The ultimate in paper recycling: A paper car?

Based on a tip from our friends over at Autoblog, I dove back into the nether regions of the Internet to investigate a kit building site called paperinside.com. Yes, the paperinside folks are providing instructions for building cars out of paper. They are model cars and they look just great in the pictures on the website but I find it hard to believe that anyone has the time required to successfully carry out one of these projects.

Not only does the site provide instructions for the building of model cars, you can get your modeling habit into the farthest reaches of the galaxy also. Take for instance this model of an Akyazi Defense Cruiser. It's a 1/1000 scale representation of an intergalactic warship that would make any Klingon craft person proud. The indication is that the model build is easy to complete. I suppose it might be, for people who are accustomed to tweaking phasers and building proton torpedoes.

More in line with my time frame and abilities might be the group of characters which are based upon our favorite Star Wars movie series. This representation of Yoda is particularly fine. I still can't reconcile myself to spending the time it would take to create these little cellulose based creatures but I must admit it does look like it would be fun to try making one. I bet I could whip up a quick Jabba the Hut by throwing some newspaper in the blender and then paint some eyeballs on the resulting pile of pulp.

Perhaps I'll just try to make this model of Kenny from South Park. The model looks to be just about my speed and I don't think the project would take up too much room on my desk. Besides, being that I'm really not a fan of the inane humor upon which South Park exists, the completed model would provide me with one additional artistic outlet. Believe me when I tell you that I'd take particular satisfaction in stepping on the entire lot of them. Model making can be sooo much fun!