Papercraft Prototype

Snowmobile Prototype

 The reason I chose the snowmobile is because it's a sport that I've been doing since I was very young and it's something I enjoy doing. Additionally the snowmobile is a very challenging concept to try and unfold into a paper craft object. It allows for quite a bit of detail if I feel up to the task. From bumpers and handlebars to headlights and skis. The concept can be simplified fairly easily like what I did for the prototype, but some of the newer snowmobile models are quite complex and leaves room for improvement, which I plan on doing.

I based this first design on an old Yamaha that my dad owned, a fairly simple design with nothing that difficult to design and fold.


I designed the snowmobile in Rhino and got the initial concept set. I then unfolded it the best I could into a flat template.


Once I got the design down and the tabs attached, I realized the design was too long to fit onto the page and still be to scale. So I actually had to split the track into a separate piece in order to fit it onto the page. I then scored, cut and glued it together to create the base. I learned a lot about the properties of paper when I had some issues lining some folds up, and had a couple issues with the order I folded and glued it. I eventually got it to work, and I've learned from my mistakes to improve on the next design.




As you can see in the pictures here I ended up adding some details onto the design after building it. I used some extra cardstock to cut out handlebars, a headlight, taillight, and windscreen.

After building it I thought I would colour it in order to get a sense of what the template would have to look like if I wanted to print a decals and detail onto the template.






I think this was a fairly simple design and by building the prototype I learned a little about the properties of paper and how it folds in order to improve on the next design. I believe I'm prepared now to do a more complicated design and depict a more modern snowmobile with some more complicated components. Something along the lines of a 2018 Arctic Cat M8000

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