3D Red Barron From Hot Glue

Since the 3D printer first came out I have always wanted one but i haven't decided to buy one because of expense.

But, I have found a way around this barrier.

The way i have discovered uses the hot glue gun.

hope you like it.

What You Will Need

A hot glue gun
glue for the hot glue gun
Knife
Red paint
Black paint
White paint
clean working surface
paintbrush

Wings

dimensions

length:4"

width: 1/2"

How to make

To make the wings you must first heat up the hot glue gun

Glue a line 4" long and repeat this several time until the wing is 1/2" wide (I will refer to this as rows)

Make 3 wings because this is a triplane.

Body

Dimensions

Length: 3 1/2"

Width: 1"

Height: 3/4"

IMPORTANT: to make the cockpit don't put glue in the space

How to make

To try to make the body a oval shape you must use less rows of hot glue at the bottom say 2 and make your way up by putting more rows in the gaps of the first few rows.

When you are about three rows up you must continue at the front and back with the same technique but in reverse so you are shrinking the width.

In the middle leave a gap of about 1" for the cockpit.

When the rows are set at the top place rows at the edge of the cockpit leaving a rectangle of roughly 1" long 1/2" wide and 1/4" deep.

Tail Fins

Dimensions

Tail Flaps (Second Image)

Diameter of: 3/4"

Tail Fin (First Image)

Diameter of: 1"

How to make

Tail Flaps

To make these make the hot glue set in a spiral fashion to end up with a nice circular shape with a diameter of roughly 3/4".

Cut a flat zone into the side of each flap so it will make it easier to glue later on.

Tail Fin

To make this use exactly the same method as the flaps including the cut but just a bit bigger.

Preparing the Body

Choose one end of the body and cut two sides and the top of that end on a slight angle so you can glue the tail fins on later.

Painting

OK time to paint, Use a red colour to paint everything excluding the tail fin.

The tail fin is the only part to be painted white.

Paint the cockpit either black or grey, I chose to paint it grey.

Also in the gabs between the wings grey or black to resemble bullet holes.

Put It Together

For this nest step you must glue the tail fin, tail flaps and body together.

Use the flat zones you made earlier to glue the pieces together.

Wing Supports

Dimensions

Width: 1/4"

Depth: 1/4"

Height: 3/4"

How to make

This is just a single row of hot glue cut to 3/4" So you could simply do a single row 3" long and cut to size or 4 separate rows 3/4" long it is totally up to you.

Putting the Wings Together

To glue the wings on you place one wing on the bottom of the body and glue it in the middle of the wing at the front of the plane.

The second wing goes on top of the body, when this is glued on glue the wing supports about 1/4" from the end of the wings.

The third and final wing is glued on by the wing supports i found it easier to glue the wing supports to the third wing first then to the rest of the plane.