Richard Vyškovský (13 July 1929 – 1 August 2019) was a Czech architect and creator of paper models.
In 1960s Vyškovský worked for the State institute for reconstruction of historic towns and monuments (SÚRPMO) in Prague. After a discussion with colleagues, complaining about the limited availability of die-cast Matchbox scale cars sold in the Czechoslovakia only in Tuzex shops, he decided to create similar models from paper. His first model was designed after a die-cast Packard Landaulet model manufactured by Lesney Products under code Y-11 in the series Models of Yesteryear. In October 1968 the newspaper Lidová demokracie published a short article about "ing. Blecha and his colleague" accompanied by photos of paper models Mercedes 38/220 and Packard Landaulet.
The state-owned publishing house SNDK and Vladislav Toman, editor in chief of ABC magazine, showed interest in publishing paper models by Blecha/Vyškovský. Already in 1968 SNDK published their paper diorama "Hussite siege of Karlštejn".Czech Television, Seekers of Time: Paper Castle, quot. "The first thing that I made was the Hussite siege of Karlštejn. It was just a primitive drawing of Karlštejn Castle with a few Hussite soldiers around it. This was the commission. It was my cup of tea, because I come from a very patriotic family. I'm a Viennese Czech, and in my early youth I read all the works of Jirásek and all the patriotic works on this topic. The Hussites were very close to my heart." pdf ABC Magazine published a simplified paper model of a Packard Landaulet in March 1969.ABC mladých techniků a přírodovědců, volume 13, issue 12 In the following seven years Blecha and Vyškovský published in ABC and SNDK/Albatros a series of further paper models, including a vast model of Prague Castle. From 1976 Vyškovský designed the models for ABC and Albatros on his own. The first published self model was Formula 1 Ferrari 312-T2 of Niki Lauda for ABC.Stanislav Fajkus, Papírová archeologie aneb historie vystřihovánek v ABC (6.), ABC, 26 August 2004 Since 1997 his models have also been published by the company ERKOtyp, which is co-owned by his son Richard.Commercial register at justice.cz, company number (IČ) 25101226, ERKOTYP, s.r.o., since the incorporation on 21 January 1997 is Richard Vyškovský (born 1968) co-owner and managing director of the company
Books with paper models
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External links Three free models in pdf format on the website of state-owned Czech Radio (manual only in Czech)