Hi friends. A very long time did not make reviews of crafts of creative personalities. He could not allocate time for this, conducting his master classes, driving around the exhibitions IT () and starting their mini-earning and changes that wrote on the blog.

I will send descriptions for the pictures and the works yourself, and the author will announce itself in the comments, if he wants.

The first sets began to do as much as in 1901 in England.

Initially, there was an idea to create existing layouts to demonstrate projects, such as bridges.
But the material from which layouts collected should be universal. So the idea was born to use perforated stripes. Therefore, their models are obtained unique in the complexity of mechanical solutions and designer beauty.
Motor:


Lift control node (stacker):

This is like a tiger tank.

An-2. It seems like.

Mini model. The idea is taken from foreigners, but our all details.

Cubism. The angular sides of the cubes of great and small. Big collected from the regular corners of the designer, and in Maltless Cuba put his parts for connecting the sides. The clearance turned out to be minimal.

Retro car took from Meccano (red) gathered from our items except wheels, headlights and covers on the hood.

Made templates for the manufacture of coated sheets from different firms. So far, only from the dialing of youth 4 converted to a millimeter standard. And sheets from the GDR-Ovsky set CONSTRUCTION 100. There are some duplicate drawings, it is for filling the sheet. Some details resemble a complete set of Mercur's set.
Drew in Word program. It seems, it did not work badly, but it is better to make templates on millimeter paper. It will be more accurate.
The material will take from the covers of bougal folders. There are folders with a normal thickness. I would like more, but what is, then we will use it ..
Thrust holes with a set of pixels for recipe for holes in rubber. It is not expensive worth about 300 rubles

This turned out to be a retro memory truck. There are homemade details, it is a loop on the doors, wheels and many other converted details from our sets. Trial option to make improvised headlamps from Ketchup. In principle, in these caps, you can install LEDs and power the headlights. It is possible to also add this model with loop on the body and the lifting mechanism for the body. Although the lifting mechanism is for another type of trucks. Or make a roof on the body or put awning. I think from Lego, add colored overall lights. You can paint the black paint wheel, it is like to highlight the external wage, as if the model has rubber wheels.
How people think, can I recommend manufacturers to create such a set?

How I make a loop.
Yes, the lesson is long, vigorous and ungrateful. A little distracted and all ... loop on the release.
And so, we take the panel 5x5 or 5x10, it is better than 5x10 there the metal is easier to begot. We deploy on the anvil turns on the panel and outlined future blanks for loops. Everything can be seen in the photo.
Well, then the case of the technique ... Mode, Genne, saw, nails mode, and drive the loop to each other.

Attempt to make gear sets.

It turned out such an expression ... not a well-known model of the aircraft ... objections and comments are accepted. 🙂

I decided to continue the collection of old tanks of the time of war. This time it is the English Tank Cromvell MK 4 (A27M). This is the first version of the model. I will clarify some small details, maybe I will add some small details on the tower. Caterpillars will not put. Perhaps the way they are after the disassembly of the KV-1. We must still break the wheels. The tank gun made from the telescopic antenna.
Where two tanks together are strongly seen how the coating of iron in the air is oxidized. It becomes pale, matte, then starts to darken. Iron on the second tank lay all this time in the package. Constructors were bought almost simultaneously. Conclusion: the poor one of our coverage, although not all manufacturers of designers. Anyway, soblot!

Sample make big wheels 3 and 4 option

Part of my tool.

Here is the continuation of the retro series. This is the Paris Taxi of the early last century. This is not a complete analogue, any model. In those days there were a lot of models of this type, and the series of cars were very not significant.

Mekano has decent models for re-construction, our material and technical base is very small and depends on the amateur wallet. Not everyone wants to spend several thousand rubles for 3-4 dozen details.
In short, the model is not yet a finite option. It is necessary to make the front bumper and the rear too. Maybe it's worth hanging the spare tire from behind. On the roof make fences for suitcases.
In short, take another model for assembling from domestic parts to criticize. I tried to paint the wheels from an ordinary aerosol can with alkyd enamel for internal and external work, it turned out not bad, in my opinion.

That is what I remember my childhood. Easy including because of the abundance of interesting techniques and iron around. Parents, especially dad, surrounded me with small nails - then the engine from Zaporozhets on the kitchen table, then disassembled to repair a color tube TV, then a portable radiol of Mriya, who was able to play a gramplasty on weight. But most importantly, my parents sometimes bought various interesting constructors. And the most memorable for me was a set of "Electrical Engineering in 200s".

Photos from the virtual museum and reference book - Domestic radiotechnics of the twentieth century

Now, unfortunately, there are no such, including abroad. I constantly look at the shelves of stores with toys and in our country, and when I go through Europe. There is nothing like that. And this designer was good because he combined a lot of various parts and components, from which it was possible to collect both toys and conduct entertaining physical and electric experiments. For example, you could collect telegraph.

Photo from the community Made in Leningrad

Or the electric motor-fan, or self-made galvanic battery, in general, the designer corresponded to the name - one could collect two hundred unique crafts, not counting their invented.

And now, when my son is growing, I also want to surround it with interesting technical pieces. And one of them is such a designer. I don't want to buy uncomplete used 30 years old, because there is a tragedy :) Yes, and it is almost impossible to find it on the flea markets. But it is quite possible to collect something similar from the available details, and without much effort.

First, the basis, ordinary inexpensive metal designers who still can be bought in toy stores.

And secondly, what will revive this constructor will add movement. These are motor, wires and batteries. Where to take them? Ha, sure if you have children, you know what Chinese toys are. They certainly buy as a gift to children both parents and grandmothers, acquaintances, guests of the parents. All these flying dogs, jumping machines, bunting aircraft - all this breaks in an hour (day, week) and flies in the trash. But they flew into the trash only after the mining of them the main treasure :)

DC motors. Given the fact that children are growing four, it has accumulated this wealth. What do these motors help? But what. Somehow a couple of years ago, we pissed down with my son in my instruments and I suddenly suggested him, and let's collect a car from the stick. Who will not agree to this? We took a trim of some kind of bar, a motor, nails, a AAA battery and grind up it in 30 minutes.

From nails and sticks, literally, it turned out a non-market self-propelled toy. The child did not let her out of the hands all evening, and after showed all guests - "see what a pope of the Limousine and I have done!" But I decided, it's time to do such things at a more serious level. At first we collected a windmill, a memorable object from the last journey in Europe.

It turned out so cool that only one remained, stocking details for such crafts in sufficient, industrial, quantities :) on the market I purchased any switches, battery holders, rubber bands. Grandmothers and acquaintances were said that now our best gift is a metal designer. And after some time, my son became owners of the most steep set of possible. It was possible to start to create.

The next our craft is a plane. Two-door fighter.

Where the plane, there is a helicopter. The son-carrying screw was tuned by two additional floors, so it seemed better to him.

With this toy helicopter, the child played longer, for the carrying screw was easily used as a disk saw Bulgarian - a helicopter was poured a lot of things in the house - to the joy of mom :)

Now she walks with reluctance, it is necessary to register the mechanism.

But immediately after the manufacturer, a shagish car, as her son nicknamed, he had a cheerful tread on all :)

And the latest of our crafts. For its manufacture, I bought a set of radio control on Aliexpress, a remote control with a receiver, a motor with gearbox and wheels, a steering servo and a motor control scarf. All these things are available on Ali shaft of a variety of sizes, capacities, opportunities. We made a radio-controlled tricycle with full-fledged control - gas, brake, steering.

Duri in this furious tricycle so much that it is difficult to touch without slipping. But it is easy to make a police turn.

Below the video of an unequal battle of a mad typewriter and caterpillars. The caterpillar and I were collected for the exhibition in kindergarten, there I needed a handicraft from a natural material, well, we were from coconuts, chestnuts and elements of the designer built a real zooooooooochine slow caterpillar. Became due to the gear of the tracks of the video slightly tightening, "

These wonderful things can be made from an ordinary metal designer, debris of old toys and some number of purchased parts. The only necessary parent's skill is to be able to solder a little, without it it will be difficult with all these wires, switches and batteries. Well, of course, fantasy, but usually children have even more than adults, so attract the child, he will tell you what to do.

There is, of course, another way. For example, ready-made sets of Lego. Lego has a windmill.

There are all sorts of racing cars and trucks.

In general, Lego has everything, including robots and sets for their configuration and programming.

But personally does not lie to Lego Soul. And the son has a problem with Lego, once the toy dropped, and she is to smit on small cubes, it's very disappointing to collect all. And it is worth Lego Nemeryan, especially interactive robotic kits with motors or limited series of all sorts of stars from star wars. Our metal will be even taking into account the purchase of remotes to Ali.

There is also an original metal designer, mekkano. But he is again very expensive and get it in our lands not easy. Therefore, here is the final photo of our wealth.

Hello everyone!

Today I want to continue a series of posts dedicated to miniature metal designers (3D models). This time it will be discussed about the British heavy quadruple bomber held by the Royal Air Force, Avro 683 Lancaster. This aircraft was the main, along with the "Halifax", the heavy bombarder of the Royal Air Force during World War II. On the account of Lancaster 3/4 of the entire bombing cargo, discarded by British aviation during World War II.

Due to the fact that in the parcel there was a decent number of orders, agreed with the seller about sending parcel with the track. All information on its tracking is available.

So, the designer is supplied in a standard factory packaging for such a product, which is an envelope from cardboard. Such an envelope has already met: on the front side of the dandelion:

And on the back of an interesting only sticker with an image of a collected model.

Delivery set is as standard: instruction and metal sheet with cut-out laser elements of the designer.

The quality of the manufacture is still no complaints: the elements are cut out well, the pattern is also applied smoothly and without flambers.

As written in the instructions, we begin an assembly from the fuselage, then go to the wings and chassis:

The most difficult thing in the assembly of this model turned out to be a nicely to bring the bombarder's cabin and the front rifle tower located in the front module of the fuselage. I also have problems with the upper rifle tower, since the place of its attachment did not match the sizes. Since the rear rifle tower is made by the same principle that the front: thin mesh, and with its formation there were problems. As a result, it turned out not so beautiful as I would like. :(

I will not delve into the assembly process. On everything about everything went about 40 minutes. As a result, this model turned out:

In order for you to estimate its size - a photo with a matchbox:

With identification signs, there were 2 inscriptions on the fuselage of this model: "HWOR" on one side and "BQob" on the other. Unfortunately, at least I did not find something interesting about them.

And so the Lancaster bomber looked in reality:

In general, I liked the model - the quality of manufacture, as in the past cases, excellent. Nothing to do something. The park of the collected models is gradually increasing) next to the queue - M4 Sherman Tank :)

On this, perhaps, everything. Thank you for your attention and spent time.