Alaskan Way Viaduct and Seattle's Waterfront
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Ya know, there are Mondays, then there are MONDAYS. Today is one of the latter. It is getting better though. Everything happens for a reason right? Even if it doesn't music fixes everything! Still not where I want to be with the pics and editing but better than I expected this morning.
Taken at Sunny's Photo Studio bento Br-Bz maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunny%20Photo%20Studio/149...
Hair: Doux - Rana
Outfit - Gaia - Lily avialble now at BigGirl
Shoes: Lunar - Fany Shoes and socks
Eyeshadow: Velour - Lydia Currently on 60L
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i1dNZJDoQg
Those who came before me
Lived through their vocations
From the past until completion
They'll turn away no more
And I still find it so hard
To say what I need to say
But, I'm quite sure that you'll tell me
Just how I should feel today
I see a ship in the harbor
I can and shall obey
But if it wasn't for your misfortunes,
I'd be a heavenly person today
And I thought I was mistaken
And I thought I heard you speak
Tell me, how do I feel?
Tell me, now, how should I feel?
Now I stand here waiting
Thank you so much for your visit..!
Great blues nest building. I believe all the nest are completed. Seeing some egg rolling. Swatara creek, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania.
1/125 sec. f/6.3 552mm ISO100
Stromeferry lies next to the narrowest part of Loch Carron and for many years, there was a ferry service here to North Strome. This provided a link with the first road built in 1809 along the north side of the loch.[2] Completion of the Stromeferry bypass (A890) along the south-eastern shore of the loch made the ferry service redundant and it ceased operating in 1970. At that time, there were two vessels providing the service. The larger of the two, Pride of Strome, measuring 16m long x 5m wide, was built in 1962 by Forbes of Sandhaven.[3] The smaller, Strome Castle, measuring 9m long x 3m wide, was built in 1958 by Nobles of Fraserburgh.[4] Both boats now lie wrecked on the shore of Loch Carron between North Strome and Lochcarron
For more information about this small nugget of highland life and to see the ferry as it once was:
exceptthekylesandwesternisles.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/stro...
2006 October: The completion and opening date of a major expansion, the Frederic C. Hamilton building, designed as a joint venture by Studio Daniel Libeskind and Denver firm Davis Partnership Architects(architect of record). The new building opened on October 7, 2006, and is clad in titanium and glass. The project was recognised by the American Institute of Architects as a successful Building Information Modeling project
Civic Center Historic District
12 years, 3 months and 23 days after I started I finally completed the 630 mile long South West Coast Path. It was an amazing physical and emotional challenge with incredible scenery all the way. So much changed since that day in April 2006 when I started walking the path. In that time I acquired a Masters degree and a second daughter!
This was a great day to mark the passing of an era - my last walk in the UK for quite a time and the eve of a new life in Thailand. We flew out of the UK exactly one week after this picture was taken. Our lives have changed immeasurably since; I cannot even begin to describe how much has changed and the adventures we have had since!
Half term is upon us now, so I won't be posting or commenting for a while. I shall be back with Thailand pictures in a couple of weeks, beginning a sequence of walks I have completed over the past year.
Many thanks for all your kind comments and feedback - your encouragement is always greatly appreciated. If you would like to read more about this walk please see my blog entry at worthingwanderer.blogspot.com/2018/10/south-west-coast-pa...
Yes, it's another Cuddly Couple! The point was to show off Din's magnificent feathery collar, but I somehow dominated the scene nonetheless. No light without shadows, and it is the same for me with Din: he is an essential part of my existence, without which I would scatter and dissolve. When I am tired of shining, I can cloak myself in his darkness and rest.
The Pontsticill reservoir 'Plug hole' with water just about overflowing on a grey and misty morning a couple of days ago. Ponsticill is a large reservoir on the river Taf Fechan lying partly in the county of Powys and partly within the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales. It lies within the Brecon Beacons National Park and Fforest Fawr Geopark. For those of you who are interested in this sort of thing the reservoir dam is a 110 ft high embankment has, since its completion in 1927, been holding back 15,400 megalitres of water for supply to industry and population of south Wales.
The ruins of an old lodge lie abandoned and derelict at the head of Glen Lochsie. A few years ago the rood was still intact but has now fallen into the ruins slowly decaying back to the landscape. The lower slopes of Glas Tulaichean loom large in the background so it's time to start pushing the bike and climbing.
Glas Tulaichean is my 5th Munro of the season and the 28th in total, bringing me to a Munro completion rate of near enough 10%. The mountain stands at 1051 meters (3448 feet) and is the last one I will do as I have now moved away from Scotland and back to my roots in South Yorkshire as the pull of the Grandchildren was just too strong.
Parts have arrived and the Brickmania crew pitched in to help us place close to 10,000 tiles to give it that cobblestone look.
Almost complete. Wait for some big announcements!
Cody did a large part of the building.
Thank you for those who gave your input on which piano to use!
Daniel Siskind's design on the tanks.
Lando made some nice stickers/decals to make the Fury scene authentic.
Valdecarros - Work in progress
Valdecarros is part of a series of ongoing housing developments in the southeast end of Madrid that will add 100,000 new homes to the city. Valdecarros alone will have 50,000 homes and about 150,000 residents by the time all phases are completed in 2039.
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Some months ago I started documenting the construction of Valdecarros; besides its social and environmental dimension I want to reflect on an image-saturated society and where certain types of photography stand.
It is not easy finding a street of any major city/town that is not in Google Street View, with notable exceptions like most of Africa and central Asia.
In 2019 Google announced there were 10,000,000 miles captured in Street View; that was achieved in just 12 years, from 2007 to 2019. There are now also available boat trips in Greenland, forest trails in New Zealand or underwater scenery in Australia.
So, I’ll try to beat that mf Google car and shoot the brand new finished streets before it does. Although one could argue that the last layer of completion of a street is to be part of Street View, in which case the car will win no matter what.
One way or another, when the car arrives the project ends.
All of the lower mountains in the northern streak of Monte Canin have also one or two rock walls, suitable for harder climbs. The western wall of Monte Robon / Velika Bavha is really impressive and hosts a few hard climbs. Many projects are still waiting for completion.
Upon completion of swapping loads for empties at the Holcim cement plant at Devils Slide, UP's Evanston Local is back on the move on Jan. 16, 2024. At the same time, a Global 2 - Lathrop intermodal crosses the Weber River truss bridge, emerging from Utah's scenic Wilhelmina's Pass.
Received an email from flickr the other day under the subject "what does autumn look like where you live?". For many people, that question conjures up beautiful, color saturated images of fall foliage, pumpkins, and assorted Halloween deco. For me it brings forth disturbing visualizations representing the death of another summer. To me, the end of summer marks the end of the year. It's as if all the hope and optimism of spring and summer is wiped away in the span of just a few weeks. The once fertile gardens and crop fields either already gone, or withering away before the final harvest. Autumn descends like a wraith casting death over the landscape. I've felt it for weeks now, as the brightness of summer feels gets slowly squeezed out of each passing day. A well-timed cold front roared in last night as if summoned by the wraith. The scorching heat that's been a staple of the past three months swept away in an instant. And a killing frost lurking just around the corner. That's my take on autumn, flickr.
The moment of completion.
As to Biblical lore, after this moment, life was granted on this planet.
A morning in December with Carlo Olegario and Colin Bates on the South Coast shooting what seemed to be creation! Enjoy the shot I love this one!!! I think I might actually put this on my wall!!
In 1721 the largest musical organ in The Netherlands was this one in St. Michael's Church in Zwolle, high in its nave. It had been initiated by Arp Schnitger (1648-1719) and on his death was completed by his firm. The organ has 4000 (!) pipes, and it's in the process of restoration scheduled for completion in 2021. The intricate organ case was designed by an Amsterdam sculptor and artist, Jurriaan Westerman (1677-1748).
The church itself was built on a much earlier sacred site between 1406 and 1466.
In the church I noticed a small memorial to a local poet of sorts, Willem Sluiter (1627-1673), a pastor of towns in the vicinity of Zwolle. Though his poetry is rather mawkish it was remembered in this area for at least a century after his death. One of his poems - rather too long and boring to show you in full - sings of the skylark:
Vliegt de kleine Leeuw'rick op,
En des Heemels hooge top!
't Aerdigh beesje reyt zijn vleug'len,
En zijn held're stem te saem
't Kanse beide niet beteug'len;
't Is hem selfs soo aengenaem.
(paraphrased: The small skylark soars, and its wings and clear voice join together involuntarily much to its own joy)
Thus the organist and his instrument...
Kirche St. Ulrich und Afra / Feuchtwangen / Franconia / Bavaria / Germany
Album of Germany (the south): www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157712099...
Album of High-key photos: www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157718851...
Forth Bridge, Firth of Forth, Scotland UK. Standing strong since it's completion in 1890 and truly a spectacular Victorian structure, weighing in at over 55,000 tons and reaching a height of 110m above high water.
A week ago Friday I posted a shot of this house under construction last May, before any siding went on. Here it is getting what I assume are the finishing touches for occupancy this summer.
آيا صوفيا صرح فني ومعماري موجود في منطقة السلطان أحمد بالقرب من جامع السلطان أحمد. كان صرح آيا صوفيا على مدار 916 عام كتدرائية ولمدة 481 عام مسجداً ومنذ عام 1935 أصبح متحفاً وهو من أهم التحف المعمارية في تاريخ الشرق الأوسط. بنيت كنيسة آيا صوفيا على أنقاض كنيسة أقدم أقامها الأمبراطور قسطنطين العظيم وأنتهت في عام 360 في عهد الأمبراطور قسطنطينوس الثاني وسمي في البداية ميغالي أكليسيا أي (الكنيسة الكبيرة) ثم سمي بعد القرن الخامس هاغيا صوفيا أي (مكان الحكمة المقدسة)هذا ماتعنيه تسمية آيا صوفيا. هذا البناء ذو المخطط الكتدرائي ذو السقف الخشبي كان بناء آيا صوفيا الأول الذي أحترق في إحدى حركات التمرد ولم يبقى منه شيئاً، مما جعل الإمبراطور تيودوروس الثاني يقوم في بنائها ثانيتاً ويفتتحه للعبادة عام 415. ومن المعروف أن آيا صوفيا الثاني أيضاً كان ذات مخطط كتدرائي وجدران حجرية وسقف خشبي، وقد تم أكتشاف بعض بقايا هذا البناء في الحفريات التي قام بها البروفيسور أ.م.سنايدر عام 1936 حيث عثر على بقايا درج المدخل وأحجارالواجهة والأعمدة وتيجان الأعمدة وقواعد الأعمدة والتزيينات والأفاريز وهي موجودة اليوم في حديقة آيا صوفيا وأسفل المدخل. أن قدر قلعة آيا صوفيا الثاني لم يكن بأفضل من سابقه أذ أنه أحترق تماماً أثناء حركة التمرد الذي أشتعلت شرارته الأولى في مضمار آيا صوفيا عام 532 م.
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Hagia Sophia
Ayasofya (Turkish)
Ἁγία Σοφία (Greek)
Sancta Sophia (Latin)
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A view of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Hagia Sophia is located in Istanbul Hagia Sophia
Location in Istanbul
Coordinates41.008548°N 28.979938°ECoordinates: 41.008548°N 28.979938°E
LocationIstanbul (historically Constantinople), Turkey
DesignerIsidore of Miletus
Anthemius of Tralles
Type
Greek Orthodox Cathedral (537–1204)
Roman Catholic Cathedral (1204–1261)
Greek Orthodox Cathedral (1261–1453)
Imperial Mosque (1453–1931)
Museum (1935–present)
MaterialAshlar, brick
Length82 m (269 ft)
Width73 m (240 ft)
Height55 m (180 ft)
Beginning date532
Completion date537; 1478 years ago
Hagia Sophia (from the Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, "Holy Wisdom"; Latin: Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia; Turkish: Ayasofya) is a former Christian patriarchal basilica (church), later an imperial mosque, and now a museum (Ayasofya Müzesi) in Istanbul, Turkey. From the date of its construction in 537 until 1453, it served as a Greek Orthodox cathedral and seat of the Patriarch of Constantinople,[1] except between 1204 and 1261, when it was converted to a Roman Catholic cathedral under the Latin Empire. The building was a mosque from 29 May 1453 until 1931. It was then secularized and opened as a museum on 1 February 1935.[2]
The church was dedicated to the Wisdom of God, the Logos, the second person of the Holy Trinity,[3] its patronal feast taking place on 25 December, the commemoration of the birth of the incarnation of the Logos in Christ.[3] Although sometimes referred to as Sancta Sophia (as though it were named after Saint Sophia), sophia being the phonetic spelling in Latin of the Greek word for wisdom, its full name in Greek is Ναός τῆς Ἁγίας τοῦ Θεοῦ Σοφίας, "Shrine of the Holy Wisdom of God".[4][5]
Famous in particular for its massive dome, it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture[6] and is said to have "changed the history of architecture".[7] It remained the world's largest cathedral for nearly a thousand years, until Seville Cathedral was completed in 1520. The current building was originally constructed as a church between 532 and 537 on the orders of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I and was the third Church of the Holy Wisdom to occupy the site, the previous two having both been destroyed by rioters. It was designed by the Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles.[8]
The Hungarian Parliament Building (Hungarian), which translates to "House of the Country" or "House of the Nation"), also known as the Parliament of Budapest after its location, is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary, a notable landmark of Hungary, and a popular tourist destination in Budapest. It is situated on Kossuth Square in the Pest side of the city, on the eastern bank of the Danube. It was designed by Hungarian architect Imre Steindl in neo-Gothic style and opened in 1902. It has been the largest building in Hungary since its completion. The architectural style of the Hungarian parliament building was influenced by the gothic Vienna City Hall, the renaissance elements like the cupola was influenced by the Maria vom Siege church in Vienna.
A shot of 82nd St and 5th Avenue that was taken on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.The food at the museum cafeteria can be a little pricey,getting a bite to eat from one the food carts is more economical.
If viewed larger you can see names on the food carts.The vendors appear to be honoring men who served in the military.Perhaps the vendors themselves are veterans.
The corner building on the right side is called the Dukes House.The Beaux Arts mansion was built 1899-1901 with no in mind.Shortly after its completion the mansion was bought by Benjamin Duke,a millionaire in textile,tobacco,and energy industrialism.The Dukes House most recent owner was Mexican telecom magnate and billionaire Carlos Slim,who bought the building for $44 million in 2010.Slim sold it for $80 million,almost twice the amount he paid!You're a billionaire Carlos,for crying out loud!There are many poor millionaires out there who can't afford to pay that much:-)
Approaching the Bingley Five Rise Locks on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, relatively unusual on canals for not having a stretch of open water or pound between the locks. The top gate of one lock is therefore the bottom gate of the lock above, so only six are needed instead of ten. Only a few hundred metres south is Bingley Three Rise, the same type of structure, so having four gates instead of six.
These are the steepest locks in the UK, but there are four other of these staircase locks, Foxton in Leicestershire having two sets of five separated by a short pound.
This is a view from the bottom of Five Rise.
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal links the Yorkshire city of Leeds with the Lancashire city and port of Liverpool, although neither was a city until many decades after the canal opened. A proposal to construct the waterway resulted from a public meeting in Bradford in 1766 and, after numerous changes to the plans, the Act for construction was passed in Parliament four years later, with work ceremonially started near Liverpool in November 1770.
It was, however, the Yorkshire section between Skipton and Bingley that opened first, in 1773, this including the Three Rise and Five Rise Locks. Completion of the main line of 127 miles was not until 1816, and there were some small additions to the system in the next four years, but it was not until 2009 that the link into Liverpool city centre and the docks was made. The main line has 91 locks.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingley_Five_Rise_Locks
I just finished participating in November 16th's Macro Mondays challenge, "Keyhole," where I viewed and commented on multiple hundreds of images of orphaned keyholes (there were no keys allowed). This left me feeling a bit unsettled. Locks and keys go together like peanut butter and jelly; love and marraige, a horse and carriage... (you know the song). So, I felt compelled to create an image of a complete lock/key combination so I could go back to being able to sleep at night.
Strobist/technical info:
The lock was staged on a piece of glass with a black fabric background. Two Nikon SB900 speedlights were placed 90-degress CL and CR, 18" away and 24" above subject, pointing down at 45-degree angles. They were each fired in Manual mode through 24" x 24" Neewer soft boxes. The CL strobe was fired @1⁄4 power; CR @ 1⁄8 power. A third speedlight, a Nikon SB700 with Gary Fong 5th Gen Lightsphere attached, was placed CR at camera level and aimed directly at subject for fill. It was placed in Manual mode and fired @ 1⁄8 power.
The SB900's were triggered by three PocketWizard Plus X's; the SB700 was placed in SU-4 mode and triggered by the other strobes.
Lens: AF - S DX VR Zoom - Nikkor 18 - 200mm f / 3.5 - 5.6G IF - ED with a 20mm extension tube attached.
two new residential buildings in White Rock with interesting architectural design - curved balconies - are almost complete. They look really nice against the blue skies and white clouds.
法隆寺宝物館
Architect: Yoshio Taniguchi 谷口吉生
Location: Uenokoen, Taito-ku Tokyo, Japan
Completion year: 1999
Excerpt from www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/community/art_archi_hku_our_me...:
Art in station architecture
Artwork Title:
Our Memories of the Western District — Kennedy Town
Artist Name:
Photo winners from local community and MTR Corporation (Hong Kong)
Artwork Location:
Kennedy Town Station - Concourse
Form of Artwork:
Digital Printing on Glass
Artwork Completion Date:
December 2014
Artist's Concept:
The photographic competition entitled "Our Memories of the Western District" was the inaugural activity of the West Island Line Community Art Programme. Unique images of the Kennedy Town area were captured by local residents and the winning photographs from the champion, 1st runner-up, 2nd runner-up and merit award recipients were selected as the theme images for use in Kennedy Town Station. These photographic images were then pixelated using thousands of images collected from the community and then combined with monochrome graphics to create a panoramic collage, reflecting the uniqueness and culture of Western District with traditional buildings and daily life of the local community.
Lighthouse Inlet Heritage Preserve Folly Beach
Charleston County, Lowcountry South Carolina
With every trip I take there is always an idea (or multiple ideas) that I have to leave incomplete, unaccomplished, not perfected. I have to walk away with the equivalent of a draft--an assemblage of ideas that, given the right set of conditions and timing, can come together at a later date to complete the vision and the frame. On my most recent trip to the Lowcountry of South Carolina that frame was the Morris Island Lighthouse.
Some ask how I can continue to get excited about visiting the same locations over and over again. I always leave with unfinished business--frames left unperfected or untested; new discoveries that need research and understanding before I can appropriately "see" them; ideas that only avail themselves through the passage of time, or as a result of inquiry from others. Often, while pursuing the completion of these ideas I will come upon new potential ideas and the process starts anew. It is only when I run out of curiousity for any given area--when there is no more that I desire to see or when the new ideas fail to come--I guess then that I would move on and find little interest in returning. This feeling of being done, however, has not occured to me yet while traveling the Carolinas. This April, once again, I found myself motoring away from the Lowcountry of South Carolina with several frames (including the one below) that need further development, necessitating yet another return visit. See you next year, Folly Beach!
Moulamein in the NSW southern Riverina (ABC1 VICTORIAN viewing area)
This statue on the bank of the Edward River is carved from River Red Gum timber and commemorates the river boat trade on the Edward. Paddle steamers used to carry up to 700 bales of wool from Moulamein to a rail head in seven to ten days compared to a bullock team which could take one month to reach Echuca in Victoria and only carry up to 50 bales of wool.
The completion of the railway line to Moulamein in 1926 saw the end of the river boat trade.
37422 brings the RHTT service into the station where it will briefly stop for a crew change. Framing the veteran locomotive are the new passenger lifts that are being installed to link with the old footbridge that is also receiving a little TLC. Like many this infrastructure project has become a little late in its completion.
NASA completed its penultimate hot fire June 15 in a key test series to certify production of new RS-25 engines for NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will help power future Artemis missions to the Moon and continue the agency’s efforts to explore the secrets of the universe for the benefit of all.
More than 500 NASA Stennis, NASA Shared Services Center, and NASA contractor employees and family members viewed the hot fire on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, which marked the 11th in the 12-test series. The final test of the series is scheduled June 22 and will set the stage for SLS engines lead contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne to manufacture new RS-25 engines for future deep space missions, beginning with Artemis V.
Image credit: NASA
#NASA #NASAMarshall #sls #spacelaunchsystem #nasasls #exploration #rocket #artemis #ssc #StennisSpaceCenter #Stennis
To celebrate the near completion of the "Big Emma" book, here's a Jack Fravert image from the "pile"
The mechanical and thermodynamic design of a steam locomotive means it must have constant access to a large amount of water if under steam. Even with 22,000 gallons of water capacity in their tenders, the L&N’s M-1s were generally limited to around 80 miles between water stops. In June 1956, a hostler helper at DeCoursey topped off the tank before Baldwin No. 1953’s next southbound assignment to Ravenna or Corbin. The “wagon top” N&W-like design of the tender handled overflow drainage well but could be a bit slippery for crewmen handling the work. The low safety railings along the edges were there for a reason. (Jack Fravert Photo/L&NHS Collection)
The new W Hotel at the Saint James Quarter, now nearing completion. There has been a ot of controversy over building this in a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as you can imagine, and it sticks up on the city's iconic, historic skyline.
The developers are trying to get locals to refer to it as the "Walnut Whip" because of a resemblance to the chocolate treat, but most Edinburgh folks looked at the spiralling coppers bands going up around it and dubbed it "the dog poo" :-)
It was certainly catching the autumn light nicely, so I took a couple of pics as I was passing.
The St. Charles Borromeo's Church (German: Karlskirche) is a Catholic church located in the south of the Karlsplatz, Vienna.
It is one of the most eminent baroque churches and boasts an impressive dome elliptical. Restored in the late eighties of the twentieth century, it is known thanks to its dome and its two columns on each side, decorated with bas-reliefs.
The church was built by Emperor Charles VI, as a result of the plague that struck the city. The emperor, in fact, decided that as soon as the city had escaped the scourge, he would build a church dedicated to St. Charles Borromeo, the patron saint of plague victims. In 1714 a competition was held for the design of the church, which was won by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach in the Baroque style realized with eclectic forms (which in some respects also look to Neoclassicism) and sumptuous. Its construction lasted 25 years, Erlach saw the completion of its project, which was completed by his son.
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La chiesa di San Carlo Borromeo (in tedesco: Karlskirche) è una chiesa cattolica situata nella parte sud della Karlsplatz, Vienna.
È una delle più eminenti chiese barocche e vanta una imponente cupola dalla forma ellittica. Restaurata sul finire degli anni ottanta del Novecento, è nota grazie alla sua cupola e alle sue due colonne poste ai lati, decorate con bassorilievi.
La chiesa venne fatta costruire per volere dell'imperatore Carlo VI, a seguito dell'epidemia di peste che colpì la città. L'imperatore, infatti, decise che appena la città fosse scampata al flagello, avrebbe fatto costruire una chiesa dedicata a San Carlo Borromeo, protettore dei malati di peste. Nel 1714 venne indetto un concorso per il progetto della chiesa, che venne vinto da Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach che la realizzò in stile barocco, con forme eclettiche (che per alcuni aspetti guardano anche al Neoclassicismo) e sontuose. La sua costruzione durò 25 anni, Erlach non vide ultimato il suo progetto, che fu portato a termine dal figlio.
This will be the last WIP pic of the model. Since I got back from my (absolutely awesome) vacation in Curacao I redesigned a large part of the cockpit area. It took some time because space is off the essence but not abundant. Still, I'm satisfied with the new cockpit design. The cockpit 'roof' is built in such a way that it can be removed to have a sneak peak inside. The interior is detailed for as much as there was room to work with. It houses 2 ejection seats and a full instrument lay out.
Next to that, the aft fuselage is completed. It was a pretty straight forward build as I already thought it would be. The difficult part, next to the cockpit, was the undercarriage in the nose. The gear itself wasn't the problem. However, getting the bay doors to function properly and making it fit so that it looks as sleek as possible when retracted was quite the challenge.
All in all, I came a long way since I got back. The construction of the model is nearing completion and I'm momentarily adding the finishing touches to the model by applying the decals.
I hope you all like the result of 3 years of collecting bricks and 4 months of building so far.