As I was browsing around today I came across this find over at the kneeslider.com. I’m not going to rip his article off, so here it is:
Want your own 50th anniversary edition of the Yamaha MotoGP bike? Yamaha will give you one, sort of, at the Yamaha papercraft site. You can download a paper foldup model and build it yourself. Want a V-Max or an R1? You can have one. These look very cool. You might figure those folks from the land of origami might come up with something like this. You need the free Adobe Acrobat reader to open the files. They come in either white or color versions and there are many pages of parts to download and fold. Complete assembly instructions are available as well, obviously, because this isn’t your average wrench and screwdriver project…
I may have to experience some ‘misuse of company resources’ on the old color printer. Who am I kidding…I don’t have the patience or the dexterity. Sweet nonetheless.
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I downloaded the files (Acrobat/.pdf) for the Anniversary and Galouise M1′a as well as the regular R1. There are also several other Yamaha streetbikes available as well as exotic animals and seasonal (Japanese) holiday figures.
Pretty much what you do is use a good quality printer to print them out on good quality paper, get out the old X-Acto knife and glue and get to work. They appear to be quite intricate, requiring more than just a “whip it out in 5 minutes” attitude. I’ve put together many a plastic model in my day and the level of skill seems comparable. Looking forward to this “new” type of model building!