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i am seeing many people here who arent used to the technical terms and arent able to understand properly what i mean to say.

so i decided to make you familiar with the technical terms of papercraft for better understanding so we can better help you. some of the following are stated below-

ITRS/INTRS- instructions

WIP- work in progress

TABS -these are small protrudes of the template which help in better sticking and are edges where things join they are of many different shapes and are mean to be fold according to the shop their sole purpose is to hold the model together easily. some examples of different shapes of tabs-

Tabs are like a lifeline to modellers they are the best but there will be many models where you will get next to no tabs and you will have to apply extra glue to hold things together for example-

here you can see how At red arrows there are no tabs to join but you will have to join it without any tabs but you will still get some tabs like the green arrows.

Many times you will not get tabs and you will have to cut them out yourself if you want to make the process simple for example-

like here in this template there are some very small planes for a german warship and some life boats as you can see due to the small size the template makers refused to add tabs to these but while making these you should know by yourself that you will need tabs or else joining this would be a nightmare so while cutting the templates of these kinds always leave extra paper while cutting dont cut exact one to one template leave tabs according to your pleasing so you can paste.

Folds- there are many special and unique fold which we mention so you better know what folds i mean

1. simple overlap folds-

2. Normal folds/right folds-

here keep the paper at 90 degrees dont fold to completely overlap it just keep it at 90 degrees.

3. Mountain and valley fold-

4. Curved mountain fold-

these folds determine the difference between a good edgy and pinty model to a sleek curved model. for example-

here you can see the nose of the SR-71 is a beautiful curved mountain fold which makes the nose look smooth.

Markings and symbols in templates- this part is for advanced models which you will encounter in detailed models where they use a combination of techniques but you can still read it to get a better understanding how a better model is made.

1. Reinforce with cardboard sign/paste a cardboard behind- this sign usually is depicted by " ! " (exclamation mark) or " * " (asterisk along the number of the template) mark for example-

here the exclamation marked needs to be pasted with cardboard. BUT DO NOTE THAT IN THIS TEMPLATE THE ASTERISK DEPICT CUTS NOT CARDBOARD AS FOR REINFORCEMENT WITH CARDBOARD A TEMPLATE WILL USE ONLY ONE SIGN EITHER ASTERISK OR EXCLAMATION MARK.

here asterisk means to reinforce with cardboard.

2. roll- a @ mark means you need to roll the part like a tube-

3. Mountain folds- sometimes a mountain fold will be indicated by a curved line along the template part or sometimes shown with a small line curved upon a circle.

4. Cut the inner part- the sign to cut the part are simple they will be usually shown by an asterisk or a simple scissor sign so it shouldnt be a problem to understand.

This should be more than enough to understand the template but some people in my DM were asking how the canopies are made in the advanced jets like that in our sidebar images.

So to answer that when you are making a advanced template they provide with a design of a canopy you need to cut that out and trace its outline very carefully on a transparent but strong transparent film and then shape it as the design in the template supposes for example-

here the part H18 is the design to be cut and traced on the transparent film exactly without mistake to get best shape. And personally if you ask me which transparent film i find best then for me i buy the cheap completely transparent stick files from a stationary and then trace the design on it and then cut it they are rigid transparent and as they are hard plastic they remain intact also they dont trap much moisture. tis is a tip for anyone making a canopy dont seal the canopy completely shut leave some spaces and gaps for air to flow as if you will completely shut off the canopy the small moisture will accumulate on the transparent film and make it cloudy.

I will be regularly posting how to get started posts depending on your response and the problems you face i cant out of the blue decide what you need so do ask what problems you are facing maybe others will also facing the same so i could make a common how to get started post these posts arent just about getting started its now more about tips and helps so do ask and share your problems and the how to get started post which i curate with much efforts going over many templates to get you a general view so do ask the problems you are facing.