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The Ghost of Kyiv attacks

Assemble me. I will protect your city!

Modern Ukraine has a beautiful legend about a heroic ace pilot who defended the skies over Kyiv in his MiG-29 fighter. During the first 30 hours of the full-scale invasion of russia, "The Ghost of Kyiv" shot down six hostile russian aircraft, taking his place in the history of Ukraine forever. In total, he was credited with at least 40 kills. People called this unknown hero "The Ghost of Kyiv." It is impossible to overcome him, it is impossible not to admire him. In fact, the "Ghost of Kyiv" is a composite character of the pilots of the 40th Tactical Air Force Brigade of Ukraine, which has bravely defended Ukrainian skies ever since russia launched its war of aggression.

Ugears presents The Ghost of Kyiv Attacks, another mechanical mini-model of the special exclusive Age of Bravery collection. We developed this collection to pay tribute to the Ukrainian nation and Ukrainian defenders throughout history, including those fighting for the freedom of our country right now. We call the Age of Bravery series models "mechanical stories" because they depict real events of the current war.

The Ghost of Kyiv Attacks model consists of a MiG-29 fighter of the Ukrainian Air Force and a fighter of the russian invaders. The mechanism is quite interesting: move the lever on the front right to make the Ukrainian MiG-29 launch a missile that hits the enemy aircraft, which then spins in the air, simulating a fall. Thus, The Ghost of Kyiv protects the capital of Ukraine. The main historical sights of Kyiv are engraved on the model: St. Sophia Cathedral, a monument to Vladimir the Great and a monument to the founders of Kyiv: Kyi, Shchek, and Khoriv. On the model, not only the missile moves but also the clouds.

Each kit of the Age of Bravery series includes a bonus surprise: a Fidget Trident. This miniature model by Ugears is an original souvenir with its own mechanical action, and has a lug for hanging or for use as a stylish, patriotic keychain. The Trident is the coat of arms of Ukraine, a symbol of its strength, freedom, and indomitable spirit.

Our engineers and designers have made the Age of Bravery series models simple, with straightforward mechanisms. That’s why even beginners who have never done modeling before can assemble them.

The Ghost of Kyiv Attacks wooden model has 52 parts. It will take you no more than 30 minutes to build this interesting toy with its fascinating backstory. In the kit, you will find everything you need for assembly. No glue or other additional tools are needed. All parts are carefully laser cut on a plywood board, and can be removed with light pressure then connected together following illustrated, step-by-step instructions in 11 languages (English, Ukrainian, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean). Assembly is simple and fun, and if any of the parts break we'll send you replacement parts for free!

Assemble The Ghost of Kyiv Attacks mechanical 3D puzzle and become part of the legend of the brave fighter pilot heroically defending his city against invaders. This model will be a fun entertainment for you, your friends, and family. It's also an original gift for anyone interested in modeling, history, and for those rooting for Ukraine to preserve its freedom and independence. Ukraine will win!

Glory to the Armed Forces of Ukraine! Glory to Ukraine!

Specification

• Model size: 12*4.3*1.6 in (30.5*11*4 cm)
• Package size: 9.8*3.6*0.7 in (24.8*9.2*1.8 cm)
• Number of components: 52
• Estimated time of assembly: 0.5 hours
• Level: Easy

Aero Clock. Wall clock with pendulum – wooden mechanical 3D puzzle from UGEARS

The time has come! For years, we've been hearing the same question again and again from our loyal customers: "Can Ugears create a working clock model kit, one that actually keeps accurate time?" A working mechanical wooden clock has long been our #1 "most-requested" new design. Your dream has also been our dream, and our team of dedicated Ugears engineers and designers has been working hard to bring this shared dream into reality. Finally, the wait is over. Ugears is proud to present the Aero Clock, a fully-functioning DIY wall clock with pendulum.

The Aero Clock isn't just a 3D wooden mechanical model, or a pretty showpiece. The Ugears Clock is an actual working clock that you can build yourself, mount to a wall, wind up, then watch as the seconds, minutes, and hours tick by. The Aero Clock is an ingenious puzzle and DIY clock mechanism, unlike any other clock. It is a lovely piece of precise engineering that reveals the workings of a weighted pendulum clock to builders and viewers alike. Like all Ugears models, it also has that extra touch of whimsy, to captivate and charm our growing legion of fans.

This simple-yet-elegant Ugears clock is driven by the force of gravity pulling down a weighted bag (you can fill the bag with sand or salt). Raise the bag on its pulleys to wind the clock. As the weight slowly descends, it rotates a drive gear, which then rotates an escape wheel through a reducer. The clock features an adjustable weighted pendulum which interacts with the escape wheel through the steady tick-tock of the anchor mechanism. You can adjust the clock's ticking action to the second, by sliding the pendulum's top and bottom weights. The reducer also transmits rotation to an hour disc and a minute disc. One of the interesting features of our Aero Clock is that time is not read with rotating hands on a clock face, but rather a fixed pointer indicates time on the slowly-rotating, numbered hour and minute discs. Moreover, these discs rotate counterclockwise—did you know that before standardization, some clocks moved clockwise while others moved counterclockwise? In the role of "cuckoo” the Ugears Aero Clock features a model hot air balloon. The suspended balloon rapidly descends when the hour strikes, then slowly rises again over the course of the next hour.

The theme of the Aero Clock is early aeronautics. Take a trip back in time to the dawn of flight and the "balloonomania" that seized France and England in 1783 on the occasion of the first free aerial voyage in a balloon. This was followed two years later by the first aerial crossing of the English Channel by intrepid aeronauts Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries. We love this wooden model clock's steampunk sensibility and spirit of adventure, and we think you will too! Imagine yourself a discoverer of new horizons and a conqueror of the four winds. The casing and intriguing wooden clock mechanism represent an air base located among the clouds, where zephyrs blow and filtered rays of sunlight dapple the machinery, while you, in the role of aeronaut, launch a new voyage of exploration on the hour.

The Ugears wooden model clock kit celebrates the role of clocks in exploration. Did you know the problem of calculating longitude, critical to accurate navigation at sea, was solved with a clock? The idea was proposed by Dutch mathematician Gemma Frisius in 1530, but it wasn't until the mid-18th century when English clockmaker John Harrison developed a series of shipboard clocks so precise (accurate to within a ⅕ of a second per day) that ship captains could at last calculate their position at sea to within a few nautical miles. By knowing the exact time back in London (Greenwich Meridian Time, or GMT), and calculating the time at current position with celestial observation, navigators could calculate where they were on the earth's surface. Latitude had been solved by the Phoenicians as early as 600 B.C. with celestial reckoning—measuring the altitude of the sun at noon, or the angle made between the North Star (or other navigational stars) and the horizon. But the longitude problem would bedevil explorers for another 2,000 years. Harrison was eventually awarded the £20,000 first prize (roughly $1.5 million today) established in Parliament's Longitude Act of 1714, after demonstrating the accuracy of his masterful clocks at sea. Now you too can become a clockmaker, with the Ugears Aero Clock model kit!

Released at a moment when the world seems to have slowed down, the Ugears Aero Clock, a wooden wall clock with pendulum that you build yourself, is both timeful and timeless in its simple elegance. This beautiful and functional wooden wall clock model is for horologists, for hobbyists, for explorers, for creatives and romantics of every stripe, anyone who is ready for new challenges and ready to take risks. If you've ever gazed up at the sky and thought, "I want to be there!" or looked at a pendulum clock and wondered, "How does that work?" then the Ugears Aero Clock is for you.

As you build the Aero Clock, a wooden wall clock with pendulum, you will learn the basic principles behind clockworks, how the steadying influence of a swinging pendulum operates through a rocking anchor, locking and unlocking the gears on an escapement one second at a time, thereby regulating the (slow) descent of a weight as it drives both power gears and timekeeping gears.

The Ugears' Aero Clock with pendulum is a marvelous puzzle, and the perfect family project. When you work together to assemble this DIY wooden clock model kit, you will experience the satisfaction of building something together, and not just any model, but an actual functioning timepiece. Afterwards, you'll have a beautiful object for the home, something your family can enjoy together as time goes by.

The Ugears Aero Clock with pendulum is a new and exciting addition to the Ugears collection of fascinating mechanical models, 3D puzzles, game accessories, wooden puzzle boxes, children's toys and education STEM Lab model kits.