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‘model building’

Oil Rig Replica. You Could Use 3D CAD… Or Four Million Matchsticks

22 Jul, 2009 by Josh Mings in ROCKIN'
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Time for trip down to the camping store, you have some matchsticks to buy, 4 million to be exact. That is, if you want to challenge David Reynolds in the bid to beat the matchstick model record… and spend a good 15 years at 10 hours a day doing so.

David, a former oil rig worker, glued each polished matchstick in place to create the half ton model of the Brent Bravo oil rig in his living room. It measures 21ft long, 12ft high and is probably one of the largest fire hazards this side of the International Date Line. More images after the break.

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The Making of… ZWEISTIL. How 3D CAD Could Have Helped, and Couldn’t

07 Jul, 2009 by Josh Mings in DESIGN

I see that look in your eye. You want to see some sweet bicycle convertin’ design that makes falling off your bike and hitting a street sign look like fun again.

Well, here it is. It’s called the ZWEISTIL [two style], named by the designers, Stefan Wallmann and Daniel Knüpfer, for it’s unique variable frame construction that gives you the ability to drop it down cruiser style and turn the heads of the hunnies… or just save some gas.

Stefan fills us in on the greasy details. I think you’ll like the way he explains it.
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