AIRBRUSH OUT OF THE BOTTLE

AIRBRUSH OUT OF THE BOTTLE

Sorry, when intensive work on the preparation of the model or sample furniture negated by poor-quality color. Look at this product — plain, brush marks, air bubbles, clots…
 
Once my friend gave me a homemade spray gun, commonly called a spray gun. It was rough (even the choke was off), splashed and often clogged. But I liked inherent in its design idea: he worked from ordinary automobile pump.

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PENDULUM WITH ZAMOSTOTSKIY

PENDULUM WITH ZAMOSTOTSKIY

The proposed machine is designed primarily for disposal of dilapidated wooden buildings on the wood. Because of the many nails sticking out everywhere, this waste material can not afford a chainsaw “Friendship”, and therefore worth a few pennies. Cheapness, of course, attracts. Stops other: than and how to cut this here, bristling with “raviel” a conglomeration of old boards, beams, logs?

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CATAMARAN FOR FOUR

CATAMARAN FOR FOUR

For water hikes inflatable catamaran has a number of advantages over the kayak. It is high reliability, great stability, with satisfactory maneuverability, increased permeability of the rapids sections, low weight, comfort, and convenience for boarding and alighting. In the end, the benefits outweigh the known disadvantages of a catamaran — high windage hull with the crew and low speed when driving on the oars. Propose a simple design of a catamaran, which used available materials.

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A SIMPLE PLANER

A SIMPLE PLANE

Our journal has been published many designs of the plane. Basically, they are similar: there is a welded casing with base plate and mounted on the housing of the drive motor with the cutter shaft. However, in each case, the specific components and materials, its dimensions and peculiarities of manufacture. And most importantly — experience that can be used by others, why would we give you another post.

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THE SECOND COMING OF THE “HYBRIDS”

THE SECOND COMING The emergence of nuclear submarines dramatically changed the balance of forces at sea, not only between countries but also between classes of ships. Indeed, hunters submarines could easily reach speeds sufficient to prosecute his opponent in a submerged position. However, nuclear reactors combined with a new hull shapes were allowed to reach 30 knots and more, available to only the destroyers. Of course, followed by the construction of modern anti-submarine ships, but the advantage is pretty solidly moved to the sources of underwater threats. Lack of range of sonar allowed the submarines in time to escape a dangerous situation. However, as always in the history of arms, and they were equally unpleasant opponent. They became anti-submarine helicopter, which had a huge advantage in speed and the view from the height, especially when using the sonar reentry, which in this case does not prevent the noise of the screws.

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RECUMBENT: LET’S HIT THE ROAD!

RECUMBENT: IT'S TIME TO GO!In the late 70-ies in the press, especially in the journal “modelist-Konstruktor”, wrote a lot about velomobiles. Was presented designs of various authors. Some argued that a new form of transport, which in the future will press not only a bike but a car. However, nothing happened. Why? A simple answer to this question is difficult. Will only Express some thoughts.

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