Paper Spacecraft Models!

Space Camp Brainiac · Post by **Space Camp Brainiac** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 9:48 pm

I am a very obsessed paper model maker! I have models of ONLY spacecrafts like the Hubble Space Telescope, Columbia, Endeavor, Atlantis, etc. All of it was free! You should try this really cool hobby, Space Campers! To get you started, I've included a few good sites to start you off, but try www.google.ca to search for more.

www.delta7studios.com
www.fiddlersgreen.com
www.freepapertoys.com

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 9:49 pm

I was in the middle of one (Columbia) but my little brother wrecked it. What a pain.

stargazer0105 · Post by **stargazer0105** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 10:29 pm

I built one out of styrefoam.

Space Camp Brainiac · Post by **Space Camp Brainiac** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 5:34 pm

Where did you get the styrofoam spacecraft model? Was it free?

stargazer0105 · Post by **stargazer0105** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 8:51 pm

Actually, I made it from scratch. I bought a big piece of styrofoam and then printed out a bottom, top, and side view to use as a template. I put the bottom view on the styrefoam and traced it and cut it out using a box cutter, and then I cut out a rectangular piece that was pointed on one end and glued it on top of the other piece. Then, I spent many many many hours sanding it it to it's final shape. I cut a tail out of styrofoam and sanded it down till it was thinner than the body but thick enough to support itself. I used thimbles for the three main engines.

Space Camp Brainiac · Post by **Space Camp Brainiac** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 9:08 pm

Wow!!!!!! That's a lot of work! Good job!

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 9:10 pm

Thimbles! I'd never have thought of it myself.

spacecampaddict28 · Post by **spacecampaddict28** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 10:47 pm

Did you do it as a project for 4-H?

stargazer0105 · Post by **stargazer0105** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 11:08 pm

Not this time. It was my 1st nine weeks world history project. I'm going to do it for 4-H next year though.

spacecampaddict28 · Post by **spacecampaddict28** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 11:11 pm

What was the context in which you were to make a shuttle out of styrofoam for history?

Space Camp Brainiac · Fri Jun 20, 2003 11:32 pm

I am trying to find a free model of the shuttles Challenger, Enterprise and Discovery. If any of you guys have a link to that, please post it cuz I am collecting all six shuttles (including test shuttles like Atlantis or Enterprise!)

stargazer0105 · Post by **stargazer0105** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 12:47 pm

Ok, first of all Atlantis isn't a test shuttle (at least it wasn't last I checked). Second of all, our history project was to recreate something that we deemed historically significant.

spacecampaddict28 · Post by **spacecampaddict28** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 1:48 pm

Hmm I don't think it was a test shuttle either...but whatever. Oh okay I can see now how it would be a good history project. I guess I wasn't making the connection. Did you make just an orbiter or an entire shuttle?

stargazer0105 · Post by **stargazer0105** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 7:02 pm

I made an entire shuttle that was almost to scale, but the orbiter was the best part and it was the only part made out of styrofoam.

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 7:07 pm

I'm gonna have to do that.

stargazer0105 · Post by **stargazer0105** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 7:23 pm

The only thing that was off scale wasthe diameter of the ET. I used a two liter bottle and based the rest of my dimensions on the distance from the bottom to the base of the neck.

spacecampaddict28 · Post by **spacecampaddict28** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 7:39 pm

I was going to ask about what other materials you used to make it.....but um you sorta answered it. Well, what did you make the SRBs out of?

stargazer0105 · Post by **stargazer0105** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 8:34 pm

I used paper towell tubes and then shaped the nosecones out of styrofoam. Be careful when you paint the styrofoam though because certain types of paints will melt the styrofoam. Same with glues.

Space Camp Brainiac · Post by **Space Camp Brainiac** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 9:13 pm

I made the whole shuttle. And the last time I checked, Atlantis was a experiment. Is there any proof against that? I'd like to know.

spacecampaddict28 · Post by **spacecampaddict28** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 9:22 pm

Atlantis flew into space..........what other proof do you need? I don't mean it in a bad way...