What a great story. I was wondering if a story about this guy have been posted before and indeed, it was.
A Kid Spent 9 Years Building a Detailed Paper Model of a Boeing Jet (2017)
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19448365
The great takeaway for me from the story is his quote related to how he did all these things.
"I was not born with these skills, I developed them over time. And the original model was actually pretty crude. And I've really learned a lot over the past number of years, and that's how I've gotten to where I am at now."