advertising from the jeweler Van Esser, Illustration by François CHEVALLIER

 https://www.gros-delettrez.com/lot/171336/30928390-van-esser-pochette-publicitaire-du-joaillier-van-esser

voiture-jaune, a Japanese Tumblr page, is still posting cool images

https://voiture-jaune.tumblr.com/image/158886953240

Guide to train French resistance fighters to recognize Nazi trains, and highlighting the vulnerable spots to aim for to destroy them easily

 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1163928859050181&set=pcb.1163937129049354

before models were made of plastic parts cut off of trees, these 3D paper ones were the 1st to come along of the build it yourself type. This is the most elaborate one I've found in this collection of paper ephemera so far meccano

https://www.flickr.com/photos/taffeta/albums/72157605203771203/

I'm not into model cars myself, never have been. I've never collected Hot Wheels or Matchbox cars either, and never made these paper craft ones. 

But I know awesome when I see it... and this is the most elaborate paper model I've come across yet.

I realized when thinking about what to say about this one, that guys do seem to be hooked on models. Even so far as to make our own out of sheet metal, lego, pine wood derby basics, model airplanes, Meccano, and ship models etc

Back when cut and paste was a paper toy thing to do

https://www.flickr.com/photos/taffeta/albums/72157601156433867/with/3121803906

https://www.flickr.com/photos/taffeta/1105848374/in/album-72157601156433867

I love a cut away drawing

https://www.flickr.com/photos/taffeta/albums/72157601267269171/with/1234114785

art of transportation

https://www.flickr.com/photos/taffeta/albums/72157612452852923

1958 guide to lighting

https://www.flickr.com/photos/taffeta/albums/72157685986981472/with/1234970274

this is adorable... I think it's how to teach kids what street signs mean

flickr.com/photos/taffeta/albums/72177720308048093/with/23664920891

a Shell advertising booklet of cut and paste paper cars, 26 in total

https://www.flickr.com/photos/taffeta/albums/72157616432813777/

the history of innovation in aviation from the 1700s balloons to 1930s planes

https://www.flickr.com/photos/taffeta/albums/72157621908054789/with/3819164662

https://www.flickr.com/photos/taffeta/albums/72157602943373496/with/1909986463