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Die Hackerbrücke wurde 1890–1894 durch die Maschinenbau-Actien-Gesellschaft Nürnberg vorm. Klett & Co. von deren Tochterfirma, dem MAN Werk Gustavsburg erbaut und ist eine der wenigen erhaltenen Bogenbrücken des 19. Jahrhunderts in Deutschland.
Acti’vent sur le parc éolien en mer de Fécamp.
L’Acti’vent, navire de transfert de techniciens dédié aux opérations de maintenance du parc éolien en mer de Fécamp.
Acti’vent on the offshore wind farm of Fécamp.
The Acti'vent, a technician transfer ship dedicated to maintenance operations of the Fécamp offshore wind farm.
The luna moth (Actias luna) is a lime-green, Nearctic Saturniid moth in the family Saturniidae, subfamily Saturniinae. It has a wingspan of up to 114 mm (4.5 in), making it one of the largest moths in North America. ( Wikipedia ) ( Found on my patio )
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Le papillon lune (Actias luna) est un lépidoptère nocturne appartenant à la famille des Saturniidae. Il est caractérisé par une coloration verte pâle et à la présence d'ocelles sur les ailes antérieures et postérieures. Cette espèce se retrouve dans les milieux boisés et semble préférer les forêts bien drainées. Les adultes sont attirées par la lumière. Par son apparence exotique et unique, il est particulièrement populaire. ( Wikipédia ) ( Retrouvé sur mon patio )
La mariposa isabelina (Actias isabellae) es una especie de lepidóptero ditrisio de la familia Saturniidae, una de las más vistosas de la fauna europea , con una envergadura de hasta 9 cm. Con anterioridad se denominaba Graellsia isabellae.
Fue descubierta por el naturalista español Mariano de la Paz Graells en San Lorenzo del Escorial en 1848. La bautizó con la denominación Saturnia isabelae como dedicatoria a la reina Isabel II de España. Posteriormente la especie fue rebautizada como Graellsia isabelae en honor a su descubridor. Gracias Amigo por tan maravillosa aportación. Recordaros que si os interesa estas especies y otras mireis el enlace. Para fotografos, eventos , colegios , etc www.bcnbutterflyfarm.com
And after this whole week devoted to Ep. III famous jedi interceptor, here is the group shot.
Happy star wars days everyone !
When the Galactic Republic fell, its old Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptors fell into disrepair, and many were salvaged and turned into scrap. But some were taken by enterprising individuals and converted into space racers. Veena Cebla, a talented Twi\'lek mechanic, turned one into a blazing fast racer for the ever-popular Outer-Rim racing circuits. Piloted by Salla Grimblo for the Galactic Racing Collective, it can make it through the gated race course in less than 12 parsecs. It has some light weapons systems to deal with the inevitable pirates that might be encountered along the way.
This is my entry for the Space Jam collaborative racing team entry. My teammate is THEE_BRICKOLOGIST.
Also my 5th entry to the third round of the Iron Forge, with the trapezoidal flags as the seed part. 18 are used in the gate and two on the ship. In fairness, the ship was built during round 1 but not posted till now. The gate was built for this round.
This is probably the tenth interation of the Eta Actis I have thus far, and still I can't refrain myself missing with every colour combination I can think of! But other than that there really is nothing new here.
♦ Instructions available at Rebrickable ♦
"This is where the fun begins!"
My latest ship from the Prequel Trilogy has arrived, and it surely was a lot of fun to make: here's Obi Wan's Eta-2 Actis Interceptor from Episode III - Revenge of the Sith and The Clone Wars.
This small unit consists of 281 pieces (stand included), and has one major feature: true Minifig scale!
There's a handful of beautiful MOCs of this ship out there already, but most of them are based on the huge cockpit piece from the playsets, so they're drastically oversized. So here I am with a, dare I say, more accurately scaled version.
It does come with a drawback, you guessed it: you can't put a fig inside. A bit ironic I know, but I chose to go for a brick-built cockpit in order to get as close to the original design as I could, prioritizing accuracy over playability, as usual.
The wings were pretty challenging given the ridiculously small scale, and my goal was to have them as thin as possible without compromising the SNOT look.
I'm quite happy with the result and I think this makes a nice little display piece. It's also very swooshable despite the intricate wing design.
I'm usually not a fan of stickers, but I thought this one deserved some sweet markings. I used the sticker sheet from the playset - it is included in the parts list. The color scheme can be changed to red with only a few part swaps (see last page in the instructions).
â–º Instructions for the Eta-2 Actis Interceptor are available at Rebrickable!
Yup, still fiddling with colour variations with this model, it's virtually limitless ! Those really came through as some of the best I think.
Also, I post this to say that I'll (finally) upload some instructions in the next few days, or at least several useful gut-shots.
Enjoy !
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I've done this one already in the past using dark bley instead of light bley, depending on the screenshot I gather both can feel pretty acurate. I just needed to try the lighter version.
So here's for the second one.
Dark Purple is a pretty funky colour, I learned pretty early in the building that I shouldn't overuse it, even though part availability is slowly growing...
Anyway, Mace Windu is for me a good example of what could have been a very repectable, very wise Jedi master of the old republic. But I'm still not convinced by the way it was shown on screen, and I do not blame Samuel L. Jackon. ^^
Enjoy, and see you tomorrow ;)
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Well, he is technically 'reborn' as Lord Vader already at this particular point of the movie, isn't he ?
Who cares anyway, dark green is pretty cool, and the range of available parts is growing and growing =)
Enjoy !
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ÖBB.2043.64 in actie voor een 'Korridorzug' Innsbruck - Lienz (via Brennero en het Pustertal) en passeert een gecharterde stoomtrein met FS-stoomlocomotief 740.254.
Un classico di qualche anno fa...il "Korridorzug" composto dalla 2043.64 e tre carrozze ÖBB mentre, attraversando la Val Pusteria, collegava la stazione di Innsbruck Hbf. alla stazione di Lienz Hbf....qui ripreso a Brunico.
I made some modifications to Lewis Kiwi's and Maelven's MOCs.
I can't take any credit for the design of the wings, as these Are purely Lewis' design.
However, the cockpit/fuselage is a totally new build and features retractable landing gear.
It was a fun challenge, and I'm really happy with how it turned out.
Huge kudos to Lewis (and Maelven) for supplying the foundation for this build.
Slight change of mood for this third one. Being designed to be some kind of missing link between Tie Fighters and Delta-7 Aethersprite, I like the idea of a rise of the Empire era where some Eta's are still in use, only for the best of the best of course.
Some minor retrofits are worth mentioning : No more Astromech, the gain in weight allowed for additional armor plating on the lower part of the front canopy, which is uncommon enough for the empire to be noticed ;)
N.B. You can also see on this picture my entire collection of light turquoise =]
Enjoy
First of all, this is entirely the work of Calin, from building the model to shooting and editing it. He then offered me to show it off, which I'm more than happy to do =]
I love the very classy look of his version, with only hints of dk red & copper. Plus it's very flattering to see such a talented builder reproduce one of your models ^^
Hope you guys like it, because I love it ;)
Intructions here.
Black and yellow variant of the famous Star Wars Jedi Eta-2 starfighter.
Based on the design of @Maelven and modified according to my stock of parts.
This was done a while ago, just was never pictured. This was reversed engineered off of Maelven's. Not 100% to his, but close enough.
So, to celebrate those upcoming star wars days, I'll be uploading one of these in a different colour scheme each day until the end of the week.
It's all built already so you won't escape it !! ^^
More seriously though I've been playing a lot with colour variation on this, and managed to tweak my original model a bit, most apparent change is that I reduced the wing span by one full stud.
Hope you'll enjoy this mini-series
N.B. This particular paint scheme wasn't my own idea, I've seen a model kit over on Deviantart painted almost the exact same way. And I just thought it would fit master Quinlan Vos quite well. :)
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I finally reached the end of my tether with LDD while trying to part out this ship. I realised that half the pieces I'd used for the front of the wings didn't actually exist in dark red, prompting a small redesign.
This was done in stud.io, which I couldn't be more impressed with. The whole design process is much smoother - I'm smitten by the colour availability feature and in-built rendering in particular. It only makes me wish I'd made the switch earlier.
The service vessel ACTI VENT returning to port.
It is dedicated to maintaining the Fécamp offshore wind farm.
Thanks to the sailor who waved at me with his arms raised – it’s fun ;)
I made some modifications to Lewis Kiwi's and Maelven's MOCs.
I can't take any credit for the design of the wings, as these Are purely Lewis' design.
However, the cockpit/fuselage is a totally new build and features retractable landing gear.
It was a fun challenge, and I'm really happy with how it turned out.
Huge kudos to Lewis (and Maelven) for supplying the foundation for this build.
One of this year's Speed Champions sets, 76925 Aston Martin Vantage & Safety Car featured a whole bunch of recoloured Green elements which allowed me to finally build a Green version of the Eta Actis.
I wrote about the set for New Elementary. You can read the article here
It may look like it but his isn't just a straight-up recolour. Compared to the Red/ Yellow/ Dark Blue versions, there are some subtle differences in the paintjob on the wings which required a lot more rebuilding out than I had anticipated.
I actually add dark tan because I didn't own any 1x1 plate in olive at the time. I have remedied to that since, and this looks better the way it is, I think.
Well this one is kind of a mix between Odi-Wan's & Ahsoka's, but then again, Master Kenodi always seems to be borrowing starfighters...
It's not my personal fav' ( I'm keeping them for last ^^) but man I love dk Red !
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With the final BL order in, I am pleased to present the chibi Eta-2 Actis Jedi Starfighter.
Being able to play with proportions and squishing things down made for a very fun build. I was able to squeeze in some details underneath the S-foils as well as being able to see through the front windscreen.
No matter how bad those movies are, I still think there's some pretty good designs to it. And if you forget about the booster ring stuff, it's a pretty cool starfighter.
I know they're already a bunch of those in lego out there, some very good, but what can I say, I'm like everyone I like it better when I do things myself ^^
Enjoy !