Stahlhart papercraft

Cessna 407
In the 1950s, aircraft companies dis- a proven aircraft would lower the cost twin steering. Entrance to the modified that only a full-size mock-up was rolled
covered a future market: Business jets, by also shortening development and cabin was supposed to be a door on the out. Compared to the T-37, the Cessna
which made fast individual air travel testing. starboard side and the rear seats could 407 will have been a bit underpowered
possible. The U.S. military was also in- This modified T-37 was named the be removed or folded to make space due to the added weight.
terested in a low-cost light jet with high Cessna 407 and was introduced in for cargo. The plane was marketed as a A successful aircraft which was
performance and multi-mission profile. September 1959. It used as many parts military liaison aircraft and corporate jet developed in a similar way was the
Trying to profit from the new market, of the actual T-37 as possible to ensure transport but failed to win any custom- North American Sabreline, which used
the Cessna Company decided to come similar reliability. It featured a fuselage ers, hence the program was abandoned. the wings and other parts of the Sabre
up with an adaption of the Cessna T-37, that had been stretched by two feet to It is not sure, whether the Cessna 407 Fighter. It was purchased by the U.S. mili-
which they were largely involved with at make space for a four seat cabin. The actually ever flew, as some sources men- tary as the T-39 as a trainer and liaison
the time. It was felt that an adaption of plane was supposed to retain the T-37’s tion it as having flown while others say aircraft.
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Please note: There are no parts for certain numers. This is because the parts and instructions are based on the A/T-37 model.

1. Build part 1 around the former 2. 2. Build part 3 around the former 3.

3. Build part 10 and glue the pitot tube 4. Build the nose section.
through it, aligned vertically.
. If you are building the landing
gear up, jump to 8

pitot tube

57+57

10 7

8
9
10
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6. Build the nose wheel well. 7. Install the nose wheel well
5. Cut out the landing gear in the nose section.
doors.

You may discard the cutouts. 11

If you are building the patterned landing gear 11

(see page 17), then make a hole:

8. If you are not building the speedbrake 9. Glue the speedbrake well
extended jump to 10. under the hole.

Build part 6 and cut out the speed brake.

You may discard the cutout.

6 12
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10. Build the wing stiffener. 11. Cut out the areas drawn in on
the lower side.
Ignore this step when building
landing gear up.

You may discard the cutouts.

13

13
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! Note that part 16 has the seam up

while all other parts have it down!
12. Build the main fuselage and include the wings
stiffener between parts 3 and 5.

16
! if you’re building landing gears down,
add some weight in the nose,
15 !

14
!
3

13
5

7-10
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If you are not building the landing gear down,

jump to 15.

13. Fold and cut out the landing gear doors.

Look below for reference. Fold the gear doors Note: With mirrored parts,
outward. Repeat for other side. even numbers refer to port, while
uneven numbers refer to starboard.
Numbers in brackets refer to the
mirrored part.

14. Build the wheel wells and glue them

on the inner side. Repeat for other side.

2x
18 (17)

orange lines are cut, 20 (19)

dotted orange lines are scored & folded:

2x

18 (17)
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15. Rounden the wing parts to create an air foil. Glue

together the gaps on the lower surfaces. Score and fold
outward the tabs on the edge facing the fuselage.
Repeat for other side.

2x
22 (21)

Note: With mirrored parts,

even numbers refer to port, while
uneven numbers refer to starboard.
Numbers in brackets refer to the
mirrored part.

18 (17)
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16. Install the wings and the air intake parts.

For the wings, align the edge of the protruding flaps with
the fuselage-lines on the stiffener and keep the protruding
flaps parallel to the stiffener.
This is how it should look from
The splitter plate (27,28) is featured on the T-37 only! the top when done:

starboard wing

fuselage

port wing

25

23

26 (25)
26
Be sure to align the lines with the
24 stiffener and have the arrow point
upward.
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17. Build the engine exhausts. First glue together the 18. The engine sections are rounded along their longer
outer parts (29,30) then glue in the inner walls (31,32) side and along their narrow side! Glue in the exhaust
with printed side inward, then add the end plate. nozzles.
Repeat for other side. Repeat for other side.

2x 2x

29 (30)
port engine exhaust

31 (32) 36 (35)

33 (34)
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19. Glue the engine sections on the gaps between wings

and fuselage. Make sure that the livery lines adjust
properly.

35

36

The engine sections basically wrap around the wing like

this. It helps to start with gluing the edge engine
section to upper wing, then continue with the others –
one by one – rather than trying to glue all at once.
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20. Build the engine air intakes and install them.

This is how it should look from the front.

45(46)

43(44)
?
The FOD screen (parts 43 and 44) are optional.

starboard intake

43+45

port intake 44+46

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21. Install the cabin and attach the tailplane.

The trailing edge of the vertical stabilizer should be
flush with the rear end of the fuselage.

39

38
37

cabin 41

40
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22. Lower details.

align the back end of part 63

with the edge between parts 15 and 16.

tail bumper
63
71

72

68 72
66
67

71
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23. Installing the speedbrake.

patterned landing gear
Ignore this step when not building speedbrake extended.
If you prefer the sculpted Landing gear, jump to 27.
If you are building landing gear up, jump to 34.

24. Glue together the front landing gear, use a toothpick to

stiffen. Let the toothpick protrude slightly on the top.

toothpick

79
80

77+78 81

25. Glue together the main landing gear, use a toothpick to stiffen.
The toothpick must be flush with both ends of the strut.

toothpick

84
2x
83
82
86
78

85

26. Glue on the hydraulic arm to let it touch the ground.

jump to 34.
77

2x 87
88
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Sculpted landing gear

27. Roll and glue the strut and hydraulic 28. Build the wheel. 29. Assemble the nose landing gear.
arm of the nose landing gear.

91 90
93
81
89
91 94
90
89 92

30. Roll and glue the struts and hydraulic 31. Build the wheels. 32. Attach details and wheels to the 33. Attach the hydraulic arms.
arms of the main landing gear. struts. The side of the wheel with a little
white circle in the center must face the
strut.
95
84
97 100
83 98
82 99
96 96
95

2x 2x 2x 2x
wheel
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35. Landing gear installation.

Glue main gear door inner sides in first, next

the gear door hydraulic, then the landing gear.
Nose gear doors last.

104
107/108

106

102
105
The installed gear door hydraulic
107/108 should look like this when installed:
103

101
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52

36. Nose details.

? The radar radome ( is optional on

all versions except the 2nd prototype.

42

50

37. Build the wing tip tanks. 38. Cut out the hole for the wing.

2x 113
2x
112

109

111 110
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tip tank

39. Install the tip tanks.

Use this as a reference

for aligning the tip tanks:

tip tank

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