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Flying Stag Beetle

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1. Colored .side up. Fold andunfold in half both ways.

Difficulty: **** ComplexDesigned: 2002; Revised: 2005, 2012Recommended starting size: 14 inches (35 cm)Finished aize: 6 inch wingspan (17 em)Expected time needed to fold; 3-4 hours

4. Fold and unfold theangles 'in halt. Turn over.

2. Fold and unfold alongboth diagonals. Turn over.

3. Fold to the center and unfoldcreasing only as far as shown.

5. Fold and unfold throughthe crease intersections.

6. Fold and unfold.

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7. Add some 45 creases. 8. Fold and unfold throughthe intersections. Turn over.

9. Fold and unfold dividingthree regions in halt

10. Fold and unfold.Turn over.

11. Add more 45 creases. 12. Working on middle section.Add more .45 creases.

13. Zoom in. 14. Fold and unfold. 15. Fold and .unfold.

16. Mountain-fold and unfold. 17. Like this .. Returnto normal view.

18. Pleat along the center.

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19. Fold behind. Rotate 90.

22. Spread-sink the top layer.

25 . .Bring one layer in front, you will have toopen the model somewhat to accomplish this.

2B. Result. Note the small .edgehas not changed its position.

31. Bring one layer in front. You mustbring the small edge noted in step 28 infront as w.ell or the next step will tear.

2Q. Squash-fold the first layer.

23. Fold to the center and unfold.

26. Like this. Now petal-foldthe edge down again.

2.9. Again, bring one layerin front on both sides.

32. Pleat the bottom edgesout flattening the center flapin the process.

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21. Unsink. The following stepswill only show the top triangle.

24. Fold to the center again whilepetal-folding the small edge.

.27. Bring .one layer in front.

30. Push the sides in .swingingthe resulting flap to the left.

33. Fold the loose edges out.

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34. Closed-sink the edges inside.

37. Open up the bottomof the model creasinggently where shown.

41. Fold and unfold.

45. Fold back down.

35. Fold behind notingthe references.

36. Reverse-fold the sides in.

40. Add a couple pinch marks.

44. Squash-foldthe comer up.

48. Open-sink in and out, exceptleave the pleat from step 46 closed.

38. Like this. Fold the edges to thecenter starting at the bottom.

39. Fold back Down.

41. Fold and unfoldto the new creases.

43. Petal-fold using existingcreases as guides.

46. Swivel out someloose paper.

47. Lift the top layer.

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51. Bring .one layer in front.49. Side view of the sinkfrom the previous step.

50. Swivel onelayer to the right.

52. Fold all the layers to the fronton the right while folding the layersbehind on the .left (easy).

53. Fold the flap to theleft lining it up with theedges behind.

54. Fold to the left. 55. Unfold.

56. Open-sink in and out. 57, Wrap one layer in front. 58.Fold to the center and unfold. .59. Spread-sink theedge. The top of themodel will not lie flat.

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60. Unsink. 61. Pull out some loose paper. 6.2. Swivel inside. 63. Invert the bottom edgeand pleat the loose paper Up.

67. Bring the two dotstogether with a squash-fold .

64. Reverse-fold the edge. 65. Wrap behind. 66. Wrap one layer in front.

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69, Fold all the layersback to the right.

68. Wrap behind. 70. Mountain fold inside. 71. Bring one edge in front.

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7.2. Repeat steps44~71 on the left.

Z3. Fold the flap .down. 74. Result. Turn overand return to fUll view.

75. Pleat to the rtght while simultaneouslysinking.a hidden edge.

76. Pleat again.

79. Fold and unfol(ij.

82. Like this. 1)40wfor ~ X-ray view.

77. Fold and unfold. 78. Fold the edge to the right.

80 Reverse-fold both edges inand out and at the same.time.sink the dark region inside .

,81. Crease ;pattem ,of middlesection from above.

,83. A small triangle above thissection is not shown. sink insideusing existing creases.

'84. Crease pattern.

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86. Fold one edge to the right.85. Like this. 87. Spread-sink asymmetrically. Notethe position ofthe thick hidden edge.

88. Lift the center and swingthe new flap to the left.

89. Fold the small flap down. 90. Fold the narrow edge oversquashing at the bottom.

91. Unsink. 92. Fold one flap over. 93. Closed-sink.

95. Fold the flap back over.

~96. Bring one layerin front (closed .sink).

94. Fold and unfold liningup with the ,edges behind.

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97. Squash-fold theedge to the top.

100. Fold back down.

103. Add a small swiveland fold one layer over.

106. Squash-fold -one layer to the right.

9S. Fold and unfold alongthe angle bisector.

101. Fold and unfold dividingth.e anqle 'into fourths,

104. Fold the edqe to the left.

107. Unsink .

99. Closed-sink.

102. Reverse-fold in and out

105. Repeat steps 86-103 .on this side.

10S. Fold behind.

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109. Rabbit-ear the comer flippingthe rear flap back in front.

112. Unsink.

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118, Mountain-fold matchin~up with the edge behind.

110. Unsink.

113. Spread-sink.

116. Reverse-fold.

119. Fold one layer over.

111. Fold the small comer down.

114. Fold behind.

117. Spread-sink.

120. Swivel to the top.

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12;1. Fold;and unfoldthe angle bisectors.

122. Open-sink inside. 1.23. .Spread-sink,

124. Fold and unfold. 125 ..Open-sink. 126. tift the center and swingthe new ,flap 10 the ,left.

127.Repeat.steps101-1.()2 on this flap.

128. Rabbit-ear the flap. 12.9. Fold eneedqe over.

130. Rabbit-ear both sides. 131.. Fold all the narrowest layers ,oVer.. 132. Fold back down .

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13_3.Rabbit-ear.

136. Reverse fold distributing thelayers out.as evenly as possible.

140. Reverse-foldthe final pair of legs.

134. Fold over flatteningthe central edge.

1.35. Repeat steps11~-134on the right.

139. Crimp the nextpair of-flaps up.

143. Unsink thetrapped triangle.

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137. Fold inside incorporatinga little swivel in the center.

138. Crimp the thickflaps out an an -angle.

141. Like this. Turn over. 142. Sink threesi~s in pt;pnce.

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144. OpeA"sinkb.ack ;inside.

14.8. Reversefold in and out

1.51.. Swivel the loosepaper behind. and roundthe edges on top.

145. Swivel the toplayers as shown.

149. Fold the top layer behind.

t5~.Reverse-fold two tinycomers and pleat the thepoints atthe top,

146. Repeat on theother three edges.

150 .. Pleat the far layer inside.

153...Like this.

1-47. Zoom in.

154. Rever-seefold the .dotted 'flaps tothe side dividing the layers evenly.

1'5.5.Swivel reareclges up a bit

156.Reverse fold ,therear edges in halt

'157. Mountain-foldtheedges inside.

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159. Fold behind.158. Mountain-fold the edges.

161. Focus-on the legs and body.160. Pleat the wings.

163. 'Crimp the legs(or just bend them)

164. Pleatthe tip oftheabdomen and pinch-bend the antennae.

165. Fold the tip of the abdomeninside, curl the legs, and shapethe mandibles.

162. Rabbit-ear all the legs.

166. Add some gentlemountain-folds andreturn to fl:J1I view .

167. Add mountain-folds to the wingcases and .shape the model to taste.

168. Model complete.

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