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Now on the market of children's educational toys there are a large number of types and types of various constructors. Each of the options has its own pros and cons.

Of interest to boys of all ages are designers whose parts are made of metal. With the help of such kits, you can create both small cars or helicopters, and professional models of vehicles, as well as buildings and architectural monuments.

Construction is a useful game at any age

As a rule, the designer includes various metal parts with slots for fastening elements. The set also includes: screws, nuts, bolts, technical units, wheels that help to fasten the iron parts into a single game model.

It can be used to assemble a car, a helicopter, a construction crane, a tank and other interesting toys for a boy that can actually drive and perform their originally assigned functions.

Small car with rotating wheels (photo)

For detailed information on wooden constructors, see.

The basic kit always comes with assembly instructions. If the constructor is universal, then the book will contain several possible options assemblies to stimulate the boy's creative and engineering thinking.

The toy helps children unobtrusively and with interest to study the basic laws of physics, to understand the essence of phenomena, to model new versions of things that are interesting to him. If something is done incorrectly, the car will not move, and the crane will not be able to lift the load.

For a boy, a constructor made of iron parts is a storehouse of everyday knowledge necessary in the future. He will learn how to tighten the nuts, tighten the bolts, come up with designs that will undoubtedly fulfill the role assigned to him.

Iron Tank from Eitech (Track Vehicles Metal Building)

Varieties

Constructors made of iron can be classified as follows:

1. By size. Play sets are divided into large ones that have an impressive amount of parts (their assembly takes a long time) and small ones made from a small number of parts (they are easily assembled by a child in a short period of time).
2. By age restrictions. They are divided into sets for boys 5-6 years old, 7-8 years old, 9-10 years old. The older the estimated age of the child assembling the constructor, the smaller the details and the more elaborate the assembled model can be. The complexity of the assembly process also depends on age.
3. According to the presented models. Thematic ones are characterized by 1 or 2 specific models of equipment of a certain subject, assembled from the constructor. Universal ones involve a large number of assembled models, and the same part can serve various parts in different mechanisms.

If parents buy their son his first metal construction set, it is better to start with more simple optionshaving a small number of parts. More complex and larger sets can scare a child away.

Powerful sports car

The metal construction set has its own special features (both positive and negative) that distinguish it from other similar toys.

Advantages of a metal construction set:

• Develops fine motor skills hands, instills perseverance.
• Stimulates constructive and spatial thinking, building logical chains by the child, develops mental abilities.
• Metal parts withstand multiple assemblies. If desired, they can be bent and bent back.
• Large assortment of models. Each child will be able to choose from a wide range the option that he will most like.
• The kits introduce the child to the elementary male work around the house: work with a screwdriver, nuts, screws, threads.
• Pronounced male character toys.

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Disadvantages:

• Age restrictions - designed for boys from 5 years old.
• Increased risk of injury - iron parts carry not only wear resistance, but also a real possibility of injury. Therefore, the assembly of a set of parts by a 5-6 year old child should be carried out under the careful supervision of an adult.
• Metal constructors are less bright and attractive than their plastic counterparts.

If, after buying an iron constructor, the boy did not show the proper interest in him, you should not impose him. Put the set aside, and when a little time has passed, offer the play set again.

Locomotive with wagon

Probably every little boy had a metal designer in the USSR. It was a boring plastic box in which various iron parts with round holes (strips) of various sizes and shapes, bolts, washers, nuts, wheels, hinge elements and a wrench were collected.

The metal was solid, was not covered with anything, therefore it had a natural color. The models from the play set could hardly be called cheerful and bright, and it was not created for these purposes. The toy served exclusively for the formation of the first engineering skills in boys.

A large number of details made it possible to make from the designer whatever the boy's soul wanted: various aircraft, cars, helicopters, steam locomotives and other equipment. The guide to collecting the models was complicated and confusing, so initially the guys were helped with the construction by adults.

For adults and little boys, modern ones are suitable, presented by a huge assortment for every taste and budget.

From the Soviet guys, keen on designing from a metal designer, excellent engineers and mechanics grew up in the USSR.

Set from the Soviet era

Manufacturers and prices

In the line of metal designers, there are several of the most popular manufacturers:

1. Samodelkin. Outwardly it is very similar to the old Soviet metal set. Has versatile parts that can be assembled into a variety of models that are not similar to each other. There are series "Kid", "Junior", "Technician", "Samodelkin", "Genius", designed for different ages of boys and different level technical complexity. Metal parts are colored. Production - Russia.
2. "Tenth Kingdom". This manufacturer creates both universal (come with numbers) and thematic sets ("Truck", "Jeep", "Retro-Auto", "Locomotive", etc.). Designed both for classes in labor lessons and for the child's independent play. Parts are painted in standard colors. Includes assembly instructions. Production - Russia.
3. Rinzo. Themed with metal details with the addition of bright plastic elements. Compatible with similar play sets from other manufacturers. Two models can be assembled from one set, carefully described in the assembly guide. Completed wrench and a screwdriver. Manufactured in Great Britain.
4. Meccano. Constructor having high degree detailing and elaboration technical nodes their models. Has painted parts. The assembled technique is strikingly realistic. Manufactured in Canada.

Meccano produces some of the most expensive metal construction sets. The fact is that the models from it are obtained in size much more impressive than those produced by other companies and are as similar as possible to real prototypes.

Racing car from Meccano

Helicopter from the "Tenth Kingdom" brand

Transport from Rinzo

Play set from the Samodelkin brand

Table - approximate cost metal constructors

When choosing a metal construction kit, consider not only the age category for which it is designed, but also individual characteristics your child.

Children under 3 years old should choose constructors from safe large textile or plastic elements, and funny children will help to please as much as possible.

Despite the great popularity of plastic LEGO sets, metal sets for boys are becoming more and more in demand every year. Manufacturers come up with new models, make them more realistic, which invariably affects sales. And at a cost, metal constructors are much more affordable than their plastic counterparts.

All children, starting from the very early ageand also many adults love to build various structures from the constructor. Currently, there are many different variations of this game - the well-known Lego sets and its analogues of Russian and foreign manufacturers, a metal construction set that came to us from Soviet times, magnetic, wooden and others. Most toys of this kind come with a set of diagrams that show which models can be folded from the available figures. In this article, we will tell you what can be done from the parts of the constructor, putting the diagram aside and showing quite a bit of imagination.

What can be done from the Lego constructor?

Lego is one of the most popular trade marks constructors. There are an incredible number of different kits on sale for children of all ages, both boys and girls. In addition, there are quite a few similar logic games from Russian and foreign manufacturers.

Children can use Lego figures to construct simply amazing figures - buildings, cars, airplanes, trains. Large kits are designed to build entire cities or farms. In addition, from a small number of parts, you can make something useful and undoubtedly original, for example, a cup for toothbrushes or a box for wrapping a gift.

What to make of

No less popular, at all times, remains a metal construction set, often used in labor lessons at school. Usually from its parts the guys assemble models of tanks, airplanes and helicopters, cars and ATVs. Having shown imagination, you can build anything from the parts of a metal constructor, from small elements to full-size models.

Hello friends. Haven't reviewed crafts for a long time creative personalities... I could not find time for this, conducting my master classes, driving around IT () exhibitions and starting my mini-journey and changes, which I wrote about in my blog.

I will send descriptions to the pictures and the works themselves, and the author will declare himself in the comments if he wants.

The first sets began to be made already in 1901 in England.

Initially, the idea was to create working mock-ups to showcase projects, such as bridges.
But the material from which the models were assembled must be universal. This is how the idea of \u200b\u200busing perforated stripes was born. Therefore, their models are unique in terms of the complexity of mechanical solutions and design beauty.
Motor:


Lift (stacker) control unit:

It's like a Tiger tank.

AN-2. It seems similar.

Mini model. The idea was taken from foreigners, but all the details are ours.

Cubism. Corner sides of cubes large and small. The large one is assembled from the standard corners of the designer, and in the small cube he put his parts for connecting the sides. The gap is minimal.

I took a retro car from Meccano (red) and assembled it from our parts except for wheels, headlights and a cover on the hood.

Made templates for the production of cover sheets from different companies. So far, only from the Yunost 4 set converted to the millimeter standard. And sheets from the GDR-ovsky set Construction 100. There are some duplicates of drawings, this is for filling out the sheet. Some of the parts are reminiscent of the Mercur kit.
I drew in Word. It seems that it did not work out badly, but it is better to make templates on graph paper. It will be more accurate.
I will take the material from the covers of the bogalter folders. There are folders with normal thickness. I would like more, but what we have, we will use that too ..
I punch holes with a set of punches for extruding holes in rubber. It is not expensive and costs about 300 rubles

Here's a retro truck from memory. there is homemade parts, these are door hinges, wheels and many other converted parts from our kits. Trial option to make improvised headlights from ketchup caps. In principle, LEDs can be installed in these caps and the headlights can be powered. It is possible to add this model also with hinges on the body and a lifting mechanism for the body. Though lifting mechanism this is for another type of truck. Or make a roof on the body or put an awning. I think from Lego, add colored side lights. You can paint the wheels with black paint, it's like highlighting the outer shoe, as if the model has rubber wheels.
Do people think you can recommend manufacturers to create such a set?

How do I make the loops.
Yes, it is a long, dreary and thankless occupation. A little distracted and that's it ... the loop is ejected.
And so, we take a 5x5 or 5x10 panel, it is better 5x10 where the metal is thinner and easier to bend. We unfold the turns on the panel on the anvil and outline future blanks for the loops. Everything can be seen in the photo.
Well, then it's a matter of technology ... mode, we bend, saw, nails mode, and we drive the loops to each other.

Trying to make gear sets.

It turned out to be such an impromptu ... unknown model of an airplane ... Objections and remarks are accepted. 🙂

I decided to continue the collection of old tanks from the war. This time it is the British tank Cromvell Mk 4 (A27M). This is still the first version of the model. I will clarify some small partsmaybe add some small details on the tower. I will not install caterpillars yet. Perhaps I will put them on after disassembling the KV-1. We need to spread the wheels a little more. The tank's gun was made from a telescopic antenna.
Where the two tanks are together, you can clearly see how the iron coating oxidizes in air. Becomes pale, dull, then begins to darken. The iron on the second tank lay all this time in the package. The constructors were bought almost simultaneously. Conclusion: our coatings are poorly extinguished, although not all manufacturers of constructors. All the same Shame!

Trying to make big wheels 3 and 4

Part of my instrument.

Here is the continuation of the retro series. This is a Parisian taxi from the beginning of the last century. This is not a complete analogue of any model. In those days, there were a lot of models of this type, and the series of cars were very small.

Mecano has worthy models to rebuild, our material and technical base is very small and depends on the wallet of the hobbyist. Not everyone wants to spend a few thousand rubles for 3-4 dozen parts.
In short, the model is not yet the final version. It is necessary to make a front bumper and a rear one too. Maybe we should hang a spare tire from the back. On the roof, make rails for suitcases.
In short, accept for criticism another model for assembling from domestic parts. I tried to paint the wheels from the usual aerosol can from alkyd enamel for internal and external works, it turned out not bad, in my opinion.

This is how I remember my childhood. Lung also due to the abundance interesting technique and iron around. Parents, especially dad, from small nails surrounded me very much interesting things - then the engine from the Zaporozhets to kitchen table, then the color tube TV disassembled for repair, then the portable radio Mriya, who was able to play gramophone records by weight. But most importantly, my parents sometimes bought me various interesting constructors. And the most memorable for me was the "Electrical Engineering in 200 Experiments" set.

Photo from the Virtual Museum and reference book - National Radio Engineering of the XX century

Now, unfortunately, they do not do such, including abroad. I constantly look at the shelves of toy stores both in our country and when I travel around Europe. There is nothing of the kind. And this designer was good in that it combined a lot of various parts and components from which it was possible to assemble both toys and conduct entertaining physical and electrical experiments. For example, it was possible to assemble a telegraph.

Photo from the community Made in Leningrad

Or an electric motor-fan, or a home-made galvanic battery, in general, the designer lived up to the name - it was possible to collect two hundred unique crafts, not counting your own invented ones.

And now, when my son is growing up, I also want to surround him with interesting technical things. And one of them is such a constructor. I don’t want to buy incomplete used 30-year-olds, because the shortage is a tragedy :) And it’s almost impossible to find it at flea markets. But it is quite possible to assemble something like this from the available parts, and without much effort.

First, the base, the usual inexpensive metal construction kits that can still be bought at toy stores.

And secondly, what will revive this constructor will add movement. These are motors, wires and batteries. Where to get them? Ha, I'm sure if you have kids you know what Chinese toys are. They are certainly bought as a gift for children by both parents and grandmothers, acquaintances, guests of parents. All these flying dogs, jumping cars, barking planes - all this breaks down in an hour (day, week) and flies into the trash can. But with me they fly to the trash can only after extracting the main treasure from them :)

Engines direct current... Considering that I have four children, a lot of this wealth has accumulated. How can these motors help? And here's what. Once a couple of years ago, my son and I were poking around in my instruments and I suddenly suggested to him, let's assemble the car from a stick. Who wouldn't agree to this? We took a piece of some kind of bar, a motor, nails, an AAA battery and bungled it in 30 minutes.

From nails and sticks, literally, an ugly self-propelled toy turned out. The child did not let go of her all evening, and after that he showed it to all the guests - "Look, what a limousine and dad we made!" That's when I decided it was time to do these things on a more serious level. First we put together a wind turbine, a memorable object from our last trip to Europe.

It turned out to be so cool that there was only one thing left to do, to stock up on parts for such crafts in sufficient industrial quantities :) On the market I bought all kinds of switches, battery holders, rubber bands. Grandmothers and friends were told that now our best gift - metal constructor. And after a while my son and I became the owners of the coolest set possible. It was possible to start creating.

Our next craft is an airplane. Twin-engine fighter.

Where there is a plane, there is a helicopter. The son added two additional floors to the main rotor, it seemed to him better.

The child played with this helicopter toy for the longest time, because the main rotor was easily used as circular Saw Bulgarian - a helicopter sawed a lot of things in the house - to the delight of mom :)

Now she walks with reluctance, the mechanism needs to be adjusted.

But right after the production, the walking machine, as her son called her, made everyone very happy with a cheerful gait :)

And the latest of our crafts. To make it, I bought a radio control kit on Aliexpress, a remote control with a receiver, a motor with a gearbox and wheels, a steering servo and a motor control scarf. All these things are available on Ali different sizes, capacities, opportunities. We made a radio-controlled tricycle with full control - gas, brake, steering.

There is so much foolishness in this crazy tricycle that it is difficult to get under way without slipping. But it is easy to make a police turn.

Below is a video of an unequal battle between a mad car and a caterpillar. My son and I collected a caterpillar for an exhibition in kindergarten, there was a need for an article from natural material, well, here we are from coconuts, chestnuts and elements of the constructor built a real,ooooooooooooooDue to the slowness of the caterpillar, the video is slightly tightening, yaying :)

Such wonderful things can be done from an ordinary metal construction set, fragments of old toys and a certain amount of purchased parts. The only parent's skill is to be able to solder a little, without that it will be difficult with all these wires, switches and batteries. And, of course, fantasy, but usually children have even more of it than adults, so involve the child, he will tell you what to do.

There is, of course, another way. For example, ready-made Lego kits. Lego has a wind turbine.

There are all kinds of racing cars and trucks.

In general, Lego has everything, including robots and kits for setting up and programming them.

But personally, I do not have a soul for Lego. And my son has problems with Lego, once he dropped the toy, and it shattered into small cubes, it's very insulting to put everything together again. And Lego costs immensely, especially interactive robotic kits with motors or limited editions of any starships from Star Wars. Our metal will be more budgetary, even taking into account the purchase of remotes on Ali.

There is also the original metal designer, Meccano. But again, it is very expensive and it is not easy to get it in our area. Therefore, here is the final photo of our wealth.