Creative Park Spirit of St. Louis Assembly Instructions Manual

Spirit of St. Louis : Assembly Instructions

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The Spirit of St. Louis (also known as the Ryan NYP-1) is a single-engine plane that was successfully
flown by Charles Lindbergh as a solo non-stop transatlantic flight. The main external features of the
craft were its lack of front windshield, and its wings, which were extremely long compared to its body.
The aircraft took off from New York's Long Island and flew 5,810km to Paris. The journey took 33
hours, 29 minutes and 29.8 seconds, which was regarded as quite fast at the time. It was the first solo,
non-stop flight to travel this route.
This papercraft Spirit of St. Louis is about one twenty eighth the size of the real Spirit of St. Louis.

*This model was designed for Papercraft and may differ from the original in some respects.

Glue tab notation key

Glue

Each glue tab has a symbol and
number prin ted on i t.
Glue with in the s ame part.

(Dotted line)

Mountain fold

Guide rod

How to make the cylinders

This craf t inv olves makin g cyl inder s

with diamete rs of 3 to 7mm, so it may

be helpful to have some rods of sizes

abo ut 0. 5mm thinn er ha ndy.

Assembly Instructions

Wrap around and glue

to the top of the cylinder.

(Dashed and dotted line)

Valley fold

(Solid line)

Scissors line

You may like to use
a metal rod as a guide.

Layer wrapping (roll)

Wrap around and glue to the
cylinder,to use as a glue tab

(Red solid line)

Cut in Line

Completed parts
become a cylinder

Trace along the folds with a ruler and
a used pen (no ink) to get a sharper,
easier fold.

Glue, scissors and other tools may be dangerous to
young children so be sure to keep them out of the
reach of young children.

Parts list (Assembly Instructions) : Twelve A4 sheets

No. of Parts: 177

*Bulid the model by carefully reading the Assembly Instructions,
in the parts sheet page order.

Spirit of St. Louis

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Scissors line Mountain fold Valley fold

Cut out

Cut in Line

Spirit of St. Louis : Assembly Instructions

2-B

2-C

2-D

2-F

2-E

2-A

2-J

2-M

2-W

2-X

2-W

2-X-1

2-X-1

2-P-1

2-W

2-Y

2-Y-1

2-I

2-I

2-Z-1

2-Z-2

2-P-2

2-P-2

2-Z

2-C/2-D

2-F/2-E

2-A/2-B

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Spirit of St. Louis : Assembly Instructions

Scissors line Mountain fold Valley fold

Cut out

Cut in Line

2-T

2-P

2-R

2-Q

2-Q/R

2-P

2-S

2-Q-1

3-C

3-B

2-K

2-L 2-L-1

2-K/2-K-1

2-L/2-L-1

Insert in between 2-W
and 2-J/M and attach.

Insert the long glue tabs
on 2-S through the holes
in 2-Q/R and fasten them
to the glue tabs on 2-P.

2-P-1

3-D

3-E-1/3-A-1

2-S

3-D

3-E/3-E-1

Insert the protruding parts of 3-B
into the holes on 3-A/3-A-1/3-E/3-E-1,
fold them and attach them to the
protruding parts of 3-D.
Do not put glue on 3-A/3-A-1/3-E/3-E-1.

3-E/3-A

3-S-1/3-S

After attaching
the tail assembly,
attach it to 2-P-1.

After gluing, check that the parts move.

2-K-1

2-P/Q is moveable.

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Spirit of St. Louis : Assembly Instructions

Scissors line Mountain fold Valley fold

Cut out

Cut in Line

3-G

2-O

3-F

2-U

2-N

2-H

4-E

4-E-1

3-H

4-D-1

4-D

4-C-1

4-C

2-G

Attach 2-O in line
with the fold lines
on 3-F and 3-G.