Russia Church of the Transfiguration : Assembly Instructions

Front Back

Side Side

The Church of the Transfiguration is one of the wooden churches located on Kizhi, an
island on Lake Onega, north east of Saint Petersburg. The church is made entirely from Parts sheet (Pattern) : Twenty Eight A4 sheets
wood but does not use a single nail, and is 37 meters high with 22 onion-shaped domes, Assembly Instructions : Ten A4 sheets
giving it a very distinctive and fairytale-like appearance. It is believed that the basic No. of Parts : 224 parts
foundation for the church was completed in the 16th century, but this was destroyed in a * Build the model by carefully reading the Assembly Instructions, in the parts sheet page order.
fire from a lightning strike, and the church was rebuilt in 1714. The wooden churches of Write down the number on the back of each part as you cut them out.
Kizhi, including this Church of the Transfiguration, were registered as a UNESCO World Since many of the parts are complicated and very small, do a trial assembly before actually
Heritage Site in 1990. Handy Hint attaching them together.
The finished piece will look more realistic if you paint the edges of the parts with colors similar
*This model was designed for Papercraft and may differ from the original in some respects. to the parts.

Assembly Instructions Tools and materials Assembly tip Caution

Mountain fold(dotted line)

Make a mountain fold.
Valley fold
(dashed and dotted line)
Make a valley fold.
Scissors line (solid line)
Cut along the line.
Cut in line (solid line)
Cut a slot.
Cut out (Pink area)
Cut out the area marked.
The glue spot(colored dot)
shows where to apply the glue.
Glue spot (Red dot)
Attach the parts that have the same numbers.
Also attach the parts with the same part numbers.
Scissors, set square, glue (We Before gluing, crease the paper Glue, scissors and other tools
Glue spot (Green dot) recommend stick glue),pencil, along mountain fold and may be dangerous to young
Glue within the same part.
used ballpoint pen, toothpicks, valley fold lines and make sure children so be sure to keep them
tweezers, rounded sections are nice and out of the reach of young
Glue spot (Blue dot) (useful for handling small parts) stiff. children.
Glue to the rear of the other part.

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