Get the latest tech news

Scale Model of Boeing 777-300ER, Made from Manila Folders


The homepage of the work for which I'm best known — a model Boeing 777, made entirely from manila folders!

This project traces its beginnings to an architecture class in high school where we learned to use manila file folders to roughly model our building ideas. Often, a complex piece is actually a collection of much smaller sub-sections that each needs to be assembled separately before being joined together; this is especially true of something like the wing, which contains many articulating functions and thousands of parts. My tools of choice include the aforementioned Xacto knife, a cutting mat, straight edges, squares, and a toothpick for the precise application of glue.

Get the Android app

Or read this on Hacker News

Read more on:

Photo of Boeing

Boeing

Photo of scale model

scale model

Photo of 777-300er

777-300er

Related news:

News photo

Boeing Starliner astronauts stuck at International Space Station must delay return to Earth yet again

News photo

Boeing cancels its workplace surveillance program, will be ‘removing the sensors that have been installed’ — less than a day after The Seattle Times requested comment about leaked information

News photo

Boeing busted by employee over plans to surveil workers, quickly reverses course