Scratch Built Drop Pod 

Article Submitted by Max Dammit


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Parts
The wood is 4 mm wood
the white is 1 mm plastic
the brown is 0,5 mm cardboard


Step one
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take part 1 and 2 and stick together (both sides)

Step two
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take part 1 and 2 and stick on part 3 (both sides)

and this is what you get
Step one
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Those are the fins

next the top and the botum

take part 8 and make this shape
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Take part 4 and 6 and make this shape
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Take part 5 and glue in to this shape
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Take parts 5 and 7 and put the 7 in part 5 like on the image
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Stick part 5 and 6 together
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Take part 9 and fold
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And stick on the fin
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And now you need more hands than you have
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Take part 5/6 and stick on the bottum with the 5 holes to the top
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Take parts 11 and stick on the door
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Take parts 10 and glue them on the fins, make sure you leave them sticking out the same distance as the thickness of the plastic/board your using.
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Cut a strip of plastic/board so it fits between the parts 10 (on the edge of the fin)
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Cut out this part out of normal paper (150 gr?)
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Stick the strips on
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And make half a cilinder of it
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Stick them in the lower slots on the pod
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cut out the rectangle shape out of board/plastick and stick on the botum of the pod
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Now for the trusters, You can make a cilinder out of a pice of paper but i use wall plugs
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Cut of the end (test the length you want)
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and stick in part 10
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Take this part and cut
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Bend the edges of the rotor
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Make a cilinder out of the strip
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And place the rotor in side (this is fiddly work)
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And stick on top of you pod
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cut the little square shapes and gleu in the holes on the fins and door

If you'v don it right, this is what you have, just a few more little things to do.
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Cut out the slim lines and small rectangle shapes on the image and stick on top of the fins to connect parts 3 (top of the fins you see a connection)
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Cut these parts
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And stick on the botum side of the fins
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Than ask around on a board (Thanx Gareth icon_wink )
and get these or the banners
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Stick on the doors and its done
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