NewsKit
Steam-powered steampunk Land Rover (project).
Frank had a dream after reading steampunk classics like The Court of the Air – to build the world’s first fully functional steampunk…
The SFcrowsnest archive
Kit
Kit and gear.
August 2021
July 2021
NewsFantasy
The British Ikea worker who constructed a £2000 hobbit hole in his back garden (video).
If you’ve got a spare £2000 to buy the materials, you could do worse than construct your own Hobbit-themed man-shed Hobbit Hole at…
June 2021
NewsKit
CHiPs – California Helicopter-Man Interceptor Patrol (video).
Meet the air-police of the future, from a land of sun and frolics – Australia this time, rather than California – although I’m…
May 2021
NewsKit
More Power Loader : an article by: GF Willmetts
Since showing my building of the Halcyon model kit of the Power Loader in February, it suffered two falls and a couple more…
March 2021
NewsKit
Mandalorian Razor Crest starship: full size replica built in Russia (video).
Ah, those crazy Russians – a bunch of fans of the Mandalorian got together and spent $10,000 building a working (well, apart from…
February 2021
NewsKit
Ice-biker mods his cycle with buzz-saw wheels (crazy projects).
If you have a strange yearning to ride your cycle across frozen lakes, rivers, and even Arctic seas, then you could do worse…
July 2020
NewsAnime/manga
Gundam: life-size giant robot tested (video).
Here’s a video of the testing of a life-size giant robot Gundam at Gundam Factory Yokohama – an amusement center themed after the…
NewsKit
Repurpose a Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Box into a COVID face shield (MODS of delight).
Do you want to make a COVID face shield via the magic of a little Blue Peter-spirit and a 12-pack Krispy Kreme doughnuts…
NewsKit
Turn your lawnmower into a tank (mod project).
Have you been sitting on your large drive-on lawnmower recently, cutting the massive lawn of your McMansion, when it suddenly dawned on you…
May 2020
NewsKit
Star Wars cosplay meets social distancing (news).
The universe of Star Wars cosplay and social distancing have just collided in a slightly strange and wonderful way, with this set of…
NewsKit
Throw another Ewok on the Star Wars AT-AT Walker BBQ (news).
You have to hand it to Alex Dodson and his hand-crafted Star Wars AT-AT Walker BBQ set – it’s just perfect for when…
NewsKit
The TIE Fighter Barbecue set (news).
If you are lucky enough to have a garden for the current stay-at-home-a-thon we’ve all entered, then you could do a lot worse…