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Paper model Earth to download and make. Members can download the parts for free. Thanks for signing up!
The five parts fit together like this before being glued up into a globe.
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Okay - really quick update cos it is getting late and my internet connection is playing silly beggars again. The layout for the vert pendulum giraffe is done, printed and ready to put together in the morning.
Also, I made this globe based on a Rhomiwhatsithing. I'll be putting together a tutorial on making globes on a whole variety of 3D shapes shortly.
Night night all.
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There was a Lunar Eclipse this morning, the first eclipse on a solstice since 1638. We had a fantastic view of it in the bitter cold just before dawn. Beautiful!
Make your own eclipse with the paper globe and paper moon and a well placed flash gun.
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To go with the Globe model from the previous post, I've made this model paper moon to the same scale. You can download the parts for free at the end of this post. Once complete, to keep the scale accurate, you should stand your moon just a smidge over three metres. (roughly ten feet for those of you using the old system) from the globe.
Note that the the craters on this model moon are only a representation, not an accurate map. Don't use it to guide you round the moon's surface.
Print the parts onto thin card (230 gsm / 230 micron). Score the dotted lines then carefully and accurately cut out the parts. Fold up and glue together the two parts of the moon.
Carefully fit the two halves together. This is a lot easier than the same process on the globe!
Fold round and glue together the stand.
Apply a thin layer of glue to the back of the grey tabs.
Fit the stand to a corner of the moon, use the grey marks for alignment.
Apply glue to the tabs at the other end of the stand and complete the moon model by gluing it to the base.
That's it. Now go and make the globe and stand it three metres from your moon!
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A paper globe to download and make.
Members can download the parts for free at the end of this post. Non-members can download the parts for a small fee. Print out the parts onto thin card (230 gsm / 230 micron) Notice that there is a mono and colour verion. With the colour version, parts sheet four is marked front and back. Print out the parts 4 front onto one side of the card, flip the sheet over, return it to the printer and print out parts 4 back onto the other side. Score along the dotted lines and cut out the holes before cutting out the parts.
Start by assembling the two halves of the globe.
Fold the base round and glue down to make two rectangular box sections.
Glue together the stand and thread it up through the hole in the base.
Assemble the base stiffeners as shown.
Flip the base over and glue on the base stiffeners.
Fold round and glue down the remaining flaps to complete the base.
Glue on of the support sides to the support back
Glue the other support side into place.
The fillet glues into place to cover up the tabs. Glue one end of the fillet to the support back, roll it round and glue the other end down to the bottom of the support back.
Glue the support to the base.
Glue the two parts of the globe together.
When I used to fix my own car the Haynes manual would always say something like that. "Glue the two parts together" "Simply remove the gear box" "Refit the crank shaft" It is easy to say but tricky to do. Start by gluing one flap. then glue the remaining tabs and fit the globe together. You can press parts into place by threading a chop stick through the holes in the top and bottom. Good luck with this stage!
Thread the axle through the globe. Fit the two washers so that the axle is centred vertically and free to rotate.
Complete the model by gluing the axle to the support.
Done!
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I re-layed the parts of the globe on a more accurate net, added a bit of colour and reprinted.
The net comes in two parts. It's easy enough to assemble the individual parts. The tricky bit is joining the two halves together. By having alternating tabs on each side the model lines its self up quite well so shouldn't be too much of a nightmare to put together.
Hopefully.
Next, the stand. Turns out that the angle of tilt of the earth is known as the obliquity of the ecliptic. Nice! The angle is currently 23.4 degrees.
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...and all the men and women...
I know what you're thinking. You're thinking:
a: Ooo! Shakespeare, some class at last.
b: At least he knows how to spell 'you're'.
c: That's one of those truncated icosahedrons isn't it!
And you'd be right on all three points.
Anyway, as is often the case, more than one projects is on the go here at the Brickworks. I'm re-doing the globe stand at the moment trying to make it a little lighter looking but hoping to retain the rigidity. Other than that, quite a nice little project coming along nicely!
Taking #1 Daughter to her friend's house then, onward and upwards!
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