Presents Opened.
Now that we got what we thought we were getting, its time to take out the contents and start to study what to do next? The model world is almost unlimited to making adaptions to what we have to start with and that is part of the great fun of it!
Wither we make our models to show as accurate copies or for the war gaming table, model railway, boat lake racing, flying in garden or field, it is all really to show to close and wider afield. Now with You Tube and Vimeo and the many other free film formats one can show the world from box contents to the finished and working items.
Paints, glues, clays and tools are the start, but many extras can be made with matchsticks, paper mache and also with cardboard. It really is up to each individual to disguise the diorama with what is at hand, instead of spending more money on sometimes disappointing extras.
Showing posts with label Great. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Great. Show all posts
Thursday, 31 December 2015
Friday, 5 September 2014
Hovercraft.
'Riding on the magic carpet.'
What a great invention, that today has multiple uses around the world from swamps to tundra, to deserts and sandy river estuary's. The hovercraft has come a long way, via the military and ferry travel to perhaps more practical applications.
Nearly every country in the world uses the air-cushon system from search and rescue to pleasure activities. This is only a touch introduction, but later we will take closer look at those early day developments and visit Russia, Italy and the U.S.A., while coming back around the Great Britain.
What a great invention, that today has multiple uses around the world from swamps to tundra, to deserts and sandy river estuary's. The hovercraft has come a long way, via the military and ferry travel to perhaps more practical applications.
Nearly every country in the world uses the air-cushon system from search and rescue to pleasure activities. This is only a touch introduction, but later we will take closer look at those early day developments and visit Russia, Italy and the U.S.A., while coming back around the Great Britain.
Thursday, 13 March 2014
Alternative Concepts.
Why replace the Bicycle?
Do you ever watch those science and tech programmes on you Televisions, ipads, computers and Sat-TV, that show some silly alternatives to the Bicyle?
I have come to the conclusion, that many of these new high-tech inventions could cause one more serious harm to our bodies than improve our health. Many of these alternatives have come to the fore, to encourage us to try and excercise. But then why don't you just get a bike, or a dog and go for a walk!
If we want to be serious then to start with a saddle is perhaps the best idea, from there we can develop a lighter machine. The fold up is perhaps the greatest invention for the bike, then comes those ultra-light racing bikes. But still it retains its basic shape, my challenge to you out there 'great inventors is to improve what you have, while retaining the flexability of what you have.
It will only be time, that will show us what we can do with two wheels, to make it 3-4 or more, but remain a human powered vehicle?
Do you ever watch those science and tech programmes on you Televisions, ipads, computers and Sat-TV, that show some silly alternatives to the Bicyle?
I have come to the conclusion, that many of these new high-tech inventions could cause one more serious harm to our bodies than improve our health. Many of these alternatives have come to the fore, to encourage us to try and excercise. But then why don't you just get a bike, or a dog and go for a walk!
If we want to be serious then to start with a saddle is perhaps the best idea, from there we can develop a lighter machine. The fold up is perhaps the greatest invention for the bike, then comes those ultra-light racing bikes. But still it retains its basic shape, my challenge to you out there 'great inventors is to improve what you have, while retaining the flexability of what you have.
It will only be time, that will show us what we can do with two wheels, to make it 3-4 or more, but remain a human powered vehicle?
Thursday, 9 May 2013
The Moscow Metro.
Moskva.
Moscow is a great city, it is dominated by the Kremlin and its towers, it is also the capital city of a great and powerful nation, the largest on the earth. For every great city it must have great infrastructure, especially transport networks.
Stalin made sure that Moscow had a good and reliable metro system to match that of London, England and Paris France. This system that was undertaken in the 1930's has withstood the tests of time.
But he wanted to bring the Russian Imperial court to the people and that is how he did it. Even the trains that have been built over the years have lasted well on the system, comfort, spacious and mechanically efficient.
Moscow is a great city, it is dominated by the Kremlin and its towers, it is also the capital city of a great and powerful nation, the largest on the earth. For every great city it must have great infrastructure, especially transport networks.
Stalin made sure that Moscow had a good and reliable metro system to match that of London, England and Paris France. This system that was undertaken in the 1930's has withstood the tests of time.
But he wanted to bring the Russian Imperial court to the people and that is how he did it. Even the trains that have been built over the years have lasted well on the system, comfort, spacious and mechanically efficient.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)