Aerobatics in the creation of paper planes

One day, Luca Iaconi-Stewart, a high school student, received an assignment in an architecture class. He needed to make simple models of airplanes out of paper, but this idea inspired him so much that he decided to do something more ambitious. He was always interested in airplanes, so he decided to make an exact model of the Boeing 777 out of paper at a scale of 1:60. So he started building a model in high school, the project took a lot of paper and five years of life, but it is not yet complete. Luca hopes to finish it in the summer to start another one-there is an idea to create a new, larger model of the plane.

We admire the kind of perseverance and attention to detail that becomes art.

No one has ever taken the design of paper airplanes so seriously.

To create the model, Luca chose an Air India 777-300ER aircraft, the scheme of which he found on the Internet.

He transferred the diagram to a graphic editor and printed out the details on paper, from which he folded them.

He used all the knowledge that he received in the educational institution, and worked out every detail of the aircraft.

The chassis is folded, everything that should open-opens.

This model is the result of several failed attempts.

From the parts that did not fit, you can build another plane.

For example, he made three tail parts, two full-fledged wings, and much more to make sure that everything goes as it should.

It took a whole summer just to create the passenger seats.

Twenty minutes for a seat in economy class and four to six hours for business class.

It took a month to develop the engines, and four months to assemble them.

It took eight hours to create first-class seats. The main tool was a pair of tweezers.

The creator of the paper airplane says that while he has no ideas where to give the finished model, but he hopes that there will be proposals from museums or aircraft companies.

Luka is grateful to his parents, who gave him complete freedom and even more. When this project is completed, perhaps the artist will start building a new model that will be even larger.