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Inv.nr: OBM/FS11144-1
Protokolnr: FS11144
Genstand: Kniv
Materiale: Jern
Fundsted: Møllegårdsmarken
Sogn: Gudme
Loknr.: 156
Dato/år: 02-01-1967
Giver/sælger: -
Bemærkning: Grav 1514
Litteratur: Albrectsen 1971:54
The Dukes Barber Shop in Duke Street in Chelmsford (UK).
Note the 'Star Trek' TOS (The Original Series) title font on the shop sign.
The Dukes Barber Shop was the scene of a fracas involving a couple of staff members and a pair of scissors that made local headline news in March 2014.
Dukes Barbers Shop was originally called 'Shays' Barber Shop.
Note the exquisite 1950s/1960s push handle thingy on the door to number 54. ;-)
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Painting and markings:
Well, the RAF is the creative direction, so I stuck to a classic/conservative livery. However, I did not want a 100% copy of the typical “real world” RAF Tornado F.3, so I sought inspiration in earlier low-visibility schemes. Esp. the Phantom and the Lightning carried in their late days a wide variety of grey schemes, and one of the most interesting of them (well, as long as grey-in-grey is interesting at all…) was carried by XS 933: like some other Lightnings, the upper surfaces were painted in Dark Sea Grey (instead of the standard Medium Sea Grey), a considerably murkier tone, but XS933 had a mid-height waterline. I found that scheme to be quite plausible for an aircraft that would mostly operate above open water and in heavier weather, so I adapted it to the Tonka. That XS 933 was operated by RAF 5 Squadron, the same unit as my build depicts with its markings, is just a weird coincidence!
An alternative would have been the same colors, but with a low waterline (e.g. like Lightning XR728) – but I rejected this, because the result would have looked IMHO much too similar to the late Tornado GR.4 fighter bombers.
Since the upper color would be wrapped around the wings’ leading edges, I used the lower wing leading edge level as reference for the high waterline on the forward fuselage, Behind the wings I used the stabilizers’ level. All upper surfaces, including the tall fin, were painted with Tamiya XF-54, a relatively light interpretation of RAF Dark Sea Grey (because I did not want a harsh contrast with the lower colors, and also avoid a Royal Navy-esque look), while the fuselage undersides and flanks were painted in Medium Sea Grey (Humbrol 165). The same tone was also used for the underwing pylons and the “Hindenburger” drop tanks. The undersides of the wings and the stabilizers were painted in Camouflage Grey (formerly Barley Grey, Humbrol 167).
Disaster struck when I applied the Tamiya paint, though. I am not certain why (age of the paint, I guess), but the finish developed a kind of “pelt” which turned out to be VERY sensitive to touch. Even the slightest handling would create dark, shiny spots!
My initial attempt was to hide most of this problem under post-shading (with Humbrol 126, FS 36270), but that turned the Tonka into a Tiger Meet participant, the whole thing looked as if it wore low-viz stripes! Aaargh!
In a desperate move (since more and more paint was applied to the upper surfaces, and I did not want to strip the kit off of all paint right now) I applied another coat of highly thinned XF-54 on top of the tiger stripe mess, and that toned everything done enough to call it a day. While the finish is not perfect and still quite shaggy (even streaky here and there…), it looks O.K., just like a worn and bleached Dark Sea Grey.
A little more rescue came with the decals. The markings are naturally low-viz variants and the RAF 5 Sq. markings come from an Xtradecal BAC Lightning sheet (so they differ from the markings applied to the real world Tornado F.3s of this unit). The zillion of stencils come from the OOB sheet, but the walking area warnings came from a Model Decal Tornado F.3 sheet (OOB, Revell gives you a bunch of generic white lines, printed on a single carrier film, and tells you “Good luck”! WTF?). Took a whole afternoon to apply them, but I used as many of them as possible in order to hide the paint finish problems… Some things, like the tactical letter code or the red bar under the fuselage roundel, had to be improvised, though.
A MARBLE PORTRAIT BUST OF A WOMAN, ROMAN IMPERIAL, REIGN OF CLAUDIUS, A.D. 41-54 www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/antiquities-...
wearing a tunic, stola with shoulder-straps, and mantle falling from the left shoulder, her head turned to her left, her finely carved hair parted in the center, combed straight above the forehead, arranged in masses of drilled overlapping curls over the temples and ears, tied in a triple-braided plait over the nape of the neck, and falling on both sides in long corkscrew curls; on a 19th century white marble circular socle.
Height 16 1/2 in. 41.9 cm.
Raza
DOGO DE BURDEOS
Francés: Dogue de Bordeaux.
Inglés: French Mastiff.
País de origen
Francia
Peso
120 a 145 libras (54 a 65 Kg.)
Altura
Machos: 60 a 75 cm. (23.5 a 30 pulgadas)
Hembras: 58 a 66 cm. (23 a 26 pulgadas)
Historia
Es una raza muy antigua, originaria de Francia, que pertenece a la familia de los Mastines. Era utilizado como protector de rebaños, como perro de guerra y participaba en los combates de perros "gladiadores", en los que se enfrentaba a toros, osos y otros perros. A finales de la Edad Media, se convirtió en guía de ganado y guardián personal. Durante la Revolución Francesa, murieron muchos perros al tratar de defender las propiedades de sus dueños nobles. Afortunadamente había gente que seguía interesada en la raza, como Raymond Triquet y su Club de French Dogue, lo que ayudó a evitar que se extinguiera. de Bordeaux aun interesada en la raza lo que ayudo a preservarla. Raymond Triquet y su French Dogue de Bordeaux Club salvó a la raza. En la actualidad la raza está ampliamente establecida en Francia y está obteniendo popularidad en otros países. También se le conoce como “Dogue de Burdeos”. En inglés se le llama “Dogue de Bordeaux” y “French Mastiff”.
Características Generales
El Dogo de Burdeos es un perro bien proporcionado, de apariencia poderosa y de cuerpo musculoso y compacto. Su cabeza es grande y la piel de la cara es arrugada. Tiene el hocico ancho, el cuello es corto y con papada. Las orejas son de inserción alta, relativamente pequeñas y las lleva caídas. Sus ojos son de forma ovalada, separados y de color oscuro. Su cola es de mediana longitud y la lleva caída.
Color
Es de color leonado, con mascara oscura en la cara. Puede tener manchas blancas en la punta de las garras y el pecho, pero no es deseable que tenga color blanco en alguna otra parte del cuerpo.
Pelaje
Su pelo es fino, corto y de textura suave.
Temperamento
Es un perro tranquilo, cariñoso y fiel a su dueño. Es bueno con los niños, pero siempre se le debe tratar con respeto. Se muestra reservado con los extraños. Tiende a ser agresivo con otros perros y macotas. El perro macho es en especial no tolera la presencia de otros perros machos.
Cuidados
Se recomienda cepillarlo ocasionalmente. Se le debe bañar solamente cuando sea necesario. Es un perro que ronca y babea. Por lo general nacen por cesárea debido al tamaño de su cabeza. Las hembras tienen el pecho tan amplio que frecuentemente se apoyan en su estomago para amamantar a sus cachorros y puede sin querer aplastarlos, por lo que es necesario vigilarlos.
Entrenamiento
El Dogo de Burdeos es un perro relativamente difícil de entrenar. Se le debe socializar desde temprana edad para evitar problemas de agresividad.
Actividad
Este perro que necesita ejercicio moderado, se recomienda sacarlo a paseos largos diariamente. Es preferible que viva en un lugar con espacio para ejercitarse. Se puede adaptar a vivir en apartamento siempre y cuando se le ofrezca el ejercicio necesario.
Longevidad
10 a 12 años.