✈️ C-212 Aviocar (Spain): step-by-step build

A boxy Spanish transport plane with a high straight wing and two propellers.

The CASA C-212 Aviocar is a small, tough transport plane from Spain with a boxy body, a straight wing on top and a ramp at the back for loading cargo. This is a Technic-parts model inspired by it, not a real aeroplane: green and tan beams make the camouflage, red and yellow beams on the tail borrow the colours of the Spanish flag, and each propeller turns freely on its own axle.

• Level 3 of 5 (medium)
• About 45 minutes
• 27 steps, 87 parts
• Powered by: Push
• Series: Aircraft from 21 Countries

What you will learn

• Pins: Grippy or Smooth: Pins join beams together — some hold tight, some let things swing.
• Triangles Are Strong: A triangle cannot be squished — a square can.
• Axles: An axle is a cross-shaped rod — anything on it turns together.
• Axles & Wheels: A wheel on an axle turns dragging into rolling.

Parts you need

• 1 × Beam 15
• 27 × Black pin (grippy)
• 1 × Beam 11
• 18 × Blue long pin
• 5 × L-beam 3×5
• 4 × L-beam 2×4
• 1 × Beam 13
• 1 × Boomerang beam 3×7
• 5 × Beam 5
• 4 × Beam 3
• 2 × Beam 9
• 6 × Beam 7
• 2 × Long pin-axle block
• 3 × Axle 3
• 3 × Bush
• 1 × Axle 6
• 3 × Train wheel

Steps

1. Lay the floor of the fuselage: take a tan 15-hole beam, then push 2 black pins in and press a tan 11-hole beam onto them.
2. Lay the floor of the fuselage: push 2 blue long pins in and press a tan 3×5 L-beam (short leg down: the nose-wheel leg) onto them.
3. Add the roots of the tail and the landing-gear legs: push 1 black pin and 1 blue long pin in and press a tan 2×4 L-beam (short leg up) onto them.
4. Add the roots of the tail and the landing-gear legs: push 1 black pin and 1 blue long pin in and press a tan 2×4 L-beam (short leg up) onto them.
5. Add the roots of the tail and the landing-gear legs: push 2 black pins in and press a tan 3×5 L-beam (short leg down: a landing-gear leg) onto them.
6. Add the roots of the tail and the landing-gear legs: push 2 black pins in and press a tan 3×5 L-beam (short leg down: a landing-gear leg) onto them, then slide a tan 2×4 L-beam (short leg up) onto the blue pins that stick out.
7. Add the roots of the tail and the landing-gear legs: push 2 black pins in and press a tan 2×4 L-beam (short leg up) onto them.
8. Build the top of the fuselage and the tail fin: push 2 black pins in and press a green 13-hole beam onto them.
9. Build the top of the fuselage and the tail fin: push 1 black pin and 1 blue long pin in and press a red boomerang beam (its bent end leans back: the tail fin) onto them.
10. Build the top of the fuselage and the tail fin: push 2 blue long pins in and press a green 5-hole beam onto them.
11. Build the top of the fuselage and the tail fin: push 1 black pin and 1 blue long pin in and press a clear 3-hole beam (the cockpit windows) onto them.
12. Build the top of the fuselage and the tail fin: push 2 black pins in and press a yellow 3-hole beam leaning back along the fin onto them.
13. Fix the wing roots on top of the fuselage: slide a green 9-hole beam onto the blue pins that stick out, then push 2 blue long pins in and press a green 9-hole beam onto them.
14. Build the tailplanes: push 1 black pin in and press a green 5-hole beam onto them, then push 1 black pin in and press a green 5-hole beam onto them.
15. Build the right wing and its engines: push 1 black pin and 1 blue long pin in and press a green 7-hole beam onto them.
16. Build the right wing and its engines: push 1 blue long pin in and press a green 3-hole beam onto them.
17. Build the right wing and its engines: push 2 blue long pins in and press a tan 3×5 L-beam (short leg down: an engine) onto them, then slide a tan 7-hole beam onto the blue pins that stick out.
18. Build the right wing and its engines: push 2 black pins in and press a green 7-hole beam onto them.
19. Build the left wing and its engines: slide a green 7-hole beam onto the blue pins that stick out, then push 2 blue long pins in and press a green 3-hole beam onto them.
20. Build the left wing and its engines: push 2 blue long pins in and press a tan 3×5 L-beam (short leg down: an engine) onto them, then slide a tan 7-hole beam onto the blue pins that stick out.
21. Build the left wing and its engines: push 2 black pins in and press a green 7-hole beam onto them.
22. Fit the propellers: push 2 black pins into the upright leg and press the long pin-axle block onto them.
23. Fit the propellers: push an axle into the block, slide on the black propeller beam and lock it on with a bush (the propeller spins freely on the axle).
24. Fit the propellers: push 2 black pins into the upright leg and press the long pin-axle block onto them.
25. Fit the propellers: push an axle into the block, slide on the black propeller beam and lock it on with a bush (the propeller spins freely on the axle).
26. Put on the wheels: push a 6-long axle through both legs and put a wheel on each end.
27. Put on the wheels: push a 3-long axle through the leg, with a wheel on one side and a bush on the other.

Play time

Blow on the propellers to spin them, then fly the plane around the room in your hand!

Real-world inspiration

CASA C-212 Aviocar, the Spanish twin-turboprop STOL utility transport (high straight wing, boxy fuselage, rear ramp).

Credited demonstrations and component sources

• CASA C-212 Aviocar — Wikipedia: Public reference for the real aircraft's shape and colours; this is a Technic-parts model inspired by it, not a flying or tested replica.