Build instructions · Series 2

Cargo Containers

One cargo container with door ends. Every Cargo Containers series builds the same way.

Steps
5
Use for
Cargo Containers - Series 1, Cargo Containers - Series 2, Cargo Containers - Series 3, Cargo Containers - Series 4, Cargo Containers - Series 5, Cargo Containers - Series 6

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Cargo Containers

Before you start

  • White PVA craft glue. We use Aleene's Turbo Tacky: the bottle for big jobs, a glue pen for fine beads.
  • Small clamps to hold pieces while they dry.
  • Precision tweezers or a pointed tool for punching out small pieces and slots.

Tips & tricks

  • The front of a sheet is the side the die cut went into; it has the rolled edges. The back is flat.
  • Pieces punch out most easily when pushed from the back.
  • Fold every score fully so its edge is crisp and straight. It's cardboard, so it sometimes needs a little help.
  • Be a little generous with glue. It wipes up with a dry or slightly damp paper towel and dries clear.
  • Glue marks and their targets always match in shape and size.

  1. Step 1 of 5

    Step 1 diagram
    1. Fold, glue, and clamp as shown.

  2. Step 2 of 5 Door sub-assemblies

    Step 2 diagram
    1. Glue pieces a7 and a6 together as shown to make two door sub-assemblies.
    2. Fold, glue, and clamp other pieces as shown.

    Note You can pop out the center of a7 to leave the cargo container ends open.

  3. Step 3 of 5

    Step 3 diagram
    1. Glue door sub-assemblies to the body as shown.

  4. Step 4 of 5

    Step 4 diagram
    1. Glue pieces a1 to the body as shown.

  5. Step 5 of 5

    Step 5 diagram
    1. Glue pieces a3 to the body as shown.
    2. Then glue pieces a2 to the body as shown.