ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE I-16 FIGHTER MODEL-COPY
Before you start building a model, you need to choose the type of aircraft and the degree of difficulty. We offer a choice of two types of aircraft. The first is the I-16 type 5, which I flew during civil war in Spain in 1936, the commander of the 1st Moscas squadron, Senior Lieutenant Sergei Tarkhov. The second is the I-16 type 6 aircraft with tail number SM-23. The pilot Frank Tinker fought on this plane. When choosing a simplified assembly, some parts are not used. The landing gear can be made in the retracted position, the engine cooling doors are closed and the cockpit glazing for the I16 type 5 can be cut out of paper rather than transparent film.
For work, you will need the following tools and materials:
- glue for paper (PVA);
- “Superglue” or “Cyanopan”;
Cardboard 0.5 mm thick;
- wire of various thicknesses from 0.3 to 1 mm (you can use paper clips);
Matches or toothpicks;
- an awl or needle for piercing holes;
Scissors;
- stationery knife or razor blade;
Ruler.
Read the instructions carefully and study the assembly diagram. During work, do not cut out all the details at once, but only the ones you need this moment. Stick the parts marked with an asterisk on cardboard. The fold points are indicated by a dashed line. Push them along the ruler with a needle or the blunt side of a knife before cutting out the part. The arrow shows the direction towards the nose of the model. Parts marked with the letter L should be placed on the left, and parts marked with the letter R should be placed on the right. Paint the ends of visible parts with colored felt-tip pens of the appropriate colors. Before gluing, give the part the appropriate shape by rolling it with a pencil on a soft surface Attention! Some parts of the fuselage intended for the construction of the I-16 type 5 are circled in blue and have the same designations.
The assembly of the engine, propeller and housing is shown in the figures:
Screw part K1 onto a toothpick or wire (Figure 1). It can be used for mutual centering of parts along their holes. The assembly of the crankcase is shown in Fig.2. In parts D1-D5 *, K13 * pierce the central holes. Glue parts D1* and D2* into part D6, a D3*-b D7. Glue D6 and D7 together and stick them on D4*. Parts D4* and D5* are pasted over with part D8. Stick the resulting engine crankcase on det. K13* (Fig. 3). The cylinder assembly is shown in fig. 4. First glue butt D11 onto piece K13*. Then on top of det. D11 stick D14 close to the crankcase. Glue D10 end-to-end on K13* Part D13 is glued with one edge put on. D10. Glue D9 butt on K13* and cover it with D12 (dot closer to the edge of K13*). Assemble all nine cylinders in the same way.
Detail K18 must be cut along the outer contour, bent along the dotted line and glued. Then cut along the inner contour, fold the painted side inward and stick on the K13 * part, as shown in Fig. 5. On K18, stick K12 * on the markup. Part K11 * put on a flat surface with the markings down and glued inside det. K17 (painted side inward). Install D15 spark plugs on the cylinders, cutting them from a strip and twisting them into a roll (Figure 6) and wires from the spark plug to the crankcase, which are made of colored thread. Bend the D16 valve lifters in half, glue and cut as close as possible to the bend. You can make valve lifters from thin wire. Detail K11* stick on K18. Then, to the details of K11 * and K12 *, glue det. K14-16, but kdet. K13*-gluing K16-20 (Fig. 1). Figure 7 shows the engine cooling louver assembly. Glue parts K9 and K10 and stick them on. D1*.
Then glue parts K14, K15 and K16, as shown in Figure 8. Assemble the propeller spinner (Fig. 9) on parts K1 For I-16 type 5, use black parts Kb, K7 and K8 (circled in blue frame). Roll the K19 blades along with a pencil, giving them a convex shape, and insert a match or a toothpick inside each blade. Ready air propeller insert into the engine block and secure from the back side with part K2.
Simplified assembly. Parts D9 - D17 are not used, and instead of part K10, install K10A.
Assembly of the central part of the fuselage
Attention! Some details of the fuselage. intended for the construction of I-16 type 5 are circled in blue and have the same designations. Bend part F23 with the painted side inward and glue the parts F1* and F2* (o6e with the pattern outward) into it according to the marking, leaving the protrusions (Figure 10). Then on det. F1 glue A1* pattern back, and on F2* - A2* pattern forward (the painted parts of parts A1* and A2* face each other). Glue piece A2A with the painted side back, following figure 10. From below on A1* and A2*, glue piece A3R on the right and piece A3L on the left. Make sure that A1* remains flat and does not bend. Cut the wing ribs A5R* - A8R* and A5L* - A8L* and install them according to fig. 12. Glue pieces S20 and S21* to the middle of the ribs A6L and A6R, and pieces S18 and S19* to A1* (glue S19* and S21* on 1 mm thick cardboard) Glue pieces A4R and A4L on top with the painted side down. Glue the parts S17 (fig. 11). Now install dashboard C2 on part F2*. Stick part F11 on F23, aligning them with the front edges. Install adhesives F19 - 23 and F19 - 20 as shown in fig. 18. On the ribs A5 * install glues A5 -12 (Fig. 13). Then glue F11R on the right and F11L on the left (Fig. 13) After that, you can assemble and install the domes of the main landing gear (Fig. 16).
To do this, make a template from parts B1 *, B2 * and OT. It serves to shape the future dome and does not stick to the details. Then glue parts S4R (for the right dome) on the template, aligning it with the edge of the template, and S3, painted sides inward. Then, on a flat surface, glue parts S1 and S2.
Glue them to the pieces S4R and S3 that are on the template. After that, the template can be removed and the left dome can be assembled on it. Glue the finished domes to the F23 part, aligning their edges, and cover with the F19 part, after cutting out the niches of the chassis domes (Fig. 18). Glue parts S5 and S6R inside. A3R, and the second S5 and S6L in children. A3L.
A simplified version of the assembly (chassis in the retracted position). Parts not used: S1-S6, and do not make cutouts on parts F19.
Assembly of the cockpit and rear fuselage.
Glue F4* and F5* into part F24 (bent in color) and glue F25 from below (Fig. 14). Glue parts F27 on both sides in the plane of part F5 *, aligning the marks with the junction of parts F24 and F25. Install the cabin equipment on the sides and floor in accordance with Fig.14. Install the cabin floor F3* on the frames F2*, F4* and F5*, aligning the marks on the edges of the floor with the frames. For I-16 type 5, you need to cut out the round windows for lighting the dashboard and glue the transparent part C34 on the back side. Then, using part F12, connect F23 and F24. and part F20 - parts F23 and F25. Assemble the next section of the fuselage according to Figure 15. Assemble the remaining sections and elements of the tail assembly using glues as shown in Fig. 11, 18, 19, while gluing the tail "crutch" P33 * to the details F8 and F16.
A simplified version of the cockpit assembly is possible only for the I-16 type 5. Parts not used: SZ - S22. There are no round cutouts and cabin cutout on the F12 part.
Completion of the wing assembly (Fig. 11).
Glue the wing skins A9R and A91_and also the wingtips using A19* ribs, A10R skins for the right and A0L for the left, and glue A11. Glue the A17LA17R parts (fig. 11), as well as the A16 machine guns and the A18 tube.
With a simplified version, cutouts on parts A9 R and L do not need to be made.
Completion of the fuselage assembly (Fig. 21).
Glue part F34*, then K27* according to the marking on part F1* and glue K26. In parts K20 and K23, giving them the desired shape, cut the holes for the exit of the exhaust pipes. Make K22 pipes by painting the parts on the back side with a black felt-tip pen and twisting them with a tube. Glue them to the inside of the K20 and K23 pieces and glue the K21 pieces aligning them to the back edge of the holes in the K20 and K23 pieces as shown. Now children. K20 connect to the nose of the aircraft (K16 -20) and glue them to the parts F34 * (with a ledge) and K26. From the bottom to the detail K16 - 20, the protrusion is det. F23 and gluing A9 - 20 attach det. K23. Parts K24L, K25L, K24R, K25R install on the right and left respectively. Cover the joint between parts K16 and K20, K23, K24 with a strip of K28.
Mounting the chassis (fig. 22 and 23).
From a thin wire, bend parts I and II and glue them with parts S7, S8 and S9 (undercarriage legs). Assemble the landing gear cylinder S15 and S16, glue it as shown in fig. 23. Install det. I front edge into the hole det. A1 *, and glue the back to the children. S16. Detail II attach to the hole in A5 and to det. I. Glue the wheel from parts S22* - S26* and fix it on the axle II. Bend parts S10 and R10SL at a right angle and glue parts S13R, S13L, S14R, S14L to them, respectively. Glue the resulting shields S10R and S10L, S11, S12 to the landing gear. Draw thin black threads from the center of the wheel to the center of the chassis dome.
Simplified version. Details of racks and landing gear wheels are not used, and glue the doors to the lower surfaces of the wing and fuselage.
Installation of cockpit glazing and sight
I-16 type 6 (Fig. 17 and 19). Start assembling the sight by sticking part C37 on C38, and C39 on top. On the left stick C40 and C41. Screw C42 and C43 onto wire piece VIII and glue to C37 on the right. Then glue the transparent piece C45 between C44 and C46, aligning them with the bottom edges, and glue to C47. Also glue the transparent part C48 to C47 and stick the resulting block on C37. After that, front and rear det. С42+С43 glue the wire parts V, VI, VII as shown in fig. 17. Install the finished sight on the F12 part (Fig. 19). From the transparent part C25, the inner part C24 and the outer part C25, assemble the canopy of the pilot's cabin and glue the wire part III along its rear edge. Install the finished visor on part F12.
I-16 type 5 (Fig. 20). Connect the open front edges of the transparent part of the SZO using parts C29 (inside and C27 outside). Glue part C31 on top. Then glue the binding C28 on the inside and C26 on the outside. Rigidize the structure with part III. Glue the sight (parts C35 and C36) into the cut hole in the front of the canopy and install the finished canopy on part F12. Glue parts C32 and SZZ.
Simplified version. Parts SZO and C31 made of paper, part C28 is not used.
Assemble and install the elevators, directions and ailerons (Fig. 11). On early types of aircraft, the ailerons simultaneously performed the function of flaps, so on the model they can be deflected down by 15 degrees.
We wish you successful assembly and pleasure from the result!
Paper modeling of the I-16 fighter (archive-zip 8 MB)
In the magazine for paper modeling Paper Modeling at number 69, patterns of the I-16 fighter are presented.
At the end of 1932, Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov, with a design group, took up the initiative to develop the I-16 monoplane fighter with a retractable landing gear and a speed of more than 400 km / h. The aircraft must have minimum dimensions and closed cabin. On December 30, 1933, V.P. Chkalov performed the first flight on the I-16 with the M-22 engine. In February 1934, state tests began, which were carried out by pilots V.K. Kokkinaki and V.A. Stepanchenok. The pilots noted the good volatility and maneuverability of the fighter. At the same time, they indicated that the aircraft was strict in piloting. The I-16 came out of an ordinary corkscrew normally, but it immediately came out of an inverted one on its own. A fighter with an M-25 engine showed outstanding data for that time: maximum speed near the ground was equal to 395 km / h, at an altitude of 4000 meters - 455 km / h.
Since the end of 1934, the introduction of the I-16 began in mass production at plant number 21 in Gorky. Since it was the fourth type of aircraft built here, it was designated I-16 type 4. The Gorky plant became the leader in the production of this fighter. 8495 copies of the I-16 were built here various types. Factory #39 in Moscow made 58 pieces, and Factory #153 in Novosibirsk made 897.
One of the most massive modifications of the I-16 was type 5, launched into mass production in 1935. Its armament consisted of two LUKAC machine guns in the center section, and the maximum speed reached 454 km/h. The cockpit was completely covered by a forward-moving canopy. In 1936, a cannon modification of type 5 - type 12 was built, and in the same year the UTI-2 training aircraft was created. In 1937, the I-16 type 6 appeared. Taking into account the wishes of the pilots, the designers made the cockpit open with a visor, which was preserved on all subsequent modifications. Type 6 was equipped with the M-25A engine (730 hp), flight data and armament corresponded to type 5. In the same year, the I-16 type 10 was built with the M-25V engine (750 hp). The aircraft had a reinforced structure and landing flaps, which were first used on serial fighters of the USSR. In addition, two more synchronous ShKASs were installed above the motor. Type 10 served as the basis for the development of the UTI-4 (I-16 type 15) fighter trainer.
The I-16 received its baptism of fire in 1936 in the skies of Spain. In total, 455 fighters of types 5 and 10, UTI-4 were sent there. In addition, until January 1, 1939, 7 I-16s and 2 UTI-4s were produced at republican factories.
In air battles, the I-16 had complete superiority over the Heinkel-51 and Fiat CR-32 putschist fighters. In February 1937, the first serial Messerschmitts B1109B-1 appeared in Spain, and a little later - Bf.109C. Fights with them showed that with almost equal armament, these aircraft do not exceed the I-16 in speed, are inferior to it in rate of climb, but have an advantage in turns.
You can download the magazine Paper Modeling - 69 - I-16 Fighter for free, without registration and SMS.
I decided to continue assembling WWII aircraft. After building the model MiG-s aircraft, which I wrote about in the tape. I decided to build an I-16 model. And in my opinion, I succeeded.
The I-16 is built using the same technology as the MiG. In the net, I found drawings for the balsa and redid them for ceiling tiles. Got to work. Construction began with the fuselage. Since this is the most difficult and painstaking work. And so I cut out the frames and the platform for them. I made the frames from a double ceiling. I also made a platform for veneers from a double ceiling. Then I processed all the details with sandpaper. And I cut slats from a wooden ruler and two 6 * 6 slats from balsa. I put the frames on the site. Between the frames I will glue the slats from the balsa and the lath. Then all the frames were put on glue by Titan. The fifth frame is glued at an angle. I let it all dry. Then I cut the slats to size and glued them. Reiki planted on cyacrin. Balsa slats are glued along the top and bottom of the veneers. And the rails from the ruler will be glued on the sides.
Then he began to manufacture the tail unit. Cut blanks for the keel and elevator. I will make the tail unit from a double ceiling. For reinforcement, we will glue carbon rods. On the details we mark the places for the bars and select the seats.
Then we make a jumper for the rudders. I made it from a bicycle knitting needle. I cut it out at the place of the recess under the jumper and glued it. Then proceeded to the canopy of the elevators. I prefer to use sickle.
Having marked the line of the bend of the rudders, he glued the sickle and scalded it with an iron through a sheet of paper.
Then I glued all the parts together and put it under the press. We got such blanks. Let's wait until it dries.
After everything has dried out, we proceed to the cuts of the place of bending of the elevators. Having marked the mesa, I carefully cut the ceiling to the sickle on both sides. Then I cut the corners at 45%.
And here's what I got.
Then I proceeded to fit the fuselage with a ceiling. Cut out blanks. And he bent the ceiling with a rolling pin and a hair dryer. 
And I glued all the details to the fuselage. 
While the fuselage was drying out, I started making the main wing. I made it from foam plastic using a heated string. 
I glued balsa slats onto the leading edge of the wing. the rails will also serve as an amplifier. Cut out places for the ailerons.
And I also glued the slats. You can see them in the photo. I glued the slats on cyacrine. After everything is glued. I processed the blanks of the wing with sandpaper and shaped the leading edge.
Then somehow it didn’t work out neatly for me, I broke the aileron blank. I had to make the ailerons from a double ceiling. I made the wingtips from foam plastic. Then I hung the ailerons and glued both consoles together. This is what the roof looks like at the moment.
Then proceeded to attach the wing to the fuselage. On the back of the wing will be screwed, and in the front there will be two pins in the wing. Unfortunately, work so carried away that I forgot to take a photo.
I cut out the fairing blanks. It took a very long time to customize. Then he proceeded to the installation of blanks fairings in place. Having laid the salafan on the krill, the salafan installed the wing in place. Salafan spread it so that the fairings would not stick to the wing.
And glued the lower parts of the fairing to the fuselage. But not completely. I will glue the back edges tomorrow when the front part is glued.
Yes, I forgot to tell you about the amplifier that I pasted into the console.
Then he continued to finish the fairings of the wing.
And in the end, this is what happened.
On the bottoms of the wing made rounding.
The wing was made removable. I made two pins on the leading edge. And the wing is attached to a polyethylene bolt. Well, I collected everything to the heap. In the end, here's what happened.
Well, I started to install the filling.
Swing 980mm
Flight weight 690 grams.
I installed all the filling in the nose, since the donkey has a problem with centering.
Then he proceeded to cover the paper. Paper used graph paper, bought at the office shop. glued to the scuba. Here on this one.
It’s better in strength than on PVA glue, but it’s worse in sandpaper processing. Well, then I painted it acrylic paints. Well, I got such an I-16. Sorry colleagues for such a brief sketch of the building. Only the rest of the photos disappeared somewhere.
It remains to figure out how to make a lantern and you are done. And here is the beginning of my collection. Soviet aviation times of WWII.
Now let's take a break and want to start building a model of the La-7 aircraft. And of course, the video of the first flight. Launching by hand, as it is no longer possible to take off from the snow. And sorry for the quality of the video.
For reference: the F-15 Falcon fighter, translated as "attacking falcon", was developed in 1974. Due to its low cost, it is particularly popular in international market weapons. The most massive multipurpose fighter of the IV generation.
How to make an American F-16 plane out of paper?
If you like the model of the F-16 fighter plane, you can make it yourself from thick paper. We have prepared pictures for you - instructions that clearly show all the processes of folding a combat aircraft at home.
Fold the top edges of the paper lengthwise, then unfold it. Fold the top corners inward. Look at the picture and complete the assembly.
Fold the top corners again as shown in the picture. Lower the tip down along the edge of the triangle.
Fold the top corners inward, closer to the center. Then unfold the right corner. Pry the flap with your index finger and lift the flap to the left.
Plane C corresponds to D. Wrap point A to B. Further - according to the picture.
Fold both planes towards the center. Rotate the edges of the nose as shown in the picture and unfold.
Pry with your index finger and pull the end up. Fold the side planes and smooth the nose.
Fold the plane in the direction of the arrow, then fold the entire product in half.
Fold in the ends of the wings. Bend the edges of the wings as shown in the photo. 
Be careful: the F-16 model has a sharp nose. Watch where you are directing the plane and avoid getting hit in the face.
