How do I...

[Atreides]

enlarge ships in pepakura?
Basically, I want to make a v. large model of a Kushan Destroyer (My second one) But i want this to be twice as big for ease of lightage/moving guns/the suchlike.

Is there any way to blow up the peices to twice their original size with pepakura?

[TheGlove]

2DPatternWindow -> Scale Development up to Specified Size

Or you can use Ctrl+L and Ctrl+J

[TonyG2]

Remeber that if you upsize it too much then some parts will be split over separate pages.

Otherwise use the basic Pepakura model but print to A3 to make bigger parts. So long as you get the print shop to make sure the file prints to page size.

[Atreides]

Ah, right, ok. So whats a good paper type to use? any guides?

[Auris]

use 160gr - 180gr. cardboard for best result.

try to check one of my pic A.I.s on the hp from fructose for tips and tricks.

[TonyG2]

Actually I do the opposite.

I use a 120gr matt coated paper from WH Smiths. The coating means what you print is photo quality sharpness. Because its thinner than the more common 160gr card, the models tend to be slightly weak. But then I reinforce the isides with heavy card similar to Auris' AIs.

I find that when I print to heavy card, the ink tends to soak in to the card and so you get a fuzzy and blurred result.

Another benefit of the 120gr paper is that it takes sharper folds and you don't need to score the paper as much.

But there really is no right or wrong way. If you find a methid that works for you, then go for it.

[Atreides]

Ah cheers guys, I'll try both methods, see which one works. Mydad is an amateur digital photographer, so he has plenty of both types of paper lying around. Cheers for the advice.