Digital Paper Car


Do you know a Digital Paper Car? Cut out and paste a paper pattern, and you can assemble a cute paper car.

There are two books of paper patterns published by a Japanese company (Nigensha Publishing Co., Ltd.). Book 1 contains 24 types of enthusiastic cars around the world of the '60s, and Book 2 contains 20 types of enthusiastic Japanese cars of the '60s. In the latter, we found the legendary Datsun Fairlady S.

http://car-graphic.cplaza.ne.jp/papercar/info/dpc02_05.html

Datsun Fairlady S made her debut in racing in March 1966. In the Third Japan Grand Prix held at Fuji International Speedway in May 1966, the car took the pole position after the qualifying run in rain with Porsche Carrera 6, Prince R380 and other racing prototypes. However, in the final run the car failed at starting and later retired because of engine trouble. Since then, the car never appeared again, so there were mysteries in Fairlady S. Mysterious was the 200-hp straight six-cylinder engine with twin-cam, twin-plug ignition, triple Weber carburetter. A model with a four-cylinder SOHC 2-liter engine which had been developed cocurrently with the Fairlady S became a production model in the next year as the 1967 Datsun Fairlady 2000 (SR311).

In the Book 2 which contains 20 types of enthusiastic Japanese cars of the '60s, there are such favorites as Datsun 510 (Bluebird) and Datsun Fairlady 240ZG.

You could get either a book which contains printed patterns or a CD-ROM from which you can print patters. The paper patterns in the book are made of the highest quality paper and printing, but if you cut it out it's over. If you buy a CD-ROM, you can print any times but the quality depends on a printer and paper you use.

Well, which do you prefer, the Book or the CD-ROM?

Book
http://www.imagica.co.jp/products/cdrom/kami/text/kami6_e.html

CD-ROM
http://www.imagica.co.jp/products/cdrom/kami/text/kami7_e.html

There is a corner in the web page where you can download a sample free. Will you try?

http://www.imagica.co.jp/products/cdrom/kami/text/kami8_e.html

Original Japanese text by Manabu Goshima dc582@hotmail.com
English text by Masao Hori

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