Paper and Tin Foil Space Ship

this space ship is strong and looks amazing too!

cardboard from cereal box

Long thin balsa wood

Popsicle sticks

Paper

Tinfoil

Elmers glue all glue

Wide, thin sheets of balsa wood

Super glue

White masking tape

Silver spray paint

Black spray paint

for the engines depending on how strong you want it you need to have 8 to 10 cardboard rounds from the cereal box, 2 3/4 inches from one side to the other. using 2 balsa sticks 16 1/2 inches long, attach half of them 3 inches away from each other if you are using five. You should have around a 1 inch gap at one end. Make 2.

If you are making the engines with 4 rounds in them space them about 3 3/4 inches away from each other. Continue following instructions above and below.

Glue 2 layers of paper around each one. Then put a cone on top that is 4 3/4 inches long and about 3 1/4 inches wide.

the body of the ship is 17 inches wide and 9 inches long. You can choose your truss design for the inside on google, just look up flat truss, print it, or you can make up your own! https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/f8de3864-73...

this is a link I found on sketchup for a flat truss

Glue the engines onto the truss so that the back of it has 2 1/2 inches sticking out.

For the cockpit you need a balsa board 3 1/2 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 4 and 3/4 inches at. The top a 3 inch by 7 1/2 inches at the base and 4 1/4 inches at the top. Make sides that measure 3 1/2 by 4 inches long and 2 1/2 inches wide put is together and make the window out of plastic line it with popsicle sticks

Add landing gear to the bottom

Then cover the truss body wit paper

Cover the windows with masking tape. Then spray paint the cockpit silver. Spray paint the cones and backs of the engine black.

use Elmers glue all glue to attach strips of tinfoil everywhere accept the spray painted parts is you want to add any guns make sure you do so before you tinfoil it.

There are thousands of creations you can make!