Client Showcase

SS Normandie Masterpiece: Building Timeless Elegance

Customer Showcase: Old Model Kits

Link: OldModelKits.com

SS Normandie Model Kit 1 by Old Model Kits

Aspen Wood Fleece Back Long Grain Wood Paper

OldModelKits.com prints their deck details on our Aspen Fleece Back Long Grain Wood Paper Sheets.

Ken Friend and Alan Bussie became friends about 20 years ago through the hobby of building scale models. Ken built anything he thought was unique and Alan built, bought and sold kits through his company, Oldmodelkits.com. Both shared a common motivation; flawless, extreme detail. Alan loved ocean liners from the ‘30’s and always wanted a good model of the SS Normandie. However, Normandie kits were non-existent. Ken was looking for something to do during retirement and used his knowledge of prototype fabrication and CAD/CAM to help Alan create his Normandie. After 10 years of research, design, and development combined with a generation of a fabrication methodology, the OMK 1/350 scale SS Normandie kit earned its place on the www.oldmodelkits.com website.

The design of the kit began with the conversion of two-dimensional imagery into three dimensional virtual models. Originally, all the master parts for the Normandie kits were outsourced to 3D print vendors. Silicon molds of the 3D parts were created, then the kit parts were cast in resin. As 3D printing technology improved and became affordable, the kit parts were converted to in-house 3D desktop printing.

As a finishing touch, Ken and Alan wanted their kits to have realistic real wood decks. Ken created the artwork, then sent the artwork to commercial printers. The process was time consuming and expensive. Over time, the folks at Real Wood Paper helped bring the printing process in-house as a standard for OMK kits.

Ken and Alan still pursue that “perfect” model and have added the SS REX and SS Bremen kits to the OMK line. With the help of vendors like Real Wood Paper, Ken and Alan will continue to have lots to do during retirement…..

SS Rex

SS Bremen

A Miniature Chair of Grand Design

Customer Showcase: Suite City Woman

Link: Suite City Woman

Miniature Wood Chair by Roxanne Brathwaite

Miniaturist Roxanne Brathwaite Zebra Wood Chair

The incredibly talented Canadian Miniaturist, Roxanne Brathwaite, created a stunning mini “zebra” chair using our Ebony Long Grain Wood Sheets. While this chair may be mini, it is nothing but grand in our eyes. Roxanne used Ebony but she was getting Zebra vibes while making her chair to go along with her snake satchel. Sometimes you just gotta go with the vibes. 😍 Roxanne told us the chair pieces were cut with a laser cutter and the Ebony wood paper was applied to both sides and contoured to shape.

Real Wood Paper Ebony Wood Sheets are currently available in:
Fleece Back Long Grain
Fleece Back Short Grain
Wood Back Long Grain

You can find Roxanne at:
Instagram: Suite City Woman

Handmade Wooden Christmas Card

Customer Showcase: Streamside Studios

Link: Streamside Studios

Cherry Wood Colored with Colored Pencils

Our beautifully talented friend Shawne at Streamside Studio created a stunning peace of card art with her hand drawn digi stamp sets Falling Leaves and the sentiment is from her Christmas Poinsettia set. The digi stamps were printed on our Cherry Fleece Backed Wood Short Grain sheet with a Canon Color Image Class Laser Printer and colored with Prismacolor Pencils.

You can find Shawne at:
Website: www.streamsidestudios.co
Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/StreamsideStudios
Instagram: www.instagram.com/streamside_studios

3D Wood Star & Christmas Tree Topper

Wow! Wow! Wow! Check out these delicate Cherry Wood Star & Tree Topper created with our Thin Wood Veneer and a Cricut Maker!

Below is a materials list and a few details with how she created the DIY 3D Star and Christmas Tree Topper. Check them out below.

Materials Used:

1 – 11″ x 17″ Cherry .010″ Fleece Backed Sheet Long Grain (per star)
1 – 8.5″ x 11″ Cherry .016″ Paper Backed Sheet Short Grain (for cone)
2 – 8.5″ x 11″ Vellum (to line inside the tree topper)
Cricut Maker
Cricut Settings: NEW Fine Point Blades, 80lb cardstock with more pressure
Beacon’s 3-in-1 Glue
Small battery twinkle lights

The SVG cutting file from Etsy comes with all the instructions so we won’t go on about that. Below are a few helpful tips.

For the star, it doesn’t really matter if you use long grain or short grain wood sheets as the SVG file cuts in all directions.
For the Christmas tree topper cone, she used short grain because our wood sheets rolled into a tube easier with short grain. If the tube had been rolled the other direction, long grain would have rolled better. Roll with the grain. Not against the grain.
The SVG file comes with really nice score lines for folding. A Pro-Tip is to use just a little water on the wood on those score lines and then using a bone folder, score the lines on the back side of the wood. The wood creases beautifully.
Assemble 4 of the points, if using twinkle lights insert all the lights before adding the 5th star point.
If using twinkle lights with a battery pack and on/off switch, leave that out of the star when assembling. The tree topper cone will hide the mechanics but still allow you to access them to change batteries and turn lights on/off.
If adding lights, she did say she cut a little notch on one side of the 5th point to allow room for the wires to hang down into the cone.
The cone tree topper was just hand rolled into a cone shape. There is not a cut file for that in the SVG file.
The cone topper where it attaches to the star was a little finicky. The artist cut notches on either side of the cone to cradle the star while the center points were taller to cover the opening created for the wires.

DIY Printed Wood Paper Soap Wraps

Customer Showcase: Genesis Organics Co

Link: Genesis Organics Co Etsy Shop

Genesis Organics Co Aspen Wood Soap Wraps

The beautiful young lady that runs Genesis Organics Co, a local natural soap, salve, scrub, etc business had a special project that needed a unique soap wrap. Our Aspen .o1o” thick Fleece Backed Long Grain Real Wood Paper fit the ticket.

She was able to yield 4 soap wraps per 8 1/2″ x 11″ sheet of Aspen. You could yield 5 or more per sheet if you went with a lower profile label.

Wood Burned Candle Wraps

Customer Showcase: Buffalo Plaid Candle Co

Buffalo Plaid Candle Co Wood Burned Labels

Wood Burned Candle Labels by Buffalo Plaid Co

Buffalo Plaid Co has been a customer for several years now. They make rustic, bold scented candles that are 100% soy wax, have a wooden wick and use our Birch .010″ Fleece Back Short Grain Real Wood Paper that they wood burn their logo into. Rustic packaging for rustic products. Perfect match. (Pun intended.)

Thin Wood For Modeling and Miniatures

Customer Showcase: Loren H., Model Maker

Link: Loren H on Modelers Forum

Thin Wood for Miniatures Water Tower Roofing

Loren H. is a model maker and with several time consuming staining and cutting techniques, created life like wood shingles for the models! Our Birch .010″ Fleece Backed sheets were used for this shingle project. Loren really liked how the fleece back was thin but also very strong for this project. The largest pieces shown are only 1/4″ wide! That’s a lot of cutting! If you would like to know more about this project, Loren posted a Tutorial on Modelers Forum. Thanks Loren for sharing! http://modelersforum.com/modeling-roofing-techniques/wood-shingles-the-hard-way/