Grounded – Accurate Boeing 777 Scale Model by Luca Iaconi-Stewart

Luca Iaconi-Stewart is a San Francisco-based sculptor who was inspired by a high school architecture class to create this 1:60 scale model of a Boeing 777 entirely out of Manila folders. This project started out way back in 2008 when he was still in junior high. The project is still ongoing as it’s sort of a trial-and-error process which Luca works on when he has the time. He also happens to be a bit of a perfectionist and his failed attempts include two sets of wings and three wonky tails. Luca relies on a detailed schematics he found online; he then utilizes Adobe Illustrator to recreate the drawings, which he prints directly onto the folders before cutting them out. It seems to me that it took so long to finish because he faithfully recreated everything, down to the nuts, bolts, and gears. Too bad it can’t fly. Luca hopes to wrap up the painstaking process of creation this summer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See more of his creation on Flickr.