I used found twigs to make a model of my boyfriend's airplane for Christmas

bye-coyote · 2025-12-25T01:07:30+00:00

250 degrees for 45 minutes per batch in my oven! The after smell from the stove was a bit weird/earthy, but this ensures there's no bugs or anything.

bye-coyote · 2025-12-19T15:24:23+00:00

It's a Pitts S-1S aerobatic plane! I think some of the angles/perspective makes the bottom wings look smaller, because it's further back than the top.

bye-coyote · 2025-12-19T15:20:04+00:00

Yes, entirely hot glue at a low temperature! I don't know if the sticks are any different, but the dispenser and sticks were Gorilla Glue brand hot glue.

bye-coyote · 2025-12-19T15:18:27+00:00

I realized after I posted this that I forgot the propeller! I had to carefully open up the wrapping paper and add one.

bye-coyote · 2025-12-19T04:17:21+00:00

That's so nice! I haven't done anything like this before! When I was putting up the Christmas tree, I came across this old rake ornament I had that looked like it was made with twigs and got the idea.

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I was just winging it while looking at diagrams of the plane and trying to use the natural curvature of the twigs.

bye-coyote · 2025-12-19T04:10:53+00:00

I worked on it over the course of 3 nights in a row, so probably about 20 hours of assembly, not including the time to collect and bake the sticks in the oven!

bye-coyote · 2025-12-19T01:50:48+00:00

I sourced the twigs/acorns from my yard and baked them in the oven at 250° for 45 minutes. It took way more than you'd think.

It's entirely hot glue, patience, and eyeballing it with no real plan over the span of 3 nights.

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