Comments on: Papercraft 1:1 model of a 1969 Mustang, accurate to the smallest component http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/papercraft-11-model-of-a-1969-mustang-accurate-to-the-smallest-component.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 02:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Franklin http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/papercraft-11-model-of-a-1969-mustang-accurate-to-the-smallest-component.html#comment-1215156 Franklin Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117782#comment-1215156 not planning on it. although my girlfriend has been dropping hints... not planning on it. although my girlfriend has been dropping hints…

]]> By: Jeremy Wilson http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/papercraft-11-model-of-a-1969-mustang-accurate-to-the-smallest-component.html#comment-1214499 Jeremy Wilson Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117782#comment-1214499 As the owner of a '69 Torino which has the same engine in it, I can tell you that engine isn't that accurate.  I mean, it *looks similar* but it's not *accurate*. As the owner of a ’69 Torino which has the same engine in it, I can tell you that engine isn’t that accurate.  I mean, it *looks similar* but it’s not *accurate*.

]]> By: LogrusZed http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/papercraft-11-model-of-a-1969-mustang-accurate-to-the-smallest-component.html#comment-1214406 LogrusZed Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117782#comment-1214406 What powerplant is that? The Windsor or the 490? What powerplant is that? The Windsor or the 490?

]]> By: Jonathan Brand http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/papercraft-11-model-of-a-1969-mustang-accurate-to-the-smallest-component.html#comment-1214266 Jonathan Brand Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117782#comment-1214266 Thanks for the comments and post! The car is finished and I'm currently installing it at Hosfelt Gallery in NYC. The show is open 20 September - 29 October 2011 http://www.hosfeltgallery.com/index.php?p=exhibitions&id=263  Thanks for the comments and post! The car is finished and I’m currently installing it at Hosfelt Gallery in NYC. The show is open 20 September – 29 October 2011 http://www.hosfeltgallery.com/index.php?p=exhibitions&id=263 

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/papercraft-11-model-of-a-1969-mustang-accurate-to-the-smallest-component.html#comment-1214265 pjcamp Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117782#comment-1214265 If he uses playing cards, it can be a little deuce coupe. I'm here all night, folks. If he uses playing cards, it can be a little deuce coupe.

I’m here all night, folks.

]]> By: mccrum http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/papercraft-11-model-of-a-1969-mustang-accurate-to-the-smallest-component.html#comment-1214110 mccrum Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117782#comment-1214110 Wow, talk about putting your issues into someone else's life.  He may work on this project when she's at her day job.  He may not have actually been that happy with the car (it sounds like he restored it just to sell it to buy a ring).  The partner may actually make him happier than the car (I know, it's shocking). With a cynical nature such as yours I wouldn't worry about getting hitched anytime soon. Wow, talk about putting your issues into someone else’s life.  He may work on this project when she’s at her day job.  He may not have actually been that happy with the car (it sounds like he restored it just to sell it to buy a ring).  The partner may actually make him happier than the car (I know, it’s shocking).

With a cynical nature such as yours I wouldn’t worry about getting hitched anytime soon.

]]> By: sigismund http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/papercraft-11-model-of-a-1969-mustang-accurate-to-the-smallest-component.html#comment-1214094 sigismund Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117782#comment-1214094 But... Is the Steve Mcqueen model included ? But… Is the Steve Mcqueen model included ?

]]> By: Franklin http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/papercraft-11-model-of-a-1969-mustang-accurate-to-the-smallest-component.html#comment-1214076 Franklin Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117782#comment-1214076 this strikes me as one of the saddest projects I've ever heard about. So to escape a marriage he obviously doesnt care about, he's going to spend hundreds of hours recreating the one thing that made him happy, that he sold to buy a diamond so he could get married? And said object is so delicate a small spark or excessive dampness could destroy it. wow. now I'm never getting married. this strikes me as one of the saddest projects I’ve ever heard about. So to escape a marriage he obviously doesnt care about, he’s going to spend hundreds of hours recreating the one thing that made him happy, that he sold to buy a diamond so he could get married?

And said object is so delicate a small spark or excessive dampness could destroy it.

wow. now I’m never getting married.

]]> By: Shawn Wolfe http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/papercraft-11-model-of-a-1969-mustang-accurate-to-the-smallest-component.html#comment-1213990 Shawn Wolfe Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117782#comment-1213990 Life During Wartime Life During Wartime

]]> By: mccrum http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/papercraft-11-model-of-a-1969-mustang-accurate-to-the-smallest-component.html#comment-1213986 mccrum Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117782#comment-1213986 Isn't the papercraft car going to take up just as much space in the garage?  I think he should have kept the real car and gotten a smaller ring... Isn’t the papercraft car going to take up just as much space in the garage?  I think he should have kept the real car and gotten a smaller ring…

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/papercraft-11-model-of-a-1969-mustang-accurate-to-the-smallest-component.html#comment-1213967 Donald Petersen Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117782#comment-1213967 Wow... and the '69 coupe is my favorite body style, too.  Hard to imagine anyone selling one of those for a shiny lump of carbon... but what the hell, it's not like there aren't more of them out there. And now we get to see the papercraft  re-creation!  That's gonna be fun... but part of me thinks the new bride is gonna wish he'd hung on to the real car, if only because I suspect the paper one might be an even bigger time-suck. Can't wait to see this project's progress! A quick glance at the website leads me to suspect he's not going all out "to the smallest component." As far as I can tell, there's no rotating assembly (pistons, crank, rods, bearings, cam, lifters, pushrods, timing set, etc.) within the engine block... but if there were, that truly <b>would</b> be madness! Wow… and the ’69 coupe is my favorite body style, too.  Hard to imagine anyone selling one of those for a shiny lump of carbon… but what the hell, it’s not like there aren’t more of them out there.

And now we get to see the papercraft  re-creation!  That’s gonna be fun… but part of me thinks the new bride is gonna wish he’d hung on to the real car, if only because I suspect the paper one might be an even bigger time-suck.

Can’t wait to see this project’s progress! A quick glance at the website leads me to suspect he’s not going all out “to the smallest component.” As far as I can tell, there’s no rotating assembly (pistons, crank, rods, bearings, cam, lifters, pushrods, timing set, etc.) within the engine block… but if there were, that truly would be madness!

]]> By: gwailo_joe http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/papercraft-11-model-of-a-1969-mustang-accurate-to-the-smallest-component.html#comment-1213957 gwailo_joe Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117782#comment-1213957 He must really Really love her... sweet car, fun (if slightly mad) project...good luck!   He must really Really love her…

sweet car, fun (if slightly mad) project…good luck!  

]]> By: beerwhisperer http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/papercraft-11-model-of-a-1969-mustang-accurate-to-the-smallest-component.html#comment-1213941 beerwhisperer Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117782#comment-1213941 By: satn http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/papercraft-11-model-of-a-1969-mustang-accurate-to-the-smallest-component.html#comment-1213933 satn Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117782#comment-1213933 That bad boy is going to need a papercraft engine hoist, just too much wieght to handle with fleshy arms. That bad boy is going to need a papercraft engine hoist, just too much wieght to handle with fleshy arms.

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