has anybody use pla plate/plastic board to do papercraft??
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crackerjazz
Sr Member
Hi keithktam, you have to peel off the pattern before you begin folding.
You can stick the pattern onto thin (ex. 0.25mm styrene; 0.4mm max) using repositionable spray glue. Cut out the outline (you won't need the tabs so you can cut those off too). Peel off the pattern then score the foldlines lightly using a needle on a pin vise (don't use a cutter to score the foldlines -- if you do the joint will break when you fold). Have the tamiya thin liquid glue handy and glue joints as you fold.
For thicker styrene it's more difficult to fold -- foldlines break too easily -- so you will have to cut each face separately. You can hold the pieces together with tape to see the shape before you start gluing. You'll have to take into account the thickness of the styrene, too, and modify the pattern accordingly
Made below from Mattias Malmer's LM patterns. I used 0.25mm styrene. Each one was folded from just one flat pattern with no modifications
done on the patterns. It works somehow because the styrene is thin enough.
You can stick the pattern onto thin (ex. 0.25mm styrene; 0.4mm max) using repositionable spray glue. Cut out the outline (you won't need the tabs so you can cut those off too). Peel off the pattern then score the foldlines lightly using a needle on a pin vise (don't use a cutter to score the foldlines -- if you do the joint will break when you fold). Have the tamiya thin liquid glue handy and glue joints as you fold.
For thicker styrene it's more difficult to fold -- foldlines break too easily -- so you will have to cut each face separately. You can hold the pieces together with tape to see the shape before you start gluing. You'll have to take into account the thickness of the styrene, too, and modify the pattern accordingly
Made below from Mattias Malmer's LM patterns. I used 0.25mm styrene. Each one was folded from just one flat pattern with no modifications
done on the patterns. It works somehow because the styrene is thin enough.
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thank you for your valuable advice!!
would it work for PVA glue??
rbeach84
Sr Member
Oh yes, at least with most craft type PVA glues in my experience...I'm sure there is a chemical property of polyvinyl acetate that lets it absorb water, weakening it's structure. But, as always, you can always run a little 'science experiment' and make certain. We know the paper itself will get 'soggy' but it would also be nice if there wasn't a glue residue that needed scrubbing to remove.
Regards, Robert
many thanks for the insight again!!
