“TROIKI” TO “THREE”

Car Golf-class AUDI A3 production in 2003. Not so long ago in the journal “modelist-Konstruktor” was published an article about a German firm Audi and one of the most interesting cars — AUDI A4 (see the “modelist-Konstruktor” No. 2, 2002). The article mentioned about other modern machines produced by this company, in particular, about the car-class Golf AUDI A3 1996 issue. Knowing the reader’s interest in cars of this class, more democratic compared to the expensive bourgeois “Quartet”, the editors assumed to tell the magazine about the AUDI A3. However, while we were collecting materials about this model, the firm is prepared to release a brand new “three” — AUDI A3 2003 issue. However, to write about the new car, comparing it with its predecessor, was even more interesting.

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FISHING? IN A JEEP!

FISHING? IN A JEEP!Winter fishing — an occupation for the most persistent. Try-ka in the cold to spend the whole day at the wells — there will not save any coat, no tent, no “forty degrees warmer”. However, indulge in a favorite hobby can be and in a comfortable environment. You only need to get a special all-terrain vehicle on low pressure tires with a closed heated cabin, in which all fit for his beloved winter fishing.

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BAIT AND HUNTERS

BAIT AND HUNTERSOnly six months after the outbreak of the First world war Britain, the strongest Maritime power, it seemed, had no rivals on the oceans, was in dire Straits. New, not taken seriously weapons — submarines — now threatened to “foggy Albion” hunger and deprivation.

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SPORTS EQUIPMENT OF CHAMPIONS

THE GYM OF CHAMPIONSBefore talking about the first rocket model, a few words about its designer — Alexander Tarasov. He lives in a small Siberian town of Yugorsk (Tyumen oblast), employs a facilitator Fock firm “Tyumentransgaz”. More than ten years, rocketmodeler Yugorsk perform successfully in competitions of all levels. His son Alex was the winner of the Cup “Alex” 2001, and other graduate — V. Pirogov became the owner of the same Cup in 2002, winners of the Championships of Russia there were many students Tarasova.

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Compact tablet Globex X8

Compact tablet Globex X8Tablets with 7/8-inch displays are the most popular on the market thanks to its compactness and mobility. These devices are best suited for networking, mobile toys, and one of them is your one-stop reader. Globex engineers created a tablet Globex X8 on the basis of these interests of its users. The resulting tablet is not only convenient to use but also easily fits in a jacket pocket or small bag.

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THE HEIRS “ICELANDIC” SCHOONERS

THE HEIRS In the second half of the nineteenth century the fishermen of the Atlantic coast of France, and especially popular were the so-called “Icelandic” schooner — two-masted wooden vessels with increased width of the body and good seakeeping. Despite its modest size, they could make long voyages and endured serious storm. The peculiarity of their snap was that all the sails (including direct marceli) were placed and were removed directly from the deck, as the modern yacht is allowed to increase safety during inclement weather. On fishing schooners usually left to the shores of Iceland — from this came their name.

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MILITARY OFF-ROAD

MILITARY OFFROADthe Hero of our story – the GAZ-67B, one of that specific type, which during the Second world war became known as “jeep”. But even a few years before the appearance of this model in the Soviet Union already had cars, which had on its creation and design is quite a big impact. So refer to the summer of 1936 when Gorky (until 1932 and again now Nizhny Novgorod) automobile plant was built the first prototypes of the GAZ-M1 (“emka”).

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