Non-motoring > Christmas present for mechanically minded kids? Miscellaneous
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New Thu 16 Sep 10 07:29 
 Christmas present for mechanically minded kids? - smokie
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000YX7OXO/ref=nosim/

On special offer right now too.

Part of one review "I got this for my partner who has an unnatural love of engines & associated greasy things, and must admit that when it arrived I was suprised at the size of the thing!" - but don't go getting the wrong idea! :-)
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New Thu 16 Sep 10 08:27 
 Christmas present for mechanically minded kids? - hobby
And start worrying when you see them taking the engine out of your car... to be replaced by this... :-)

(I note that it says part way down that assembly is not required and nor are batteries and then in the description you have to assemble it and it needs AA batteries!)
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New Thu 16 Sep 10 08:57 
 Christmas present for mechanically minded kids? - CGNorwich
One of the reviews made me smile

"I bought this for my eight year old daughter who wanted to know how engines work"


Yeah right.

Can just see the look on her face when she opened her Christmas present.

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New Thu 16 Sep 10 08:59 
 Christmas present for mechanically minded kids? - Pat
I'd have been delighted at 8 years old to get a present like that and would still love one now.

Pat
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New Thu 16 Sep 10 09:26 
 Christmas present for mechanically minded kids? - spamcan61
Good call smokie! I like the look of that. Now all I need to do is buy a rear engined car, stick one of these under the front bonnet and convince people it's actually powering the car....

Or stick it on the rear parcel shelf with a few red LEDs in it as an high level brake light.
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New Thu 16 Sep 10 10:52 
 Christmas present for mechanically minded kids? - J Bonington Jagworth
"It comes complete with its very own Haynes Manual.."

Oh dear.
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New Thu 16 Sep 10 11:32 
 Christmas present for mechanically minded kids? - Old Navy
>> "It comes complete with its very own Haynes Manual.."
>>
>> Oh dear.
>>
Correct, my grandkids bought me one last christmas, the instructions for the ignition timing are wrong, and if you don't know how an engine works you have no chance of it displaying the correct sequences.
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New Thu 16 Sep 10 12:11 
 Christmas present for mechanically minded kids? - BiggerBadderDave
"the instructions for the ignition timing are wrong"

I read about twenty or thirty of the reviews and they all complain about this.

I fancy one for my 6-year old boy, he's been asking how and engine works. I remember it being explained to me my engineer dad in the kitchen many, many years ago. It took him about 3 hours and twenty napkins.
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New Thu 16 Sep 10 12:54 
 Christmas present for mechanically minded kids? - RichardW
Suck Squeeze Bang Blow! What else do you need to know??
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New Thu 16 Sep 10 12:55 
 Christmas present for mechanically minded kids? - BiggerBadderDave
He's too young for sex education.
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New Thu 16 Sep 10 13:47 
 Christmas present for mechanically minded kids? - Fursty Ferret
>> "the instructions for the ignition timing are wrong"
>>
>> I read about twenty or thirty of the reviews and they all complain about this.
>>
>> I fancy one for my 6-year old boy, he's been asking how and engine works.
>> I remember it being explained to me my engineer dad in the kitchen many, many
>> years ago. It took him about 3 hours and twenty napkins.
>>

BBD - that's how my dad taught me, too. Though I also vaguely recall a failed attempt to teach me trigonometry using the magnetic numbers stuck on the fridge.
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New Thu 16 Sep 10 13:57 
 Christmas present for mechanically minded kids? - movilogo
Nothing beats Lego sets like 8880 or 8448. Shame they don't make sets like those anymore.
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New Thu 16 Sep 10 13:59 
 Christmas present for mechanically minded kids? - Crankcase
>> Nothing beats Lego sets like 8880 or 8448.

Both available on eBay as I write.

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New Thu 16 Sep 10 15:37 
 Christmas present for mechanically minded kids? - Telb
How about one of these, teach them what REAL engines are like :-)

tinyurl.com/3aghlyq

Or a static one with a good old-fashined set of metal meccano.

Terry
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New Thu 16 Sep 10 16:04 
 Christmas present for mechanically minded kids? - spamcan61
This is a proper engine kit:-

www.asterhobbyusa.com/GWR%20Castle%20Class%20target.htm

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New Thu 23 Sep 10 20:17 
 Christmas present for mechanically minded kids? - RattleandSmoke
If I get one I may ask for help on setting up the correct timing :p that said I have been bought up with Ladas with seamingly incorrect timing out of the factory and it never did them any harm! - Till MOT time.
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