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 (0 vote) The Rise And Fall Of Model Cars
by Victor Epand. Model cars are suffering a fate that is not well known about except by avid modelers. They are in danger of passing into obscurity once more. As the price of fuel has risen so have the production costs for polystyrene models. Many people do not realize the petroleum costs associated with manufacturing plastics but they are there. With higher and higher gas prices no one has noticed the disappeara... products, articles
- (0 vote) Building Model Cars: A Hobby For A Lifetime
by Victor Epand. Buying and assembling model cars can be quite a hobby. Many who have never tried it may think that there is not much to it. You buy a kit, open it up, glue it together and you are done. Those of us who have made it a personal hobby know that it is so much more. Building a model car involves learning how to keep your patience. It also can require a good deal of skill. While beginners can find ones... products, articles
- (0 vote) What Makes Resin Model Cars So Special?
by Kadence Buchanan. The model car is ever in demand today as most people can't afford to do much of anything else. Gas is too high to go anywhere, so more and more families are staying home and taking part in the hobbies they had neglected with time. The more rare the model kit, the more it cost the individual. Another price that is rising is what is called resin model cars, but they don't cost nearly as much as the... products, articles
Sculpting in Solid Mercury, with Liquid Nitrogen (Popsci.com + BB Video ...
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READ HOW IT'S DONE HERE!
( http://www.popsci.com/mercuryfish )
Boing Boing Video teams up with PopSci and Theo Gray ( MAD SCIENCE author) for an eerily beautiful science experiment -- how to cast solid, if fleeting, shapes from normally liquid mercury -- just keep it at 320 degrees below zero, with liquid nitrogen. Snip from Theo's experiment, documented in this video:
"What you consider solid, liquid or gas depends entirely on where you live. For example, men from cold, cold Mars might build their houses out of ice. Women from Venus, where the average temperature is about 870°F, could bathe in liquid zinc. We think mercury is a liquid metal, but its all relative. At one temperature, the mercury atoms arrange themselves into a solid crystal; at another, they flow freely around each other as a liquid. Children from Pluto (like mine, for example) could happily cast their toy soldiers out of mercury, because on that frigid planet it is a solid, malleable metal a lot like tin. Here on temperate Earth, you need a stove to cast tin, but a tank of liquid nitrogen to make mercury figurines..."
http://www.popsci.com/mercuryfish
RELATED BOING BOING BLOG POST:
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/06/04/...
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