1:16 Unfoldable Model of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Namaste and Welcome to my First ever Instructables Project. I made a 1:16 ratio Model of, soon to be launched, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope a.k.a JWST which can be both folded as well as unfolded. This project was made using Reusable and Reclaimed Materials from advertising boards, metal pipes and Polystyrene Sheets etc. while some materials were bought.

Originally in the James Webb Space Telescope, it's Height is 12m when fully deployed and Lengths covered by deployed SunShield is 22m * 12m (about the size of a Tennis Court). The Model's Height is 0.8m and the Lengths covered by 1.4m * 0.6m.

When compared both of their Sizes, the Model was found roughly 1:16 of the size of the NASA's original James Webb Space Telescope.

Hope y'all like my project.

• Hard Board (reclaimed from Advertising Boards)
• PolyStyrene Sheets aka Thermocol (reclaimed from old packagings)
• Metal Pipes (reclaimed)
• 19 Hexagonal Golden Acrylic Mirrors (reclaimed from Room Decoration Material)
• Silver Plastic Sheet
• 0.5m Long Piece of Wood with Square base
• Craft Sheets - Black
• Pair of Scissors
• Blade Paper Cutter
• Glue
• Tape
• Instant Adhesive
• Metal Hinges (both Short and Long)
• Screws and Nuts
• Scale
• Pencil
• Aluminium Foil

Initially, we start with the Primary Base where the Golden Mirrors will be placed. For this we have to arrange the mirrors on the reclaimed Hard Board as shown in the given picture 1.1 and 1.2 and cut 2 big stencils and 4 small stencils for 1 main base and 2 side bases for making a foldable mirror.

Then after cutting the boards, we cut Polystyrene sheet into 1 big stencil and 2 small stencil as same as the Hard Boards.

Now we glue together the 2 Main Board Stencils and 1Big Polystyrene sheet Stencil by sandwiching the boards and the Polystyrene sheet. Same with the 2 Small Side Bases as shown in picture 1.4.

Now leaving the bases for about an Hour for the glue to dry up and then we will get our Bases ready.

After getting the Primary Bases ready, we head onto covering them with black Sheets from all sides. For this, we glue the sheets with Primary Bases as shown in picture 2.1.

Then, we stick the Golden Mirrors on the ready Base as planned and reconfirm the mirror design as shown in picture 2.2.

Next, we join the Short Hinges with the instant adhesive (picture 2.3) to the planned Base structure as such they fold as shown in the picture 2.4.

Our Foldable Mirror is now Complete. We wait for the adhesive and glue to dry up and join the materials applied.

Similar to the primary mirror bases, we cut the Hexagonal Golden mirror into a circular mirror, then, mark the stencil on the hard board, cutting the hard board, sandwich glueing the boards with the Polystyrene sheet cut in the size of secondary mirror, covering the secondary base with black sheet and sticking the mirror onto the base. Y'all may also notice the space given in the secondary mirror base, that space is made for adding the pipes to the secondary mirror. (for reference see picture 3.1, 3.2)

Next, we cut the Hardboard into a long Rectangular Shape and cut it lightly into 2:1 ratio to make it turn down as given in the picture 3.4 and glueing Polystyrene sheets and the wooden piece as shown in picture 3.3 and 3.4 letting it dry for about an hour for the glue to dry up and join the materials into a solid stand for the primary mirror.

Then, we glue the stand to the primary mirror in such a way it gets joined to the back of the Primary Mirror Base and to make the joining stronger, we cover both the joined Primary Mirror and the stand with a Silver Plastic Sheet cut accordingly to the shape of the Primary Mirror and the stand with glue, letting the glue to dry up and strongly join the stand to the mirror base. For reference, see picture 3.5.

Meanwhile the glue dries up for the previous steps, we make a box using Hard Board, Polystyrene Sheets and Glue with a hole in it to make the stand fit inside the box and after making a strong box as a base for the whole structure, we cover the box with the Aluminium Foil for its lustre and its low cost. For reference, see picture 3.6.

We also made a black case as given in the picture 3.7 using Hardboard, Black Sheet and Glue to represent the Camera and receiver unit of the Space Telescope.

The Silver Plastic Sheet is cut into the shape of the original Sunshield in the Space Telescope with length = 1.4m and width 0.6m

The reclaimed Metal pipes are cut into 8 different pieces (4 pieces for the foldable secondary mirror sticks & 4 for elongating and deploying the Silver Plastic Sheet (here SunShield)). These pieces are welded to short and long hinges for the folding mechanism as well as deployment mechanism of the SunShield.

The 3 pieces of metal pipes are connected to the primary mirror base and the secondary mirror base as such it gets folded when needed, with two short pieces welded together to a short hinge to make a longer piece which can be folded. The other 4 Pieces are welded to 2 Long Hinges and joined to the Stand Box as such the Sunshield can be deployed in the structure.

After Joining all the parts together, given is the final result.

You can compare my project with this official image of JWST.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/James_Webb_Space_Telescope_2009_top.jpg/563px-James_Webb_Space_Telescope_2009_top.jpg

(Keep in mind this Project was made from Reclaimed Materials)

My Sincere thanks Instructables.com Team for providing me a platform to submit my project.

Thank You Everyone for reading this.

Namaste.