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Hi thanks for lots of views....suddenly wood seems popular again.
I attach a photo of a train made in the late 1940s and a lorry bought off eBay .......which when it arrived seems to be as old and of a steam lorry. Both need cleaning and waxing but Grandson likes them. Minor repairs need doing.
The aeroplane is almost done, just need to sort out propellers...thought of Perspex discs?
I attach a photo of a train made in the late 1940s and a lorry bought off eBay .......which when it arrived seems to be as old and of a steam lorry. Both need cleaning and waxing but Grandson likes them. Minor repairs need doing.
The aeroplane is almost done, just need to sort out propellers...thought of Perspex discs?
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Well continuing to make and build for grandkids....latest was from a pile of homemade bricks from a charity shop ( yes the same I got the ironing boards for the Iron Road from)
Two were a wonky arch shape and as the boy was into flying I attempted to make a helicopter or two.
using dowling for a tail and landing floats, made up a pair of helicopters.
I will admit that I used a bought in wooden wheel and axle as a tail rotor' and another to secure the main rotor. Buttons could be used instead if you wanted to.
The rotor is a simple strip of wood, with a wooden bead as a bearing (though like the tail rotor you could use a button!).
The floats are glued wooden dowel pegs, but again thick skewers would work.
So something odd can be with imagination be made into anything..
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Two were a wonky arch shape and as the boy was into flying I attempted to make a helicopter or two.
using dowling for a tail and landing floats, made up a pair of helicopters.
I will admit that I used a bought in wooden wheel and axle as a tail rotor' and another to secure the main rotor. Buttons could be used instead if you wanted to.
The rotor is a simple strip of wood, with a wooden bead as a bearing (though like the tail rotor you could use a button!).
The floats are glued wooden dowel pegs, but again thick skewers would work.
So something odd can be with imagination be made into anything..
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Grandsons pressie finished...broom handle rockets....the shuttle was an old Corgi shuttle base from a scrap bin..25p with working under carriage rebuilt with wood and plastic card.
The shuttle sections are held with door magnetic catches.
The rockets have dowel as exhausts and matching holes, and larger exhausts from wooden balls......great fun.
The shuttle sections are held with door magnetic catches.
The rockets have dowel as exhausts and matching holes, and larger exhausts from wooden balls......great fun.
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