models
Toys
RMS Titanic Naval Tragedies Are Coming To A Poolside Near You
4:00AM Jack Loftus | Rejoice, for the super rich have found a way to recreate the terrible Titanic tragedy in their over-sized luxury bath tubs. More »
Toys
Stuka Aeroplane Kit Is a Flying Carpet, Literally
1:20AM Jesus Diaz | My career in model making finished with a P-51 Mustang which ended looking like Dick Dastardly’s aeroplane with an epoxy overdose. Fortunately, this JU87-G Stuka carpet kit by Katharina Wahl doesn’t require any glue. [Mocoloco] More »
Toys
Briefcase-Contained Model Train Set Makes You Look Like a Businessman When You Clearly Are Not
7:40AM Adam Frucci | I want a briefcase-contained model train set not because I’m into trains, but because I want to open it on an aeroplane tray table and see people’s reactions. Unfortunately, it’s $US1,500. [PaulSmith via Awesomer] More »
Science
Largest Scale Model Rocket In History Blasts Off on April 25th
1:20AM Sean Fallon | At over 11 metres tall and 725kg, designer Steve Eves hopes his custom-built rocket will blast off into the record books as the biggest scale model in history when it launches on April 25th.
Toys
Lego Battleship Yamato Is Biggest Lego Ship Ever
11:10PM Jesus Diaz | Like its real counterpart, this Battleship Yamato is the biggest Lego ship ever constructed. At 6.7m long, it took 6 years and 4 months to complete by one of our Lego contest winners. [Updated]
Robots
New Asimo Action Figures Are Heads Better than Old Asimos Action Figures
12:20AM Mark Wilson | It’s easy to lump Asimo into a stagnant pile of clips demonstrating a short robot waving, dancing and rolling down stairs since 2004. But as these 1/8 scale dolls action figures show, he’s improved. More »
Toys
World’s Largest Model Covers 1,100 Square Metres, Uses 300,000 LEDs
4:30PM Jesus Diaz | As I watched this video of the Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany, my mind went from mild amusement to surprising awe to absolute astonishment. At 1,100 square feet, the world’s largest model defies belief: More »
Robots
The HRP-4C Model Robot Is Programmed to Work…It
11:27PM Mark Wilson | The HRP-4C robot was not programmed to please families like Asimo. Nor will she save/destroy humanity like a Terminator. Rather, she’s taking the fashion world by storm as Tokyo’s next top model. UPDATE VIDEO: More »
Gadgets
Adam Savage From Mythbusters Makes Maltese Falcon Replicas in His Spare Time
3:37PM Brian Lam | I met Adam Savage at the EG conference last year, and watching him give this talk, it became clear the man is obsessed with replicating things 3D things from 2D imagery. More »
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