The best Model Building books: Reddit reviews

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Here’s a guide to making them: https://www.amazon.com/Karakuri-Make-Mechanical-Paper-Models/dp/0312566697/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=Karakuri%3A+How+to+Make+Mechanical+Paper+Models+That+Move&qid=1572831623&sr=8-1

I'm suggesting buying a book on ev3 programming if you are struggling with programming, it takes a lot of troubleshooting to program a robot perfectly, and since you are making robots, why not learn programming too? It's not like you are going to ask every time you make a robot for a program

https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-MINDSTORMS-EV3-Discovery-Book/dp/1593275323 I personally recommend this book, there are many cool robots that you can build / program, and it tells you about programming too.

Unfortunately, quite a bit of this comes from my various reading of Italian books and magazines, so it's not very useful unless one wants to go there and try make something out with Google translate or something...

The best next thing about this would be what is in the book "The Littorio Class: Italy's last and largest battleships".

I'm pretty sure the Handbook of Model Rocketry (made by NAR) is pretty good; I have an copy which I've looked at a little bit and it seems pretty thorough in covering the subject. It looks like there's also a kindle version, here's the amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Model-Rocketry-7th-Official/dp/0471472425

He made it himself.

If u wanna build something similar just get these 2 books:

Forbidden LEGO: Build the Models Your Parents Warned You Against!

andBadass LEGO Guns: Building Instructions for Five Working Guns

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I only have the first one but a friend has the 2nd one and its apparently good too. The "Forbidden Lego" one also has loads of other cool stuff in it and not just guns.

i can highly recommend this book for everything EV3 https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-MINDSTORMS-EV3-Discovery-Book/dp/1593275323 Let's you get down and really understanding programming the sensors and how everything works, it also has some nice models to play with.

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Well if u wanna build something similar just get these 2 books:

Forbidden LEGO: Build the Models Your Parents Warned You Against!

andBadass LEGO Guns: Building Instructions for Five Working Guns

I only have the first one but a friend has the 2nd one and its apparently good too. The "Forbidden Lego" one also has loads of other cool stuff in it and not just guns.
(definitely can recommend getting it. It's also a great gift if the recipient still has lego as an adult... i definitely do.).

they already exist.

Forbidden LEGO: Build the Models Your Parents Warned You Against!

andBadass LEGO Guns: Building Instructions for Five Working Guns

I only have the first one but a friend has the 2nd one and its apparently good too. The "Forbidden Lego" one also has loads of other cool stuff in it and not just guns (definitely can recommend getting it. It's also a great gift if the recipient still has lego as an adult... i definitely do.).

https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Model-Rocketry-7th-Official/dp/0471472425/ref=asc_df_0471472425/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312178235188&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15534649321831901326&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&...

Great first book, also make mag has a wonderful starter book.

Have you taken a look at https://smile.amazon.com/Unofficial-LEGO-Technic-Builders-Guide/dp/1593277601 yet? I've read through it a few times, and I'm still blown away at the quantity and quality of what I learn.

Have you taken a look at https://smile.amazon.com/Unofficial-LEGO-Technic-Builders-Guide/dp/1593277601 yet? I've read through it a few times, and I'm still blown away at the quantity and quality of what I learn.

It's a design for "Juno" from "Make: Rockets" by Mike Westerfield.

Excellent intro book that can largely carry folks from considering through MPR.

https://www.amazon.com/Make-Rockets-Down-Earth-Science/dp/1457182920

Now that's a completely different question. This is what you want to read to get started:

https://estesrockets.com/wp-content/uploads/Educator/2819_Estes_Model_Rocketry_Technical_Manual.pdf

And then once you've finished reading that:

https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Model-Rocketry-7th-Official/dp/0471472425

> Should I just buy a rocket kit with an instruction manual and just follow that to make my first rocket?

Yup!

> Any tips or other advice?

Read this PDF first:

https://estesrockets.com/wp-content/uploads/Educator/2819_Estes_Model_Rocketry_Technical_Manual.pdf

And order this book:

https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Model-Rocketry-7th-Official/dp/0471472425

This is the best place to get started:

https://estesrockets.com/wp-content/uploads/Educator/2819_Estes_Model_Rocketry_Technical_Manual.pdf

That is a very quick read of all the important stuff.

When you are ready to move on:

https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Model-Rocketry-7th-Official/dp/0471472425

I'd recommend the book handbook of model rocketry. It contains pretty much everything you need to know, and its what gave me most of the information I know and use about rocketry today. As for model rockets, I'd recommend getting a beginner kit that takes A-C engines. Estes in my opinion sells the best beginner kits, so check out their website.

Well if u wanna build something similar just get these 2 books:

Forbidden LEGO: Build the Models Your Parents Warned You Against!

andBadass LEGO Guns: Building Instructions for Five Working Guns

I only have the first one but a friend has the 2nd one and its apparently good too. The "Forbidden Lego" one also has loads of other cool stuff in it and not just guns.

Well if u wanna build something similar just get these 2 books:

Forbidden LEGO: Build the Models Your Parents Warned You Against!

andBadass LEGO Guns: Building Instructions for Five Working Guns

​

I only have the first one but a friend has the 2nd one and its apparently good too. The "Forbidden Lego" one also has loads of other cool stuff in it and not just guns.

Well if u wanna build something similar just get these 2 books:

Forbidden LEGO: Build the Models Your Parents Warned You Against!

andBadass LEGO Guns: Building Instructions for Five Working Guns

​

I only have the first one but a friend has the 2nd one and its apparently good too. The "Forbidden Lego" one also has loads of other cool stuff in it and not just guns.

There are tons... search for Karakuri (japanese paper automatons) or search google for wooden automata, in particular the artist Dug North is doing some really cool stuff in wood.

There's a great Karakuri book: Karakuri: How to Make Paper Models that Move that does an amazing job outlining and demonstrating all the different linkages and gears you can use to generate different movements. It also comes with tear out pages to build the models and gears out of paper.

I've been meaning to get around to start building models of various gears and linkages for 3d printing, but haven't had a chance to yet.

The newer Make: books are good too.

Make: Rockets: Down-to-Earth Rocket Science

Make: High-Power Rockets: Construction and Certification for Thousands of Feet and Beyond

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>If anyone's interested I found this book on Amazon
>This book
>The actual Japanese book

Thank to /u/HiepNotik for providing these links.
If anyone is interested in learning this, they can buy the book.

Start here, and try out Kerbal Space Program If you want to go further (as in get a real rocketry-related job) realize that you'll need to specialize in something (structural engineering, fuel chemistry, electronic telecommunications, etc) to get a job.

Probably because he has a builder's guide on amazon for sale. Rest of info such as programs can be found in his FAQ.

try the six-hour canoe. It's a stable little vessel, easy to understand the construction, and very little spiling needed to lay it out. Built one when I was 13 for my first boat, and I still have it (31 now)

Well, it was a successful first launch then, it actually launched! Parachute not opening and losing the rocket is one of those things that happens - it's actual rocket science.

I don't know much about sugar rockets, I should read up on those. I don't even know how the parachute is supposed to deploy!

If you haven't so far, there's some good books on general theory of model rockets, one is called Handbook of Model Rocketry, libraries usually have a copy if you want to avoid spending the money.

Well at least you have a bucket of water! Def bring along a tarp next time, can put it down and walk all over it to flatten a spot. I couldn't find a good page on the interwebs about using electrical ignition, but if you post in /r/rocketry I bet there's lot of people who have a lot of experience with sugar motors and can answer it!

This book is a very nice text book, while paper back it is huge and very in depth with lots of programming challenges and builds.

It's also nice because it only requires the retail and not the education EV3 kit. As seen here.

Build canoes.

Book.

I've built them with kids as young as 6. Although they take more than 6 hours. I did two over 3 days with a bunch of boy scouts.

>Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought Forbidden Lego: Build the Models Your Parents Warned You Against!

I so want this book!!!