Description: Arbeitskreis Geschichte des Kartonmodellbaus (AGK) e.V. - A German association that researches the history of card modeling including publishers, designers and authors and the cultural and economic historical context. It also provides a database of card models and catalogues.
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With deep regret we bid farewell to our honorary member Terese Siegmund, 9.4.1923 –10.5.2019. She passed away peacefully shortly after her 96th birthday. In her we lose an affectionate person who always took a great interest in the activities of the AGK. She and her husband Hubert Siegmund (1919 –1989) constituted the "Siegmund DE-sign" venture; he did the design and the fair drafting while she colorized, did the pre-press work and wrote the building instructions. Within a period of 33 years their work resu
The "Arbeitskreis Geschichte des Kartonmodellbaus (AGK) e.V." is a German non-profit association. We investigate and document the history of card modeling (papercraft) in Germany, Europe and all over the world from its beginning (around 500 years ago) to the present. Our principal work is the maintenance and expansion of our public databases of Card models and Publisher catalogues and the publication of our annual magazine "Zur Geschichte des Kartonmodellbaus" (on the history of card modeling, in German lan
We do not operate an online shop or mail order for currently available sheets. However, the AGK receives model sheets from estates or donations, which are sold at trade fairs or in our online shop . Sometimes people ask us whether we are interested in workshop reports. The answer is: Yes, we are, but only if they are helpful for our research on a publisher, designer or a specific (historically important) model; we do not offer advice to modelers about how to construct their models. There are other platforms