MODEL CONSTRUCTION

UNSINKABLE FLOAT

28.05.201813.05.2018Good recommendations

Often hollow plastic float in the toilet tank, prohodivshiy, fills with water and stops functioning. But do not rush to replace it with a new one. Remove the float from the lever, cut off the lower part (the bottom) and fill the float with foam inside, cut out the right size insert. Remains restored the Read more…

ATV “TRAMP-YUGRA”

28.05.201813.05.2018Design

The history of the vehicle is quite long. First began to be fit to travel on our road of “Niva-2121” – put her on the big wheel from the “Jeep”. Traveled on it with a neighbor (also, incidentally, an avid fisherman and hunter), but the cross for our seats acusados enough. Kupipi DPJ “Fields” copesa tires “Shine”. Clipped in the back of the arch, the post-Willie protruding wheel arches, so that the dirt is not cast on glass, and went back. In General, I liked it, only inside the little space and the water machine does not float. Wanted to do more.

“E” CULTIVATOR

28.05.201813.05.2018Small-scale mechanization

The idea of creating a mechanical assistant for the treatment of garden I came up with long ago. Looked appropriate magazines “modelist-Konstruktor” with the description of the tilling tools and came to the conclusion that on the basis of the available I have the power unit and the control levers scooter “Electron” is it better to motoliberty.

AUTO BUILD HIMSELF

28.05.201813.05.2018News

within the 18th exhibition of technical Antiques “Oldtimer Gallery”, held from 15 to 18 September 2011 in the exhibition center Crocus Expo enthusiastic technical creativity Vadim Shustrova, was organized the exhibition titled “They built the car”. “Andegraund of the Soviet automobile industry” is a tribute to the talent of designers-enthusiasts – people who do not have special education, but with the technical savvy and design talent.

FIRE BRUSH

28.05.201813.05.2018Good recommendations

Appeared in the sale of original brushes for drawing, the pile of which is pressed into a special plastic handle, as the core of the pencil. To “sharpen” enough to hold the tip over a fire: it will burn, and fire resistant hairs exposed, and you can draw. But in the same way as a Read more…

THE SUV ON THE AIRWAVES

28.05.201813.05.2018Radio model

RC model car-road type buggies are increasingly present in the pages of specialized magazines for modelers and for good reason. The popularity of radio-buggy is growing steadily; apparently, these models will have more admirers than RC racing “formulas”. The reason is simple: for radiology not need specialized tracks with high quality coating, it is quite usual “primer”, supplemented by artificial obstacles.

RESCUE DOWEL

28.05.201813.05.2018Good recommendations

If the drilling hole in the concrete wall towards the drill catches a very durable stone, it is even a great tool with a well-sharpened carbide-tipped is powerless: the drill leads to the side or it quickly “sit.” In this case, the rescue steel construction dowel the proper length to: break the rock and drill Read more…

THE DISK IS TUBE

28.05.201813.05.2018Good recommendations

Modern bottles or tubes of glue or sealant have the tube feeding lengthened proboscis, in which the remaining mass dries up, making it impossible to re-use. To avoid this, before a long break in the insert inside, beneath the peeled from the adhesive proboscis, plastic circle the size of the screw cap and the contents Read more…

WHY STING “JADWIGA”?

28.05.201813.05.2018Devices helpers

Bee venom — a valuable and irreplaceable raw material for many drugs — get different. For example, when using the device “Jadwiga”. It takes on a special frame-dosborne placed in the hive, annoying the electric impulses that cause bees to defend. Jala frame, winged healer leave on her own, fast crystallizing venom (see “Mo-delist-Konstruktor” No. 12’92 6’99).

TRIMARAN… FOUR BOATS

28.05.201813.05.2018Design

Advantages of compact folding boats is obvious, disadvantages is also. In one of the old issues of the journal “modelist-Konstruktor” (on last page) photos and a brief description of a folding trimaran Leningrad shipbuilding V. A. Vakulenko. His trimaran consisted of three folding units in a triangle and connected in a single whole lattice platform. The great thing about this design is the extreme simplicity of the housings. This is the basis of my boats.It consists of four identical folding compartments. Their side opened and fixed in this position by the spacer in plan resemble a diamond. At the same time, the underwater portions of the compartments have smooth streamlined contours. Sealed jar and two bracing bays to form a trimaran.