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Model Boeing 777 made entirely from manila folders (photos)

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Luca Iaconi-Stewart built a 1:60 model of an Air India Boeing 777-300ER made entirely from manila file folders. You have to see this thing to believe it. (www.flickr.com) さらに...

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danishnelson
Imagine how much time it took just to do ONE seat - multiply that by the remaining 348 seats and every other part see in the photos, and you see something absolutely extraordinary!
remymerm
Its absolutely spectacular...I saw this the other day, and I highly recommend looking at his youtube videos...they are also great. I wanna know where he got the drawingss and diagrams because it is really extremely extraordinarily detailed...
patricksmall
In his own words:

"Keep in mind that there are no engineering drawings publicly available, so I've had to design everything myself, which is tremendously difficult if you're trying to do it with any semblance of accuracy."
glabady738
Where can I get one?
NickFlightX
Holy Crap!!! I want to see it finished!
stevooz
man this guy should be an engineer for boeing , the level of detail is amazing !!
Rsutcliffe
Neat Job and Thanks for sharing
Ron in Texas on 1-24-2014
Av8nut
OMG!! Doing this out of wood would be amazing enough. But manila folders?!?! The level of detail on the landing gear extraordinary!
PhotoFinish
With so much phenomenally detailed work, it is too bad the plane was not done in a more durable material.
AWAAlum
AWAAlum 6
Hang it from the ceiling, it'll be around a long while.
mariescreations
It would be interesting if someday we will be told how many pieces make up this incredible model and how many man hours were involved in building it. He must have had some inside information on all of the design details. Didn't know there is an upper deck for the crew. Great job!
planotxwx
Dave Wood 7
Amazing, but why? What drives someone to spend thousands of hours on building a detailed model out of paper? Excellent work to showcase a huge amount of talent and motivation. I wish I had 10% of this guy's motivation.
mwilliams78
My bet is he is a graduate level architecture student... either that or he has a lot of time on his hands and a lot of motivation! It is pretty amazing.
carlosanastacio
Fantastic job. Congratulations!
pdawgpatrick
Wow! That is so cool. Talent, should never be wasted and always displayed!
jzmijewski
Very Impressive!
hansv
Stunning, simply stunning, A MUST SEE!
poormanva
All those pictures and not a one showing the finished product....bummer!!
PhotoFinish
PhotoFinish -1
I think it may have looked much better in the raw materials, than after painted.

I looked at some of the painting videos posted here. I didn't like how the painted finish looked.

In fact, in the video, the final product was only shown in dark lighting. (Probnly because the paint job didn't donthe model justice (at best) or ruined it (at worst)).
AWAAlum
AWAAlum 4
If it did ruin it, I'd pick up a can of spray paint and just spray it back to the original manila.
PhotoFinish
It was that painted manilla folder look that didn't seem to be working. Can't 'unpaint' paper. It is painted in the Air India beige livery color, so the color is almost the color of the folders.
AWAAlum
AWAAlum 2
I misunderstood what you meant by how it looked better in the raw materials, than after painted ... and the painted finish looked. SS. You obviously are right, and you can't unpaint paper, but you can paint over it.
blueashflyer
I try to get my employees to focus on detail, but this is incredible!
andriy17
This is incredible!!!! Makes you think there is no impossible !
tommy2000
Tom Howard 5
I'm blown away!
JimHeslop
Jim Heslop 5
Wow....absolutely WOW! After doing one seat, I would say 'did that, and no more!' My Father once told me "Jim, you need more patience" to which I replied...."Patients are for hospitals"!
This is absolutely an amazing work of patience and determination! I wish him success in whatever he does in the future!
projectabove35000feet
Only if it can actually fly...
flyingcookmosnter
Timelapse video of the paint going on:
http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/01/20/best-paper-plane-ever-man-builds-replica-of-a-777-with-manila-folders/
captainjman
That is completely amazing - nuts... stupendous -

I would bring this to any interview - show the video and say "that is what I bring to your company sir" - and get ANY job you ever wanted because an employer would kill to have someone as detailed and smart as this
skuttlerats
Absolutely one of the most incredible from scratch model builds I have ever seen. Incredible detail and patience. His career path is set.
Yukishau
Shaun S 5
That's amazing. I can't even make a descent paper airplane to throw at my kids. I better step up my game
Kimble44
Incredible!!! Would say simply amazing but simple does not apply.
eater1952
It's a piece of art.
pilot62
I wonder how quickly it will burn, I'd insure it !
BILL6
Fantastic good job !!!!!!!!!!!!!
photophly
He's hired......detail is amazing.
Papythus
Let us know when its finished

Bobqat
Gobsmacked !
smoki
smoki 4
This man is obviously a craftsman, a sculptor of extraordinary ability. I would not have believed it possible to do what he did had I not seen it. He should be working in an airplane manufacturer's design department. The level of detail is incredible and magnificent. That's one helluva paper airplane.
brycecampbel
Just speechless, the attention to detail is amazing, from the interior to the exterior!
Lunarstorm777
(v)e Same 7
That makes me sick just to try and fathom the time and nerves of steel it would take to do that..... You sir, are a terrifying man, my hat is definitely off to you.
nycslc1
nycslc1 3
This is sooo insane and sooo cool! I love the detail work!
stevehudson
Awesome! I agree with Steve below. Will be looking forward to seeing the finished model.
JasonVerney
Absolutely amazing. The detail is top notch and I can't wait to see the finished product.
xtoler
That is amazing!!
grawlinson
I don't know Boeing haven't offer you a job. That is just so good plus the you tube video. Can't wait to see finished product. We'll Done
Moviela
I love the sheepskin on the pilot's seats. Plane seems more airworthy than a lot of those from Airbus.
rlt7020
I loved the sheepskin, too! Too funny.
ivjmci
Pity we can't get away from the inane negativity based only on nationality. Airbus and Boeing are both excellent aircraft with enviable safety records.
Bobqat
Yeah, but Boeing is excellenter! ;^}
johndanzy
John Danzy -1
Yeah, a manilla folder model 777 is more airworthy than an Airbus. Yes, more than all those Airbus in the sky right right now.

I guess you'll take any chance you get to make some idiotic Boeing>Airbus comment.
Moviela
If I send a box of folders over can you prove me wrong?
ADXbear
ADXbear 4
This a unbelievable!.. as an better than average model builder myself, I am totally in awe of this mans skill and patients.... wonderful job.. priceless piece of work.. Boeing should be offering you BIG money for such a masterpiece ..
Lbug510
incredible talent
PerryL
PerryL 2
Extraordinary!! this reminds me of an article I read some years ago about a retired dentist who build a replica of an F-4U Corsair out of aluminum.
hansv
Not surprising, ask me how I know!
grude
grude 2
WOW, someone has a lot of free time. Actually, that model is amazing.
uglybull
Unbelievable, you must have a very steady hand to forfill this entire project.
jet4ang
jet4ang 2
He must have access to all the blueprints from Boeing. The detail is astonishing! Blows my mind!
Caldeiraf
. . . amazing !!!
GaelArnold
Luca you are absolutely brilliant!! A perfectionist with absolute precision. Whatever you choose to do in life I'm sure you will always be a success. Have a good life and all the very , very best to a brilliant young man. NanaGael
projectabove35000feet
Oh man everything is movable...
Flightdog
I took a look at his Youtube videos as well. This is so incredibly impressive. I am in awe at his dedication and attention to detail. Simply an amazing effort.
tabearcbandit
This is one of the best detailed build I have every seen. Being a Model Builder myself OUTSTANDING...........Tell me do you have a die cutter or a machine to dupilcate your items for the model?
Mike L
JUMBOSTEVE
WOW ! Great talent U hv. I'm sure U can get (or hv U already) a offer from some of the Sci-Fi movie moguls 2 build various SPACESHIP/City models they use4computer designed lifelikes of original.
Plz keep me posted on yr nxt Project endeavour(s).
[email protected]
hansv
you can subscribe to him and his other videos on youtube.
johnteater
This is totally unbelievable. The attention to detail is amazing. I have never seen anything like this.
phoare38
Phil Hoare 1
I believe that all other contributors have said what I think, incredible, fantastic, such detail, a great project to completion, congratulations. Maybe the finishing touch could be passengers/aircrew??!!
avgeekryan
Ryan E. 1
Here is an interview with him: http://30kfeet.us/1g9Dlfo
LarryLooper
Larry Dube 1
Larry Dube' - Capt (retired) United Air Lines

This work is truly amazing. There is little time better used than to exhibit this kind of gift. Others have used all of the appropriate words ... how about 'supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' ??
AWAAlum
AWAAlum 1
"WHY" what?
VAmoose
Why DO this? Other than consuming manila folders and time, what purpose does this serve? The level of detail is impressive, but it's as useless as a ship in a bottle.
AWAAlum
AWAAlum 1
That's a bit like asking Michelangelo why David, or the artisan down the way why create those models. Perhaps you've never noticed, but there's actually something in our world known as art, or craft...and they are created for the sheer pleasure of it. Some things, Donald, simply don't need any purpose other than to please the eye and touch the soul and make one feel better just for having seen it.
clabo
Some people are just dead inside...
clabo
Great stuff, *no* doubt about that, but what about the old-timey "ships in a bottle"? Know what kind of patience was required to do *that*, and through a (literal) bottleneck!?

Or the guy who paints pictures literally on the heads of pins?

Or the guy who sculpts pencils in amazing ways,

http://creativepool.com/magazine/inspiration/incredible-lead-pencil-sculptures.2235

and so on?

Anyone look at the videos of Ksenia Semenova and her put-to-music sand portraits? Had some people in tears...


There's an incredible amount of talent out there. I'm not putting down this guy, but he had it *relatively* easy, being able to work out in the open, vs, say, shaving down pencil-graphite into interlinked chains, etc. Just *one* "oops!", and it's trashed, you start over completely. Same with building a ship in a bottle, including masts, sails, etc. And the latter was done in the 1800s (actually 1784, as I just found out), to boot!

As I said, it's amazing just what kind of talent is out there, in all forms...
PhotoFinish
Nonetheless, I'm sure someone would want this guy working for them. That's what he's hoping for anyway. Hope he gets a great job from this effort.
oirudleahcim
Amazing. But "manilla" only has one "l," so it's "manila." OK?
AWAAlum
AWAAlum 4
Your "I," shouldn't have a comma within the quotation marks OK?
Moviela
Use of commas and quotes have different rules in America and Great Britain. In America most style books put the comma or period inside the quote marks. In the UK logic determines the position. There is an exception for American usage in some style books that a single letter quoted places the comma outside the quote.

Giving you the benefit of the exception rule you're right Donna, but for more than a single letter Americans always place the comma or period inside the quote.

The reason for the difference between America and the UK has to do with interchangeable type. Newspapers in America had trouble setting a period outside a quote because it would often be damaged by linotype machines in wide use. Placed inside the quote the period was protected from damage by the machine. UK printers used a different variety of typesetting and could lock up pages of type without damage, so continued to use logic to determine the placement of the period. OK?
AWAAlum
AWAAlum 4
No, because there is no comma in the word "Manila" and Michael is using a quote that would indicate there is. There's a big difference between a comma in the middle of a sentence, and I agree with you there. But surely, unless I'm wrong, there are no words that I can think of that contain a comma, hence, no comma in the quote.
Moviela
Michael, however, constructed a sentence that has a main and subordinate clause. There is a comma required to separate the two clauses. Most American rules would place the comma inside the quote marks. There is an American exception that would follow UK style that places the comma outside the quote.

I understand your point that one would expect a quotation to be verbatim, usually when speech is reduced to written expression. A comma is needed at the end of direct speech prior to information about the speaker. Example:

"Make the pilot coffee," I replied.

Were I editing Michael's sentence for publication, I would have deleted the quote marks and used italics instead, but that is not possible here.

I can think of one common word that has a comma. COMMAnder. ;)
AWAAlum
AWAAlum 3
It's too bad this became such a silly issue. When I commented, I was merely trying to point out in his style, he was just as wrong as the person he was saying was wrong. Since he isn't from the UK, nor you, nor me - I can't even figure out why you're bringing it into the equation. (That's a hypothetical, by the way...matter of fact, consider it all so.)
tcavin
tcavin -1
way too much down time....
AWAAlum
AWAAlum 6
Ever heard the word "hobby" ??? It's clearly this man's passion, and not up to you to judge what is too much down time for anyone other than yourself.
Av8nut
"down time"? I think it's evident in the level of detail that this project has been this guy's life for years, perhaps 1,000s of hours invested. Must have no wife or kids.
captainjman
You know what this sounds like - it sounds like you wish you had the time to do this yourself but don't. This guy might do this all day, he may do it one hour a day - it doesn't matter- it's his life. And he did something pretty amazing with his time.. so don't be jealous. I have kids, and i know how hard it is to make time for other things - but if you really want to do something like this you can - all you have to do is start - and do a little at at time and before you know it you've done something amazing.
Doobs
Dee Lowry 1
I agree with you Jason. It's called "Passion". You can see the passion with every detail. Amazing work of art and accomplishment.
flag25
Rick Rae -1
This is pretty much the definition of having too much time on your hands....

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