Cessna 210 Centurion Battery Powered Toy Plane

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This battery powered toy Cessna 210 “Centurion” tethers to your ceiling and actually flies around in a 360 flight pattern! It’s easy! Simply fasten spool holder to ceiling and attach the hook and line to the craft. To operate, insert batteries correctly, extend landing gear to turn on the unit and give the aircraft a slight push. As the front propeller turns with a buzz, the craft will zoom around in a 360 flight pattern! Dimensions : 8.5″ Length x 9″ Wing Span x 2″ Height.

Product Features

  • Fasten the Spool Holder firmly to the ceiling.
  • Give your 210 a light clockwise push to get it started
  • Insert 2 AA batteries (not included) into the battery compartment
  • Wing span is 9″, length is 8.5″
  • Recommended for children 5 and Up

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blog wunderlust: 11th November 2013

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I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. It’s about space and form and it’s something you can share with other people.
Donna Karan

(c) Trevor Watson

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last word: Restoring the railway station

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Minimalist Model Railroading: Capturing the Essence of Railroading

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Why do we build model railroads? The answer is to capture some piece of the essence of railroading. The design of a model railroad should be relentlessly focused on this goal. The number of trains, the amount of track, the volume of scenery, the quantity of buildings is not the important design metric – the only thing that is important is that you have enough of each to fulfill the goal of re-creating some part of the railroad experience. Above all, a satisfying model railroad design should meet your building or operating desires and conform to your resources of time, space, money, and skills. Inside this book you will discover a fresh perspective on the process of model railroad design. There are seven complete layouts where the philosophy of minimalist model railroading is discussed in great detail along with numerous other design ideas which can be applied to creating your next model railroad.

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Model Railroader’s Guide to Mountain Railroading

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With its dramatic scenery and challenging operations, mountain railroading is an appealing theme that crosses many regions and all eras. Respected author Tony Koester offers insight into layout and track planning, and compares narrow gauge with standard gauge railroads. Essential advice on achieving realistic mountain operation is included, along with tips for working relevant scenery into the layout.

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Davis Furniture's Modular Sofas Bring Sleekness And Ease To The Office

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In recent years, modular architecture and product designs have become increasingly popular for home owners (see our previous modular design roundup here). Transformable and customizable, modular designs give consumers a standard template with which can be altered to suit their own personal taste—a highly desirable feature in a design world that champions the individual. Capitalizing on our current obsession with modular design, Davis Furniture recently designed a line of couches that leave the configuration and color totally up to the consumer. Davis Furniture’s Kontour couches come in two distinct shapes, which can be rearranged to create seemingly endless possibilities of forms. “Curved” pieces come in the shape of quarter-arcs, while “Straights” are defined by sleek, linear edges. Combined with a selection of ottomans and end tables, the rectilinear and curvilinear shapes create strong visual appeal while enhancing a designer’s ability to define spaces and control traffic flow in large public areas. Comfort was also prioritized in these modular pieces, as a also subtle, quilted stitch detail on the cushions provide optimized relaxation. Best suited for business environments, Kontour’s sharp lines and transformability greet clients …

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Architecture According To Pigeons: A Bird's-Eye-View Of Architecture History

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Pigeons (or feral/street pigeons, as Wikipedia insists on calling them) aren’t exactly the most loved urban dwellers. Also referred to as “the rats of the sky,” the birds have become ingrained into the gritty image of larger, dirtier cities such as London or New York, to name a few. But it’s about time to mediate our quarrels and analyze their role as an inevitable part of our infrastructure. Our curiosity was piqued when Colin Jerolmack recently offered his views on pigeons as contemporary urbanists, but we really couldn’t hold back when we heard that Phaidon’s new book is putting pigeons in the shoes of architecture critic. “Architecture According To Pigeons,” by the pigeon elder and architecture expert Speck Lee Tailfeather, is a true bird’s-eye-view of some of the most important structures in architectural history—it also includes some words from Stella Gurney and pictures from Natsko Sek. Covering over 40 buildings, including the Basilica de la Sagrada Familia, the Taj Mahal, and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, this book is just adorable, with stunning collage illustrations to match. A great way to brush up on your architectural essentials, no matter what age you are. …

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Haus ICP

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Because the owner-builder’s grandmother had reached an age at which she was no longer able to cope with her household tasks alone, and the distance between the two homes was too big, the owner-builders decided to move into their grandmother’s house to be able to guarantee that appropriate and effective help could be provided. As this house, situated in St. Valentin, did not in any way correspond with the requirements for two more residents, the decision was taken to extend it. Due to the elongated plot, rather than a further floor, a ground floor extension was suggested, which fulfilled all the required parameters. On the one hand, this would enable the grandmother to spend the last years of her life in a familiar environment, whilst on the other, to maintain her private sphere. The extension also enabled association outside. The extension was designed as a single-storey construction that combines the benefits of a hotel room with the advantages of the detached family house and functions as an independent building. Important parameters for the design of the layout included the course of the sun, the interior sequence of the room and the requirement for two private but different terraces. For these …

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Ross Street

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Photographs: Peter Clarke This new house in the Melbourne suburb of Toorak was designed for a family of Singaporean heritage and is an interpretation of the Asian courtyard house typology for an Australian urban setting. A series of courtyards are subtracted from the form to create a level of openness that allows the residents to see through the spaces. The courtyards punctuate the delineation of space, which is more pronounced in a courtyard house than contemporary, open-plan design. The progression through the spaces is carefully engineered, creating a feeling of the presence of rooms without the use of walls or physical dividers. The result is the harmonious, carefully calibrated spaces that seamlessly transitions between inside and outside. The structure is simple and aesthetically refined, the stucco render balancing with slatted operable screens creating the juxtaposition between solid and fluid. The entry to the house was designed to take guests into the very heart of the house. The house is built around a walled courtyard allowing the ground floor to be left open to the outside. The building is designed to sit close to the ground. The polished concrete floor used in the living areas extends out into the courtyards creating …

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Writers Theatre raises $22 million to build Studio Gang–designed complex in Chicago

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Roughly one year after it announced a fundraising campaign to reinvent its home with a Studio Gang–designed “cultural destination,” Writers Theatre in suburban Glencoe said Wednesday it had raised $22 million of the $28 million needed to build the structure on Chicago’s north shore. Studio Gang’s design employs a lot of wood—a nod to the […]

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