Great attention to detail (as always) and sculptural at the same time. :)

quite a bit sculptural, indeed, that is also a good reason for it to stay in the museum. the other one is that while taking apart the lever from the bike to finish the model, i found out that the present one is an imitation part, which differs from the original. so it will stay exhibited as a birdy and will be largely modified to fit the complete base-lever assembly.

Taking things apart is so much fun and so educational too! When the family’s electronic things die, I always save them to take apart. As a designer you can always learn some great new ideas from other people’s work.

Especially in plastic part design!. There are a lot of creative people all over the world figuring out new ways to make products more easily.

I managed to fix one son’s laptop by almost completely disassembling it to get at the malfunctioning switch and fixed another son’s digital camera the same way. I was so excited to learn about all the really cool engineering that went into making each of those products! It was a blast!!

So, we welcome “The Birdy” into the 3DVIA Museum of Cool Parts & Assemblies”!

We have the exact same hobby, the only problem in my case is that i do it with my freshly bought things, since i was really young! Hopefully in most cases they work fine, with a few screws missing or not.

It’s a great hobby!

My greatest accomplishment as a kid was in about the 7th grade.I took apart the family lawn mower engine and put it back together and it still worked! (My father was away on a business trip, which is the only way I got away with that one!)

My biggest disaster (at about the same time) was trying to make my own alarm clock that would wake me up by playing my favorite radio station. This was in a time when a 10 transistor radio was a BIG deal. I used my mother’s vacuum tube radio from her younger days and my electric alarm clock.

With no understanding whatsoever of electricity other than that both ends of the power cord had to connect to something, I proceeded to solder each end where I thought was right and plugged it in! Well, the whole family was home and the main fuse blew, which gave me time to hide everything before my father came into my room to see what was going on. Fortunately, after cutting the power connections, both the clock and radio still worked!!

I took a summer school class in electronics shortly after that and learned enough to keep myself and family a tiny bit safer. :D

hahaha, amazing double story, loved all the tiny bits of detail you put on! And i t makes me think that even though i am clearly passed the 7th grade, i still haven’t taken that summer class…

What can I say…..Just great job again………..5 stars.

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Thanks flatform – some times I just babble on and on. Good models tell a story and some times a written story is good too.