ESCORT DESTROYERS

ESCORT DESTROYERSInevitably looming at the end of the 30-ies of the threat of war forced the British Admiralty to take all possible measures to strengthen the fleet, and to do this required quickly and at minimal cost. If the ensuring action of the fighting force of the fleet one way or another was solved through the construction of various types of destroyers, as we told you in previous issues, the issue of the protection of navigation in the waters surrounding Britain and her possessions, looked much sharper. Three dozen sloops, mostly obsolete, slow moving, not able to ward off even the plane-“whatnot” — that could oppose the “mistress of the seas” potential enemy for tens of thousands of miles coastal strip of the Empire, which yet “never the sun went down”.

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RESCUE TRIAC

Utterly exhausted by his refrigerator, which has neither a hot day, then another “surprise” in the starting relay, was forced to ask for help in workshop. There categorically stated: burnt start winding, you need to change or rewind the motor. And when I calculated what it cost me… well, I ventured on a self-experiment with Read more…

NAKAJIMA B5N

NAKAJIMA B5NThis Japanese carrier-based torpedo bomber with radial engine, Nakajima “Hikari 1” made its first flight in January 1937. Delivery of the first production NAKAJIMA B5N1 on Japanese carriers launched in 1938. A year later, an upgraded version of the aircraft NAKAJIMA B5N2 was released with a more powerful engine Nakajima “Sakae 11”. B5N2 considered the best in the world deck torpedo bomber-1941.

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ON ASPHALT WITH A BOAT MOTOR

ON THE ASPHALT WITH A BOAT MOTORAfter reading the title, you might think: a motor is being repaired. Nothing of the sort. This patially “Surf” in excellent condition. But it is not set on the boat, and on the original four-wheeled horseless carriage, designed and built in children’s technical club ZHKO research Institute of inorganic materials.

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WOODEN “MOSKVICH”

WOODEN WOODEN After the Second world war in accordance with the decisions of the Crimean and Potsdam conferences of 1945, the victim of crushing defeat of Nazi Germany in the victorious countries flowed Golden streams of reparations. They were precious metals and valuable industrial raw materials, patents and promising development, foreign assets and plant equipment. One of these streams, which originate in the realm of the German company Opel, passing through the half of Europe, joined to the territory of the Moscow plant of small cars (former car Assembly plant of a name of the Communist youth international), to lay the Foundation of mass production of the first Soviet car “Moskvich-400”.

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VAZ-2111

VAZ-2111The birth of the Volga automobile plant was preceded by the signing in 1966 of the agreement on technical cooperation between the Italian firm FIAT and Minavtoprom of the USSR. The first machine, which received the designation VAZ-2101, rolled off the Assembly line in 1970.

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MITSUBISHI A6M ZERO

MITSUBISHI A6M ZEROThe number of these fighters were produced in eight versions of the Japanese industrial concern Mitsubishi in 1939, amounted to about 10 499 (according to other sources — 10 937) copies. The A6M was designed in 1937, the Japanese designer Jiro Horikoshi. His first Pope the plane made on 1 April 1939.

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BLOCKS “ZIGZAG”

BLOCKS The cubes have always been for kids the most popular toys, because most “obedient” to their fantasies and allow yourself to collect a variety of shapes. But the kids pretty quickly “outgrow” them, lose interest in simple geometric forms. What if there are several complicated? For example, to glue together two, three, four cube? Of these elements, says the Hungarian magazine”, Earmaster” to collect the figures will be harder, and hence more interesting for older children because the game becomes like a puzzle.

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AS FOR THE VILLAGE WITHOUT A TRACTOR?

AS A VILLAGE WITHOUT A TRACTOR?(The end. Beginning at No. 8 and 9,’02)
 
FRONT PANELS the front has cutouts for the levers transfer case and the inclusion of the rear axle, under the steering column and cut a window under the main brake cylinder (GHZ). From top to Polycom welded bracket for additional securing the steering column, opposite the window under the GTZ — bracket-lever-pedal control rack of the fuel pump (“gas”). The bottom is welded strap attachment GTZ, brackets, brake and clutch levers for the transfer case and the inclusion of the rear axle.

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