For those living near water, a motorboat is no less important than a motorcycle or a car: people use it to commute to work, visit neighboring villages, or go shopping in the district center. “Modelist-Konstruktor” has repeatedly published descriptions of various motorboats. However, judging by the editorial mail, readers are still interested in watercraft designs. Read more…
Dear “Modelist-Konstruktor”! In issue No. 9 for 2004 of your magazine, a material was published about a compressor I made based on a motor-compressor from an old refrigerator. I used it for several years for various needs: paint spraying, tire inflation, and other tasks. But sometimes it lacked pressure and air reserve. Then the idea Read more…
Imagine this: you’re standing by a river, the water is crystal clear, and fish are darting just beneath your feet. But instead of store-bought gear, you’re holding a speargun built with your own hands. That’s how our project began. We set out to create a real underwater speargun from scratch, using natural materials, minimal tools, Read more…
Many outdoor enthusiasts prefer cycling trips to other forms of short travel, such as hiking or driving. Walking allows you to fully enjoy the beauty of nature and take in the surroundings at your own pace, but unfortunately, only in the immediate area. Driving, on the other hand, means you interact more with the road Read more…
Sometimes, genius hides in a garage. That’s exactly what happened with Andrea Marazzi — a mechanic from the Italian town of Bagnolo Cremasco. Imagine this: an ordinary 1993 Fiat Panda suddenly becomes an internet sensation because… it was made hilariously narrow. Not just narrow — just 50 centimeters wide! It’s no joke — it’s both Read more…
A home craftsman’s desire to mechanize their labor as much as possible and replace hand tools with mechanical ones is only natural. One such tool is the jigsaw, indispensable when working with plywood, thin plastic, and similar materials. There are several options for replacing a hand jigsaw with a mechanical one: an attachment for the Read more…
The young naturalists of Cherkasy Secondary School No. 3 surely still remember the rabbit Belka, who gave birth to 96 kits in a year — three to five times more than usual. Belka’s offspring yielded nearly half a ton of meat, and the pelts were enough to make five children’s fur coats. We offer three Read more…
There’s no point in comparing a scooter and a passenger car — they are completely different machines. Nevertheless, motorcycle designers constantly strive to bring the comfort of four-wheeled vehicles to their two-wheeled counterparts. In recent years, lightweight scooters equipped with fairings resembling a small car body without doors have become more common in urban environments. Read more…
When a tech giant releases its first SUV, it’s already an event. The Xiaomi YU7 is not just a car, but an attempt to turn the idea of what a modern luxury electric car should be like upside down. Having shown this crossover to the public for the first time, Xiaomi relied on bold design, Read more…
Over time, interest in velomobiles — this environmentally friendly and health-beneficial mode of transport — has waned and flared up anew, but it never completely fades away. Its fans believe that since the invention of the self-propelled cart by I.P. Kulibin, this pedal-powered vehicle has received its greatest development in the last 30 years: many Read more…
