Assembling of the plastic model "Mini Rinoceros" moving like a creature receiving the wind All the story

"MINI · RINO CELLOS", which has 12 legs and travels slowly as it receives the wind, is a Dutch sculptorTeo · JansenDesigned by Gakken's "Adult science (3500 yen including tax)The kit of the model which is sold as an appendix of ".

To see what kind of movement it is, it is easiest to see in the movie, so please check the following first.

"Adult Science" Appendix Where Mini Rinoceros walks is like this - YouTube


Because it is sold as an appendix of a magazine, bookstores andAmazonYou can purchase at.


Thickness that is likely to surpass even phone book.


Since the appendix is ​​the main, you can peel off the magazine part from Periperi and read it as follows.


Content introduced from Teo · Jansen 's latest work introduction to remodeling lecture of appendix kit, even as a single magazine fulfillment content.


If I get out of the appendix from the outer box, an inner box with lid of corrugated cardboard appears.


With such feeling plastic parts are packed with gussely.


It looks like this when spreading out.GundamAs compared with other parts scores are less.


The assembly instruction is like this.


Required tools are scissors and cutters, but with nippers even smoother. In addition, although we can not recommend it, in case you absolutely can not assemble it without even using bare hands without tools.


◆ Assembly

First of all, cut off the tube used for foot slip. Since breaks are included from the beginning as follows ... ...


Just put the scissors according to the cut OK


After the work is finished, the tube is divided into 13 equal parts. Since the number of feet is 12, one is a spare


Next is the assembly of the foot body. You can easily remove it from the runner simply pinching the parts and twisting it


If you want to make it more carefully, cut with leaving a little runner using the nipper as follows ...


Cutter removes the rest and it will be beautiful finished


Attach the tube prepared earlier



We also insert parts for joints


One side of the knee is completed when a lid is attached



Let's assemble the parts even in the same way




Repeat the above operation twelve times to complete the feet. I repeat exactly the same stroke 12 times so this part is pretty monotonous work


Crankshaft which transmits power to legs is like this


Attach the shaft to the main part of the side


By transmitting a simple circular motion of a gear turning around the wind to a complicated crank like the following creates a movement like a living thing


Attach the front and rear legs like this


The parts that fix the legs look like this


Attach the legs from the left and right to the main body


Also crankshaft is included, ...


Another part to connect the thigh to the crankshaft



This part is for connecting the knee and the shaft


When pushing in the part with the notch, "snap" sounds and connection is completed


The shaft is connected to a total of 4 parts as follows


After connecting the two legs and the main body, it looks like this


Repeat the same work and install 6 legs on one side


Another set is assembled the same, a total of 12 legs are completed


Hammer the parts in the middle ... ...


Fuselage also completed


Through a metal shaft for fixing so that the legs do not move too much back and forth ......


Attach parts to fix the tip


Attach a gear that transmits power to the legs





At the end is assembling "Sirocco fan" which receives wind and generates power


In this way I will pinch a transparent fan


A tubular fan has been completed


Once attached to the socket in the main unit, all the assembly is completed


◆ Production example

Upon completion it will be in the form as shown below.


Weight is 179 grams.


Looking at it from the front. Somehow it is a rich atmosphere that can be convinced to the name "Rinoseros (Sai)".


Looking at the leg from below, it is like this.


A transparent fan is mounted on the top.


Gears are exposed on the side, and this part emphasizes the mechanical atmosphere.


"Makita blowerYou can see in the following movie how you walk slowly after receiving the wind from. Please note that playing a movie makes a loud sound.

Mini · Rino Celos in "Adult Science" appendix walks with the power of the wind - YouTube


It is a kit that makes you enjoy the pleasure of assembling parts together and enjoying watching things that you made arbitrarily, so the satisfaction after completion is high. Since it is an appendix of a level that can be enjoyed exactly adults, please check it if you are interested.