K'nex Eiffel Tower Model
One time I was browsing 'ibles and thought "hey, I should build some realistic model of landmarks out of knex." I deciced to start with the eiffel tower. After about 20 minutes of hard work, I found two designs. The first one looked great but specifically said "I do not plan to post instructions for this, so don't bother asking." The second one look more promising but also turned out to have no instructions so I decided to make my own from scratch. After 5 hours of building, rebuilding and more rebuilding, It was finally done. I hope you build this project and think it's a cool little display piece. there may be more knex landmarks coming soon. happy building! =)
sorry if the instructions arn't that good. this is my first 'ible.
Supplies
CONNECTORS
- ONE-SLOT GREY/PURPLE: 4
- TWO-SLOT ORANGE: 7
- THREE-SLOT RED/GREY: 4
- FIVE-SLOT YELLOW/GREY: 8
- FOUR-SLOT PURPLE/GREY 3D: 28
- SEVEN-SLOT BLUE 3D: 44
- EIGHT-SLOT WHITE/BLACK: 7
RODS
- GREEN/BLACK: 44
- WHITE/SILVER/BLACK: 25
- BLUE: 28
- YELLOW: 17
- RED: 5
- BLUE/GREY/ORANGE: 9
- YELLOW/GREEN GREY-LENGTH FLEXIROD: 4
MISC
- grey spacer: 4
- blue spacer: 3
- blue clip: 1
- black cap: 5
- socket joint: 4
- y-clip: 38
- flag (approx 8cm by 5cm): 1
Legs
- Build this foot
- add these rods
- add this
- make this
- add it on
- make 4
First Floor
- build this
- build 3 more
- connect together like this
- add this
- close up
Connecting Together and Strengthening
- get all the parts you have made so far
- attach the legs on
- close up
- it should look like this
- top view
- gather this
- attach them on like this
- done
Tower Part 1
- gather these
- attach on like this
- gather all of these pieces
- build this
- add on these bits
- get the main piece
- put it on like this
- push it on further
- done
Tower Part 2
- gather all these pieces
- make two of these
- add on these rods
- connect them together (sorry that it's sideways)
- get the main piece
- attach it on (sorry that it's sideways)
- done
Tower Part 3
- gather these pieces
- build these
- add these rods
- connect together
- add these rods
- gather these pieces
- add them on
- another view
- another view
- attach it to the tower
- attach it all on (sorry that it's sideways)
Internal Strengthening
- gather these pieces
- built this
- add these bits
- get the main bit
- attach it on (sorry that it's upside-down
- another view
- make sure the white rod is poking through
- add this
Tower Strengthening
- get these pieces
- get this
- attach it on
- put this on
- put the rest on
- another view
Finishing Touches
- build a flag
- put it on
3,4 and 5 pictures