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FLEET ACTIVITIES YOKOSUKA, Japan (April 19, 2017) -Vice President Mike Pence salutes the crew chief of Navy Two upon his arrival to Fleet Activities (FLEACT) Yokosuka. Pence's visit to Yokosuka Wednesday is part of official trip to the Asia-Pacific region reinforcing the United States' full commitment to its security alliances. During the Vice President's visit he spoke with military leaders and later with Sailors aboard USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76). Fleet Activities Yokosuka provides, maintains, and operates base facilities and services in support of 7th Fleet's forward-deployed naval forces, 71 tenant commands, and 26,000 military and civilian personnel. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter Burghart/Released) 170419-N-XN177-129
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Space scene of one of my favorite lego themes ever , of course Classic Space, as i born too late to enjoy them in them first releases , Cgi is a good way to play with those beautiful sets
BW Models white metal kit, Volvo FL6/Bailey incident command unit based on North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue N765 YEF. Bought second-hand in built condition as this kit, like most of the BW range, disappeared without trace when BW ceased trading.
PHUKET, Thailand (Aug. 15, 2021) U.S. Navy and Thailand Maritime Enforcement Command Center (Thai MECC) personnel practice maritime tactics, techniques and procedures during Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) exercise. In its 20th year, SEACAT is a multilateral exercise designed to enhance cooperation among 21 participating Southeast Asian countries and provide mutual support and a common goal to address crises, contingencies, and illegal activities in the maritime domain in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (Thailand Maritime Enforcement Command Center courtesy photo)
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (Mar. 14, 2017) - U.S. Air Force Capt. Matt Davis, 909th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker pilot, flies in formation with U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning IIs from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 over the Pacific Ocean. The training sortie marked the first air refueling mission with F-35s in the 909th ARS's area of operation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman John Linzmeier)
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The Apollo 11 Command Module, "Columbia," was the living quarters for the three-person crew during most of the first crewed lunar landing mission in July 1969. On July 16, 1969, Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins were launched from Cape Kennedy atop a Saturn V rocket. This Command Module, no. 107, manufactured by North American Rockwell, was one of three parts of the complete Apollo spacecraft. The other two parts were the Service Module and the Lunar Module, nicknamed "Eagle." The Service Module contained the main spacecraft propulsion system and consumables while the Lunar Module was the two-person craft used by Armstrong and Aldrin to descend to the Moon's surface on July 20. The Command Module is the only portion of the spacecraft to return to Earth.
161134 US Navy Grumman F-14A Tomcat (c/n 361), Valiant Air Command Museum, Titusville 9th February 2020
ENGINE-TANKER 5 - a.k.a. SHAMU
1976 / 1993 Mack Engine-Tanker
2100 gallons, 1250 gpm pump
750' of 1 3/4" hand lines, 200' of 3" supply line,
1600' of 4" supply line, porta-tank, eight-person cab.
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This place was an abandoned blast furnace that had a full barrier and walkway around it and was a tourist attraction up to a certain time of day. It also had powerful coloured lights all over it to show off the structure and its internals but we decided to visit outside normal hours and climb in. We accessed the attraction but only so far as some of the levels were very rusty. Martin stayed outside and photographed the perimeter and unfortunately fell and broke his camera.
The Lucky 3 UE Eurotour
3 Man crew
My 3rd time and
3 Countries - Luxembourg, France and Belgium
A heap of locations, 1541 KMs driving, a late night rainy steep infiltration to a famous urbex haunt and a day mostly spent driving and walking to some wrong coordinates.
Full set here:
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Command and command briefing area on one of two identical Scottish Ambulance Service, National Risk and Resilience Department, Special Operations Response Teams, Forward Command Vehicles, January 2010. Based on the 6.5 tonne Iveco 65, 3.0 Turbo Diesel with coach building by Bence and Satellite comms and technology by Excelerate.
The Royal Air Force Bomber Command Memorial is a memorial in Green Park in London, commemorating the aircrews of RAF Bomber Command who embarked on missions during the Second World War. The memorial, located on Piccadilly near Hyde Park Corner, was built to mark the sacrifice of 55,573 aircrew from Britain, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Poland and other countries of the Commonwealth, as well as civilians of all nations killed during raids.
The Memorial to the 55,573 who died while serving in Bomber Command 1939-45, Green Park, London.
www.bombercommandmemorial.co.uk
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SOUTH KOREA (March 27, 2023) - U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, and Republic of Korea Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, participate in an opening ceremony marking the beginning of training for Korean Marine Exercise Program 23.3 at Rodriguez Live-fire Complex, Republic of Korea, March 27, 2023. KMEP is a series of continuous-combined training exercises designed to enhance the ROK-U.S. Alliance, promote stability on the Korean Peninsula, and strengthen combined military capabilities and interoperability. 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Mario A. Ramirez) 230327-M-UH307-2010
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The @hole greebling is clipped to a jail door element, a technique I used first with my older, more larger, AT-AT design.
Designing the engine-esque Greebling took quite some time to figure out. Detail like this, most often involve illegal techniques or weak assemblies. Well, since I am building this walker as if LEGO would release it themselves, I required of myself to avoid this altogether. NO EXCEPTIONS! I needed the detail to work within system, assemble easily, not use obscure elements, but at the same time, not look plain and repetitive (like some sets).
It turned out pretty well under those constraints :p
U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, jokes with enlisted members at his table during the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) 30th Anniversary Joint Ball, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Oct. 6, 2017. USTRANSCOM is a unified, functional combatant command that provides a robust strategic mobility capability across the globe utilizing people, trucks, trains, railcars, aircraft, ships, information systems & infrastructure, and commercial partners. (DoD Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. James K. McCann)
This ferrocrete tower, decorated with Imperial Aquila with 31st Tairan Regiment shield and laud hailers, contains the main headquarters of the Imperial Guard on Spatium.
U.S. 7TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Mar. 27, 2017) - Sailors attach the pallet hook to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4, to send cargo to Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) during a vertical replenishment-at-sea aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108). Wayne E. Meyer is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend U.S. 3rd Fleet command and control functions into the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have routinely patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific for more than 70 years. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelsey L. Adams/Released) 170327-N-RM689-658
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AFOL - Space:1999 Lego Eagle Transporter MOC. For more information visit www.legoeagletransporter.com
ANDAMAN SEA (Dec. 13, 2021) – Sailors aboard an 11-meter rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) are lowered to the water during boat operations aboard the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16). Tulsa, part of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, is on a rotational deployment, operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Devin M. Langer) 211213-N-LI768-1066
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Part of the ruined British Fort Shirley
Cabrits--Portsmouth, Dominica
Canon 450D + Rokinon 8mm Fisheye
+++ DISCLAIMER +++
Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
The Supermarine 370 “Stalwart” was a British twin-engined long-range maritime patrol flying boat. Originally designed for the Royal Air Force Coastal Command as an anti-submarine aircraft for long range operations over the Atlantic the type saw, with the change of threats and global priorities from 1944 on, only limited production and use in the Pacific theathre of operations in late WWII.
The 370’s design started in early 1940, intended primarily for military use, but also with an option for commercial duties. The military 370 was intended as a more powerful alternative to the Consolidated PBY Catalina, as well as a faster and twin-engined successor to the Short S.25 Sunderland. The civil version was supposed to carry seats for 52 passengers, or sleeper accommodation for 28.
The 370 accepted by the RAF and received the name "Stalwart". The flying boat was a gull-winged, alle-metal aircraft with twin oval vertical stabilizers on top of a deep fuselage. The fuselage was divided into eight watertight compartments to improve survivability. Despite its size the 370 was only to be powered by two engines - one of the reasons for the type's protracted development phase until mid 1944. The engines were installed in the bends of the wings with the floats on an underwing cantilever rack. Each float was divided into four watertight compartments.
Progress was good, but the lack of appropriate engines in the 2.000+ hp class in time delayed the project. Nevertheless, equipped only with 1.600 hp Hercules engines, the underpowered 370 prototype first flew on 30th April 1942. The type showed much potential, with very good handling characteristics both in the air an at sea, but it was not until the availability of the sufficiently powerful Bristol Centaurus engine in 1944 that the Stalwart could show its full potential and actually be put into service - and even this engine was not deemed to be sufficient.
Consequently, the Stalwart became the first (and, eventually, the only) aircraft to be powered by the Bristol Orion engine. Designed by Sir Roy Fedden, the Orion (a name used previously for a variant of the Jupiter engine, and later re-used for a turboprop one), was an enlarged capacity version of the Centaurus. It was also a two-row, 18 cylinder sleeve valve engine with the displacement increased to 4,142 cubic inches (67.9 l), nearly as large as the massive American Wasp Major four-row, 28-cylinder radial, the largest displacement aviation radial engine ever placed in quantity production.
But there was more to the Orion radial than just sheer size and power. It also benefited from a late-war era invention, known as the "blowdown turbine" or "power-recovery turbine" (PRT). This design extracted energy from the momentum of the moving air in the exhaust system, but did not appreciably increase back-pressure. Effectively, this avoided the undesirable effects of conventional designs when connected to the exhaust of a piston engine, and a number of manufacturers studied this concept, because the PRT not only boosted the engine output, it also gave an extra 15 to 35 percent fuel economy - highly appreciated for a long range aircraft like the Stalwart.
Due to the engine troubles the 370’s serial production was just starting when the war situation relaxed and the need for a Sunderland update waned. Hence, after 20 initial airframes in early 1945, the original production order of 200 was cancelled. The already finished Stalwart airframes were equipped and put into RAF servoce but only saw use during the last months of the Second World War in the Pacific theatre or operations under SEAC command.
From the start, the Supermarine Stalwart was equipped with the ASV Mark III, which operated in the centimetric band and used antennae mounted in blisters under the wings outboard of the floats, instead of the cluttered stickleback aerials of former radar systems. The ASV enabled the flying boat to attack submarines on the surface, and allowed surveillance operations at day and night.
As weapons they carried, beyond conventional torpedos, water bombs or mines, new Mk.24 acoustic mines (nicknamed "Fido") that automatically homed in on the sound of submerged submarines or, lacking a homing signal, patrolled a certain area in circles in hope for an accidental collision hit.
In this role the Stalwart GR.Is were operated primarily by RAF 205 from Ceylon and 357 Squadron from Madras, but after the hostilities ended the flying boats were quickly phased out: the Orion engine and its complicated turbine mechanism proved to be unreliable and hard to service, and the tropical climate of the operation zone did not make things better - even though the Stalwart was easy to fly and a stable platform for various tasks. Nevertheless, all aircraft were scrapped, and the idea of a commercial version was also quickly let down due to the technical advances of land-based aircraft.
General characteristics
Crew: 9—11 (2 pilots, radio operator, radar operator, navigator, engineer, bomb-aimer, 3-5 gunners)
Length: 24,62 m (80 ft 8 in)
Wingspan: 33 m (110 ft)
Height: 7.64 m (25 ft 1 in)
Wing area: 120 m² (1.292 ft²)
Empty weight: 18.827 kg (41.506 lb)
Loaded weight: 23.456 kg (51.711 lb)
Landing weight: 20.928 kg (46.138 lb))
Max. take-off weight: 29.000 kg (64.000 lb)
Powerplant:
2× Bristol Orion PRT II compund radial piston engines with 3.000 hp (2.158 kW) each
Performance:
Maximum speed: 414 km/h (218 kn, 257 mph) at 1.800 m (5.900 ft)
Cruise speed: 280 km/h (173 mph) at 2.000 m (6.600 ft)
Landing speed: 147 km/h (105 kn, 91 mph)
Range: 5.000 km (2.700 kn, 3.100 mi)
Service ceiling: 6.100 m (20.013 ft)
Armament:
10x 0.5 (12.7 mm) Browning machine guns in nose, dorsal, side and rear turrets
2x 0.78 (20 mm) fixed Hispano cannons, firing forward
2× 1.000 kg (2.205 lb) torpedoes plus 4.410 lbs (2.000 kg) of bombs or depth charges, or 10 mines, under the wings
The kit and its assembly
A large flying boat, especially a conversion of the vintage Beriev Be-6 VEB Plasticart kit from the Col War era, had been on my project/idea list for very long. But the sheer size of the aircraft/kit had been holding me back: building sucha thing is one thing, but where to leave it once it's finished?
Anyway, what eventually evolved as Supermarine Stalwart (a tribute to the British aircraft manufacturer who's Spitfire is the most iconic product, but they produced and proposed several flying boats, too) originally was intended as a Be-6 outfitted with turrets from a Vickers Wellington and in 1943/44 Coastal Command colors.
But once I started I thought that the Be-6 would look more modern, so that a late WWII aircraft was more plausible, with heavier guns of American origin. This story also opened the opportunity for SEAC markings and colors (see below).
So, the Wellington idea was dropped, and instead I went for the "big solution": I integrated almost anything a Consolidated PB4Y Privateer (Matchbox kit) had to offer, and added a cockpit plus s scratched beaching gear.
The basic airframe of the VEB kit was retained. OOB, the cockpit is simply... empty. The parts box revealed an old Airfic B-17 cockpit, which could easily be implanted. New seats were added, as well as pilot figures (a total crew of seven polulates cockpit and weapon stations), and bulkheads were added. To my surprise the cockpit glazing is very clear, so that something of the interios can actually be seen.
Behind the cockpit a navigator/observer's bubble (from a Matchbox Beaufighter) was added, plus a floor and more bulkheads inside - an interior would not be recognizable, but leaving the fuselage empty could be seen.
The weapons stations took major body work. The dorsal stand was the easiest, since a round OOB opening was just widened enough to accept a Privateer's Martin turret. For the tail station, the OOB gun station was simply cut off and the Privateer's turret added - the tail had to be widened a bit with putty.
The side stations at first caused major headaches. In the Privateer kit they are integral parts of large fuselage panels, which ceratinly would not fit into the Be-6's lines. So I cut the teardrop fairings out, opened the flanks just far enough and glued the side stations onto the flanks. Some gaps were there, but hiding them with putty was, in the end, easier than expected. Even the gunners could be taken over from the PB4Y.
The nose station was tricky, because I could not simply slice the Be-6 nose off and replace it with the ball turret - the ship hull had to be kept intact, while the turret was to blend neatly with the rest of the fuselage. Width was not a problem, but the height (the Matchbox turret is oversized, anyway) was critical. I eventually assembled the turret and merged it in a trial-and error fashion. Again, putty work was needed to blend the shapes - but the whole thing turned out so well and plausible that there was space left for a bomb aimer/observer station under the turret foundation.
The most critical conversion were new engines. The OOB radials of the Be-6 are... simple. And totally useless, if you want to buidl a real Be-6. Being only a two engine aircraft I first tried to integrate a pair of Centaurus engines, which would have been appropriate for the kit's time frame and also sufficient in regard of power. But these turned out to be MUCH too small in diameter. It would have taken completely new fairings, and even then the result ahd looked rather comical.
I was lucky to have some resin engines for a Constellation airliner at hand. These were still a bit too small, but overall more massive - and together with the five-bladed props a balanced solution.
Still, lots of body work had to be done around the engine fairings, and I am pleased that the results look almost natural.
Another neat resin addition are ASR.III radomes from Pavla which ended up under the outer wings, just outside of the floats (OOB). Other minor additions are a new rudder, the cannon fairings at the nose flanks and underwing hardpoints for torpedos and mines.
In order to populate them I scratched four Mk. 24 acoustic mines - nicknamed "FIDOs" and effectively late WWII predecessors of acoustic torpedos. They were created from NATO 1.000lb bombs, with scratched fins and screws, plus shackles made from thin wire. Not 100% correct, but as ordnance they are more than enough.
Last addition is the scratched beaching gear. It has no real world paradigm, but I took a look ate the devices usedto beach Short Sunderlands or the real Be-6. The main struts are frame parts from a missile dolly (for a Soviet X-20 cruise missile) plus leftover tank wheels, while the tail cart was mostly constructed from styrene strips, and it carries wheels from a Bf 109E.
Painting
One impulse for SEAC markings came from a respective Short Sunderland I came across during research, and the fact that the Revell (ex Matchbox) Wellington I originally had in store as donation kit featured SEAC markings in perfect size, too.
Anyway, I wanted to create a late WWII look, and also avoid white undersides. As a result I came up with a rather classic livery, but uncommon to naval aircraft: upper sides in RAF Dark Green and Ocean Green, combined with black undersides and a high waterline. Experimental, but it suits the Stalwart/Be-6 well and was much easier to apply than dreaded white...
Painting was done with brushes; the upper side was painted with enamels (Dark Green from Modelmaster, plus Humbrol 106) while the lower side received special treatment. Instead of painting the belly black and add flaked paint with brush effects I created this effect just the way as in real life: first, a primer coat with acrylic Aluminum was applied. On top of that came a coat of Humbrol 113, simulating primer and anti-corrosion sealant. Next came acrylic flat black. When this final coat had dried I wet-sanded the planing surfaces, letting the red and metal paint shine through. Did not work 100%, but still the result looks conclusive. Later, some flaw were hidden under dry-brushed Humbrol 173 (Brown Bess), which was slso used, mixed with black, for panel shading, creating the impression that the red sealant was showing through, but much less than on the worn undersides.
The beaching gear was painted dull yellow, and the only color highlights on the aircraft are the blue spinners which are to match the single tactical code's color and the SEAC roundels. I wanted a murky look, and I think that was achieved.
All interior surfaces were painted with FS34096, a darker shade than RAF Interior Green, but still with a gray-ish touch.
After some additional dry-painting with grey tones, a black ink wash and soot stains around the exhausts the kit was sealed under a coat of matt acrlyic varnish.
A literally huge project (the thing was ~23" wings span, almost half a meter!), and taking pics was almost more demanding than building the Stalwart. But I think the result looks cool - reminds a lot of the Martin Mariner, but almost any semblance of the Be-6 is IMHO gone!
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (Nov. 12, 2022) - A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, takes off in support of a Bomber Task Force mission at Andersen AFB, Guam, Nov. 12, 2022. BTF missions are designed to showcase Pacific Air Force’s ability to deter, deny and dominate any influence or aggression from adversaries or competitors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Allison Martin) 221112-F-PX509-1006
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U.S. Soldiers, assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division, move to their battle position, during the Strong Europe Tank Challenge (SETC), at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area, Grafenwoehr, Germany, May 11, 2016. The SETC is co-hosted by U.S. Army Europe and the German Bundeswehr, May 10-13, 2016. The competition is designed to foster military partnership while promoting NATO interoperability. Seven platoons from six NATO nations are competing in SETC - the first multinational tank challenge at Grafenwoehr in 25 years. For more photos, videos and stories from the Strong Europe Tank Challenge, go to www.eur.army.mil/tankchallenge/ (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Javon Spence)
CAMP .M. SMITH, Hawaii (Aug. 11, 2017) - Adm. Harry Harris, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), has a conversation with Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at PACOM Headquarters. Hawaii is the first stop in Dunford’s travel of the PACOM area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication 2nd Class James Mullen/Released) 170811-N-ON707-011
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