Vintage Hobby Magazines

POPULAR MECHANICS, Dec 1975

This magazine is titled - Poplular Mechanics, dated December 1975. Cover articles - Cars: Detroit's 76's, best way to renew hardwood floors, Home Movies - theatre quality from new Super-8 sound, Treasure locators (metal detectors), railroads - new shape/smoother ride, and 4 projects - Butcher's block, storage bin canisters, serving caddy, potter's wheel.

PRICE: $2
COND:Cover pulled away at staples, pages yellowed, still OK for about 35yrs old.

POPULAR SCIENCE, July 1985

This colour magazine is titled - Popular Science, dated July 1985.
Articles inlcude - "here now" - flat screen, hang on the wall TV (hmmm- it only took another 25years to actually come true), Plastic [arts replacing metal in cars, a manned base on the moon?, finding new ways to rack submarines, world's first liquid-metal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) power plant, Chevrolet nova, porsche gets a turbo, and much more.

PRICE: $3
COND: creases and edge bumping, but generally very good.

ELECTRONICS AUSTRALIA, Nov 1979

This magazine is titled - Electronics Australia (Hi-Fi, Radio & Computers), dated November 1979.
Articles include - Microwaves in the classroom, the latest home movie cameras, Build your own metal detector, lithium-air fuel cells for cars, build an experimenter's power supply, pt of of Understanding/programming in BASIC, and much more. 138 pages.

PRICE: $2.50
COND:page edges yellowed, edges bumped, generally v.good

RC MODELLER, June 1974

This magazine is titled - Radio Control (RC) Modeller, dated June 1974.
132 pages,some in colour. Articles include - the 1974 TOLEDO SHOW, with heaps of pics, a visit to WAR aircraft replicas (ie. full size), soldering, convert an exacto knife to a castoring-type, add a plywood muffler, build & fly a helicopter, and heaps more.

PRICE: $3
COND: light aging/bumping, generally v.good .

AUSTRALIAN HANDYMAN, Autumn 1990

This 64 page magazine is titled -Australian Handyman (The Big Home Improvement Magazine), dated Autumn 1990.
Build a dog kennel start your own organic garden, make your living area live, let in the sun, dress up your windows, garage trickery- build your own, 7 DIY projects.

PRICE: $2.50
COND: v.good .

Handy Man's CONCRETE & MASONRY Handbook

This magazine is titled - Handy Man's Concrete and Masonry handbook.
It contains hundreds of photos, illustrations and how-to instructions for :

Concrete Pouring
Brick laying
Brick Vaneering
Block laying
Foundations
Walls and Paths
Driveways
Posts and steps
Patios and terraces
Finishing
Colouring
Maintenance
Waterproofing

Just under quarto size with 144 pages, this B&W magazine is a great reference.

PRICE: $3
COND: pages yellowing, edges bumped, generally good.