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Recently, small models of gliders from EPP, in other words from ceiling tiles, have begun to appear in toy stores. Of course, such a toy flies beautifully, withstands many flights and can be launched everywhere, but the prices bite - $ 9 apiece. But you can make a homemade modelka spending no more than 30 rubles on a plane! So, we will begin to sculpt our toy.

butterfly model


Materials:
* ceiling tiles without embossing
*PVA glue
* pine rail 4x4 mm
* buttons
* clothes pegs
* pins or needles
* templates
* pens, markers, etc.
*stationery knife
* fine sandpaper on a bar
*plasticine

tear out patterns


First you need to print and cut out patterns for the aircraft.

template


It is advisable to stick the printout to the cardboard. Then attach them to the tile, fix with buttons and draw a wing, stabilizer and keel.

cut out

do not touch the workpiece lines


After we remove the templates and cut with a clerical knife (or a medical scalpel) with an allowance of 1-2 mm of the workpiece.

cut with a clerical knife


Try not to touch the workpiece lines.

Handling with Confidence


Now you need to process the workpiece. We mark the boundary lines, take a block with a skin and attach a profile to the wing and stabilizers with forward and backward movements.

the details

shape the details

aircraft details

Wing profile


It is necessary to process confidently, smoothly, without jerking, otherwise you can spoil the part. Of course, you can give a profile and a heated iron, but this method does not always work.

you can give a profile

hot iron


If you have given the details the desired shape, then you can proceed to gluing. In no case grab the glue moment! Solvents will turn the plane into porridge, so you need to use PVA glue. Lath 18-25 cm long is greased with glue on one side and on the other hand, and left for 5 minutes so that the glue is absorbed into the tree. At the stabilizer and the wing, the middle is marked and the bottom is smeared with glue in the midline. Then we fix everything with clothespins, the keel is attached with pins to the wing also in the midline.

fasten the sun with clothespins

keel attached with pins

wing also in the midline


After 5-8 hours, you can remove the mounts and configure the model. To do this, the glider is launched from the hands and watch it fly. If it gains height, stick plasticine to the nose, if it dives, to the tail or bend the stabilizer down. Have a nice flight!

White-wing gliders
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Comments (4)
  1. Nik
    #1 Nik Guests May 12, 2015 15:24
    1
    PVA is a bad choice. Better glue for the ceiling: glues both wood and ceiling together. Then at least tear off your teeth - it will not work
  2. uh
    #2 uh Guests September 21, 2015 23:02
    4
    or better hotmelt
  3. Lada
    #3 Lada Guests April 23, 2016 23:56
    0
    He flies well, we just have competitions and I want to win.
  4. Nestor
    #4 Nestor Guests 15 january 2018 21:23
    0
    Brilliantly simple. I will certainly do it. One question, can I measure in centimeters? Wing span, wing width, etc.

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