I am a long-time reader and regular subscriber to the magazine “Modelist-Konstruktor”. Over almost forty years, I have not only familiarized myself with machines and mechanisms of amateur designers, but also created my own. Therefore, I can count myself among the cohort of experienced “DIYers”. I mainly built agricultural and transport equipment (from walk-behind tractors Read more…
At the time I decided to build an aerosled, I didn’t plan any particularly original design solutions for it — the machine was needed as a regular winter vehicle. However, when I selected the necessary units, materials, and got down to work, ideas for various design solutions for some components began to emerge. I even Read more…
This tracked snowmobile is somewhat familiar to our readers. Its photograph was published in No. 3’99 of our magazine under the heading “Photo Panorama from Readers’ Letters.” It was made by Valery Aleksandrovich Bogdanovsky from the village of Tabory, Sverdlovsk Region — a senior coach of a children’s and youth physical training club, an enthusiastic Read more…
Viktor Dmitrievich Berezhnoy is a native of Valday. By his main profession, he is a highly qualified welder. However, in the district center it’s difficult to find well-paid work. He had to be both a tailor and a reaper. The only constant was Berezhnoy’s passion for technical creativity. It was this that helped him out Read more…
It’s not often that you’ll encounter homemade snowmobile equipment for children on winter paths and hills. Mostly, these are well-known industrial designs like “Chuk and Gek”. Some have low-power internal combustion engines installed. Despite all their obvious advantages, they also have disadvantages. However, avoiding discussions about the “pros” and “cons”, let’s get acquainted with an Read more…
The designer of this small truck — Yevgeny Nikitovich Yevsikov is already known to our readers from the publication «Plows, carries and even saws» (see «Modelist-Konstruktor» No. 5, 2002). The article was about a small tractor he built. Now we present another of his machines — a mini-truck. Yevgeny Nikitovich is a leading designer with Read more…
To trim and shape one or two bushes in your front garden, to shorten a rapidly grown whip that appeared out of nowhere right in front of the window during the summer, you can use ordinary garden shears. As they say, snip — and it’s gone. Well, what if the volume of “hairdressing” work is Read more…
It is well known that fishing from a boat is better than from shore—usually such fishing is much more successful. But a boat, even a rubber one, is far from available to every adult fishing enthusiast. And where can one get such a watercraft, for example, for a young angler? Even finding a large inner Read more…
The experience of potato growers shows: Dutch technology for growing root crops is the most effective, with minimal labor costs. The rows are clean and even, and the harvest is excellent. The foundation of everything is properly organized planting and, naturally, good equipment. I offer readers a brief account of the technology itself, as well Read more…
To build a simple, unpretentious, and reliable car, I was, one might say, forced by circumstances. Back in the memorable times of general shortages, I bought a well-worn “Zaporozhets” that spent more time in repair than on the road, waiting for me to find the necessary spare parts. After several years of such torment, I Read more…
