JAPANESE MIDGET

JAPANESE MIDGETThe Washington naval agreement of 1922 was a significant barrier to growing the race for naval armaments, which began during the First world war. Under this agreement the Japanese fleet by number of aircraft carriers and capital ships (battleships, cruisers) are much smaller than the fleets of England and the United States. Some compensation for this could serve as a permit for the construction of the points of forward basing in the Pacific Islands. And because agreements about the number of submarines to achieve in Washington and failed, the Japanese admirals began to plan the placement on remote island bases of small coastal boats.

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RAILROAD TRACKS

RAILROAD TRACKSMost modelers are passionate about copy of railway technology, we have to deal with the sets produced by “Piko” (GDR). All they are good, but the total length of the paths that manage to collect in one set, can meet only on the first. What to do if you got a taste and decided to do railway modeling seriously? To buy new sets to take from them only pieces of cloths? Not the most rational way.

GLISSER-FLUE

GLISSER-FLUE…Lined up at the edge of the pond, the boys tensely listened to the pre-launch countdown seconds. In the right hand each refined model of aeropittura, left index finger slightly trembling, touching ready to spin the propeller. Finally, the command: “Start!” Engines do not fail young athletes; almost all microSD rush to the opposite shore. And what is happening in the ranks of the fans!