4 cm, 2.5 sheets 43x31 cm) (box Z)
• Mercedes Benz SSK 1921 (historical car, Möwe-Verlag Wilhemshaven, 1:25, 16 cm, 1.5 sheets 43x31 cm) (box Z)
• Stirlingmotor (Stirling hot gas engine, function model, AstroMedia, 12x12x17 cm) (box 3)
• Schloss Hohenschwangau (Hohenschwangau castle, JFS, 1:160, 48x27x21 cm, 8.5 sheets A4) (box 6)
• A Medieval Castle (Caernarvon Castle, Dover, 32 sheets 31x23.5 cm) (box 6)
• Molen de Palmboom, Schiedam (De palmboom windmill, Bouwplaten NL, 1:100, 17x18x32 cm, ? sheets 43x31 cm) (box Z)
• Wang kosciol ewangelicko-augsburski w Karpacu (evang.-augsburgian church Wang in Karpacz/Krummhübel, GPM, 1:150, 20x20x18 cm, 4 sheets A4) (box 6)
• Maly kosciol gotycki, Szczecin (small gothic church in Stettin/Szczecin-Pomorzany (15th century), Modelik, 1:150, 25x18 cm, 4 sheets A4) (box 6)
• Titanic (sinking scene/mini-diorama, GPM, 1:700, 29x14x19 cm, 4 sheets A4) (box 4)
• Kosmodrom/Stacja Marsjanska Argon 1 (mars station, Quest, 20x30 cm, 10 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Mlyn Wodny (water mill and horse cart, Halinski, 1:87, 22x22 cm, 4 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Wawel Zamek Krolewski w Krakowie (king's castle in Krakow, Poland, GPM, 1:500, 80x50x16 cm, 16 sheets 24x32 cm) (box 6)
• Steinway-Flügel (Steinway grand piano, Hamburger Modellbaubogen by order of Steinway & Sons, 1:20, 8x10 cm, 2 sheets A4)
• U.S.S. Maine (battleship 2nd class, Hamburger Modellbaubogen, 1:250, 39 cm, 12 sheets A4) (box 3) (box 5)
• Dampfschlepper Seima (steam tug Seima, historical harbour in Berlin, Jan Hutnik Verlag, 1:100, 19.5 cm, 5 sheets A4) (box 4)
• El convent de Sant Francesc (the convent of St. Francis, Ass. Medieval de la Llegenda de Sant Jordi, 2 sheets 50x34 cm) (box Z)
• Slot "De Sproketorens" (fairy tale castle, Leon Schuijt, 1:100, 24x27 cm, 3 sheets 44x30 cm) (box Z)
• Veere, Kasteel Sandenburgh (Sandenburgh castle in Veere, Netherlands, 1:125, big, ? sheets 42x30 cm) (box Z)
• Haut Koenigsbourg (castle in Alsace, L'Instant Durable, 1:400, 69x20x19 cm, 18 sheets A4) (box 6)
• Stuttgarter Straßenbahntriebwagen 222 (Stuttgart tramway car, JFS, 1:24, 29x9x20 cm, 7.5 sheets A4) (box 2)
• Stuttgarter Hauptbahnhof (Stuttgart main railway station, Pepper&Salt GmbH, 1:400, 50x37 cm, 20 sheets A4) (box 7)
• 100-t-Schwimmkran "Langer Heinrich" (100 ton pontoon crane, Rostock, Mitteldeutscher Kartonmodell-Verlag, 1:250, 11x8 cm, 2 sheets A4) (box 4)
• Casa Consistorial de Gijón (Gijón city hall, Asturia/Spain, Fiquin y Badiqui, 1:125, 20x22.5x17 cm, 3 sheets 45x32 cm) (box Z)
• Versailles- Hameau de la reine (the queen's hamlet in Versailles, L'Instant Durable, 1:160, 31x44x14 cm, 10 sheets A4) (box 6)
• Sydney ferry "Golden Grove" (GeoComm/World of Paperships, 1:100+1:250, 28/10 cm, ? sheets A4) (box 4)
• Mesanges (titmouses (parus caeruleus, parus major), L'Instant Durable, 1:1, ? sheets A4) (box 3)
• Chris Craft Futura (motor yacht, JFS 7 1008/reprint 2009 by AGK, 1:18, 53x18.6 cm, 14 sheets 43x36 cm) (box Z)
• Egyptian Shadouf automaton (Walter Ruffler, ? sheets A4) (box 5)
• Agrarflugzeug Z-37A "Cmelak" airplane ("Bumble-Bee" crop duster, "nearer to the mole-hills than the clouds", Mitteldeutscher Kartonmodell-Verlag, 1:50, 24.5x17 cm, 2.5 sheets A4) (box 2)
• Haus Werknr. 2257 (3-storey house, Peter Holzapfel Collection, 7x3.5 cm, 1 sheet A4) (box 7)
• Bergschlösschen Sassnitz/Crampass (small castle-style restaurant from Rügen, Christian Biskup, 1:87, 7 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Hrad Pernsteijn (Pernsteijn Castle, ERKOtyp/Richard Vyskovsky, 1:220, 12 sheets 24x33 cm) (box 6)
• Malbork Zamek Kryzacki (Templar's castle Marienburg, GPM, 1:500, 50x35x17 cm, 6 sheets 24x33 cm) (box 6)
• FIAT 621 fire engine of 1935 (Modelik, 1:25, 9 sheets A4) (box 2)
• Ford T Model (Super Model, 1:25, 3 sheets 23x33 cm) (box 2)
• Valasske fojtstvi (farmhouse of Große Karlovice, reconstruction of a 1793 building, ERKOtyp/Richard Vyskovsky, 1:120, 6 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Dornier Do 27 "Serengeti" (a model I want to build again; JFS, 1:50, 19x24x6 cm, 1.5 sheets A4) (box 2)
• Egyptian House (JFS, 1:87, 31x24x10 cm, 4.5 sheets A4) (box 7)
• The North River Steamboat of Clermont (another model I want to build again; JFS, 1:200, 24x3x14 cm, 1.5 sheets A4) (box 4)
• Binnenschiff (river motor-barge, JFS, 1:100, 60x7x7 cm, 3.5 sheets A4) (box 4)
• Das Berliner Schloss (Berlin Castle/demolished 1950, Farbenspiel/Marcus Müller, 1:500, 35x42 cm, 15 sheets A4) (box 6)
• Berliner Schloss-Humboldtforum (re-creation of the Berlin Palace, Förderverein Berliner Schloss/HMV, 1:400, 40x57 cm, 32 sheets A4) (box 6)
• FINO3 Forschungsplattform (North Sea offshore research platform, HMV, 1:250, 8 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Grand Magasin "Au Printemps" (Au Printemps department store, L'Instant Durable, 1:250, 23x37x17 cm, 6 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Donjon de Vincennes (castle, L'Instant Durable, 1:250, 31x36x25 cm, 13 sheets A4) (box 6)
• Evangelische Kirche in Monschau (church in Monschau, Evangelische Kirche Monschau & FH Aachen/Jan Chrzescinski, 1:115, approx. 20x15 cm, 7 sheets + baseplate A4) (box 6)
• Der Dom zu Aachen (Aachen cathedral, Einhard-Verlag/Joachim Reul, 1:150, 38x20 cm, 19 sheets A4 including base) (box 6)
• Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (J. L. Piroux for FMGB Guggenheim Bilbao Museao, 1:500, 33x50x12 cm, 9 sheets 33x33 cm) (box Z)
• Paper Automata (book with 4 paper automata; Robert Ives, Tarquin 2008)
• Mathematical Curiosities ("a collection of interesting and curious models of a mathematical nature"; Gerald Jenkins and Magdalen Bear, Tarquin 2006)
• The Paper Locksmith (book with 3 working paper lock mechanisms; Robert Ives/Tarquin 1997)
• Greek Bireme (JFS, 1:100, 31x14x13 cm, 3 sheets A4) (box 5)
• Siemens-Schuckert Straßenbahnwagen (tramway car, JFS, 1:24, 42.5x9x25 cm, 8.5 sheets A3) (box 2)
• Tower Bridge and Tower of London (Heinemann Ltd./Alan Rose) (box 7)
• Der Kölner Dom (Taschen) (box 6)
• Schloss Neuschwanstein (Taco, 1:150, ??x70x50 cm) (box 6)
• Kappenwindmühle (windmill, Dieter Güllert, 1:60) (box Z)
• German Farmhouses (Landesmuseum für Volkskunde, detmold, very simpel models) (box 7)
• Bau dir ein Dorf (Ravensburger, book with children's models) (box 7)
• Paula Schimmelpfennig's Kaufmannsladen (Ravensburger, book with children's models) (box 3)
• Schloss Sanssouci (Sanssouci palace, Wolfgang Wesche) (box Z)
• Kaiser's Historische Bastelbögen (a series of simple models in varying scales) (box 7)
  • Nr. 2: Der Reichstag
  • Nr. 3: Berliner Funkturm und Messegelände
  • Nr. 4: Internationales Congress-Centrum (ICC)
  • Nr. 5: Old Berlin houses with Kaiser's shop, 1:160
• 4 Oldtimer (JFS, 2 sheets A4) (box 2)
• Policecar & Refuse Collector truck (simple promotion models by the Berlin police and the sanitation department) (box 2)
• Mittelalterlicher Stadtkern und Schloss Weißenberg, Burg Hornfeld (Bastel-Paket 1, JFS, 1.120) (box 7)
• NSU-Motorroller (NSU scooter, reduced reprint, Zur Geschichte des Kartonmodellbaus #11, AGK, 1 sheet) (in book)
• Ritterburg (Knight's Castle, JFS, 1:120, 18x17x18 cm, 2.5 sheets A4) (box 6)
• Cessna 150 (2 variants included, JFS, 1:24, 28x42x10 cm, 4.5 sheets A4) (box 2)
• Freiheitsstatue (Statue of Liberty, JFS, 1:160, 12x12x41 cm, 6 sheets A4) (box 7)
• Hatry Rak. 1 (first rocket-driven aeroplane, Reimers Modellbaubogen, 1:24, 18x17x18 cm, ? sheets A4) (box 2)
• Junkers A50 "Junior" (Reimers Modellbaubogen, 1:24, 32x42 cm, ? sheets A4) (box 2)
• Focke-Wulf F19A "Ente" (Reimers Modellbaubogen, 1:50, 21x28 cm, ? sheets A4) (box 2)

That's it, and the "yet to build" list looks like it should keep me busy (and happy) deep into old age, especially when considering that somehow it grows faster than I build the models.

I will answer any questions gladly, time permitting. Which is, as things are today, a big "if" I am afraid.

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