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Nice small puzzle celebrating Stephenson's Rocket
30 pieces
3.25" x 5"
I bought this when i failed to win Jill Basham's slightly larger Holtzapffel Rocket puzzle, sold on eBay just before Christmas!
A worthy second choice!
Wikipedia:
Stephenson's Rocket is an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement. It was built for and won the Rainhill Trials of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR), held in October 1829 to show that improved locomotives would be more efficient than stationary steam engines.
Rocket was designed and built by Robert Stephenson in 1829, and built at the Forth Street Works of his company in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Though Rocket was by no means the first steam locomotive, it was the first to bring together several innovations to produce the most advanced locomotive of its day. It is the most famous example of an evolving design of locomotives by Stephenson that became the template for most steam engines in the following 150 years.
The locomotive was preserved and displayed in the Science Museum in London until 2018, after which it was briefly exhibited at various sites around the U.K. until it came to rest at the National Railway Museum in York. Since 2023, it has been based at the Locomotion Museum in Shildon ,Co.Durham.
The Rocket Bike is complete🚀 It is titled FD1 XS Rocket Bike. FD = Flying Dream. Our dreams are made up of random events and objects that don't belong together, but we are made to believe whats happening and what we are experiencing is normal, even though we question the reality during our dream. The best dreams of all are flying dreams. The FD1 XS Rocket Bike is a celebration of flying dreams. None of the pieces on this bike belong together, but assembling them together in a particular way makes us believe for a moment that it could be real, but it's just a dream.
This bike is full size:
Height mounted on stand 1540mm / 60in
Rocket Bike Length 1420mm / 56in
Base 550mm x 550mm
Weight - Heavy! probably 50kg /110 lbs
I used a KV100 frame. The frame is the only item on it from a motorcycle, every other piece is discarded metal objects, some are everyday items like a kettle, teapot, cake tin, mixing bowls, garden lights and a vacuum cleaners. The chrome 'tank' and chrome rear are ute bumper ends (damaged in a crash, I have not repaired them so they look authentic). The top rear is an old rubbish bin.
Building these pieces takes a healthy amount of patience, trial and error, dreaming, imagination, creativity, engineering and plenty of problem solving.
Send me a message if you are interested in a commissioned piece, future pieces, school visits, boardroom icebreakers, a promotional piece, exhibition or anything else ...This bike is full size:
Height mounted on stand 1540mm / 60in
Rocket Bike Length 1420mm / 56in
Base 550mm x 550mm
Weight - Heavy! probably 50kg /110 lbs
I used a KV100 frame. The frame is the only item on it from a motorcycle, every other piece is discarded metal objects, some are everyday items like a kettle, teapot, cake tin, mixing bowls, garden lights and a vacuum cleaners. The chrome 'tank' and chrome rear are ute bumper ends (damaged in a crash, I have not repaired them so they look authentic). The top rear is an old rubbish bin.
Building these pieces takes a healthy amount of patience, trail and error, dreaming, imagination, creativity, engineering and plenty of problem solving.
Send me a message if you are interested in a commissioned piece, future pieces, school visits, boardroom icebreakers, a promotional piece, exhibition or anything else ...This bike is full size:
Height mounted on stand 1540mm / 60in
Rocket Bike Length 1420mm / 56in
Base 550mm x 550mm
Weight - Heavy! probably 50kg /110 lbs
I used a KV100 frame. The frame is the only item on it from a motorcycle, every other piece is discarded metal objects, some are everyday items like a kettle, teapot, cake tin, mixing bowls, garden lights and a vacuum cleaners. The chrome 'tank' and chrome rear are ute bumper ends (damaged in a crash, I have not repaired them so they look authentic). The top rear is an old rubbish bin.
Building these pieces takes a healthy amount of patience, trail and error, dreaming, imagination, creativity, engineering and plenty of problem solving.
Send me a message if you are interested in a commissioned piece, future pieces, school visits, boardroom icebreakers, a promotional piece, exhibition or anything else ...
I lost sight of the rocket as it reached altitude. Everyone is cheering because it didn't look as though the parachute was going to deploy. It landed on top of a nearby residential loft building, probably in the pool.
Not sure why this vid looks so crappy. It might have something to do with using Picasa to rotate it to the vertical.
Sorry if i'm Little quite at the moment. We are currently working a 60 hour week to finish an Aston Martin project.
The rocket on the left is a Britsh (yep British) Bluestreak. While the one on the left in an American Thor rocket.
This image has been processed, but it's not HDR
Rocketeer: "Adventure Magazine" Vintage Comic Book Advertisement (Comico) 1987
*Appeared In: Starblazers Comic Book Issue No. 3 June 1987 (Comico)
The rockets are wound up with as many as 100 or more turns on the propeller and suspended on a string from a separate bracket with the propeller held in place.
Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Wildcat
The Phoenix Suns beat the Houston Rockets 116-106 Sunday night at US Airways Center in Phoenix. The game featured three Wildcat basketball alumni with Houston's Jordan Hill and Chase Budinger, and the Suns' Channing Frye getting playing time.
The Rocket Bike is complete🚀 It is titled FD1 XS Rocket Bike. FD = Flying Dream. Our dreams are made up of random events and objects that don't belong together, but we are made to believe whats happening and what we are experiencing is normal, even though we question the reality during our dream. The best dreams of all are flying dreams. The FD1 XS Rocket Bike is a celebration of flying dreams. None of the pieces on this bike belong together, but assembling them together in a particular way makes us believe for a moment that it could be real, but it's just a dream.
This bike is full size:
Height mounted on stand 1540mm / 60in
Rocket Bike Length 1420mm / 56in
Base 550mm x 550mm
Weight - Heavy! probably 50kg /110 lbs
I used a KV100 frame. The frame is the only item on it from a motorcycle, every other piece is discarded metal objects, some are everyday items like a kettle, teapot, cake tin, mixing bowls, garden lights and a vacuum cleaners. The chrome 'tank' and chrome rear are ute bumper ends (damaged in a crash, I have not repaired them so they look authentic). The top rear is an old rubbish bin.
Building these pieces takes a healthy amount of patience, trial and error, dreaming, imagination, creativity, engineering and plenty of problem solving.
Send me a message if you are interested in a commissioned piece, future pieces, school visits, boardroom icebreakers, a promotional piece, exhibition or anything else ...This bike is full size:
Height mounted on stand 1540mm / 60in
Rocket Bike Length 1420mm / 56in
Base 550mm x 550mm
Weight - Heavy! probably 50kg /110 lbs
I used a KV100 frame. The frame is the only item on it from a motorcycle, every other piece is discarded metal objects, some are everyday items like a kettle, teapot, cake tin, mixing bowls, garden lights and a vacuum cleaners. The chrome 'tank' and chrome rear are ute bumper ends (damaged in a crash, I have not repaired them so they look authentic). The top rear is an old rubbish bin.
Building these pieces takes a healthy amount of patience, trail and error, dreaming, imagination, creativity, engineering and plenty of problem solving.
Send me a message if you are interested in a commissioned piece, future pieces, school visits, boardroom icebreakers, a promotional piece, exhibition or anything else ...This bike is full size:
Height mounted on stand 1540mm / 60in
Rocket Bike Length 1420mm / 56in
Base 550mm x 550mm
Weight - Heavy! probably 50kg /110 lbs
I used a KV100 frame. The frame is the only item on it from a motorcycle, every other piece is discarded metal objects, some are everyday items like a kettle, teapot, cake tin, mixing bowls, garden lights and a vacuum cleaners. The chrome 'tank' and chrome rear are ute bumper ends (damaged in a crash, I have not repaired them so they look authentic). The top rear is an old rubbish bin.
Building these pieces takes a healthy amount of patience, trail and error, dreaming, imagination, creativity, engineering and plenty of problem solving.
Send me a message if you are interested in a commissioned piece, future pieces, school visits, boardroom icebreakers, a promotional piece, exhibition or anything else ...