For some time, I was fond of fishing from a boat. That’s why I decided to make a portable electric motor for trolling (fishing from a moving watercraft powered by a motor, usually using a spinning rod with a lure). Here’s a design that resulted from this idea. Its core is a motor from a Read more…
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…
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…
What is fishing without a boat? Especially on large bodies of water. Want to make an original, virtually silent floating craft? Then let’s get down to business. Look at the picture. The American magazine Popular Mechanics offers readers an interesting boat built on the basis of a car inner tube and a beach chair. Equipped Read more…
Domestic tents with awnings sold in stores are heavy (usually about 3 kg), and without an awning, they do not protect well from rain. Imported ones are lighter and better, but expensive. Therefore, some tourists make tents themselves from thin nylon combined with an awning made of waterproof material. However, the awning complicates the design Read more…
It often happens that guides on how to build a boat yourself simply scare off beginners with such “mysterious” words as “epoxy resins,” “foam,” “fiberglass,” “bakelized” or “aircraft plywood,” etc. More experienced boaters are scared by something else: the difficulty of acquiring these materials. Meanwhile, a good boat can be built from simple materials available Read more…
No matter how much we talk about the windsurfer being the smallest sailboat, you still can’t get on a trolleybus with it. To transport a sailboard, you need at least a car. Of course, it is possible to transport a boat about 3.5 m long on public transport, but… …it would be better if it Read more…
Electric drive? For a boat? So, doesn’t our industry produce enough gasoline outboard motors? Go to a sports store and choose any one – from the lightest, suitable even for a kayak, to the heavy and powerful Neptune. But we still need crystal clear water without an oil-and-gasoline rainbow on the surface, we need undeterred Read more…
The magazine “Modelist-Constructor” (No. 6, 1983) published drawings of a miracle stove designed by I. Maslov. Wonderful stove! Especially for those who love to travel. We have introduced, so to speak, an oriental accent into the organization of country holidays: we have designed and now carry with us a folding barbecue, we call it a Read more…
Our industry produces various inflatable and folding boats for fishermen, hunters, and water tourists. However, they do not satisfy the demanding tastes of consumers in everything, so many hobbyists make watercraft themselves. I also set out to create a transportable, quickly folding boat that would also be light, stable and fast. He called it “Strug”: Read more…
