Pound me a Copper B-24J?

**clipper1801** · 03-22-2015 21:17

Years ago I shared a bit of my past projects in paper. My dad who worked on the bombers and warbirds of the past used to come home from work and amaze me with paper airplanes cut from used envelopes . . .

They were cut from a single piece and cleverly folded into marvelous toys of joy, some were even coaxed into flight, I learned his skill was honed from cardboard models printed on cereal boxes back in the day . . .

I stressed my memory and recreated one of his masterpieces . . . here is the net reverse engineered:

Lately I was inspired by Ling (Sue) with her beautiful hammered copper jewelry and revisited art school and nostalgia land. I found a roll of copper sheet 32 ga and reduced the net to a nice small size

Stuck the pattern to the copper and spent some time with a tiny pair of tin snips . . .

Then did some folding and hammering . . . a rough diamond emerged

Revealing my pattern needs a bit of adjustment and my snipping skills some work, but I like the result!

2" wingspan! Fun and coolrific!

And now the madness grows, real life paper airplanes folded out of copper sheet! The fun continues . . . .

Did I need a new hobby???????????????????????????????? Thanks Sue!