Via Theverge.com:

When it comes to school projects, some parents go all out. One father did just that recently when he constructed an amazing snowspeeder from The Empire Strikes Back out of cardboard for his daughter to take to school.

John Stoddard explained that his daughter’s school holds a “drive-in” movie event each year, “where the kids and their parents are supposed to bring a cardboard car or spaceship to sit in while they watch a movie on the last day of school.” A couple of years ago, his brother made an X-Wing fighter, and this year, Stoddard decided to make his own Star Wars spaceship for his daughter to take with her.

He posted up his build in a series of images to Imgur, which shows how he made the replica vehicle. The cockpit comes from an empty Cuisinart box, he made the wings from a refrigerator box, and used discarded carpet tubes for the cannons. Duct tape and gummed paper tape connect the various parts and reinforce the edges.

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