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Casting Tin Soldiers (and Ballerinas)

Prince August Toy Soldiers is a really *Neat* company that sells kits for learning how to cast your own metal toys. I found Prince August on Ebay — they are based in Ireland and their website is here: Prince August. … Continue reading

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Toy Motor Assembly

This is a neat little motor kit… Continue reading

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The SR-71 Blackbird

As a kid I built several models of the SR-71 Blackbird. What I noticed immediately is the enormous size of the engines with respect to the rest of the air craft. In real life these engines are 20feet long by … Continue reading

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