VEB battery label
I came across an old Astra flashlight that still had a Cold-War-era 3R12 battery inside, so I peeled off and scanned the label. I also made a cleaned-up version (I…
Tanya Degurechaff resin figure
My first ever resin figure built. The parts fit pretty well, but despite washing them three times, my paint didn't stick very well to the resin. The included eye decals…
“Planeta 1” 3R12 battery label replica
I have some AA to 3R12 battery adapters, but they look kind of boring, so for fun I made a vintage battery label replica. It's based on some photos so…
baby Yoda figure repaint
I got this small, ugly baby Yoda figure because it seemed like fun to repaint: It came apart easily: I repainted it based on screen captures, which will remain unseen…
Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi alphabet
Because I am a man of culture as well: the number assignment is fairly conjectural There isn't much on-screen text, and most of it is phonetic Japanese so it's doubtful…
Overlord alphabet (updated for S4)
updated for season 4 I didn't think I was going to be able to decipher the alphabet in Overlord because there was very little on-screen text whose meaning could be…
Tate no Yuusha no nariagari alphabet
as used in the first season The anime uses a number of different alphabets, but I think only one of them is "real" - the one appearing on maps, some…
Fixing a stuck FTf-50 bell generator
Documenting this fix, since it was not obvious to find. I got some helpful hints from "buzz" at fieldphones.org. The Feldtelephone Modell 1950 (FTf 50) is a field telephone used…
Slava 2414
The Slava movement is not one of my favorites, because it has a seemingly unnecessary large number of parts, and those fiddly balance jewel retention springs. It is somewhat peculiar…
Vimpel with Tongji movement
Vimpel (the watch brand, not to be confused with the ultra-thin Soviet watch movement) was the trade mark of VPZ ("Vitebsk device-making plant") factory in Vitebsk in 1990s-2000s. In Soviet…