Card Modeling FAQ

Appendix: More Sources for Card Models

Someday, I hope to have this sufficiently well organized that all the listings are divided into appropriate categories, e.g:

• Mail-order retail sellers (these belong up at the top level.)
• Non-mail-order retail sellers (e.g. shops.)
• One-off models from publishers who don't specialize in paper models.
• Ones that I just don't know much about.

No significance should be assigned to the order of listings here. The countries are listed in random order (although the table of contents is alphabetical.) Generally new ones are added toward the end, but I put the USA at the very last because it's first in the main FAQ. Within the country listings, comments are placed roughly in the order received.

• Argentina
• Belgium
• Canada
• The Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Japan
• Latvia
• The Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Norway
• Poland
• Russia
• South Africa
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Thailand
• Turkey
• The United Kingdom
• The United States

France

from Robert Tauxe <Tauxerob@aol.com>: Your group may be interested in the following addresses of stores I've stumbled upon, with excellent examples of architectural models (as you can imagine from the cities where they're located):

Librairie-Gallerie de l'Hotel de Sully
Caisse Nationale des Monuments Historiques et de Sites
62, rue Saint-Antoine
75004 Paris, France

from Robert Freidus <113502.164@compuserve.com>: Mirontaine produce four series of little houses (some boats) that are really postcards or notecards and are sold in gift shops, certainly here in England. They have 20 from the UK, 20 from France, and under the name Clair de Lune they have the same number from Greece. I think the company was orginally based in Greece. They are slot together buildings (no glue) and are quite charming.
Editions Mirontaine
Mmde. Appert
32, rue St. Maur
23000 Bordeaux
FRANCE

from Pierre Gauriat <pierreg@free.fr>: Some information for those that have the opportunity to come to France: it is quite easy to find "Ouest-France cardmodels" in newsagent and book shops in the cities of Rennes, Nantes, La Rochelle and Bordeaux. Anywhere but in the french atlantic coast, it's almost impossible to find them (even in Paris!). Be careful, those models have instructions in french only.

from Robert Freidus <113502.164@compuserve.com>: The national champion here is L'Instant Durable, one of the major publishers of architectural models in the world. Their main series of mostly French buildings stand comparison with anyone else. Stressing architecturally and historically important buildings, beautiful packaged, great printing, fine design, excellent paper, they are just about as good as it gets. In addition, they produce a large and very varied series of both postcards and notelet models. The only snag is that production seems to have declined in the last few years. Fewer models are being produced and there have been no new postcards for some years. There are also several companies that while not increasing their range are at least still around. These include Parmentier and Mirontaine, whose large and interesting selection of postcards are very interesting. Also included in this group is the other main publisher of a substantial series of historically important models, Pascaline, who, like L'Instant Durable, produce well designed, well-printed models on good paper. But here too, there has been a serious falling off of new models in the past few years.

In the past ten or fifteen years that have been three other publishers that appeared to be creating important series of models but all three have ceased publication or at least ceased producing models. The first of these is Sertii, who in the middle 1980s, when I first started collecting, had four models in circulation with more in the planning stage. These were good models on very stiff paper, but the models in preparation were never, to my knowledge, ever produced. The same holds true for Caisse Nationale des Monuments Historique et Site, which produced two outstanding models, Mont. St. Michel and Saline S'Arc et Senans and which also had the distribution system capable of selling their own models. Unfortunately, these were the only two models that were produced outside of some smaller models sold along with painting sets. The other disappointment in among the French publishers is also the most mysterious. There were at least three companies, Gaillimard Jeunesse (this one might have been Belgian), Gaillimard Tomis and Tomis/Sarl that were in some ways connected to each other, though exactly how I don't know. Between them they produced a wonderful series of models from around the world, both current buildings and those no longer extant. Again, they all seem to have gone out of business and I have heard nothing about any of them for several years. Another company, Ingenia, that produced models either just before or just after WWII and had a series of interesting, large scale models, mostly of serious French buildings, is also out of business to my knowledge.

And finally, there is the greatest disappointment of all in Pellerin Imagerie D'Epinal, one of the originators of architectural paper models along with Schreiber in Germany. Going back to at least the mid-nineteenth century, they were one of the greatest series of paper models ever. They are still in business but their latest productions are very limited and while well produced, they are not a serious producer of models now.

As for the rest, there are some fine individual efforts but these are essentially one-offs of modern buildings, perhaps produced as part of an exhibition of the architect's work. There is no sustained effort of producing series of models. So on balance, the news from France is basically disappointing. There are still some publishers producing good models in large ranges but their number is small and dwindling and there doesn't seem to anyone willing to take up the slack.

Publisher	Comments	# of models
Arc en Reve Entrepot Laine 3, rue Ferrere 33000 Bordeaux	A model of the Corbusier dwelling Passac. A single sheet, folded, it is 12"x32", in color, designed by Paul Groenendijk & Piet Vollaard of Uigeverij 010, in 1987. A very nice production it is important for being a model of an serious work of modern architecture.	1
Archetype 17, rue de France-Bourgeois 75004 Paris	This is a series of large sheets of important French buildings including the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triumphe, Sacre Coeur, Chartres Cathedral, Notre Dame and Reims Cathedral (on two sheets). The sheets are in two colors, fairly simple but large, 20"x28". They were produced in 1983 and are marked Azimut, though I have preferred to file them under the bookstore in Paris where I bought them. This store specialized in architectural books, models, etc.	6
Caisse Nationale des Monuments Historique et Site Grand Palais, Porte F Cour-la-Reine 75008 Paris	The Caisse Nationale is essentially similar to English Heritage and is in charge of the some of the great buildings of France. And also like English Heritage or the National Trust they produce a line of products, usually based in design or spirit on the buildings themselves. In this spirit they have produced two extraordinary models: a complete rendition of the setting and buildings of Mont St. Michel in Normandy and the salt works at Saline S'Arc et Senans, designed by Nicolas Ledeux. The former, published in 1984, and designed by Fr. Rouillay, is in 1:? scale, comes with 20 page book of instructions, and comes on 33 sheets of 12"x16" good stiff paper. The model is in black and white but could, I assume, be watercolored. The latter, published in 1985, is designed by PE Chatauret, A Ruffaldi and C Contet. It is in 1:200 scale, has eleven (11) separate buildings comprising the complex and has about 24 12"x16" sheets along with a history and instructions. This model is in color. Both are very well done and great examples of paper models, though I fear they were not well received in the marketplace as these were the only major models produced. There was another set, however, that was also very interesting. Caisse Nationale a series of black and white models, more schematic than accurate, that were meant for children and sold along with paints, brushes, felt tipped pens and glue to complete the model. The buildings were Azay-le Rideau produced in a 5"x7" size plus Versailles and Mont St. Michel in a 11"x16" size. The later included two sheets of blue plastic to simulate the sea. Finally, the Caisse's last efforts include two small books, also for children, with color models to make of the monks in the abbey at Mont St. Michel and several rooms at Chambord. These are very easy and small and nothing compared to their earlier efforts.	7
Conseil General Department du Nord	A wonderful small model of an Elephant and Castle (Elephant de la Memoire) built, I believe, as a memorial of the French Revolution and I also, assume, published in celebration of the 200th anniversary of that event. It is a little booklet, 8"x8" square, though the model folds out making a sheet 8"x24". Most of the booklet tell the story of the history of this very peculiar monument.	1
P. Didion Delhart Nancy	Two sheets, 15"x19", very much of the Pellerin Imagerie D'Epinal type, numbered #22 and #157, strongly indicating there were many more in the series. The two pages are Monument Turc (a monumental building in the Oriental style) and Reposoir (some kind of altar). Unfortunately, I know nothing else about the company.	2
Philippe Doreau une Production Passages 13 rue Daniel Boutet 28000 Chartres	A serious, yet charming, model of the Rex Cinema produced in 1986. It is 16"x24" but folded, not finely drawn but delightfully colored with posters of King Kong, etc to go on the movie marquee. The Rex Cinema was designed in the Art Deco style.	1
Editions Nilsson Rayon Artistique 7, rue de Lille Paris	A book entitled Visite de la Ferme and comprising four scenes and buildings: a well, a cow shed, a horse shed and a hay barn. Very good graphics and lots of text. It is old, middle part of this century but no date. It's in excellent color and is about 9"x12" in size.	4
Gaillimard Jeunesse	A great series of models, beautifully presented and printed, though the history of this company is very confusing to me. I believe the original company was Tomis/Sarl who then became Gaillimard Tomis and then either had an offshoot in Gaillimard Jeunesse or amalgamated with Gaillimard Jeunesse. The later firm, I also believe was printing in Belgium. All of the models are of a similar nature in size and type. They are 9"x12", with quite a few sheets in each model with a handsomely printed sleeve holding everything. Similar in design to L'Instant Durable. Most of the models seem to have been designed by Andre Bravard, Patrick Niard and Pascale Durif. Because the size remains the same, the scales are different for each model. Antique, medieval and current buildings: Bastille, Cistercian Abbey, Roman buildings, Arab Mosque, Egina Temple, Synagoga Wolpa. Altogether a very admirable set. The models sold under Tomis/Sarl are Arab Mosque, Medieval Houses, Medieval Street #1, Roman Amphitheatre, Roman Temple, Roman Theatre, Samarkand Mosque and a Train Station, 19th century. The Gaillimard Tomis models are the Bastille, Castle Fort, Cistercian Abbey, Egyptian Temple and a Romanesque Church. The Gaillimard Jeunesse models are the Temple at Egina, Hospice de Beaune, Hotel de Ville, Hotel Particular, Merchant's House of Venice, Farnese Palace and the Synagogue Wolpa. All of these models are wonderful and it is a great pity that the company is no longer producing them. Finally, there is one last model, a single sheet of the Mosque de Bibi Hamoun in Samarkand. This came from a children's magazine, Tatou Ka Bazou and was used as an advertisement for the company. It is 8½ x 12" and a very good model, typical of the company.	22
Gaillimard Tomis Siege Social 2, rue de Bosquet 63400 Chamalieres
Tomis/Sarl Agence Paris 87, rue Patay 75013 Paris
Gerardin	Also similar to the Pellerin sheets, this is 12½"x19", of a Chalet and marked #1319. I have no other information.	1
Gilbert Edelstein	A two sheet model of the Pinder Circus along with a big top, animals, clowns, etc. The sheets are 18"x22½" in color. Really for children but a delightful model.	1
Imagerie D'Epinal Pellerin Philippe Aizier 42bis, Quai de Dugneville 88000 Epinal	We now come to one of the originators of paper models of any kind and a producer of outstanding models for about one hundred and fifty years. They are still making some models though on a much reduced scale. There was also an unfortunate flood several years ago which ruined a large of amount of older material that had been stored in the factory in Epinal. There are three sizes in the antique material: Petite, 9"x 11½"; Moyenne, 11½"x15½" and Grande, 15"x19". They are usually in color, though the paper is not so good. The antique models include many French buildings, many foreign buildings but with a particular preference for buildings in the French Empire, so that Indo-China and North Africa are particularly well represented. In addition to buildings themselves, there are lots of interior rooms with furniture. There are also many sand toys than can also be constructed. There are far too many models for me to give more than a small sampling. There are the famous buildings: Eiffel Tower, Bastille (in 4 parts), Paris city gates, etc. But what is so wonderful are the exotic buildings: Temple de Elephant Blanc, Palais du Roi de Siam, Bazar Tunisien, Citadelle Chinoise au Tonkin and so many others.	about 135
	The latest models by the company are a series of French country houses of rural Vosges plus the Basilique Saint-Maurice D'Epinal. These are very slick, on excellent shiny paper. The church is 17"x25" and the houses are 15"x21". They come both bound together as on unit or are sold individually.	148
Imageries Reunies Jarville-Nancy	Another model of the Pellerin type and size, 15"x19", this is the Marteau-Pilon, a kind of working forge that makes a sand toy.	1
Ingenia	I don't have the dates of these models but I believe them to be about thirty or forty years old. They consist of a series of sheets of thinnish paper, about 11 or 12" x 16 or 17", stapled together. They are, on the other hand of good size and represent an interesting group of buildings. Among the models are a Roman Camp with all its buildings, streets, etc; Azay-le-Rideau, the Hameau and all it's out buildings including the Boudoir, the Laiterie and the Maison de la Reine among others and the Parthenon. There are at least three other buildings that I do not have: Roman House, Chateau Coucy and Chateau Hautefort. They also produced ship models.	4
L'Instant Durable B.P.234 63007 Clermont-Ferrand	At the moment the best and mosts prolific of the French model publishers. They are producing a very large group of models including French buildings as Chartres, Notre Dame, Eiffel Tower, National Assembly, Chambord, and the Arc de Triomphe. One of the features of many of the models is they can be opened to show the interior of the building. This is particularly effective in the Paris Opera, where one sees how small the auditorium is compared to the public spaces. It was not said for nothing that you came to the Opera more to be seen than to see. In addition, there is complete model of the town of Carcasonne. As for foreign subjects, they include Melk Abbey, Florence Cathedral, Tutankhamen's Tomb and Place Royale, Quebec. These are excellent models mostly 8½"x12" with many sheets, of good paper, good color and good design. The designers include: Th. Hatot, JW Hanoteau, F. Berce, JT Roquebert, JM Lemaire, AM Piaulet and M. Tissier de Mallerais. The company also produces a large group of postcards, mostly 5"x7" but a few double size. These are deivided into three groups: buildings in Paris (34), buildings in France (42) and then other foreign buildings (27), a total of 103 postcards. In addition there is a series of fold-out cards of the usual Paris buildings though it does include the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. and Saint-John Perse Museum, Gaudalupe. They are not really models but close enough for me. They are about 4"x6". Finally L'Instant Durable introduced three Japanese castles into their line. While they weren't the original publishers, these are wonderful models, and under their name, so I'm including them. The castles are: Edo Castle, Azuchi Castle and Shuri Castle.	141
Journal de la Poupee Modele	This a xerox copy of the Swiss village from Universal Exhibition held in Paris in 1901. There are 8 8"x11" sheets and one 16"x22" ground plan. There are lots of buildings in the village.	1
La Marge Edition 4 rue Emmanuel Arene 20000 Ajaccio Corsica	I bought these models from Fritz Konig at Atelier GAG in Bremen. For some reason he listed them under Corsica, rather than France and I followed suit when I put them away. But of course, Corsica is part of France and so I had to rethink and put them in this article. In 1987 they have published two lovely models, both about 10"x13", one a Stone House and the other a Church. Very nice and a shame they didn't do any others from the island.
Jean Lemercier 49160 Longue	A fairly simple Windmill for children. 12½"x 18½" on stiff paper, in color, it contains figures as well as the windmill.	1
Mak-it 50 Place Champlain 14000 Caen	A very good series of models in book form with spiral bindings, containing twelve (12) Norman Romanesque buildings. Designed by R. Rouillay it is in black and white, but very good line work and lots of text. The size is 8"x12" and was published in 1985. Among the buildings represented are the Abbatiale, Cerisy-le-Foret: Donjon du Chateau, Falaise: Eglise, St. Ceneri-le-Gerei; Saint-Nicholas, Caen and St. Martin, Tollevast.	1
Marcus	The one model I have is a Weekend Villa. A large sheet, 14"x20", it's quite simple but in color.	1
Editions Mirontaine Mdme. Appert 32, rue St. Maur 33000 Bordeaux	This is large series of slot together models to be sent as a postcard or notelet, rather than to make as a model, though the finished building is very charming and I have two in my apartment. I believe this company started life as Clair de Lune and was published in Greece, though now they are under the name of Editions Mirontaine and are in Bordeaux. They are producing basically three major sets and one minor one. The first, under the Clair de Lune name were Greek buildings such as houses in Athens, Rhodes, a church in Hydra, a typical Greek tavern, etc. The second group are buildings in the United Kingdom. These include a thatched house in Cornwall, Kirstead Hall, Shakespeare's Birthplace, a train station in the Lake District and Little Moreton Hall, one of the great black and white houses in England. The last major set in France, and includes four Paris houses of 1900, an Aquitaine house in the Empire style, a Normandy house of the 14th century and Monet's Museum in Giverny. There are about twenty houses in each set. Finally there is a small series of artist's houses, mostly French but including the Edward Hopper house in the US. These houses include Sisley's House, Van Gogh's house in Arles, and Maison Bonnard and Cezanne. All these models are well printed and are about 5"x7"x5" when completed.	58 Clair de Lune 26 Mirontaine
Editions Ouest-France 13, rue du Breil Rennes	Three very nice books, stiff paper, bright colors, beautifully printed, good size (9"x11"), rather like Dover models. They would be fun but slightly simple and best for children just starting to model. Very good instructions, though only in French. The books are six (6) French lighthouses; four (4) French mills and a cut-a-way of a coal mine. The designer appears to be Dominique Ehrhard.	3
Pascal Parmentier St. Jurs 04410 Puimoisson	A large range of postcards, some are schematic rather than realistic, some of the buildings can be worn as paper earrings when completed. All are basically simple though very inventive. They come in three sizes 4"x6", 6x8" and five are 11"x16", all on excellent paper and the design is very good throughout. The Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe and the Empire State Building are reworked in various forms but there are also earrings of the Pompidou Centre and the Bastille.	51
Edition Pascaline 5 rue Pascal 63000 Clermont-Ferrand	One of the premier series of French models, though again, they are not producing much at present. The lead designer appears to be Jean-Francois Ragon but there are also Aline Auge, Laurent Gonin and Nicole Fabre. Most of the models were produced in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They come in two sizes 8"x11½" and 9½"x13". They are on good paper, the color is excellent as is the general design. They were among the first models I bought when I started to collect. They seemed to have very good distribution in Paris in the late 1980s. Before I get to their main line of buildings I want to mention Maison Poupees. This is bound book that makes up into a lovely doll house complete with furniture. The regular series includes the usual Paris attractions, Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame but also slightly unfamiliar ones, Place Vosges, Invalides, Sacre Coeur and the Pompidou Centre. Outside of Paris, they have the Loire chateaux: Chenonceau, Azay-le-Rideau, Chambord, plus Mont St. Michel and the Petit Trianon. Finally, outside of France they have the Easter Island heads, the Christ in Rio de Janeiro and the Parthenon.	25
Pellerin	See Imagerie D'Epinal
Jean-Louis Piroux Toulouse	A very fine series of postcard models including one large model based on the buildings of Toulouse and environs. These include the churches of Saint Etienne. Saint Sernin and Sainte-Cecile, Albi. Also published are other buildings of Toulouse including Le Capitole, L'Hotel d'Assezat, Montsegur Chateau and the Musee de Augustins. Most of these models are 4"x8" or 8"x8". The main exception is another model of Saint Sernin, the main church in Toulouse. This is 13"x13" and is very good. Beautifully printed and in its own sleeve. Toulouse buildings. Mostly postcards. Saint-Sernin is a full size model. Very good.	10
Publie par l'Atelier Visconti 4 rue Visconti 75006 Paris	Not really models, these two simply slot together to make the building. These include the I.M.Pei Pyramid at the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower. They are both about 4"x6".	2
Sertii Out of business	Along with the Pascaline models, these were the first serious models I bought when I started to collect. It appeared they were going to be a major, ongoing series but that didn't happen. Dover-type bound books, they are 9½"x13", with very good printing, multi-colored and have about twelve pages of model in each book. The designer was Gerald Damolini. The buildings include Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the Paris Opera and the Place de la Concorde including the facing buildings. The books I have say that Cour Napoleon, Versailles and the Invalides are in preparation but I don't think they were ever published. Another series to regret its passing as they were excellent and promised to be a great series.	4
Tete au Carre	I guess these are models but not quite. Small, 4"x6", they are pierced and the building parts are pushed out and stuck together. These include the Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower, Ile de Cite, Notre Dame and Versailles. Very, very simple, barely models at all, but charming.	6
Tomis	See Gaillimard-Tomis
Unknown	This is one of the bonuses you get by going to Dayton. This was gotten from Myles Mandell, who had the original. A delightful novelty. This is a reprint of Boite de Nevers (a French bordello) from approximately the turn of the century. Enough said.	1
Vilac BP10-39260 Moirans-en-Montagne	Very simple, just for children this is set of six black and white buildings that come in a lovely boxed set. I guess they can be painted and then put together. The buildings include a bank, garage and a store among others.	1

from Kaye Meldrum <kjmel@pacbell.net>: Friends of ours just came back from a trip to France and brought me a few models...the usual post card models, and a larger format model of a Louis X1V chair. There are pictures of 8 more chair models on the cover. They are by:
Les Cathiers Maquettes, and published by Baobab Design, 118 rue de Tocqueville 75017, Paris...very interesting.

Spain

from Robert Freidus <113502.164@compuserve.com>: A great deal of this information is first-hand but a great deal is surmise and conjecture, so not everything may be exactly as I tell it. In my opinion Spanish models are the most interesting architectural models made anywhere. The easiest way to give an indication of this quality is to describe one of the real treasures of my collection.

I have a boxed set of eight individual buildings, each of which is wrapped in its own sleeve, the final set measuring about 13x17x2". Each of the models represents a recently restored building, one in each of the eight provinces of Andalucia, the Junta itself funding the restoration and producing this set as a commemoration of the entire project. A fitting memorial indeed.

Virtually every Spanish town (Caceres), city (Madrid, Pamplona, Salamanca), province (Teruel, Soria) and junta (Andalusia, Aragon) has produced splendid models. Large, ornate, usually well made and of particular local interest.

But that is part of the problem of obtainng them. They are almost always produced by a governmental agency, though frequently with professional publishing support, and are usually sold only in the local area, frequently, I think, in the tourist office only. There is no central publisher or distributor, like Scheuer & Struver and GAG, to get in touch with or who are promoting these models. In addition, English is not as prevalent in Spain as it is most other European countries, making communication much more difficult. So one writes but rarely gets an answer, even assuming one knew where to write to.

While many of the best models I have were purchased in serious, proper bookstores, one of the main outlets in Spain for architectural models, the best one I knew about, Papeleria Merino in Madrid, is now out of business, and one or two others do not respond to my letters. While there may be other bookshops handling this material, I do not know who they are.

The big three in regular Spanish model publishing are Ediciones Merino, Editorial Miguel A. Salvatella and Ciutat de Paper, though I fear the last is out of business. Another publisher, still active, though with a more restricted line is Arcatura, run by my friend Luis Carretero, an extremely amiable man, though much depressed by the state of the paper model business lately, who for a long while was the only other collector that I knew about and with whom I have corresponded for almost ten years now. He has about 8 to 10 excellent models and would, I believe, be delighted to find to outlets. [Editor's Note: Christopher Cooke <christopher@marcle.co.uk> adds: I contacted Luis Carretero just after Christmas and he told me that he had closed down Arcatura at the end of 1997; all the stock has been sold off. Very sad as they were good models and he is a nice chap.]

A recent incident illustrates the problem with Spanish models. Occasionally I write to my list of publishers to find out what is new and interesting. I have just written to Diputacion Soria, which had produced two excellent models several years ago, under the supervision of Ediciones Gavia, themselves publishers, but I think no longer active. Similar to Merino models they are very fine. I was able to obtain from Soria, two new models, which are a continuation of the series. All four deal with local Soria churches and monasteries. Unless one know that the Diputacion had produced these and then had taken the toruble to write to them, there would be almost no way that these fine models would come to ones attention. Very typical of the entire Spanish situation. I am currently trying to get the real address for the Soria models, which I will send when I get it.

To return to the mainline publishers, Ciutat de Paper, which produced a marvelous range of larg-scale sheets and also did a lot of printing and production for other organizations, such as the Diputacion de Barcelona, appears to be out of business. That's what Luis says and they don't answer mail. This is a great pity, as they produced some really splendid models.

Salvatella and Merino have large, excellent book models. Each has about 40 in the series, almost all of Spanish buildings. They will answer letters and send a catalogue. Perfectly reasonable to do business with.

There are also three companies doing juvenalia: Roma, EDAF and Con-Bel. Nothing serious but quite charming for the kids.

Aside from excellent models of the Patrimonio Nacional, which are obtainable at the giftshops of the sites: Escorial, Casa Labrador and Palacio Real, Madrid, the best models still available now are from Pronaos. A series of three large-scale and detailed models of Madrid buildings. They are normally books publishers with just these three models in the line.

And that's just about it. If anyone had other names and addresses, of publishers, booksellers, dealers, etc. I would be most interested in finding out about them myself. The real trick will be to locate a central dealer who is in touch with all the material that is still being produced in Spain. But where is he?

[Editor's note: since Robert Freidus provided the list below, I have made corrections and additions based on material from other sources. Errors should be regarded as my fault, and not blamed on Mr. Freidus. As always, comments and corrections welcomed. Additional contributors include: Robert Tauxe <Tauxerob@aol.com>, Marc Klein <mj.klein@sympatico.ca>. ]

Publisher	Comments	# of models
Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses	Good series of Aragon buildings	21
Junta Andalucia	One of my prizes. A boxed set of 8 buildings published by the Province, one from each district to celebrate the completion of restoration on these 8 buildings. Brilliant	8
Aragon Disputacion	3 fine Aragon buildings	3
Arganda del Rey, Ayuntamento Arganda del Rey	Casa del Rey, Arganda del Rey	1
Asociason Amigos del Museo de Escultura Museo Nacional Escultura c/Cadenas de San Gregorio 1 Valladolid	Postcard sized models, small and large of buildings in Valladolid.	16
Diputacio Barcelona	Excellent sheets of Barcelona buildings	9
C. y. P.	Palaces and castles.	4
Luis Carretero, Arcatura Apartado Postal 171 Villalba (Madrid)	Collector/publisher. Very nice man. Very nice models. Spanish buildings: Puerta Alcala, Palacio Real de la Magdalena, etc.	10
Cartografia Extremena Domicilio Comercial Avda. Virgen del la Montana 2-2nd Apartado de Correros 77 10080 Caceres	Conjuto Monumental, Caceres	1
Disputacion Castellon	Torre del Rey; Castillo de Peniscola	2
Centro Asociado, Ayuntamiento Avila	Arco del Alcazar	1
Charo Cruz	Alhambra	1
Ciutat de Paper Carrer Corsega 465, 1 er, 1 08037 Barcelona	Major publisher of sheets about Barcelona, the region and all Spain. Prints for other organizations. Postscards, large sheets. Excellent	81
Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid Fortuny 51 28010 Madrid telephone 91-319-8434	Nuevo Baztan; Consejeria de Gobernacion (1,361 pesetas; ~$8)	2
Con-bel IG Ferre Olsina Viladomat 158 08015 Barcelona	Juvenalia.	23
EDAF Jorge Juan 30 Madrid fax 91-431-5281 phone 91-435-8260	Reprints of Perigee Models, Pascaline, plus some juvenalia of their own Address also listed as Jorge Juan 68 (same address as Eds. Merino), phone 91-435-4963)	22
Ediciones Cultures y Recreativas Berrocal 8 28400 Collado Villalba (Madrid)	Very good models of missions on the Compostela Trail. Unfortunately only did the 3, and are probably out of business	3
Egartorre Libros Mirlo, 23 (Campamento) Apartado 5073 28024 Madrid	Bookseller, publisher in Madrid
Fundacion Internacional Para La Proteccion y Difusion del Arte Madrid	San Antonio de la Florida. Church with Goya murals. Good model.	1
Ediciones Gavia (Still in phone book, and see below - Eds. Merino.) General Margallo 22 Madrid 91-571-0027, -1545, -5387	Hotel Ritz; Prado; Real Compana Asturiana de Minas. Good models.	3
Gomez-Menor Comercio, 39 Toledo	Bookseller, unfortunately they do not answer my letters Imagen	70
Graficas Almogavares C/Almogavers 106 Barcelona	from Marc Klein <mj.klein@sympatico.ca>: The Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya at the top of Montjuic hill in Barcelona carries several medieval monasteries put out by the Direccio General del Patrimoni Cultural.
Pedro Ripoll Palou 2. Palma de Mallorca 8	Bellver Castle. Big, good	1
IB Juan de Villanueva Camino Viejo de Villaverde 28 Madrid	Puerta Real del Jardin Botanico; Biblioteca de Toledo	2
Landa Palace outside Burgos	Model of the Hotel. Fancy, overpriced but a good restaurant	1
Libreria Estudio Aptdo. Postal 441 39080 Santander	Churches	3
Ediciones Merino Jorge Juan 68, 2nd 28009 Madrid Phones 91-431-3717, -3641, -5797 91-575-2084, -7456 Fax 91-575-8850	Major model publisher. Very good quality. Book format. Important buildings from all over Spain Same address as EDAF; also, their models that I saw said "design - Ediciones Gavia".	37
Ministerio de Cultura Direccion General de Bellas Artes y Ar. H'vos Direccion de los Museo Estatales Madrid	Good. Prado; Archeoligical Museum; National Library; Ethnological Museum, etc.	6
Murciano Vicente	Buildings from Teruel	3
Museo de Prado Madrid	Prado	1
Nieva c/Cavanilles 37 28007 Madrid	Churches on the Compostela Trail. Probably out of business. Shame, nice models on a wonderful subject Not found at this address. There was a Papelería Nieva in the phone book, 91-536-0430, Bravo Murillo 89, Madrid	2
Municipal Pamplona	Buildings in the area	5
Papeleria Merino Hortaleza 3 28004 Madrid	Bookseller, was very good but might be out of business. Not found in the Madrid phone book.	5
Paper Puzzles Alcade de Zalamea, 1 (poble Espanyol) 08004 Barcelona	Bookseller. Major seller of Ciutat de Paper. May be out of business.
Dissenys Papeti Diputacio 347 Pral. 1A 08009 Barcelona telephone 93-265-2571	Royal buildings, sold in the various gift shops of the palaces.: Escorial; Palaccio Real Madrid, Casa Labrador, La Granja. Excellent Found in all giftshops in the houses and palaces run of the Patrimonio Nacional	4
Procyta Concesionario de Los Espacios Comerciales en La Alhambra	Granada Models of the Alhambra, bought at the Alhambra	4
Pronaos c/Alonso Cano 30 28003 Madrid Telephone 91-442-7995	Madrid Observatory; Palacio de Cristal, Antigua Casa de Correos. Interesting, good	3
Editorial Rollan	Out of business. Reprints of Schreibers	4
Roma	Juvenalia.	12
Ayuntamiento Salamanca	Buildings in Salamanca	5
Salvatella c/Santo Domingo 5 08012 Barcelona	Excellent series of Spanish buildings.	44
Diputacion Prov. Soria Depart. de Publicaciones 42071 Soria	2 buildings in Soria, now 4	4
Susaeta Campezo 13 28022 Madrid 91-300-9100 fax 91-300-9118 email: susaeta@nexo.es	Substantial books: Segovia Alcazar, Notre Dame, Eiffel Tower, etc. Also have models for children Address also listed as Campezo s/n, i.e. sin numero, without number	6
Taller de Retallables Girona	Caritat Serinyana. good	1
Diputacion Teruel Inst. de Estudios Turolenses Teruel	Torre de San Martin, Teruel	1
Generalitat Valenciana	Models of the orange warehouses in the Valencia region. Beautifully done	4
Zaragoza Diputacion Servicio de Rehabilitacion Plaza Espana 2 Zaragoza 50004	Buildings in Zaragoza	5
Zocodover Comercio 39 Toledo	Puerta del Sol, Toledo. Appeared to be the start of a Toledo series but never found any more.	1

from Robert Tauxe <Tauxerob@aol.com>: Your group may be interested in the following addresses of stores I've stumbled upon, with excellent examples of architectural models (as you can imagine from the cities where they're located):

Llibreria del Centre Cultural
Fundacio Caixa de Pensions
Passeig de Sant Joan, 108
08037 Barcelona, Spain

from Josep Ortiz <b0591@www2.bull.es>: Last week I went to Madrid and visited the "Museo del Aire". At the gift shop they had card models of some of the most representative planes of the (military) Spanish aviation. They consist of 2 or 4 17.5" x 13" sheets (containing pieces and instructions), and scale is (mostly) 1:25. They cost 125 pta (0.8 US$). Available models are:
- Polikarpov I-15 "Rata"/"Mosca"
- Polikarpov I-16 "Chato"
- Hispano Nieuport 52 C-1
- Fiat CR-32 "Chirri"
- Dewoitine D-371
- Nieuport IV-M
- Dornier DO-J WAL "Plus Ultra" (the first plane to cross the south Atlantic)
Sold out models (maybe available in future reprint):
- Hispano Aviacion HA-200 B Saeta (1955 Spanish jet trainer)
- CASA C-101 (1977 Spanish jet trainer)
- McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet
- Messerschmitt Bf-109E

Museo del Aire                            + 341 594 07 00 (EXT. 3013)
Romero Robledo, 8                    Fax: + 341 549 25 65
28071 Madrid
Spain

Put the number used to access the international central instead of the "+"; just in case you didn't know (I didn't...)

Another source of airplane card models is L'Aeroteca, a book store specialised in aviation. Appart from importing several manufacturers (PMI, Meta Model, etc), they also edit their own series of 1:48 card models. They have 6 A4-sized "books" that include 3 models (only one has 2 models, due to their size), as well as info and 3-view drawings (with measure rule and a human figure to determine its size). On the 3 models' books, each model consist of 2 A-4 sheets. Text is in Spanish and English. Price for each book is 1800 Pta (12US$). For more info and models on each book, contact directly L'Aeroteca (go to the "maquetas" section) or e-mail at info@aeroteca.com.

from Gunnar Sillén<gunnar@modellbyggare.com>: The Bilbao museum is really one of the most outstanding pieces of architecture of the 20th century. It is not only good as sculptural architecture, it is also good as a museum. I once met Frank O. Gehry at an architects meeting in Kiruna in northern Sweden and feel good to know that this fine and so locally loved new building has been designed by a very nice person.

I can also tell all you collectors of architectural models that the Guggenheim Bilbao has published an interesting paper model of its building. As the model is new, it is not on the list provided by Bob Freidus. (It is always fun to find a model before him). The model is designed by Jean-Louis Piroux in Toulouse, France.

I believe that the model is so far exclusively sold in the museum store at the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao. The address to the museum is:
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Abandoibarra Et. 2.
48001 Bilbao
Spain

May be you could also get information through the designer of the model:
Jean-Louis Piroux design
237, avenue Saint-Exupéry
31400 Toulouse
France
tel: +33 5 61 20 86 99

from Marc Klein <mj.klein@Sympatico.ca>: I was in Barcelona last February, and if your thing is architectural models, there are a few places worth checking out.

1. The bookstore on the ground floor of Gaudi's Casa Mila sells model kits of the same by Ediciones Merino (I think).
2. The gift shop of the Museu d'Historia de la Ciutat carries quite a few of the Ciutat de Paper model kits.
3. The Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya at the top of Montjuic hill carries several medieval monasteries put out by the Direccio General del Patrimoni Cultural. The address given for the printers is Graficas Almogavares, C/Almogavers 106, Barcelona. They also have some kits by a company called Domus (not the Italian one) consisting of little "bricks" that you can build up into farmhouses, small mountain churches etc... They weighed a ton and were fairly pricey.

Happily, all three sources are attached to major tourist venues and are easily accessible.

Germany

from Peter Wehrhahn <PeterWehrhahn@t-online.de>: I've just got a german model railroading magazine called Erlebniswelt Eisenbahn.For my surprise there was a centerfold of a wooden building, suitable for model railroading. It's called a photorealistic cutout because it is done from photos. The model comes in different scales (HO,TT,N,Z), so there is no need to copy. The publisher of these paper models (not the magazine) is Mr. Stirl in Berlin. The homepage is http://home.t-online.de/home/a.stirl/bastel.htm. There is a complete list of their models with photos. They will sell in Germany with add. 3.-DM for postage/outside Germany 8.-DM

from Friedrich Lauterbach <friedrichl@nea-online.de>: NamensVetter
Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 48
D-64342 Seeheim
I have a two year old catalogue from them and I think they still exist. They have some cardmodel trains in different scales (HO, N, Z) and I think they design these models themselves but I don't know anything about the quality. They also sell a lot of plastic models and model railroads. Their catalogue is kind of strange (Best of the world style). And I don't know if they do overseas shipping.

from Peter J. Visser <peter@peterjvisser.demon.nl>: Found two German with models you can buy.

http://www.wild-east.de/firmen/haeger/ has a model of Lighthouse of the island Rügen and a steam locomotive. No pictures of the models though, no ibformation on how to order from outside Germany.

http://buene.muenster.de/mauritz/ is the site of the St. Mauritz Gymnasium in Münster. They have made a model of the school in 1897. You can view three of the nine pages and some pictures. Go to Projekte and there is a link to Modell Altbau.

from Kell Black <blackk@apsu01.apsu.edu>: I just received in the mail two models I had seen at the Bremerhaven meeting two weeks ago. They are:

• The Charles Van Den Born Flyer, (Farman Type IV)
  kit designed by Horst Brinkman
  US $ 8.00
• Junkers W33, "Bremen
  kit comissioned to commemorate the return of the "Bremen" to the city of Bremen from the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
  US $ 6.00

Both kits are available from:
Horst Brinkmann
Talstr. 27
D-27211 Bassum-Bramstedt
Germany

The Junkers W33, "Bremen," is in 1:50 scale. It consists of three A4 sheets of parts, and one sheet of diagram instructions. The scant text is in German. The kit is professionally printed silver and black on white cover stock. At the Bremerhaven meeting Mr. Brinkmann gave a short talk on the "Bremen," both the plane and the model. He told of the plane's attempt to fly the Atlantic from Europe to North America, its eventual home at the Henry Ford Museuem in Michigan, and its recent return to Germany. As for the kit, he said that it is a basic model, suitable for beginners, that it has a good fit, but that it is incorrect in a few of its details: i.e., the plane portrayed is a generic W-33, and not the "Bremen" as equipped for its transatlantic flight. The complete kit comes in a see-though plastic binder page.

The Farman Type IV is also in the scale of 1:50. I saw the completed model in Germany at Mr. Brinkmann's display table. Very detailed, very impressive, although some purists may balk at the use of rattan, pine strips, thread and wire for the Farman's spidery frame. The kit comes packaged in a brown envelope with a b/w three view of the plane. The complete package consists of thirteen pages: one title page with a color photograph of the completed model, one page of historical description, three pages (front and back) of very detailed instructions, two pages of drawings - one three view in color, the other a detailed view of the equipment platform, a one page parts list, and five sheets (A4) of paper parts and profiles for the wooden struts, and a cardboard sitffener that also holds the rattan, pine and wire pieces. With the detailed rigging, this is not a model for beginners, and Mr. Brinkmann's own model looked to be nearly museum quality. The Farman is available with instructions, etc., in either English or German.

from Peter J. Visser <peter@peterjvisser.demon.nl>: At the Buchkatalog try a search for "bastelbogen" and you get a small list that you can order with a credit card. Within a week I got:

1. Maxi Bauernhof (Farm), a very basic model, pre-cut and scored, black and white, aimed at very young children. makes a huge farmbuilding. At DM 19.95 a bit expensive.
2. Das Kloster by Rolf Wertz. More like a small Medieval town and church. It's issued by Calwer, a firm that has something to do with copying materials (kopiervorlagen) so it is printed on normal paper and on both sides, so you have to make copies of it on cardstock to build it. It's black and white, not very difficult, but a lot of parts. At DM 26 a good buy, although I have some doubt's concerning the fitting of the parts.
3. Goethes Gartenhaus (gardenhouse). This is a really interesting model. You can build it in different ways: there is a sheet of transparent plastic for the windows, but it's not necessary to use it, you can build it on a flat surface or on the accidented grounds, and it has a full interior (it's printed on two sides) and a removable roof and first floor. Very nice model. At only DM 25 a wonderful model!

There was no extra shipping or handling charged.

Also within a week I got four models by RABS mbH from Guestrow. Four models: Parum (it says 7 but are 8 small town buildings), Atelierhous am Heidberg, Alte Ausspanne Walkendorf (including the local firestation) and the Gertrudenkapelle. All models are scale 1:200 and nicely detailed. They didn't accept credit cards, they just send the bill along with the models. Send them the DM 33 (that's about US$15 and there are no shipping or handling costs) in a heavy envelope.

All above models are in German, no English what so ever. And I don't know if they ship overseas, You just have to find out yourselves.

from Peter J. Visser <peter@peterjvisser.demon.nl>: Today I got two models from Lemgo in Germany. They're the Rathaus (City Hall) and the Jugendzentrum (Youthcenter). Two old buildings in the city of Lemgo. They are so ugly, it's beautiful. You can see that the design is set up in pencil on a drawingboard. So the fitting should be OK. But then they used a large felt marker to finish the model. It's more like a free-hand drawing based on a pencil outline.

Doors, windows and ornaments are sketched into it, I can't believe it. It looks like cartoon model. I think I'm going to frame one of the models and hang it on the wall, because it looks more like a work of art then a paper model. But, at DM 1 a piece (that's US$ 1 for the two), who's complaining? They may not be the best models I've got, they certainly are the most curious ones! But shipping costs within Europe are DM 10, so make a 'car-pool-order' to make it worthwhile.

Berlin

from Peter J. Visser <peter@peterjvisser.demon.nl>: From Berlin, Germany I received a model of the Info-Box, the information center about Europe's largest building site. It is one sheet (30x50 cm), costs DM 4,95 and has only German instructions and no diagrams, but all parts are numbered, so it shouldn't be too difficult. It's designed by Traugott Bratic (which sounds Eastern-European to me) and is published by Aue Verlag in 74215 Mockmuhl.

The info-box also sells a model of a streetclock/tower called Ampelturm, 2 A4 sized sheets and pre-cut. Four parts, so no instructions, only a diagram. Costs DM 3,90 and is copyrighted 1997 Siemens (for the clock I guess) and Next Edit GmbH (for the design?)

The adress of Info-Box is:
Leipziger Platz 21
D-10117 Berlin, Germany
Tel: +49/30/22 66 24-0
Fax: +49/30/22 66 24-20

from Gunnar Sillén<gunnar@modellbyggare.com>: There are model building projects under work in the Linden Story at Unter den Linden No 40. (Linden Story is the bookshop of a society for saving of the memories of old Berlin.) Old and young people meet two days a week and build together a model of the Unter den Linden in older days. They use cardboard. There are also more or less profesional models exhibited and a prototype publicly shown on work for a coming (hopefully) cut-out model of the Royal Castle. (Berliners and many others want the castle to be built up again, and this model would be one of the ways to make propaganda for it.) It is really a good idea to build models as part of the "Bürgerliche M-Vffentlichkeit". The Linden Story also offers for sale some of the well known and already published cut-out models of Berlin buildings.

Munich

from Thomas Peters <thomas.peters@unibw-muenchen.de>: My proposals for Munich: For standard cardmodels from 'Wilhelmshaven' and 'Schreiber' you should visit the large toy stores in the city: check out 'Obletter' at the Stachus, the place at the Karlstor, but I am not sure whether they still have card models. Then go to 'Fischer' in the Sonnenstr. Go on the right side of the Sonnenstr. from Stachus to the Sendlinger Tor. The shop is just about 150m away from Stachus. I wasn't there for a long time (about 1 year) but last time they presented the Japanese battleship Yamato (1/250 scale) from CFM in a showcase.

As a tourist you have to visit the Deutsches Museum! And the museum shop offers Wilhelmshaven, Schreiber, and some GELI card models. If you are interested in aircraft you also have to visit the Flugwerft Oberschleissheim in the north of Munich, an outpost of the Deutsches Museum. The local museum shop also sells GELI models.

If you arrive in Munich you may call Mrs. Waldmann (->FAQ), Tel-number: 2016525. She normally sells only by mail-order, but if she has time she maybe allow you to visit her. She sells almost EVERYTHING - especially Polish card models - from all over the Paper model world!

If you are interested in these simple Titanic-model published by Taschen check one of the large book stores like 'Hugendubel' in the city... You will find it everywhere for 10 DM (about $6.)

from Kell Black <blackk@apsu01.apsu.edu>: And while you're at the German Museum giftshop, look for the big stack of Schreiber "Tornado" markdown models next to one of the doors. In February [1998] the pile was nearly five feet tall, at Easter it was only a foot shorter, and in mid-June it was still really big. You can't beat the price of this one, only DM 1.90, about $1.25 US. Also, look for the model of the German Museum itself. It's a simple thing, but you can only find it there.

Lübeck

from Peter Wehrhahn <PeterWehrhahn@t-online.de>: I can tell you that there should be a nice paper models shop near the world famous Holstentor. It is owned by Mr. Sommer.

from S.O.Michael <pandolito@cityweb.de>: The one in Luebeck, Peter Wehrhahn mentioned. The owner even designs models on his own and obviously for his own, for I haven't seen anything of his. Last time I was there he had designed an Advent calendar (for the last 24 days before christmas) with several ancient buildings from Luebeck. When you stand before the Holstentor, cross the bridge to the old city center and go straight to the right. It is both a bookshop and a card modeler shop. The shop has even a display shop round the corner.

Latvia

from Robert Freidus <113502.164@compuserve.com>:

Just returned from a week in Riga, Latvia, which among the many pleasant surprises there, I found my first Latvian paper model. This is three medieval buildings in Old Riga, known locally at the Three Brothers. Not too complex, but well designed and printed. About 9x13"

The publishers address (I think, there is a lot of writing but I think this is right) is:
Projektesanas Birojs Konvents
Latvijas Architekturas Muzejs
Maza Pils iela 17/19
LV1050 Riga
LATVIA
which is a building of the model and is open as a museum. I didn't find the model there though. In fact they had no shop at all, though I am writing to this address to see if there are more in the series, which I think was planned, but perhaps didn't come to fruition.

I bought the model at the address below:
Liv
Kaleju iela 7
Riga, LV-1050
LATVIA
which is a very up-market souvenir shop. They had some of the finest linen ware I've seen in some time, plus excellent jewelry and pots, though I'm losing the thread now. They weren't sure if they any more but they have a sister shop at:
Liv
Laipa iela 2/4
Riga, LV-1050
LATVIA
and it's possible they might have more.

I also found a model of Columbus's ship. Really for children but well done. I bought one for trading purposes and after all, how many Latvian models can there be. The address of this publisher is:
Zvaigzne ABC
Valdemara iela 105
Riga LV 1013
LATVIA

The Netherlands

from Peter J. Visser <peter@peterjvisser.demon.nl>: The most famous publisher of cardmodels in my country is Leon Schuyt of Alkmaar, who has published hundreds of models (houses, boats, airplanes) in the last 30 or 40 years. They are available in most hobbyshops in the country.

The other famous publisher is 010 Publishers in Rotterdam, but they stopped making their very nice architectural models of 'De Stijl' buildings. Maybe there are still some to find at 'De Slegte'-bookshops in most major Dutch cities.

In the mid eighties there were about 10 paper model shops in Holland, but they all have gone out of business. But some bookshops still carry the Domus-collection and the Rietveld-Schrderhouse, the second most famous building of the city of Utrecht.

When in Amsterdam there are two stores you could try:
Paper Moon
Singel 419
This is a shop with all kinds of paper(related) things. Haven't been there for quite a while, but they used to have some paper models.
The other is:
Architectura & Natura
Leliegracht 44
This is an architectural bookshop, they sometimes have paper (architectural) models, although the owner always says that paper models don't sell.

VERITAS Paper Models has made about 100 models since 1949. The designer was Jan Berfelo and models included cars, architecture but most famous were the ships and planes.

His son Koen Berfelo is now attending to the collection and currently working on some reissues. Saw the pre-press version of the S.S. Rijndam (or was it the S.S. Maasdam) and it looked very nice to me. I think however that the original models were larger, so it won't be easy to build. Koen Berfelo now runs 'de Prins publishers', you can contact him at: Groen van Prinstererstraat 26
6828 VX Arnhem
The Netherlands
Write him for an overview of his models.

from David Kemnitzer <DKemnitzer@eypae.com>: Last week I was in Amsterdam and The Hague and was able to purchase three card models from museums I visited.

The Van Gogh Museum model is a strip folded into three panels each 5-1/4" wide by c. 7" tall. The model is in color, nicely rendered. Unfortunately the publisher is not mentioned. I presume the card would be available from the museum shop where I purchased it. It was 4.95 Dutch Guilders (about US$2.50).

The Rijkmuseum model is 9-7/8" x 6-7/8" folded in half. It is also in color and is nicely rendered. This card model was published by WITCARD Publications, C. Anthoniszstraat 32 hs, 1071 V V Amsterdam. There is also a notation "MM D 1" which might be a model number indicating the model is part of a series.

The Mauritshuis, Den Haag, is a single card measuring 4-3/4" x 6-3/4". Also in color but not so nicely rendered. Designed by Elizabeth Visser. (on the model side). Also noted as Piet Design 1991 - Faas Eliaslaan 43 Baarn (on the post card mailing side). The mailing card also includes, among other information, the following: "nr. 2 MAURITSHUIS; Koninkilk Kabinet van Schilderijen; Korte Vijerberg 8; 2513 AB Den Haag; tel. 070-3469244" Is this the address of the Mauritshuis or the publisher of the card. Is the "nr. 2" an indication this is part of a series?

from Peter J. Visser <peter@peterjvisser.demon.nl>: Went to Groningen, in the northern part of The Netherlands, the other day and and visited a shop called Asbran (Turfsingel 9). They have a nice section of peper models. Leon Schuit, Schreiber, Landarte, Usborne (in Dutch!) and even some of my own models are still available there. Most of their stuff is old, they took it over from a shop called De Lijmpot, a shop that sold only paper model kits, but that closed after a couple of years about ten years ago. They also have a shop in Arnhem (Steenstraat 57) although I don't know if they carry paper model kits.

from Bas Kreuger (Militaire Luchtvaart Museum) <info@mlm.af.disp.mindef.nl>:
* Publisher "De Prins"
Groen van Prinsterenstraat 26
6828 VX Arnhem
0031264437575 fax and phone

* Aeroteam - Propalteam
Pod Zaknpanici 188
755 01 Vsetin
Chech Republic
tel 06577305
fax 06577335

* Stuttgarter Verlagskantor
Postfach 106016
70049 Stuttgart
tel 0711-66720

* Studievereniging TH Delft
Kluyverweg 1
2629 HG Delft

from Marc Klein<mj.klein@sympatico.ca>: In Amsterdam, there is a souvenir store called "Jut en Jul" on Kalverstraat just south of the Royal Palace, if memory serves correctly. The usual tourist stuff downstairs, but hidden away on the second floor is a small display rack with a number of models. Was there in March and picked up the Alkmaar and Deventer Weighing Houses, as well as the Our Lady Tower from Amersfoort, Amsterdam Mint Tower, Cornmarket Gate at Kempen and Fairy Towers. Instructions only in Dutch on all the above.

from Robert Tauxe <Tauxerob@aol.com>: More paper models in general in the Netherlands, than anywhere else I have been. One particular hot spot was the gift shop at the Arnhem Open Lucht Museum - a museum of rural and town architecture. I hadn't realized that the "Zaandse neighborhood" paper model by LS (that has the cute yellow drawbridge) is actually a model of a collection of buildings at the museum. It is typical to find a model or two in a gift shop at a large church or museum. The Batavia - a reconstructed Dutch East Indiamen merchantship - at the Bataviawharf in Lelystad, had a papermodel done by Dupre - the built model is not nearly as crude as I had thought - (and is an ideal subject for miniaturization for me). The main tourist info office (the VVV) in Amsterdam sells a series of 9 little canal houses, by Minimodels, {address postbus 138, 1230 AC Loosdrecht Holland}. The main tourist office in Sneek sells a very nice 1:50 model of the state yacht of the province of Friesland, the Friso. This is published by the provincial government of Friesland, designed by dan Wanders in Groningen. Finally, I visited a model train store in Leeuwarts (up north in Friesland) where the proprietor has a LARGE collection of paper models for sale: Möwe models, many different Dutch models, and a particularly broad collection of paper trams for sale. One thing I had not seen before was a series of modern Dutch naval vessels (I think by LS, but I am not sure) including the De Ruyter and the 7 Provinces, not to mention the Friesland. Some of the models he has on hand seem to be out of print - I picked up a Möwe Space shuttle, that I have not seen elsewhere, and some French "Histoire dans les Mains" models that are superb, even though they are pre-cut. If anyone wishes to contact - the address is
De Treinenpassage
St Jacobsstraat 38-40
8911HV Leeuwarden
the Netherlands
FAX: 058-2139100

from Robert Freidus <113502.164@compuserve.com>: The Netherlands is probably one of the most interesting countries for paper models in the past fifteen or twenty years, and yet the situation is currently not too good and certainly worse than it was ten years ago.

Two publishers, Thoth and Uitgeverij 010, were in the forefront of the explosion of serious modelling in the early 1980s. Both of their series dealt with architectural masterpieces of this century, buildings that were historically important built by the greatest architects of our time. Along with Makit in Belgium and Perigee in the US, they offered an exciting way of combining paper modelling with serious architecture. Unfortunately again, Uitgeverij 010 has stopped production (I believe that they never finished the last planned model), while Thoth is not as active as they were and the latest models are football stadiums in Holland and Belgium, rather the great architectural treasures as in the past.

The other national champion is Leon Schuijt, a company in business since the last century. Their output runs the gamut from children's models, to a very nice range of Dutch vernacular buildings including a large group of windmills and weighhouses. In the last ten years or so they have produced some beautiful models of churches, both within the Netherlands and outside. However, even here we find that production has slowed recently.

There are, or rather were, a large group of postcard publishers. These included ARP (later bought out by Witcard), Minimodels, Piet Design, Peter Visser at Iceberg and a lovely series of lighthouses and ancillary buildings by Sjoerd Hekking. But Minimodels seems to be gone, as is ARP and they were the people with the largest series of models.

As in France, most of the other publications are either one-offs or cities producing some special building or group of building, frequently because of some anniversary of the building. The great expansion of architectural models evidenced in the early 1980s is clearly over and the entire field is in contraction. [Editor's note: since Robert Freidus provided the list below, I have made corrections and additions based on material from other sources. Errors should be regarded as my fault, and not blamed on Mr. Freidus. As always, comments and corrections welcomed. Additional contributors include: myself, Peter J. Visser <peter@peterjvisser.demon.nl> ]

Publisher	Comments	# of models
Academia boekhandel Delft	See Thoth
ARP Keizergracht 33 Amsterdam	An excellent set of postcards. Mostly 4¼"x6½", though some are double size, they are well printed, bright colors, fine design and great printing. They make up to be a delightful little model. Among the models are: Rijksmuseum. Van Gogh Museum, Domtoren, Kubuswoning and the Muziektheater, Amsterdam, among quite a few others. They also have, for some odd reason, the Chrysler and the Empire State Buildings in New York. They never answered any of my letters and it's possible they had a wider range. They have now been taken over by Witcard, also in Amsterdam.	15
Art Unlimited POBox 1760 1000 BT Amsertdam	The only model from these people is one of the Flatiron Building, NYC, which I bought in the Architect's Center in New York. A really charming model of an important but now not quite so famous building (it was the tallest building in the world until the Woolworth Building was built). The sheet is 7"x10", with the model standing 6¼" high when finished. It is prepunched but designed in 1988.	1
Avenue Magazine Stadhouderskade 85 1073 AT Amsterdam	A one-off of the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. It was given away with the Dutch magazine, Avenue with the May, 1988 issue. It is 12"x19", with a ground plan and very good.	1
Creative Team OKS Kortenhoef	Two large sheets of houses with boats possibly from a Dutch rural museum. Well done.	2
De Prins Rotterdam	A model of the New York Hotel in Rotterdam, recently converted into a hotel in 1993, after years as the headquarters of the Holland American Line in Rotterdam. Przewaliski/Antwerp is the designer. It measures 7½"x11½", the scale is 1:300, there are six pages of model and it's in very fine color. A lovely model.	1
Gasunie Nederlandse Gasunie Postbus 19 9700 MA Groningen	A very good model of a modern building, Gasgebouw van Nederland, of probably the headquarters of Gasunie. Done in 1:350, it has eight (8) sheets, 14"x20, beautifully printed and colored. The designers are Koen van der Velden and Den Andel and it was published in 1993.
Gemeente Appingedam Wilhelinaweg 14 9901 CM Appingedam	A model of the Nieuwe Stadskantor (Town Hall), Appingedam produced by the city itself. The scale is 1:250 and it is 17"x23".	1
Gemeentebibliotheek	A model of the Gemeentebibliotheek (Municipal Library) but I cannot discover what city. Probably Amsterdam but I'm not sure. A very large, complex model of a modern building. There are 5 11"x16" color sheets in a beautifully printed sleeve. The scale is 1:300 and it was produced in 1983.	1
Generale Bank	A model of the Generale Bank on the its one hundredth anniversary in 1998. Designed by Nova Zembla and Herman van der Burgh, it is 8¼"x12" and in color.	1
Marc Gerretsen Bouwplaten Amsteldijk Noord t/o 168 W.S. 1183 TK Amstelveen Tel:(020) 456 09 73	Designer of the Feyenoord Soccer Stadium (published by Uitgeverij Solo), publisher of military and commercial aircraft, ships, buildings.
Gewestelijk Historisch Mus. Solwerderstraat 10 Appingedam	The Hangerde Keuken, is a brick building in Appingedam. The model comes as both a regular model and as a postcard (4"x6"). The larger model comes on two 12"x14" sheets and is very fine. See also: Museum Stad Appingedam	2
S'Gragvenhage	Three Dutch houses in The Hague, Huguetan Huis, Nederlanden and Volharding, and published by the city. Four or five sheets each, and very well printed and designed. This was part of a larger series but this was all that was available by the time I found them.	3
Haag Historisch Museum The Hague	The church of Sint Sebastians Docken, in The Hague and published by the town historical society. eight (8) sheets, with ground plan, 8½"x12".	1
Het Blaakse Bos Postbus 1975 3000 BZ Rotterdam	A model of a very modern and experimental building, the Boomwoning in Rotterdam, built in 1984 by Piet Blom. The model is from 1986, is in 1:50 scale, and measures 9"x12½". Very good color and printing and an interesting model particularly for modern architecture fans.	1
Hilversum	The church of Sint Vituskerk, Hilversum. Four (4) sheets, 14"x20" in an envelope, nice color, but simple model published in 1982 in 1:260 scale.	1
Dick van der Horst Modelbouwplaten Niewendijk 6 1012 MK Amsterdam Tel.(020) 625 64 82	A series of five nice, but simple Canalside buildings in Amsterdam, plus four similar postcards. The models are four (4) sheets each, 8¼"x11½", printed with very good color, but on thin paper.	9
Hotel Pulitzer 319-31 Prinsengracht 11 Amsterdam	Three small boxes in the shape of the three canalside buildings that make up the Hotel Pulitzer.	3
Idea Books Nieuwe Herebgracht 11 1011 RK Amsterdam	Bookseller. Bought excellent Japanese pagoda here.	1
Kok Lyra Kampen	The Poortvliet Musem in Kampen, in an excellent box, containing nine (9) sheets, 8"x12", along with a booklet on the museum. In color, but the printing is on fair. It was designed by Sjoerd Hekking in 1993.	1
Marvic Gouda	A model of the Stadhuis, Gouda. 18"x25", with a ground plan, excellent color, produced in 1982.	1
McDonalds	See: Visser
Minimodels Koen Jansen Lijsterbeslaan 11 1231 XV Loosdrecht (Amsterdam)	A really delightful set of postcards of Dutch lighthouses, churches, houses and you name it. A distinctive feature is that many of the buildings require several cards to make the building. I would imagine this was a problem with selling them as it made it harder to use them as just traditional postcards. More freehand than drafted, they are still lovely little models. Simply too many to list and none of the buildings are famous. Mostly vernacular buildings of the Netherlands. Very nice.	64
Museum Stad Appingedam Blankenstein 2 9901 AX Appingedam	This is the new name of Gewestelijk Historisch Museum.
Nederlands Openluchtmus	Two models Holzerne Windmill and the Lokshuppen von Arnhem (a tram barn), these are sold by the Nederlands Openluchtmus, a museum but printed and also sold by Alphagraphix in the UK, where they are F403 and F404 in the catalogue. They are both in color and are 8¼"x12".	2
F. Nourbakhsh	A model of Corbusier's Esprit Nouveau Pavillon, built in 1925. The designer was Tac van Rooijen in 1987. The model comes with fourteen (14) sheets, 9"x12" in 1:75 scale, plus six pages of text. A very serious model, all too rare now, published in co-operation with the Corbusier Foundation.	1
Novotel The Hague	A model, or more accurately a pop-up diorama of the Novotel Hotel in Namur. The sheet opens to 12"x18" and comes with a ground plan of the hotel and its surroundings.	1
Phoenix Papieron Utrecht	A reprint of a German model of a Punch and Judy show with stand. It is marked Kaspartheater #215 on one side, Punchinello on another, Guignol on a third and Punch and Judy on the fourth. Similar in design to the Pellerin sheet of the same subject. 9"x12".	1
Piet Design Eiklaan 48 2282 AV Rijswijk	Another fine series of postcards, similar to ARP. Among the buildings in the series are: the Mauritshuis, The Hague; Legermuseum; Oude Kirk; Stadhuis; William the Silent's Tomb; Lambert van Meerten Museum and the Oostpoort, all in Delft, plus a number of other Delft buildings. The postcards are 4½"x7" and are beautifully designed and printed. I have been trying to find out if they have other series of models for other cities but have not been able to get an answer back. What is it about Dutch postcard publishers?	10
Pulitzer Hotel	See: Hotel Pulitzer
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Rapenburg 28 Leiden	The Egyptian Temple of Taffah, of which the museum has parts of the original and other artifacts connected with the temple. The sheet, published in 1995, was designed by Yoland Zwaan. It is 18"x26", in color and very good.	1
Ringers Import Vianen	Seven (7) little boxes bought in a bakery in Delft. They represent 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th century houses in Delft. They came with hard candies, like the cookies in Bruges, but the candy was terrible. You can't win them all.	7
Leon Schuijt Lisztstraat 7 1817 HH Alkmaar Tel:(072) 511 76 28	The major publisher and distributor in Holland, in business since last century. All of their models are excellent, though some of the models are for children. The latest models have been the most ambitious and the best. These include St. Basil's, Moscow: St. Peter's, Rome; and St. Bavo Kirke, Haarlem. Earlier, though still excellent, models include such Dutch buildings as Munttoren; Waaggebouw-Alkmaar Waaggebouw-Devanter; Grote St. Laurenskerk; Zaanse Buurt and Waterpoort te Sneek; plus many other very interesting but slightly obscure buildings. Most of the models are 12"x17", with many sheets and all are well printed, with fine color and good design. The designer on most of the models is Jan Zomer. There are also smaller models, particularly the ones for children that are 9"x12" in size.	43
Sjoerd Hekking Westerstraat 80 3818 NM Amersfoort Tel:(033) 462 60 95	A very nice series of lighthouses and ancillary buildings, with an occasional villa, such as the Villa "De Wachter", all in the Netherlands designed by the publisher, Sjoerd Hekking. The models come in various sizes: 5"x7", double cards, 6"x8" plus two of them are 4"x16" and in 1:200 scale. Among the lighthouses are Ameland, Breskens, Harlingen, Schiermonnikoog, Vlieland and Noordwijk aan Zee. Very finely designed and printed they are an excellent series.	32
Uitgeverij Solo (english) Laurillardlaan 29 3723 DL Bilthoven Tel:(030) 228 81 47 Fax:(030) 228 49 43 mundt@worldonline.nl	Nice model of De Roode Leeuw, Gouda, a windmill. Very nicely done in two sheets, 12"x16", in color, 1:87 scale. Also six soccer stadia.
Texelse Postbus 123 Den Burg	Two excellent Dutch churches, Hasseltse Kapel in Tilburg and the church in Hoorn. They are both 9"x12½ ", prepunched and beautifully printed in color.	2
Thijsse Bouw BV Rembrandtstraat 70 2526 RA S'Gravenhage Grote Kerk, Hague	For the moment I cannot locate this sheet, though I'm sure it will turn up eventually but unfortunately, until it does, I cannot describe anything about it.	1
Thoth Prins Hendrikslaan 13 1404 As Bussum	One of the best of the modern publishers. They were essentially to modern buildings what Makit in Belgium was to old ones. Their list of models includes Lloyd's Insurance of London (13"x13", 1:250 scale, 26 sheets in several materials, booklet, boxed, published in 1986); East Wing of the National Gallery, Washington; Rietvveld Schroeder house; Teatro Mondo by Aldo Rossi; Van Doesburg Atelier; the Zonnehof (8½"x8½", 1:100 scale, 14 sheets one of them plastic for windows, with booklet, boxed, published in 1986); Haus der Gerschicte, Bonn (10½"x15½", 12 sheets, booklet, boxed, 1994); Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House (8½"x17", 1:60 scale, 22 sheets in color, booklet, boxed, produced in 1989) plus Rodchenko's Chess Table. In addition, they have done a beautiful model of Kuip Stadion (9"x12", 1:50 scale, spiral bound book). Finally there is a lovely Poppenhuis (doll house), taken from the real one in the Fran Hals Museum, Haarlem. It's 9"x12" and contains 24 sheets which includes the furniture. Most of these models were designed by Victor Veldhyzezn van Zanten. They all come with accompanying text and are beautifully produced, printed and designed.	11
Uitgeverij 010 Watertorenweg 180 3063 HA Rotterdam Tel:(010) 433 35 09 Fax:(010) 452 98 25	Another publisher that vies with the very best anywhere. Like Thoth, they have concentrated on 20th century architectural masterpieces, mostly from the Netherlands, Russia and Austria. Again we had a publisher with plans that never quite materialized through lack of commercial success. Café de Unie and Directiekeet Oud-Mathenesse both by J.J.P. Oud, Villa Gestel by J.H. van den Broek, Villa Henny by R. van 't Hoff, plus Lenin's Tribune designed by El Lessitzky, Goederenkantoor N.S. by S. van Ravetsteyn and finally the Josephine Baker House project by Adolph Loos. There was supposed to be at least an eighth model, the Floating Pool by Rem Koolhaas, but I don't believe this was ever produced. Designed by Vollaard and Groenendijk all these models were beautifully printed and designed, on excellent paper, coming with plastic and other trim to make windows, etc. Most of the models came with the full history of the buildings and their architects, the Josephine Baker House book containing over forty pages of text. A great series of models. from Peter J. Visser <peter@peterjvisser.demon.nl>: 010 Publishers started about 20 years ago with some books and some architectural models. Now they've gotten bigger and only sell very expensive books on architecture. The address of their (English) homepage is on my addresses page. The models ended up for cheap a couple of years ago in De Slegte, a bookstore for second hand books and publishers leftovers. So they are not easy to get at any more. Which is a pity, since it were very nice models.	7: Café Unie Goederen Kantoor Josephine Baker House Lenin Tribune Super's Office Villa Gestel Villa Henny
Uitgeverij Luitingh Sitthoff	An excellent model of Amsterdam Ajax football stadium, very similar in design to the Kuip Stadion produced by Thoth. This one was designed by Vollaard and Groenedijk of Uitgeverij 010. A full punchout book, measuring 10"x14", with fourteen (14) pages of model and lots of pages of text, both instructions and history. 1:800 scale, it was produced in 1996.	1
Wim van der Meer Bouwplaten M. De Ruytersingel 19 4535 AW Terneuzen Tel:(0115) 64 87 90	An advent calendar in the form of a Dutch house. Another model I can't locate at the moment. from Peter J. Visser <peter@peterjvisser.demon.nl>: Distributor of all kinds of paper models. On his homepage only the ships are available.	1
Verburgt, J. W. Leiden	A reprint of the Leiden Town Hall, taken from an original model printed in 1929. A large sheet, 18"x24", in color and Dutch text.	1
Vereeniging tot Verpreiding NZ Kolk 19-21 Amsterdam	A series of biblical buildings: Synagogue van Kapernaum; Temple of Solomon; Tabernacle and the Tent van de Aartsvaders and others. From 9"x12" to 12"x17", they are multi-sheeted and in color. Not particularly fine models, but interesting in their subject matter.	6
Peter J. Visser Iceberg Bouwplaten Iceberg Notebomenlaan 75 3582 Ch Utrecht Tel:(030) 251 33 53 iceberg@peterjvisser.demon.nl	These models break down into three main groups. First are the postcards, 4"x6", fairly simple, slightly schematic and sold along with lots of non-building models as well. Then there are three models of modern Dutch buildings. The models are relatively simple but that's because the buildings are relatively simple in a stripped down, modern way. These come on folded sheets, 16"x24" when fully open. Finally, there are three models of Ronald Mcdonald Houses in Maastricht, Utrecht and Amsterdam. These are 11"x16" folded sheets, in color, though again, fairly simple. It is possible that McDonald's is the actual publisher of these last three but I'm including them here for convenience.	11
Witte Huis	An unusual model of the Witte Huis in Rotterdam. The box is superb, as is the printing but there is no information of any kind, regarding the history of the building, its design or instructions. Just the ten (10) 9½"x15" beautifully printed and colored sheets. Published in 1998 on the 100th anniversary of the hotel. Superb, boxed model of the hotel.	1
Witcard Publications C. Anthoniszstraat 32hs 1071 VV Amsterdam	The new owners of what was formerly ARP. They have put their own name on reprinted cards and have left the ARP until they are sold out. There are no new models from this publisher yet, but we have hopes.	7

from Peter J. Visser <peter@peterjvisser.demon.nl>: http://www.easy-disc.nl/
Go to Kinder, go to Bouw je eigen bouwplaten. This is a cd with 300 paper models you can customize yourself. With the program you can also make your own designs. Go to bestellen to order it (don't know if they ship outside The Netherlands).

Rotterdam

from Peter J. Visser <peter@peterjvisser.demon.nl>: 100 years ago the Witte Huis (White House) in Rotterdam was built. At that time it was the tallest building in Europe (45 meters). Rotterdam is still the city with the most highrise buildings in The Netherlands (and the highest at 150 meters). To celebrate 100 years of highrises the City of Rotterdam started a line of paper models of Rotterdam highrise buildings. They plan to issue one model every three months, if enough funds can be raised. The first one is the office building of the General Bank, 104 meters high, designed by the American architect Helmut Jahn in 1996. Scale is about 1:464, so it isn't very detailed, it's six pages A4-size and has 25 parts. But it costs only Hfl. 13.95 ($7.50).

It is published by (and sold at):
City Informationcenter
Coolsingel 197
3012 AG Rotterdam
The Netherlands
ISBN 90 71082 512
It's also sold at major bookstores in Rotterdam like Donner and Van Gennep.

Hungary

from David Kemnitzer <DKemnitzer@eypae.com>: I have just returned from a trip which took me to Hungary and the Czech Republic.

It is virtually certain that the Hungarin publisher Magyar Medea Kereskedeimi Iro (and sometimes as Makett-Kivago and even Makett) did not make the transition to a free market economy. I did meet some people who said they thought that there were still a few models available in certain shops but I did not find any. Then again almost all shops close by noon of Saturday and don't reopen until Monday so I had very little time to look.

from Robert Freidus <113502.164@compuserve.com>: I was in Budapest about eight years ago and while in a bookshop my wife noticed paper models being remaindered. I bought two of the few models they had. On reflection I should have bought them all and stuffed the suitcase with them but, alas, I didn't. When I got back found a contact in Hungary and they helped me get several more in the series but I haven't been able to contact that person again and so what I have is from this one company which I am very sure is out of business. I have no information about any other Hungarian models and would be very grateful if anyone else does.

I'm not absolutely sure if the name of the publisher was Makettfuzetek Minden Korosztalynak or just Makett, or something else altogether. The address is correct but no one answers there. The models I have were quite substantial, reasonably well designed, in color, on paper mid-way between the good paper of the Czech Republic and the rubbishy paper of Maly Modelarz of Poland (actually, I don't think anybody's paper could be worse than Maly Modelarz). The two major models, the Parliament and the Opera House are really quite exceptional. Many pages, large size and good models. The balance of them are smaller but quite good.

Publisher	Comments	# of models
Makettfuzetek Minden Korosztalynak 4 Magyar Media Kereskedelmi Iroda Kiadasaban Budapest VII; Garay u.5 1074	In addition to the Parliament and the Magyar Allami Opera House, the models include Forgach Castle; Pecs Cathedral; Botpalad Farm; Dohany Street Synagogue; a Farmhouse; Grassalkovic Katelly Godollo (castle); Mandi Templon and Mandok Uniate Church.	10

As ever, I'd be grateful for any further information, corrections or suggestions as to make these reports more helpful

The Czech Republic

from David Kemnitzer <DKemnitzer@eypae.com>: I have just returned from a trip which took me to Hungary and the Czech Republic.

Albatros has ceased their publishing. There are a few book shops in Prague that carry the Albatros name but the main shop where I have purchased models in recent years and where offices were located is now occupied by another business. I did find and purchase the last three models of the National Theater (Narodni Divadlo).

The magazine ABC is alive and well. I purchased a copy for 19 Czech krowns (about US$0.62). The address is ABC:
Vydava Ringier CR, a.s.
Domazlicka 11, Praha3, 130.00.
Tel/fax: 02/6121/6126 (the 02 is the city code, I think the country code is 42. From the US try 011-42-02-6121-6126)
The e-mail address is redakce@anet.cz.

The magazine is 8-1/4" x 11-1/4" with 40 pages. It contains a model by the famous Richard Vyskovsky. The model is of a WWII tank (Nemecky porotiletadlovy tank WWII (Vet;;;rny vir) rok vyroby 1942. There are two full pages of very beautifully colored pieces of the model. I guess there are more than 90 pieces. Actually in looking this over it may well be that this is Part b of the tank with Part a having been previously published. My Czech is nonexistent and I don't have time to figure this out now.

There is another model of one page which is pretty certainly Installment III of a model of the USS Arizona. This model is by Ladislav Badalec.

The issue also contains interesting looking articles including what appears to be a review of a plastic model of a jet fighter (Mlastovky by Mattenalli). There are plans for simple wood boats and seven cut and assemble paper geometric Christmas tree ornaments.

from M.Tesar & V.Jancata <arpp@altavista.net>: Albatros was bought by BONTON company (sound media and music reproduction systems). They have dramatically reduced company activities in the paper models field. They will continue to publish books for kids only. As matter as fact they ceased storage of Albatros paper models (some of the very last pieces were bought by ARPP and saved for modelers abroad). At this moment only three titles can be found on the market - National Theatre Prague, Historic Balloons, Historic cars Stutz Bearcat and Mercedes Benz type S. When you are really lucky, you can to find some left over spread in many book shops or antiqueariates - Spitfires of our pilots Mk. IX (Invasion and Czech LF version), Machines for building industry (Industry crane on Tatra truck, JCB universal machine), Railroads buildings, Historical locomotives (published by Press Foto), Dolls, animals and some other kid stuff. According the latest information Albatros will not publish or reprint any paper model under new management. BTW - Richard Vyskovsky offered to Albatros remakes of the historic cars kit for free - they refused for economic reasons?!

In the case of ABC I will be very careful, especially when we are looking forward to the future. Mr. Antonicky (model designer and cooperator in the publishing) announced some changes in the publishing market. ABC will have new designs and it will start again with No. 1, they would like to keep paper model inside but they will reduce the space for it - on other side they will publish special extra issues (only with completely cut-out model, castle of Cervena Lhota for example). For more to say we should wait until next year. Correct address is only "Ringier CR , a.s., Domazlicka 11, 130 00 Praha 3", telephone number is 00420-2-67098111. ARPP is looking for the easiest way to get ABC abroad for all the modelers who are looking for this magazine. We found two domestic companies - they can provide it, the only problem is that they don't respond to the English correspondence at this moment. When there is progress and some demand for that we will give more detailed information on our web site.

from Gunnar Sillén<gunnar@modellbyggare.com>: The new western owners (Ringier) of the Czech ABC-magazine are planning to stop the publishing of paper models in the magazine. They say that the magazine should be for kids 9-13 years of age and that paper modelling is too difficult for them. The editors on the other hand know that the paper models are very popular among young people in the Czech Republic and want to go on with them.

This reflects the difference between the older pedagogical strategy of Eastern Europe and the modern economical strategy of Western Europe. In the East they tried to make people inventive and build things themselves from almost nothing (as did in the US for example the Popular Mechanics Magazine). The modern western trend is to teach people to be good and profitable consumers. Even children's magazines would rather tell where to buy models than how to build models.

The owners of the ABC-magazine declared that the paper models in the magazine are not profitable. The editors answered late last year by publishing a special issue of the magazine (called ABCD or just "Decko" after the Czech spelling of the letter D) containing just paper models. There was a famous castle, an Abrams tank in 1:43, the spaceship Challenger in 1:150, an F-1 Ferrari in 1:24, a Caterpillar bulldozer and a robot. The issue was printed in 5.000 copies and never reached the regular market as the ordinary ABC-subscribers bought them all within the first week after announcing. The editors managed to show that there still is a great interest for paper models in the Czech republic. Let us hope that the owners of the magazine feel enough impressed to let the publishing of paper models go on.

ARPP Centrum                           0603/508566
ul. Ruská 497,
Neratovice 277 11
arpp@altavista.net

from M.Tesar & V.Jancata <arpp@altavista.net>: ARPP Centrum is an association of Czech paper modelers, it has also paper models for sale. Centrum has also other exclusive paper model activities. If you are interested I can give you more detailed description, but I hope that English version of our site will be ready in January 1999 (we are already late - trouble with clear conditions for selling abroad).

from Gunnar Sillén<gunnar@modellbyggare.com>: ...ARPP-Centrum in the little town of Neratovice 22 kilometers north of Prague. ARPP turned out to be a wall paper shop and ARPP-Centrum a sort of non-profit sale stand for paper models in one of the corners of the ARPP. Milan Tesar who owns ARPP and Vasec Jancata who created the web-site of ARPP-Center seemed to know all the designers and publishers of paper models in the Czech republic. I think ARPP-Centrum had every available and lots of no-longer-available Czech paper models for sale. Most of them were also built up for show.

I understood that it is almost impossible for them to answer orders from abroad as the banks profit so much from payments from other countries that nothing is left for the seller. So you have to go personally to Prague if you want to buy from them.

From Milan and Vasek I heard a little about the sad decision to stop printing of all but three Albatros models. But, more luckily, I found that Richard Vyskovsky had designed some new models of world heritage buildings for the commune of Breclav. Vyskovsky has also started a new series of very nice post cards of Prague buildings.

Other interesting publishers in the Czech republic are, for example, "Propagteam" with a serie of american military cars and several postcards of cars and airplanes, "Minibox" with lots of road vehicles, "Pressfoto" with cars, "Fragment" with a railway historic item by Vyskovsky, "PK Graphica" with mostly cars, "Animal" with the Lednice minaret, "Betexa" with lots of rather simple models of animals, airplanes, cars, dolls and ships (among them, one of two Czech issues of the Titanic), "Mala zeleznice" with model railroad houses. But there are more publishers.

I heard that the future of the ABC magazine, that concerns paper models, is somewhat uncertain due to new ownership. But there are other youth magazines that could expand their interest in paper models.

from Gunnar Sillén<gunnar@modellbyggare.com>: ...about the yellow race car on one of the czech pictures [on Gunnar's web site.] I haven't got out that one yet, but a very good czech publisher of F-1 cars is Mega Graphic. Perhaps it is their construction.

Mega Graphic has published at least the Porsche 962C in two versions, Lotus JPS 78, Benetton B 190 and Ligier JS 11. Their models are in 1:24 scale and very detailed. I think the Porsche, which I am going to try one day, has over 600 parts.

The Mega Graphic paper models would be the perfect way to learn all about the anatomy of a race car. I hope the addres is:
Mega Graphic
Sadova 65
Cepirohy u Mostu
PSC: 434 01
Czech Republic

The czech people seems to love trucks if you look at the many paper models of trucks, mobile cranes and caterpillars they have published. Several trucks are published by PK GRAPHICA, nakladatelstvi Kotlanova 2, 628 00 Brno, Czech Republic. But Richard Vyskovsky has also designed at least one for Albatross and Weiner design studios has designed for ABC-magazine and Minibox.

from Robert Freidus <113502.164@compuserve.com>: Models of the Czech Republic seem to split into two sections themselves. Richard Vyskovsky designed models and everything else. Vyskovsky stands like a giant over Czech models.

The national champion in terms of models for the last thirty years or so, has been Albatros. They had a nice line of castles, houses, theatres and children's models beautifully designed, many by Vyskovsky, all on rather bad paper. The Prague Castle, for example, has about twenty sheets, on good paper and produces a large, intricate and beautiful model and stands comparison with the best models made anywhere. After the change in regimes at the beginning of the nineties Albatros came out with several models, some new, some old designs, on much better paper with excellent, glossy covers. This appeared to be the way forward and it was hoped that a whole new series of excellent models would be forthcoming. This proved not to be the case and obviously there was some difficulty in establishing a market and as of now, they have ceased production altogether, which is a great pity. In fact, Albatros was a large, state run publishing house, where paper models were only one feature of their output. They had a large store in the center of Prague. They have recently been absorbed by Bonton Publishing in 1998 and the current plans are to discontinue the paper models. Not all of the twenty four (24) models that I have from Albatros were designed by Vyskovsky but probably about fourteen were. The other major designer for them was Vladimir Kovarik and his work is excellent too.

The other extraordinary series of models is published by Radakce ABC. This is a magazine that comes out every two weeks (originally once a month, it was established in 1957) and is geared for children, perhaps 8 to 15. Articles about science, nature and such-like on newsprint. But in the center of the magazine, on better card, are eight pages devoted to either paper models, or some other form of papercraft. This is a regular feature of the magazine, so every year there are 26 such sets of papercraft. Again, the chief designer of many, if not all, of the paper models is Richard Vyskovsky. Some of the models come in sets and can go on for about a year, with hundred of buildings finally. The latest series, which is outstanding, is the Mestska Pamatkova Reservace. This is almost a complete city of buildings. I don't know if it's authentic or imaginary, but it makes a great display. In addition to building models, there are many vehicles (trucks, cars, military, motorcycles, planes, boats) plus things like lawnmowers, Christmas ornaments and a wide variety of other models. All extremely good and quite charming. I understand that the magazine, which was again state owned and operated, is now looking for a new market and will be changing their format. I am also told that the models will continue to be included and this is fervently to be hoped for. One of the problems with ABC has been that it is almost impossible to get a foreign subscription. The new owners are Ringier Publishing of Switzerland and they may be more eager to attract foreign customers. I have subscribed since 1993 but only through a Czech friend who sends me the magazine every few months.

Richard Vyskovsky is now involved with the latest Czech publisher, Pro Mesto Breclav. They have produced two excellent models in the Breclav area, a church and a castle. There is also a series of six (6) postcards designed by Vyskovky published by ERKOtyp. These also are of excellent quality. In addition, Vyskovsky has produced a delightful train and train station set for Papirova Modely, which is published by his son. Altogether an amazing achievement for one designer and rivals the accomplishments of any designer anywhere.

The non-Richard Vyskovsky designed models are rather smaller in number. Graphica PK has produced a good windmill. Duha published an excellent model of the Hrad Taufer castle. Edita Plickova published a sweet child's house. Another interesting model is produced by the convent of Prazka Loretta. This is located in the center of Prague and is famous for having a copy, replica or co-original of the House of Loreto, which is the Virgin's birthplace and which flew from the Holy land to Loreto in Italy. The original is a famous pilgrimage site and so is the one in Prague, though not on such a large scale. This is a model of the convent and the House of Loreto within. It's in black and white but is well designed and quite charming. Finally, not really models at all, but pop-ups of buildings and sights in Prague is a series by Kubasta.

(I am indebted to Vasek of ARPP in Prague for quite a bit of the history of these publishers and it's through his efforts that we may be about to secure subscriptions to ABC eventually.) The numbers after each publisher are the amount of models I have by that publisher.

Publisher	Comments	# of models
Albatros dr. Marcela Nejedla (out of business)	Twenty-four (24) models including the Estates Theatre (where Mozart's Don Giovanni gave its premier); the National Theatre; Prague Castle; the King's Belvedere on Castle Hill; Old Town Hall; Blatna, Cervena, Karlstejn and Kost Castles, among others, plus folk buildings and children's models. Good card stock, lively color and beautifully designed. A worthy national champion.	24
Duha	Hrad Taufer castle. Good models and possibly part of a larger series. Well designed and printed	1
Edita Plickova	Child's house. Very simple.	1
ERKOtyp Hajkova 13 130 00 Praha 3	Set of six (6) lively postcards of Prague buildings and bridges.	6
Graphica PK Nakladatelstvi Kotlandova 2 628.00, Brno	Excellent model of a local windmill	1
Kubasta Vltavska 2 Prague 3	Pop-ups of Prague buildings and sights	9
Papirova Modely	Excellent model of train and train station	1
Prazka Loretta Prague	Prague convent.	1
Pro Mesto Breclav Namesti T.G. Masaryka 10 690 81 Breclav	Church and castle in Breclav	2
Radakce ABC Dum Detskeho Radlicka 61 150 02 Prague	Twice monthly children's magazine. Always features models, buildings and others. Some wonderful series. Small but delightful and extremely imaginative. I have hundreds of these models.
Edice Papirovy Svet	This outfit may be connected with ERKOtyp

As ever, I'd be grateful for any further information, corrections or suggestions as to make these reports more helpful

from Mike Stamper <StamperM@visa.com>: Erkotyp now have 12 card models of the buildings of Prague. They have a web site at Edice Papirovy Svet with many other models. I am told by the company that you can type your order in the internet shop. They will then send an e-mail with the cost plus postage in USD. You will then have to send them a fax with the usual details, i.e. card number name, expiry date giving the amount to pay and a signature. I'm in the middle of trying this, but using e-mail for the order. Nothing to report yet.

I bought a few of the postcard models at book shops in Prague. I also bought a couple of kits (Estates Theatre and a large scale version of the clock tower) at the souvenir shop on Golden Lane in the Castle.

I managed to get a subscription to ABC magazine. One of my colleagues at work is from Prague and we arranged with ABC for them to send the bill to his mothers house for payment locally but for the magazines to be sent direct to me in London. I have had a subscription for about six months and ....so far... I've received every magazine.

I can confirm that they do tend to have models in instalments. The historic city mentioned in the FAQ is, I'm told, being issued in 50 separate installments. I have made some of them (see Heritage Models web site for a picture) and two instalments take up almost a whole A4 card for the base. ABC is also "serialising" a minibox model, this consists of a village and so far includes houses, various bits of traffic, railway buildings and a water wheel. So far, from the ABC magazines a wide assortment of models including boats, planes, a submarine, an old record player with horn "amplifyer, a Trojan Horse, an Indian Pueblo and the above building instalments.

Poland

On the Polish periodical Maly Modelarz

from Dariusz Lipinski <TonClass@netcom.ca>: Maly Modelarz (which translates in English as `Little Model Maker') is being sold here in Canada for C$2.95, C$3.95 for a double issue. It seems that wherever Polish emigrants go, Maly follows.

I understand, that many of you do buy this publication, so I might be here of help to those living in North America. There are two companies, one in Canada and one in USA from which you can buy a subscription to Maly:

VARTEX DISTRIBUTING INC. in Canada, tel. (905)624-4726, fax (905)624-4337. As they told me, one year subscription would cost about C$60.00. Much cheaper if you live in Toronto area and are able to pick the magazine from them personally.

LOWELL INTERNATIONAL in US, tel. (847)298-1185, fax (847)298-2392. They are located in Chicago.

Card models from other Polish publishers can be also purchased here, although not so easily. Usually if you know exactly what model you're looking for you might be able to order it through a local Polish store but it is very slow process and mostly ineffective. Better you look up a web page from Pelta in Warsaw.

from Harry B. Frye, Jr. <xfldengr@email.msn.com>: I called Lowell International in Chicago (Glenview) to asked about their being able to supply the subject models. They had no clue as to what I was asking, they do import Polish Newspapers. There was a little language problem but not enough to matter. I even spelled out what I was interested in and that didn't help.

from Dariusz Lipinski <TonClass@netcom.ca>: It looks like I gave out unconfirmed information. I called Lowell and it seems that they dropped off distribution of Maly Modelarz due to a minimal demand for it.

from Roman Detyna <digitalnavy@juno.com>: For those interested in Maly Modelarz - http://www.lok-zo.home.pl/m_model.html. You probably can't buy anything there but it is interesting site - the only one I know directly from the publisher of MM - LOK.

Pronunciation: read it as "mawi "- the polish crossed L is pronounced like English w. It is awkward to call this publication "Maly". It sounds like calling Fine Scale Modeler - "Fine". The full name is Maly Modelarz - Little Modeler.

from Strange <strange@conwaycorp.net>: If anyone is interested in Maly Modelarz subscription, it is now available for purchase through the Internet, for $35.00 a year. Since the site is in Polish, here are the instructions: Go to http://www.exportim.com/. On the yellow sidebar, click "Prenumarata Prasy". Next you will see an alphabet of links, click "M". Scroll down, you'll see Maly Modelarz. Click it, then you'll get your shopping cart view. Click on "Zamow" button and you'll see a form, with places for all usual stuff -- it does have comments in English. From there you should be able to finish the process, as most of the buttons and fields do have comments in English. If you need more assistance, please let me know.

Model shops in Poland

from Dariusz Lipinski <TonClass@netcom.ca>: Very good, good, probably, don't know, stand for card models selection. All of them were in business in 1997, but since than... well, who knows. Most likely they still are. Sorry if the addresses are not always 100% complete, but that's all that I've got.

	1. NAUTYKWARIAT
	ul. Piwna #12
	Gdansk              Probably.
	Apparently gone, see below

	2. SKLEP MODELARSKI
	ul. Rodzienskiego #88
	Katowice
	tel. 58-28-33       Probably

	3. HARCERZ
	ul. Mostnika #3
	Slupsk
	tel. 42-24-22       Probably

	4. No name !?
	ul. Koscielna #16
	Ostrow Wielkopolski    Good

	5. MODELARZ
	Plac Sw. Macieja  #11
	50-244 Wroclaw
	tel. 72-21-13           Probably

	6. JET-MODEL
	pl. Grunwaldzki #6A
	Wroclaw                  Probably

	7. MODEL CENTRUM
	ul. Grabiszczynskiej #57
	Wroclaw                  Don't know

	8. D&B s.c. HURTOWNIA MODELARSKO-ZABAWKARSKA
	ul. Wojska Polskiego #18B
	58-500 Jelenia Gora
	tel. 75-260-78              Good

	9. AERO MODEL CENTER
	ul. Traugutta #29A
	83-200 Starogard Gdanski
	tel. 162-20-77              Don't know

	10. FUKS
	ul. Dluga #26
	31-146 Krakow
	tel. 32-28-93               Don't know

	11. HAS HOBBY
	ul. Dzielna #7
	00-154 Warszawa             Very good

	12. SWIAT MODEL
	Plac Wolnosci
	Rybnik                      Good

	13. MAJSTER KLEPKA
	ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie #26
	20-002 Lublin                   Good

	14. P.H. MODEL HOBBY
	Osiedle LOTNISKO-D.H. "Jubilat"
	08-521 Deblin                   Don't know

	15. ALIBI MODELE
	ul. Raciborska #1
	Gliwice                         Good

	16. TOMCAT-MODELARSKI SWIAT
	ul. Bitwy Warszawskiej 1920r #4
	Warszawa
	tel/fax 22-46-46                Good

	17. ART HOBBY
	ul. Nowolipki #12
	00-151 Warszawa 
	tel/fax 310-425              Good
	   Mail address:
	ART HOBBY s.c.
	ul. Targowa #73
	skr. poczt. 162
	Warszawa 4
    

from Gunnar Sillén<gunnar@modellbyggare.com>: In Gdansk, the Nautykwariat in ul.Piwna is gone. No one knew where.

On the other hand, the Maritime Museum in Gdansk (with its shop close to the famous Crane Gate) had quite a lot of cut-outs for sale.

I also found a good model shop in Poznan that is not in the faq:
TERSUS, Sklep Modelarski
ul. Paderewskiego 8
61-770 Poznan
tel 852-36-16
fax 852-94-28

If you go to Poland, you should try the newspaper stands for cut-outs. Poland has a great tradition with small stands selling everything from Shakespeare to shaving utensilia. As cut-out models in Poland usually are published like periodicals, you can find them among the political papers, the art magazines and the gardening gazettes.

GPM                        + 48 (042) 657 94 40 (TEL/FAX)
PO BOX 13
90-954 Lódz 4
Poland
biuro@gpm.pl

from Dariusz Lipinski <TonClass@netcom.ca>: I found a new website (Gryf Hobbies) in Poland. These people are selling models there. I contacted the owner, Mr. Boguslaw Czyzynski, and according to him he is interested in selling models abroad. His English is "no English" though. If somebody would want to receive some information from him, German is recommended. He told me, he will send info about $US prices if anybody ask for it. There will be pictures of the assembled models posted on his webside in the near future. Gryf Hobby is mostly selling models in bulk and they are still on the look out for new dealers. From what I know they do supply PMI in the US. As for the individual customers, here are the conditions: minimum order is $100.00; price in $ US is 50% of the polish zloty price. For example, if the price is 10.00 zloty it equals $ US 5.00; the list of models shown on the webside is being updated on weekly bases; shipping costs: regular mail $10.00 for the first 2 kg. and $4.00 for each additional kilogram; air mail $10.00 for the first 2 kg. and $10.00 for