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Model building is satisfying . Whether it be plastic or wood and whatever scale . There’s something about assembling and shaping parts with your own hands that staring blankly at a computer screen will never equal . The same can be said about carpentry or auto mechanics or actually building computers or sewing quilts or building bows and arrows . All those things hook your senses together and engage your whole self . Aquarium and fish keeping are similar but killifish keeping even more so as it is more hands on collecting , storing and incubating eggs .

 

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Perfect kit for you all - have fun

https://amazon.com/EarthMark-Whaler-Die-cast-Display-12006/dp/B0DDTXBN9K?tag=ff0d01-20

That’s the whaler that is the subject of the book “ In The Heart of The Sea “ by Nathaniel Philbrick . Herman Melville based Moby Dick on the real life disaster of the whaling ship Essex .

 

[anewbie]

That’s the whaler that is the subject of the book “ In The Heart of The Sea “ by Nathaniel Philbrick . Herman Melville based Moby Dick on the real life disaster of the whaling ship Essex .

Which makes it perfect after all the fish wins

 

[Alice B]

today the ground is soft and I have a bunch of plants to get in it, first real cold front comes tonight....

 

[Fishmanic]

I built this wooden car from 750 laser cut pcs. It is powered by multiple elastic bands . The windows roll up and down, the doors open and close, it steers, goes forward or backwards and you can see the pistons go up and down. Even has a hood and trunk release inside the car. And the wipers move.

 

[Fishmanic]

I built this wooden train from 550 laser cut parts. It goes forward and backwards on a wooden track. It is powered by 10 elastic bands. The wheels and linkages move and also the gearing rotates.

 

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Whoa ! @Fishmanic Those are very seriously cool models . I like them and that’s a lot of parts . Did you have to separate the parts ? That can be tricky getting them separated from the wood they were cut into .

 

[Fishmanic]

the parts all come on flat sheets. The parts are laser cut making it easy to remove them from the sheets. Nothing like the smell of fresh wood. No gluing is required . I found it relaxing and enjoyable assembling the models. And have great satisfaction once I displayed the working models in my man cave.

 

[Fishmanic]

While the car runs forward or reverse the pistons in the engine move up and down. There is a crankshaft in the engine to synchronize the pistons.

 

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the parts all come on flat sheets. The parts are laser cut making it easay to remove them from the sheets. Nothing like the smell of fresh wood. No gluing is required . I found it relaxing and enjoyable assembling the models. And have great satisfaction once I displayed the working models in my man cave.

That’s the part I like about wood models - the smell of the wood . My ship parts are on flat sheets but they’re held in place by very small points where the laser cutter left off . I have to break those points with an Exacto blade and then lightly sand the laser charred wood down to the bare wood . It takes longer to prepare the parts than it does to glue and clamp them .

 

[Fishmanic]

You can buy it here. It’s relatively inexpensive

Amazon.com

 

[Fishmanic]

Video of the car in motion

 

[Alice B]

Video of the car in motion

I was so impressed when I thought you cut all those pieces out with a laser, lol

 

[Whitecloudminnowguy09]

Added new plants to my 10g!

 

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Added new plants to my 10g!View attachment 354690

That looks nice . Do I see watersprite floating in there ?