Build A Boid!
May 23rd, 2007
That’s right - build your own life-sized Boid in only a few minutes. With a little paper glue, a hobby knife and a ruler, you too can own your very own Boid! It’s a little tricky, but my son put one together without any assistance and did a fine job. This is a jpeg file for you to save to your computer and print out on thick paper.
Now two different plans! The standing Boid and the Flight Mode Boid!
If you can’t open it, you’ll need Adobe Reader.
May 24th, 2007 at 5:04 am
Dammit! Beaten to it! I still haven’t built my version yet.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:53 am
That’s okay - we’d still love to see the one you come up with!
May 24th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
Larry, That is very cool! I will have to give it a go.
May 28th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
If anyone has built a Boid and wants to send me a picture - GREAT! Love to see how yours turned out. I may even post your Boids for all to see…
May 29th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Nice! Now I wanna build one out of sheet metal =D
June 4th, 2007 at 2:28 am
It will be nice to have a Boid in flight config so we could make a flock of them and hang them form the ceiling.
June 4th, 2007 at 8:43 am
Larry said: If this model goes over well, I’ll make one in “flight mode!”
PacoR says: Oh, snap! Sorry.
June 4th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
I made my Boid and it looks great on my bed!
Although, the tail’s kind of loose on mine . . .
June 5th, 2007 at 9:27 am
Phizlo - Yeah, I need to try something else to strengthen the tail. I just stuck a toothpick halfway into the..um…gap that’s at the base and added a little piece of tape over the toothpick to attach it under the tail. Works well …
June 11th, 2007 at 4:39 am
Can we have a Boid that IS MADE OF TITANIUM?
June 11th, 2007 at 7:14 am
Cam - Sure thing! Just put a paper-thin sheet of titanium into your printer and print the file above!
Not sure what you would cut it with…
June 13th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
Didn’t realise there was a plan to build a flight model, so I made a template for one myself. It works pretty well, if you’re interested I could send it for you to have a look at?
August 17th, 2007 at 11:57 am
August 17th, 2007 at 11:58 am
d:)
;(
September 4th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
I built a Boid! Both plans!
September 8th, 2007 at 11:17 am
November 5th, 2007 at 11:27 am
Boid sits on the cupboard used to store toner cartridges in the IT department of the school where I work as a technician, in clear view of all staff or students who enter the room.
Its been there for months, and noone has asked about it yet.
November 29th, 2007 at 12:02 am
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August 16th, 2008 at 8:40 am
boids are cool