It occurred that I have now downloaded and built 6 or 7 'retro classic' computers that I own (or dont own
) in the form of papercraft.
And that like minded Amibayer's might like to see these and build their own, and to encourage others to add to a hopefully expanding list!
Generally they are easy to to make, I have just used plaint printer paper, Uhu glue is enough, and tweezers on a few..nothing more complicated than that. Most are in PDF form, some need the Pepakura software, models are easy to load and save as PDF.
Some links might die over time but generally the search is easy ie papercraft appleii will do the job for instance.
Here's a few to kick off. (I'll try to add links later)
Apple I, Apple II, monitor and 5.25" floppy drives
https://technabob.com/blog/2011/11/20/papercraft-apple-i-and-apple-ii-computers/
Commodore PET:
C64, printer, Monitor and various game screens:
https://www.docdroid.net/ds8nELq/c64-computer-monitor-papercraft.pdf#page=8
1541:
http://rockybergen.com/whatsnew/2018/6/14/commodore-1541-disk-drive-papercraft
Commodore SX-64 executive computer:
https://technabob.com/blog/2010/11/28/papercraft-commodore-sx-64/#
Companion Cube
Sharp MZ-80:
Apple Mac SE-30:
https://papermau.blogspot.com/2016/05/macintosh-se30-personal-computer-paper.html
IBM 5100:
https://blog-imgs-45-origin.fc2.com/a/x/e/axefactory/IBN5100_papercraftl.jpg
Amstrad CPC-464:
http://rockybergen.com/whatsnew/2016/9/27/amstrad-cpc-464-paper-craft-computer
Atari 2600:
https://atariage.com/forums/topic/73808-the-paper-6-switch/
Imsai: (added April 2019)
http://rockybergen.com/whatsnew/2019/3/27/imsai-8080
Atari ST: (added April 2019)
http://rockybergen.com/whatsnew/2019/2/9/atari-520-st-papercraft-design
Amiga A500:
https://rockybergen.com/whatsnew/2019/1/15/amiga-500-papercraft-design
Pepakura https://tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/
and, I need check into this, Pepakura may be able to flatten imported 3d models.. if so, heres a bunch of 'em.. https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/collection/1f8a312bd26dcfd7b469d9f77cfe7184/OLD-COMPUTERSCOM
if anyone else has some links, please share!
Retro Computers and Consoles only I suggest (excepting the companion cube or anything stunning, can i suggest they need to be buildable by the average Amibayer, not the super talented papercraft-meisters, not really game characters, just computers.. - myself, I can't build anything really complicated and don't want to, would like to keep the list approachable.
please add and Enjoy
) in the form of papercraft.And that like minded Amibayer's might like to see these and build their own, and to encourage others to add to a hopefully expanding list!
Generally they are easy to to make, I have just used plaint printer paper, Uhu glue is enough, and tweezers on a few..nothing more complicated than that. Most are in PDF form, some need the Pepakura software, models are easy to load and save as PDF.
Some links might die over time but generally the search is easy ie papercraft appleii will do the job for instance.
Here's a few to kick off. (I'll try to add links later)
Apple I, Apple II, monitor and 5.25" floppy drives
https://technabob.com/blog/2011/11/20/papercraft-apple-i-and-apple-ii-computers/
Commodore PET:
C64, printer, Monitor and various game screens:
https://www.docdroid.net/ds8nELq/c64-computer-monitor-papercraft.pdf#page=8
1541:
http://rockybergen.com/whatsnew/2018/6/14/commodore-1541-disk-drive-papercraft
Commodore SX-64 executive computer:
https://technabob.com/blog/2010/11/28/papercraft-commodore-sx-64/#
Companion Cube
Sharp MZ-80:
Apple Mac SE-30:
https://papermau.blogspot.com/2016/05/macintosh-se30-personal-computer-paper.html
IBM 5100:
https://blog-imgs-45-origin.fc2.com/a/x/e/axefactory/IBN5100_papercraftl.jpg
Amstrad CPC-464:
http://rockybergen.com/whatsnew/2016/9/27/amstrad-cpc-464-paper-craft-computer
Atari 2600:
https://atariage.com/forums/topic/73808-the-paper-6-switch/
Imsai: (added April 2019)
http://rockybergen.com/whatsnew/2019/3/27/imsai-8080
Atari ST: (added April 2019)
http://rockybergen.com/whatsnew/2019/2/9/atari-520-st-papercraft-design
Amiga A500:
https://rockybergen.com/whatsnew/2019/1/15/amiga-500-papercraft-design
Pepakura https://tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/
and, I need check into this, Pepakura may be able to flatten imported 3d models.. if so, heres a bunch of 'em.. https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/collection/1f8a312bd26dcfd7b469d9f77cfe7184/OLD-COMPUTERSCOM
if anyone else has some links, please share!
Retro Computers and Consoles only I suggest (excepting the companion cube or anything stunning, can i suggest they need to be buildable by the average Amibayer, not the super talented papercraft-meisters, not really game characters, just computers.. - myself, I can't build anything really complicated and don't want to, would like to keep the list approachable.
please add and Enjoy
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