Mark in CA
4th Dec 2014, 08:46
Not sure if this is the right section to post this in, so moderators, please feel free to move as necessary. But this seems so astounding, I thought it worthwhile to share with pilots here.
Seattle Times piece on the projet:
The astounding 1/60th scale Boeing 777 made out of manila folder paper | The Today File | Seattle Times (http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2014/01/the-astounding-160th-scale-boeing-777-made-out-of-manila-folder-paper/)
He’s now spent more than 10,000 hours building an exact model replica –- at 1/60th scale — of a Boeing 777-300ER plane entirely out of cut-out manila folder parts. He’s not even done.
The model that Luca Iaconi-Stewart, 22, of San Francisco, built has moving parts: Doors open, the engines twirl, the landing gear retracts.
All have been fastidiously cut out of several hundred manila folders — which Iaconi-Stwart found to be flexible and strong — using an X-Acto knife, and using tweezers to glue parts together.
Detailed photos of the model to date:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lucaiaconistewart/sets/72157632208677161
Seattle Times piece on the projet:
The astounding 1/60th scale Boeing 777 made out of manila folder paper | The Today File | Seattle Times (http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2014/01/the-astounding-160th-scale-boeing-777-made-out-of-manila-folder-paper/)
He’s now spent more than 10,000 hours building an exact model replica –- at 1/60th scale — of a Boeing 777-300ER plane entirely out of cut-out manila folder parts. He’s not even done.
The model that Luca Iaconi-Stewart, 22, of San Francisco, built has moving parts: Doors open, the engines twirl, the landing gear retracts.
All have been fastidiously cut out of several hundred manila folders — which Iaconi-Stwart found to be flexible and strong — using an X-Acto knife, and using tweezers to glue parts together.
Detailed photos of the model to date:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lucaiaconistewart/sets/72157632208677161