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Flying Stag Beetle

Difficulty: **** Complex

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

1. Colored .side up. Fold and 2. Fold and unfold along 3. Fold to the center and unfold
unfold in half both ways. both diagonals. Turn over. creasing only as far as shown.

4. Fold and unfold the 5. Fold and unfold through 6. Fold and unfold.
angles 'in halt. Turn over. the crease intersections.

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7. Add some 45 creases. 8. Fold and unfold through 9. Fold and unfold dividing
the intersections. Turn over. three regions in halt

10. Fold and unfold. 11. Add more 45 creases. 12. Working on middle section.
Turn over. Add more .45 creases.

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

16. Mountain-fold and unfold. 17. Like this .. Return 18. Pleat along the center.
to normal view.
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19. Fold behind. Rotate 90. 2Q. Squash-fold the first layer. 21. Unsink. The following steps
will only show the top triangle.

22. Spread-sink the top layer. 23. Fold to the center and unfold. 24. Fold to the center again while
petal-folding the small edge.

25 . .Bring one layer in front, you will have to 26. Like this. Now petal-fold .27. Bring .one layer in front.
open the model somewhat to accomplish this. the edge down again.

2B. Result. Note the small .edge 2.9. Again, bring one layer 30. Push the sides in .swinging
has not changed its position. in front on both sides. the resulting flap to the left.

31. Bring one layer in front. You must 32. Pleat the bottom edges 33. Fold the loose edges out.
bring the small edge noted in step 28 in out flattening the center flap
front as w.ell or the next step will tear. in the process.

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34. Closed-sink the edges inside. 35. Fold behind noting 36. Reverse-fold the sides in.
the references.

37. Open up the bottom 38. Like this. Fold the edges to the 39. Fold back Down. 40. Add a couple pinch marks.
of the model creasing center starting at the bottom.
gently where shown.

41. Fold and unfold. 41. Fold and unfold 43. Petal-fold using existing 44. Squash-fold
to the new creases. creases as guides. the comer up.

45. Fold back down. 46. Swivel out some 47. Lift the top layer. 48. Open-sink in and out, except
loose paper. leave the pleat from step 46 closed.
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49. Side view of the sink 50. Swivel one 51. Bring .one layer in front.
from the previous step. layer to the right.

52. Fold all the layers to the front 53. Fold the flap to the 54. Fold to the left. 55. Unfold.
on the right while folding the layers left lining it up with the
behind on the .left (easy). edges behind.

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

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

64. Reverse-fold the edge. 65. Wrap behind. 66. Wrap one layer in front. 67. Bring the two dots
together with a squash-fold .

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68. Wrap behind. 69, Fold all the layers 70. Mountain fold inside. 71. Bring one edge in front.
back to the right.

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7.2. Repeat steps Z3. Fold the flap .down. 74. Result. Turn over 75. Pleat to the rtght while simultaneously
44~71 on the left. and return to fUll view. sinking.a hidden edge.

76. Pleat again. 77. Fold and unfold. 78. Fold the edge to the right.

79. Fold and unfol(ij. 80 Reverse-fold both edges in ,81. Crease ;pattem ,of middle
and out and at the same.time section from above.
.sink the dark region inside .

82. Like this. 1)40wfor ~ X-ray view. ,83. A small triangle above this '84. Crease pattern.
section is not shown. sink inside
using existing creases.

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

88. Lift the center and swing 89. Fold the small flap down. 90. Fold the narrow edge over
the new flap to the left. squashing at the bottom.

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

94. Fold and unfold lining 95. Fold the flap back over. 96. Bring one layer
up with the ,edges behind. ~ in front (closed .sink).

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97. Squash-fold the 9S. Fold and unfold along 99. Closed-sink.
edge to the top. the angle bisector.

100. Fold back down. 101. Fold and unfold dividing 102. Reverse-fold in and out
th.e anqle 'into fourths,

103. Add a small swivel 104. Fold the edqe to the left. 105. Repeat steps 86-103 .on this side.
and fold one layer over.

106. Squash-fold -one layer to the right. 107. Unsink . 10S. Fold behind.

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109. Rabbit-ear the comer flipping 110. Unsink. 111. Fold the small comer down.
the rear flap back in front.

112. Unsink. 113. Spread-sink. 114. Fold behind.

11:5. FoJd backup. 116. Reverse-fold. 117. Spread-sink.

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118, Mountain-fold matchin~ 119. Fold one layer over. 120. Swivel to the top.
up with the edge behind.
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12;1. Fold;and unfold 122. Open-sink inside. 1.23. .Spread-sink,

the angle bisectors.

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

127. Repeat.steps 128. Rabbit-ear the flap. 12.9. Fold eneedqe over.
101-1.()2 on this flap.

130. Rabbit-ear both sides.
131.. Fold all the narrowest layers ,oVer.. 132. Fold back down .
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13_3.Rabbit-ear. 134. Fold over flattening 1.35. Repeat steps

the central edge. 11~-134on the right.

136. Reverse fold distributing the 137. Fold inside incorporating 138. Crimp the thick 139. Crimp the next
layers out.as evenly as possible. a little swivel in the center. flaps out an an -angle. pair of-flaps up.

140. Reverse-fold 141. Like this. Turn over. 142. Sink three 143. Unsink the
the final pair of legs. si~s in pt;pnce. trapped triangle.

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144. OpeA"sinkb.ack ;inside. 145. Swivel the top 146. Repeat on the 1-47. Zoom in.
layers as shown. other three edges.

14.8. Reversefold in and out 149. Fold the top layer behind. 150 .. Pleat the far layer inside.

1.51.. Swivel the loose t5~.Reverse-fold two tiny 153...Like this. 154. Rever-seefold the .dotted 'flaps to
paper behind. and round comers and pleat the the the side dividing the layers evenly.
the edges on top. points atthe top,

1'5.5.Swivel rear '157. Mountain-fold

eclges up a bit theedges inside.

156.Reverse fold ,the

rear edges in halt

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

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

162. Rabbit-ear all the legs. 163. 'Crimp the legs 164. Pleatthe tip ofthe 165. Fold the tip of the abdomen
(or just bend them) abdomen and pinch- inside, curl the legs, and shape
bend the antennae. the mandibles.

166. Add some gentle 167. Add mountain-folds to the wing 168. Model complete.
mountain-folds and cases and .shape the model to taste.
return to fl:J1I view .

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