Construction Tips for all Paper Vehicles

All the vehicles should be printed onto thick A4 paper. I use heavy cartridge paper with a weight of 220 grams per square metre. Normal paper does not really work.

Pad of thick paper

To get the ambulance as big as possible so that it is the correct size for beside you slotcar track, you need to use as much of the paper as possible. If you are using Internet Explorer you can do this by going to the File pull down menu and selecting Page Setup and change all the page margins to 5mm (or 0.3 inch) then just printing the page. If you have a graphics or drawing package, you can save the .gif file and print to Fill page using the package.

Ways to colour model

You can then colour in the vehicle. I used coloured pencils, but cartridge paper I believe will take paint well or felt tip pens. It is possible to get coloured cartridge paper so all you have to do is colour in the windows.

I cut my model out using a knife (scalpel) guided by a metal ruler. Some of the cuts could be made using scissors, but not all. To make more accurate folds, I scored the paper first. This should not be done by running a knife blade lightly along the line (guided by a metal ruler) as this will lead to a white line along each fold. It is better to score the lines with an empty biro or not as good, a pair of scissors. I glued mine together with PVA (white) glue.

Cut model out

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