Arisia 2011 Modeling Workshop - Thanks

    Well, it's over and I would like to thank everybody who came to the workshop on paper spaceships. It's the very first time I have done anything like that and it was really great to get the opportunity to talk about modeling and paper modeling in particular.
     I hope that anybody that didn't have too much success at the workshop doesn't come away from it feeling bad. On the way to finishing the first model I was happy with, many crashed into the waste paper basket (but not as catastrophically as the N-1).  I can only hope it at least sparked your interest and you will follow some of my suggestions for more information on the handout or in the expanded version on my previous blog entry.
     I definitely would like to do this again next year  and it would be great if one of you would help me run it. I think I have learned a lot from this experience to better shape version 2 if I get the opportunity to do it again. In the meantime, I'll put some informative links right here.
     Oh, also before I forget, I would love it if the gentleman who brought the book on the paper satellites comment with the actual title and author since I stupidly forgot to make a note of it. I remember that book from when I was in 7th grade and recall it was a really great beginner's book.

Some Workshop Links:

• Workshop outline blog entry and Workshop handout for 2011
• ST-TMP shuttle and instructions (the test model we used)
• Spacestation 42's Paper toys links
• Nasa Great Observatories models - Note, B/W only but simple to make. Great for Photoshop repaint or even physical painting. You can even try gluing foil paper on it to simulate the gold and silver foil insulation on the actual observatories. You may need to use rubber cement for foil, or use paper backed foil. As for where to get the foil,  you can use aluminum foil, or you can get paper backed origami foil paper and also from fancy chocolates (after thoroughly cleaning the chocolate off of it...yum).
• Lower Hudson Valley e-giftshop - A really great collection of real space and sci-fi subjects (including some educational stuff such as Ptolemaic as well as Copernican system models).
• Niels Paper models - a great starting point for some real space rockets, particularly the early ones.
• Also check out this oldie but goody from the Internet Archive, the now lost paper model site for Phillipus Landsbergen Observatory. (Be patient with the archive files as they can be flaky. Try clicking on different archived dates if some of the files are missing or the Wayback machine has recall problems)

Hope this helps, and hope you have fun. See you next year!