Paper modeling. Paper Modeling Assembling the Cabin and Rear Fuselage
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How to make an American F-16 plane out of paper?
If you like the F-16 fighter plane model, you can make it yourself from thick paper. We have prepared pictures for you - instructions that clearly depict all the processes of folding a combat aircraft at home.
Fold the top edges of the paper lengthwise, then unfold it. Fold the top corners inward. Look at the picture and complete the assembly.
Fold the top corners again as shown in the picture. Place the tip down along the edge of the triangle.
Fold the top corners inward, closer to the center. Then turn the right corner. Using your index finger, pry the flap and lift the flap to the left.
Plane C corresponds to D. Fold point A to B. Next, follow the picture.
Fold both planes towards the center. Turn the edges of the nose as shown in the picture and unfold.
Pry your index finger and pull the end up. Fold the side planes and smooth the bow.
Fold the plane in the direction of the arrow, then fold the entire product in half.
Fold the ends of the wings. Bend the edges of the wings as shown in the photo. 
Be careful: The F-16 model has a sharp nose. Watch where you're pointing the plane and don't let it hit your face.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSEMBLY OF THE I-16 FIGHTER COPY MODEL
Before you start building the model, you need to select the type of aircraft and the degree of complexity. We offer a choice of two types of aircraft. The first is the I-16 type 5, which was flown during the Spanish Civil War in 1936 by the commander of the 1st Moscas squadron, senior lieutenant Sergei Tarkhov. The second is an I-16 type 6 aircraft with tail number SM-23. The pilot Frank Tinker flew on this plane. When choosing a simplified assembly, some parts are not used. The landing gear can be made in the retracted position, the engine cooling doors are closed and the cockpit glazing for the I16 type 5 can be cut out of paper rather than transparent film.
To work you will need the following tools and materials:
- paper glue (PVA);
- “Superglue” or “Cyanopan”;
Cardboard 0.5 mm thick;
- wire of various thicknesses from 0.3 to 1 mm (you can use paper clips);
Matches or toothpicks;
- an awl or needle for making holes;
Scissors;
- stationery knife or razor blade;
Ruler.
Read the instructions carefully and study the assembly diagram. While working, do not cut out all the parts at once, but only those needed at the moment. Glue the parts marked with an asterisk onto cardboard. The fold points are indicated by a broken line. Press them along the ruler with a needle or the blunt side of a knife before cutting out the part. The arrow shows the direction towards the model's nose. Parts marked with the letter L should be placed on the left, and parts marked with the letter R should be placed on the right. Color the ends of the visible parts with colored felt-tip pens of the corresponding colors. Before gluing, give the part the appropriate shape by rolling it with a pencil on a soft surface. Attention! Some parts of the Fuselage intended for the construction of the I-16 type 5 are outlined in blue and have the same designations.
The assembly of the engine, propeller and housing is shown in the figures:
Screw part K1 onto a toothpick or wire (Figure 1). It can be used to mutually center parts along their holes. The crankcase assembly is shown in Fig. 2. In parts D1-D5*, K13*, pierce the central holes. Glue parts D1* and D2* into part D6, and D3*-b D7. Glue D6 and D7 together and stick them onto D4*. Cover parts D4* and D5* with part D8. Glue the resulting engine crankcase onto the part. K13* (Fig.Z). The cylinder assembly is shown in Fig. 4. First glue butt joint D11 onto part K13*. Then on top of the child. D11 stick D14 close to the engine crankcase. Glue D10 butt to K13* Part D13 is glued with one edge on. D10. Glue D9 end-to-end on K13* and cover it with part D12 (the point closer to the edge of part K13*). Assemble all nine cylinders in the same way.
Part K18 must be cut along the outer contour, bent along the dotted line and glued. Then cut along the inner contour, roll the painted side inward and stick to part K13*, as shown in Fig. 5. On K18, stick K12* according to the markings. Place part K11* on a flat surface with the markings facing down and glue the part inside. K17 (painted side inward). Install spark plugs D15 on the cylinders, cutting them from strips and twisting them into a roll (Figure 6) and wires from the spark plug to the crankcase, which are made from colored thread. Bend valve lifters D16 in half, glue and cut as close to the bend as possible. You can make valve lifters from thin wire. Glue part K11* onto K18. Then glue the parts to parts K11* and K12*. K14-16, and kdet. K13*-gluing K16-20 (Fig. 1). Figure 7 shows the engine cooling louver assembly. Glue parts K9 and K10 and glue them on. D1*.
Then glue on parts K14, K15 and K16, as shown in Figure 8. Assemble the propeller spinner (Fig. 9) on part K1. For I-16 type 5, use parts Kb, K7 and K8 in black (circled in blue). Roll the K19 blades lengthwise with a pencil, giving them a convex shape, and insert a match or toothpick inside each blade. Insert the finished propeller into the engine block and secure it on the reverse side with part K2.
Simplified assembly option. Parts D9 - D17 are not used, and instead of part K10, install K10A.
Assembly of the central part of the fuselage
Attention! Some fuselage details. those intended for the construction of I-16 type 5 are circled in blue and have the same designations. Bend part F23 with the painted side inward and glue parts F1* and F2* into it according to the markings (o6e with the pattern facing out), leaving protrusions (Figure 10). Then on to the children. F1, stick A1* with the pattern backwards, and on F2* - A2* with the pattern forward (the painted parts of parts A1* and A2* are facing towards each other). Glue part A2A with the painted side to the back, guided by Figure 10. On the bottom of A1* and A2*, glue part A3R on the right, and part A3L on the left. Make sure that A1* remains flat and does not bend. Cut the wing ribs A5R* - A8R* and A5L* - A8L* and install them in accordance with Fig. 12. Glue parts S20 and S21* to the middle part of the ribs A6L and A6R, and parts S18 and S19* to A1* (stick S19* and S21* onto 1 mm thick cardboard). Glue parts A4R and A4L on top, painted side down. Glue parts S17 (Fig. 11). Now install the instrument panel C2 onto part F2*. Glue part F11 onto F23, aligning them along the front edges. Install gluing joints F19 - 23 and F19 - 20 as shown in Fig. 18. Install gluing joints A5 -12 on ribs A5* (Fig. 13). Next, glue F11R on the right and F11L on the left (Fig. 13). After this, you can assemble and install the domes of the main landing gear wheels (Fig. 16).
To do this, make a template from parts B1*, B2* and VZ. It serves to give shape to the future dome and is not glued to the parts. Then glue parts S4R (for the right dome) onto the template, aligning it with the edge of the template, and S3, painted sides inward. Then glue parts S1 and S2 together on a flat surface.
Glue them to parts S4R and S3, which are on the template. After this, the template can be removed and the left dome can be assembled on it. Glue the finished domes to part F23, aligning their edges, and cover with part F19, having previously cut out the niches of the landing gear domes (Fig. 18). Glue in parts S5 and S6R. A3R, and the second S5 and S6L in children. A3L.
Simplified assembly option (chassis in retracted position). Parts not used: S1-S6, and do not make cutouts on part F19.
Assembly of the cockpit and rear fuselage.
Glue F4* and F5* into part F24 (bent with paint inward) and glue F25 underneath (Fig. 14). Glue parts F27 on both sides in the plane of part F5*, aligning the marks with the joint of parts F24 and F25. Install the cabin equipment on the sides and floor in accordance with Fig. 14. Install the cabin floor F3* on frames F2*, F4* and F5*, aligning the marks on the edges of the floor with the frames. For I-16 type 5, you need to cut out the round windows for lighting the instrument panel and glue the transparent part C34 to the back side. Then, using part F12, connect F23 and F24. and part F20 - parts F23 and F25. Assemble the next section of the fuselage according to Figure 15. Assemble the remaining sections and tail elements using glues as shown in Figure. 11, 18, 19, while gluing the tail “crutch” P33* to parts F8 and F16.
A simplified version of the cockpit assembly is possible only for the I-16 type 5. Parts not used: SZ - C22. Part F12 has no round cutouts or cockpit cutout.
Completion of the wing assembly (Fig. 11).
Glue the wing skin A9R and A91 as well as the wingtips using ribs A19*, skin A10R for the right and ALB for the left, as well as gluing A11. Glue in parts A17LA17R (Fig. 11), as well as machine guns A16 and tube A18.
With the simplified version, there is no need to make cutouts on parts A9 R and L.
Completion of fuselage assembly (Fig. 21).
Glue part F34*, then K27* according to the markings on part F1* and glue K26. In parts K20 and K23, having given them the desired shape, cut holes for the exhaust pipes. Make K22 pipes by coloring the parts on the reverse side with a black felt-tip pen and twisting them with a tube. Glue them from the inside to parts K20 and K23 and glue parts K21, aligning them along the rear edge of the holes in parts K20 and K23, as shown in the figure. Now Det. Connect K20 to the nose of the aircraft (K16 -20) and glue them to parts F34* (with a protrusion) and K26. From below to part K16 - 20, protrusion det. F23 and gluing A9 - 20 attach det. K23. Install parts K24L, K25L, K24R, K25R on the right and left, respectively. Cover the joint between parts K16 and K20, K23, K24 with strip K28.
Chassis installation (Fig. 22 and 23).
Using thin wire, bend parts I and II and cover them with parts S7, S8 and S9 (landing gear). Assemble the landing gear retraction cylinder S15 and S16, glue it in as shown in Fig. 23. Install det. I with the leading edge into the hole det. A1*, and glue the back ones to the det. S16. Attach part II to the hole in A5 and to part. I. Glue the wheel from parts S22* - S26* and fasten it to axle II. Bend parts S10 and R10SL at right angles and glue parts S13R, S13L, S14R, S14L to them, respectively. Glue the resulting shields S10R and S10L, S11, S12 to the landing gear. Stretch thin black threads from the center of the wheel to the center of the chassis dome.
Simplified version. The parts of the landing gear struts and wheels are not used, and the flaps are glued to the lower surfaces of the wing and fuselage.
Installation of cockpit glazing and sight
I-16 type 6 (Fig. 17 and 19). Start assembling the sight by gluing part C37 onto C38, and C39 on top. On the left stick C40 and C41. Screw C42 and C43 onto wire piece VIII and glue to C37 on the right. Then glue clear piece C45 between C44 and C46, aligning them to the bottom edges, and glue to C47. Also glue the transparent part C48 to C47 and stick the resulting block onto C37. After this, front and rear children. C42+C43, glue wire parts V, VI, VII as shown in Fig. 17. Install the finished sight on part F12 (Fig. 19). From the transparent part C25, the inner part C24 and the outer part C25, assemble the canopy of the pilot's cabin and glue wire part III along its rear edge. Install the finished canopy onto part F12.
I-16 type 5 (Fig. 20). Connect the open front edges of the transparent part of the SZO using parts C29 (from the inside and C27 from the outside). Glue part C31 on top. Then glue the binding C28 on the inside and C26 on the outside. Add rigidity to the structure using part III. Glue the sight (parts C35 and C36) into the cut hole in the front part of the cockpit canopy and install the finished canopy on part F12. Glue parts C32 and SZZ.
Simplified version. Parts SZO and C31 are made of paper, part C28 is not used.
Assemble and install the elevators, rudder and ailerons (Fig. 11). On early aircraft, the ailerons simultaneously served as flaps, so on the model they can be deflected down by 15 degrees.
We wish you a successful assembly and pleasure from the result!
Paper modeling of the I-16 fighter (zip archive 8 MB)
I decided to continue assembling WWII aircraft. After building a model of the MiG-Z aircraft, which I wrote about in my feed. I decided to build a model of the I-16. And in my opinion, I succeeded.
The I-16 is built using the same technology as the MiG. I found drawings for balsa on the net and converted them to fit ceiling tiles. Started work. Construction began with the fuselage. Because this is the most difficult and painstaking work. And so I cut out the frames and the platform for them. I made the frames from a double ceiling. The platform for the veneers was also made from a double ceiling. Then I sanded all the parts. And I cut slats from wooden ruler and two 6*6 slats from balsa. I put the frames on the platform. Between the frames I will glue slats of balsa and ruler. Then I installed all the frames with Titan glue. The fifth frame is glued at an angle. I let it all dry. Then I cut the slats to size and glued them in. Reiki sat on cyacrine. Balsa slats are glued along the top and bottom of the veneers. And the slats from the ruler will be glued to the sides.
Next I started making the tail unit. I cut out blanks for the keel and elevator. I will make the tail unit from a double ceiling. For reinforcement, we will glue in carbon fiber rods. On the parts we mark the places for the rods and select the seats.
Then we make a jumper for the steering wheels. I made it from a bicycle spoke. I cut it out at the location of the recess for the jumper and glued it in. Then he proceeded to install the elevators. I prefer to use serpyanka.
Having marked the bend line of the rudders, I glued the serpyanka and pressed it with an iron through a sheet of paper.
Then I glued all the parts together and put them under the press. We ended up with these blanks. Let’s wait until it dries.
After everything has dried, we proceed to the cuts where the elevators bend. Having marked the space, I carefully cut through the ceiling to the serpentine on both sides. Then I cut the corners at 45%.
And this is what I got.
Then I started covering the fuselage with the ceiling. I cut out the blanks. And he bent the ceiling using a rolling pin and a hairdryer. 
And I glued all the parts onto the fuselage. 
While the fuselage was drying, I started making the main wing. I made it from penoplex using a heated string. 
I glued balsa slats onto the leading edge of the wing. the slats will also serve as an amplifier. I cut out places for the ailerons.
And I also glued the slats. You can see them in the photo. I glued the slats onto cyacrine. After everything is glued. I sanded the wing blanks and shaped the leading edge.
Then somehow I didn’t do it neatly, I broke the aileron blank. I had to make the ailerons from a double ceiling. I made the wingtips from foam plastic. Then I hung the ailerons and glued both consoles together. This is what the wing looks like at the moment.
Then I started attaching the wing to the fuselage. The wing will be screwed on at the back, and there will be two pins in the front of the wing. Unfortunately, I got so carried away with the work that I forgot to take a photo.
I cut out blanks for the fairings. It took a very long time to adjust. Then he began installing the fairing blanks in place. Having laid the salafan on the krill, I installed the wing in place. I laid the salafan so that the fairings would not stick to the wing.
And glued the lower parts of the fairing to the fuselage. But not completely. I'll glue the back edges tomorrow when the front part is glued.
Yes, I forgot to tell you about the amplifier that I glued into the console.
Then he continued to finish the wing fairings.
And in the end this is what happened.
I made roundings on the bottoms of the wing.
The wing was made removable. I made two pins on the leading edge. And the wing is attached to a polyethylene bolt. Well, I collected everything to the heap. In the end, this is what happened.
Well, I started adding the filling.
Swing 980mm
Flight weight 690 grams.
I installed all the filling in the nose, since the donkey has a problem with centering.
Then I started covering it with paper. The paper I used was graph paper bought at a craft store. glued it to the aqualac. Like this one.
In terms of strength it is better than using PVA glue, but it is worse when processed with sandpaper. Well, then I painted it with acrylic paints. Well, this is the I-16 I got. Sorry, colleagues, for such a brief outline of the construction. Only the rest of the photos disappeared somewhere.
All you have to do is figure out how to make a lantern and you’re done. And here is the rest of my collection. Soviet aviation during the Second World War.
Now we’ll take a break and I want to start building a model of the La-7 aircraft. And of course, a video of the first flight. Launching by hand, since it is no longer possible to take off from the snow. Yes, and sorry for the quality of the video.
In the magazine for paper modeling Paper Modeling, number 69, patterns of the I-16 fighter are presented.
At the end of 1932, Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov and his design team proactively began developing the I-16 monoplane fighter with retractable landing gear and a speed of more than 400 km/h. The plane had to have minimal dimensions and a closed cabin. On December 30, 1933, V.P. Chkalov performed the first flight on an I-16 with an M-22 engine. In February 1934, state tests began, which were carried out by pilots V.K. Kokkinaki and V.A. Stepanchenok. Pilots noted the good flightability and maneuverability of the fighter. At the same time, they pointed out that the plane was strict in piloting. The I-16 came out of a normal corkscrew normally, but from an inverted one it immediately came out on its own. The fighter with the M-25 engine showed outstanding data for that time: the maximum speed at the ground was 395 km/h, at an altitude of 4000 meters - 455 km/h.
At the end of 1934, the introduction of the I-16 into serial production began at plant No. 21 in Gorky. Since this was the fourth type of aircraft built here, it was designated I-16 type 4. The Gorky plant became the lead plant for the production of this fighter. 8,495 I-16s of various types were built here. At plant No. 39 in Moscow they made 58 pieces, and at plant No. 153 in Novosibirsk - 897.
One of the most popular modifications of the I-16 was Type 5, which went into mass production in 1935. Its armament consisted of two LUKAC machine guns in the center section, and its maximum speed reached 454 km/h. The pilot's cabin was completely covered by a canopy that moved forward. In 1936, a cannon modification of type 5 - type 12 was built, and in the same year the UTI-2 training aircraft was created. In 1937, the I-16 type 6 appeared. Taking into account the wishes of the pilots, the designers made the cockpit open with a canopy, which was preserved in all subsequent modifications. Type 6 was equipped with an M-25A engine (730 hp), flight data and weapons corresponded to type 5. In the same year, the I-16 type 10 was built with an M-25V engine (750 hp). The aircraft had a reinforced structure and landing flaps, which were first used on serial fighters of the USSR. Additionally, two more synchronous ShKAS were installed above the motor. Type 10 served as the basis for the development of the UTI-4 fighter trainer (I-16 type 15).
The I-16 received its baptism of fire in 1936 in the skies of Spain. A total of 455 fighters of types 5 and 10, UTI-4 were sent there. In addition, before January 1, 1939, republican factories produced 7 I-16s and 2 UTI-4s.
In air battles, the I-16 had complete superiority over the Heinkel-51 and Fiat CR-32 fighters of the putschists. In February 1937, the first production Messerschmitts B1109B-1 appeared in Spain, and a little later - Bf.109C. Fights with them showed that, with almost equal armament, these aircraft do not exceed the I-16 in speed, are inferior to it in climb rate, but have an advantage in turns.
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