Overview & Specifications
UGears Globus Mechanical Model Kit
Description:
- Condition: 100% Brand New
- Brand: UGears
- Color: As picture show
- Level: Easy
- Number of components: 184
- Estimated time of assembly: 4 hours
- The base features elegantly carved gears
- No glue or additional tools are required to assemble your Globus
- All details are of high-quality plywood and pre-cut with a precise laser
- The model is comprised of two parts: the globe and the platform with the mechanism
- Comes with two interchangeable extra-modules: the Shuttle and the Sputnik, Choose, which satellite you want to circle your Globus today, and set it on special support
- The satellites are also powered by the rubber-band motor and connect to the main module via the planetary gearing
- Model Approximate dimensions: 210mm x 185mm x 185mm(L x W x H)
Features:
- Recommended for ages 14+ years
- At Ugears, we like to think that each of our new models is a wonderful surprise and an amazing gift to anybody who loves beautiful mechanics
- We want to give more with every model we invent. With this model, Ugears gives you, quite literally the world, Presenting the Globus, your own world of mechanical marvels
- The Globus is a stylized model of Earth with a set of decorative continents, a rotating mechanism, and curious little extras that make the model even more interesting
- The sphere of the globe sits on an axle inclined along the same angle as the axis of the Earth
- Like most Ugears models, the Globus is animated by means of a rubber-band motor
- However, in this case, the motor uses a different type of winding method.