BATTLESHIP APRAXIN

BATTLESHIP APRAXINCoastal defense battleship General-Admiral Apraksin. Scale model 1:200.

The rapid development of foreign fleets (primarily German) forced to 1890, to revise the Russian 20-year shipbuilding program (1883-1902.). A plan to strengthen the Baltic fleet in 1891-1895 he was provided, among others, the construction of armored ships with shallow draft and heavy armament, designed for operations in inland seas, and defence of the coast. Simultaneously with the elaboration of the project attempts were made to obtain information about the foreign “the latest coastal ironclads and gun-boats”. From late 1889 to June 1891 MTC under the guidance of senior naval architect E. E. Gulyaev consistently prepared preliminary designs of the armored ships with a displacement of 3850 to 5500 tons.

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CHAIR BED

CHAIR-BEDOffer your variant of the design of the armchairs, on the basis of which you can make a new seat or redo is available. In my order was old, from a set of upholstered furniture “Narspi”. Alteration it was. The seat of a chair (Fig.1) at an angle — I had to make it horizontal. Below him to both sides of the seat put two strips 4 which serve as guides for the sliding part of the lounger. To increase the stiffness of the main structure side of the chair connected crossbar 2 and the rear panel 5 (used the existing chair). Connection — with the help of furniture parts and screws. Retractable parts are collected separately.

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MIRROR FOR BIRDS

MIRROR BIRDSIn the second half of the summer birds of the defenders of the orchards and gardens of our loyal friends turn into worst pests, causing considerable damage to crops of fruits and berries. The most simple device to scare away the winged tooth is considered to be… the mirror. You only need to get it to rotate — this flash sunbeams cause the birds to leave free “dining room”.

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IF THE FUSE BLOWS

IF THE FUSE BLOWSWhen a fuse opens in the apartment is a nuisance, but when this happens in the car — it is almost a tragedy, of course, if there is no spare. Meanwhile, to restore this simple appliance (1) is elementary easy — just remove the blown prowadnicach and wrapping (2, 3) the core fuse one layer of foil (if the blown fuse was an 8 amp) or two (if it was a 16 amp).

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COUNTRY TURNTABLES

COUNTRY PINWHEELFavorite home gardeners have always been turntables rattles, driven in rotation by the wind — they are designed to repel moles and other rodents that can damage the roots of the garden trees and shrubs. The most popular is the vane attached in front of the propeller. However, there are equally effective and at the same time more simple “burner”, who do not need the device, rotate the propeller into the wind.

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MUFFLER – ASSEMBLY DIFFICULT

MUFFLER - ASSEMBLY DIFFICULTInterest in homemade silencers due primarily to the poor quality of serial products. It is quite natural Amateur designer to improve their technique. Of course, significantly improve engine power due to the muffler at a given noise level of the exhaust gases is almost impossible, but to eliminate some of the shortcomings of industrial designs is still quite real.

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SOVIET LIGHT TANK T-30

SOVIET LIGHT TANK T-30SOVIET LIGHT TANK T-30. Scale model 1:25.

Floating tank T-40 serially produced in the USSR since 1940 and was intended to replace the T-37A and T-38. As its predecessors, its design was widely used by the automobile units and mechanisms. The engine and transmission were located at the right side, so the tower with the DShK and DT was shifted to the left side. The tank hull was made of rolled armor plates connected by rivets and welding. The undercarriage of the vehicle consisted of four rubber-tions of rollers on Board with individual torsion bar suspension. For the movement in the water in the lower part of the stern of the hull was installed in a niche of the couple-trehlopastnye screw and two vodorodnoe the helm. By June 1941 the Red Army had 220 tanks T-40. However, the first fights showed the lack of weapons this tank, as it mostly used as reconnaissance and for direct support of infantry. As floating it has almost never been used.

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