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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.
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