So I found a new one and decided to let you all in on the process. Taking all the pictures seems to have slowed down the work flow. But in an effort to be thorough I figured you would all enjoy it. I must give credit where credit is due. Surfing the internets I stumbled across this. Check it out! This looks like an OUTSTANDING full size model, and by full size I mean FUCKING HUGE! It is 28 full pages, and what I have done here is scale it down to fit 16 pages per sheet printed. Its still pretty good size (compared to the other teeny tiny things) But I believe it will present quite the challenge.
So this is the cover sheet. Yeah that's supposed to be 1 8.5"x11" page. So You can see this is going to be an adventure.
So When you have a lot of pieces its best to separate them out a little. Yeah I made the directions teeny too. The directions are really just an exploded view with labels for each piece. and HOLY SHIT some of these are WAY small. Lets do this shit!
These are the pieces I am going to focus on first. These are the Bulk of the wing/airfoil section. The large parts are the top and bottom. Well . . . actually there are 2 other pieces almost identical under the pieces in the top left. The brown stripe parts are the leading edge of the wings. The black arrow looking things are trim for the inside of the U shape on the wing. There is also a little baffle piece that goes on the end that separates the airfoil part from the control surface. So, 5 pieces total. Lets get to it.
This is the schematic of the part we are putting together first. Its not much. See the pieces over there almost dead center of the image?
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We cut out the pieces with our trusty SHARP knife. sharp is important or you get little fuzz and the edges don't look quite right. Plus when you try and pull the pieces apart you risk tearing the paper which makes for sad kittens and an over worked printer.
Once the pieces are cut out we want to score the fold lines. This is an important step for getting a nice crisp fold. For these little guys I find a paperclip works great. its not too sharp to cut the paper if you're careful. For larger models a dried ball point pen works wonders. I have tried toothpicks but they just mush.
All the pieces for one side cut out and ready to go. Notice the leading edge piece is not folded. There is a reason for that we shall get to shortly. Also note, bottom left of the picture. There's the little baffle piece I was telling you about.
Here are the first pieces glued. Left: That's the leading edge piece. Center: Rolled around the toothpick to give us a nice curve. Right: Glued to the top. -Note- I changed up the order I glued the parts to the second one. It was a real bitch this way towards the final attachments.
That piece right there on the left was the real killer. Thats the long skinny thing. See the baffle thing up there. YAY. and the trailing edge just gets a little glue along the edge and a quick pinch.
This is the final product for one side. A few lessons learned with this first part. 1. Glue the little arrow thing on first. (see below). 2. Taking pictures while you're building really cuts into the time it takes. Maybe I should just build and ask someone else to take pictures. 
Gluing that bad chicken on first I think will make things a TON easier. It was sure easier to get it on there without trying to squeeze it in between the top and bottom piece.
Cheers and thats it for now. Im going to just build the second side and document the other pieces as I go along. Thanks for stopping by.
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