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In its day this mask was clean, white, and strong enough to deflect some significant blows.
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A3 60047 Donovan just prior to conversion to double chimney.. Oddly 60047 I don't think was fitted with Smoke Deflectors.. (July 1959)
In the 19th Century Clifford’s Inn Passage (off Fleet Street) afforded a dark and secluded area for a gentleman to relieve himself having drunk copious amounts of ale in the neighbouring taverns. The owners of the buildings did not like their walls washed with urine so they erected deflector shields which would guide the urine to the gutter or worse cause the liquid to be splashed back on to the urinator and thus deter him from activity.
Nikon D750, 50/1.4D, 2x Yongnuo YN560 III and IV (triggered by PocketWizard Plus X and as slave) thru Westcott Rapid Box 32" Duo equipped with deflector plate and 40 degree grid
Britannia Pacifics at Willesden - 25/04/1964.
70029 "Shooting Star" - a former Western Region locomotive (evidenced by the replacement of the main smoke-deflector handrails with hand grabs) 70029 is carrying a crudely painted 2J (Aston) shedcode. It would move on to Carlisle (alternating between Kingmoor and Upperby) and was finally withdrawn from Kingmoor shed on 21st October 1967. Scrapping is believed to have taken place towards the end of February 1968 by J McWilliams of Shettleston, Glasgow.
I've not been able to identify the working (1Z25) which brought the locomotive to London, but there was a England schoolboy international at Wembley on that date, so an associated Footex special may be the answer.
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© 2025 - 53A Models of Hull Collection. Scanned from the original 35mm monochrome negative, photograph by Peter Brumby.
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Tamara Terzic @ Hans van Eijsden Photography, The Netherlands
MUA: Martina Kató
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM on full frame.
Light: An Elinchrom Quadra ELB 400 with one HS head as key light from the front into an Elinchrom Deep Octa with silver deflector and inner diffuser and the second HS head through the large LiteMotiv strip from the back, triggered via Skyport HS.
Postprocessing: Some local adjustment curves, some local cloning.
Portfolio: www.hansvaneijsden.com
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While poking around in the depot at Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf, all manner of shades and shapes presented themselves, namely the deflectors of the classes 50 and 52.
Saxony, Germany. February 2023. © David Hill
A specially modified MP5 for security teams in the early 70s. HK provided the stock MP5s, while a third party would modify them accordingly. Modifications are as follows: 20 round box magazine, stock delete and sling mount added, auto-safe ambidextrous fire selector, shortened barrel and cocking tube, custom handguard, brass deflector, threaded muzzle, low profile sights.
Sold at a fairly high price, this weapon is seldom seem outside the hands of guards of very influential or affluent individuals, or occasionally the well-to-do mobster.
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Single 580EX II at full power, 24mm zoom, in a Westcott RapidBox Strip with a deflector plate and egg crate grid overhead.
Yongnuo YN622C-TX trigger.
The 15AR's depart Waqu. Note the small smoke deflectors on the leading loco which must have been of ornamental value!
I did go and move the deflector but did not get the same photo as this one as got a good wash of light from John reversing in the Longthornes Volvo alongside.
Hans van Eijsden Photography, The Netherlands
Model: Tamara Terzic - MUAH: Ayse Aslan
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM on full frame.
Light: An Elinchrom ELB 400 with one HS head as key light from the right-front into an Elinchrom Deep Octa with silver deflector and with inner diffusor, triggered via the Skyport Plus HS. Light from the back is ambient light.
Postprocessing: Some local adjustment curves, some local cloning.
Portfolio: www.hansvaneijsden.com
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Credits to Shockwave for letters, XTM panels and foregrip, Elliot for ACR style brass deflector, Alex for cheek rest and texture technique, Juice and Noah for red-dot-sight.
I lit the cove with an Elinchrom Portalite square softbox with a silver deflector fitted to eliminate a hot spot in the centre ... the soft box is on a boom in the butterfly position ... lighting the subject and the background with just one light keeps the working space safe and simple ...
Strip away the smoke deflectors, which soften the appearance of Stanier 'Princess Coronations', and the true brute which lies beneath is revealed. The enormous cradle which supports the smoke box is exposed, as is the true uncompromising appearance of the front end. This is a locomotive built for a job, to haul heavy express trains over the northern fells day in, day out, and when required convert hill climbing ability to being a flat country speed merchant. Such were 'The Duchesses', as illustrated by No. 46233 'Duchess of Sutherland', which is running-in, un-named, at Codnor Park Junction on the Midland Railway Butterley on a cold 7th January 2012. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
I think this is owned by Abbey Travel, but I wasn't able to confirm. In classic Arriva style it rolled in with a branch caught in its tree deflector.
QJ6884 seen shunting at Daban on Saturday 26 February 2005. Minus its smoke deflectors it was confined to Daban yard duties at this time.
It had been noted out of service in January 2005, but would appear to have been resurrected for a short stint on these duties. It didn’t last long being an early casualty of reduced loco requirements following cessation of steam over the Jinpeng Pass and was noted dumped a few weeks after this shot was taken.
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Bulleid West Country Class 4-6-2 No. 34006 BUDE (with extended smoke deflectors) on shed at Eastleigh on 3rd June 1966.
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With the exhaust being swept 'over her shoulder' and the smoke deflectors doing their job of keeping the drivers forward vision clear, 'Princess Coronation' No. 46233 'Duchess of Sutherland' tears through Newark on Trent with The Railway Touring Company's 'Christmas White Rose' 1Z40 0856 Cambridge - York on 21st December 2016.On the right is what looks like a derelict warehouse that once served traffic on the River Trent, which runs just to the right of this location. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
Hans van Eijsden Photography, The Netherlands
Model: Kristel de Sera
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM on full frame.
Light: An Elinchrom ELB 400 with one HS head as key light from the front into an Elinchrom Deep Octa with silver deflector and with inner diffusor, triggered via the Skyport Plus HS. Light from the back is ambient light.
Postprocessing: Some local adjustment curves, some local cloning, greyscale conversion, toning, added grain.
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Woke up this morning in Torrey, Utah and ended up at Bryce Point for a fine sunset predicted by my good buddy, Sid. He shoots Nikon and I shoot Canon, yet we still get along.
My iPhone showed a sunny icon all day long for all of Utah, but as we approached Bryce, the sky looked more and more promising. No sooner as the sun dipped below the amphitheater to the left, the light show began. The great thing about being at Bryce Point is that it is on a little promontory, allowing for a 270 degree view of the horizon. At one point, there was a brief orange glow all around us as the cloud coverage served as a large umbrella to deflect the good light down upon us. After blue hour, it was off to the Thunderbird Restaurant at Mt. Carmel Junction for some "Ho-Made Pie!"
Hans van Eijsden Photography, The Netherlands
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM on full frame
Light: Large clamshell setup with the Elinchrom ELC 1000 through a Deep Octa with silver deflector from the front-top-side, which creates the ultra high metallic contrast in her face. Elinchrom ELC 500 with small strip box from the front-bottom-side, to lower the density of some shadows. Elinchrom ELC 500 through a dish on the background. I measured the light with the Sekonic L-758DR.
Postprocessing: Some local adjustment curves, some local cloning.
Portfolio: www.hansvaneijsden.com
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DETAIL 1: Illuminated navigational deflector and visible external torpedo bay. The original idea Roddenberry had for the deflector was that it would be the older copper color when the ship was under impulse or in dry dock and it would glow blue at warp; increasing in intensity in proportion to how fast it was traveling. This mechanic was not seen in any of the films or shows
DETAIL 2: The torpedo bay (and other visible weapons) was something Gene fought against in the original series he felt visible weapons were unbecoming of the ethos of the Federation. He acknowledged the need for vessels to be armed, but seemed to not want combat as the focus of the show. Though future Federation ships would have visible external weapons against his wishes, designers seemed to keep with the idea of not having the weapons ever stick out from the design.
HISTORY: In the years between 1969 (the cancelation of Star Trek: The Original Series) and 1979 (Before the release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture) and idea to continue the voyages of the Enterprise and her crew was being formulated. Titled "Star Trek: Phase II", it was intended to be a new TV show for the 70's era audience. Though Phase II would not reach fulfillment, many elements of it did make into future Star Trek productions. The pilot episodes of the show were re-tooled into becoming the the plot for Star Trek TMP, and characters like Decker and Ilia become the strong inspiration for Riker and Troi in Star Trek TNG.
Another bit of the show that made it into future Star Trek productions was Matt Jeffries desire to update the look of the Enterprise. Jeffires, the original designer of the now-famous Constitution Class, had admitted that there was aspects of the original Enterprise's design that he was not fully happy with and wanted to tweak. He initially approached CBS during the original series and wanted to make some changes (particularly to the warp nacelles), but the studio felt it would be an unnecessary cost.
When it came time to film Star Trek TMP, Paramount knew they wanted a more detailed and grand Enterprise, and ultimately went with artist Andrew Probert to design the new hero ship (along with everything else featured in TMP). Probert clearly took some notes from Jeffries and either intentionally or unintentionally adapted some of the changes that the original designer had in mind.
Those changes included redesigned warp nacelles, exterior lighting, swept back nacelle pylons, visible weaponry (which Gene Roddenberry was actually opposed to), and the glowing blue navigational deflector.
The following is my rough interpretation of what the Enterprise in Phase II could have looked like, using the Mega Construx TOS set as a base. I have taken a few creative liberties, as the designs for Phase II were never quite nailed down.
SAR class 19D no 2644 was rebuilt in 1979 by mechanical engineer David Wardale as the test bed for the class 26 project. Like the Red Devil her main modifications were a gas producer firebox and twin lempor exhaust system. Her smoke box was extended and deflectors fitted to lift the low velocity exhaust clear of the cab.
By the time I was old enough to hold a camera the only place I ever saw her was standing dead at Krugersdorp. This image of her is a mock up using a slide of 19D no 2640 arriving at Knysna.
If you are interested her story is below.
Built by Krupp in 1938 she was poor steamer and as such was chosen as the test bed to prove the concept of the proposed modifications. Once completed she was capable of hauling loads 20% to 30% percent greater than her unmodified sisters with consumption of coal and water reduced by 20%. After an initial test period she was allocated to Mafikeng where she worked the line south to Vryburg and Kimberley till being retired from revenue service in 1984. Thereafter she was transferred to Millsite, Krugersdorp, to form part of the preserved collection allocated to that depot and was used occasionally on special workings.
In 1989 the railways sold her to the South African National Railway and Steam Museum (SANRASM). She was moved to their site in Randfontein which was not very secure nor did it provide any protection from the elements. As a result her condition deteriorated rapidly.
By the mid 2000s she had been completely stripped of all her components, to prevent their theft, and had been standing in the open for 15 years. At around the same time the illegal cutting up of locomotives under SANRASM’s care was becoming a serious problem.
In 2014 thieves cut her frames to steal her axle boxes and rendered her irreparable. She was scrapped as result.
She is in my opinion the greatest loss to the preserved steam locomotives of the South African Railways.
Playing around with the D70 and Photoshop tonight... taken in the lightbox, with only one source on (deflected) - cityscape backdrop. Used "night scene" setting, and then brought up the contrast in post-edit.
1/72 Airfix Scout converted to a Wasp using Air Graphics resin conversion set, Exocet deflector and NORD SS.12 set.
here visible is the Ogre's high mobility space flight pack , 6 count missile rack, and ECM/deflector shield
Deflector fitted SY1083 charges across the bridge on the incline towards the China National Railways interchange at Pingzhuang Nan with a long rake of loaded coal wagons. The Pingzhuang system on the edge of the Mongolian Autonomous Region is still completely steam worked, with a well maintained fleet of locomotives.
6115 was built in 1927 by the North British Locomotive Company in Springburn, Glasgow. It was named Scots Guardsman in 1928 after the Scots Guards. After receiving smoke deflectors, it starred in the 1936 film Night Mail.
6115 was rebuilt in 1947 with a new tapered type 2A boiler, and was painted in LMS 1946-style black livery. It was the first of the rebuilt engines to receive smoke deflectors and the only one to run with them as an LMS engine. It was renumbered 46115 by British Railways in 1948 and was withdrawn in Jan 1966.
Scots Guardsman is one of two preserved Royal Scots, the other being LMS Royal Scot Class 6100 Royal Scot.
46115 was purchased by the West Coast Railway Company and in 2008, it was restored to main-line running standard. Her first test run from Carnforth to Hellifield was completed on 20 June 2008. The loco was then moved back into the depot at Steamtown and repainted BR Brunswick Green, appearing in this livery at the Steamtown Open Weekend on 26/27 July 2008. The loco then hauled its first railtour called 'The Settle-Carlisle Venturer' from Hellifield to Carlisle and return on 16 August 2008.
JS 6245, unusually (well for me anyway) with smoke deflectors, crossing the concrete bridge near Gongye with the afternoon passenger.
Hans van Eijsden Photography, The Netherlands
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM on full frame
Light: Simple setup with the Elinchrom ELC 1000 through a large Litemotiv Strip from the side, with silver deflector which creates the ultra high contrast. Elinchrom ELC 500 through a dish on the background. I measured the light with the Sekonic L-758DR.
Postprocessing: Some local adjustment curves, some local cloning.
Portfolio: www.hansvaneijsden.com
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The teensiest sovereign class! The deflector dish was working so well until I realized there is no yellow version of a Technic pin 1/2 (4274). Ahhh!! There you are Disappointment, my old friend. [Edit] I swapped it for a round 1x1 yellow plate in the Mecabricks version. Cartoonish, but I think I like it better.
My custom Destroyer Droid with deflector shield, built for our @darktimesgroup Antolus l collab displayed at @_bricktastic 2024.
The story takes place in the early days of the Empire, and pirates take over some CIS equipment, which they are using against the Empire
I made the driod with the shield last october, after I discovered that the 8x8 dome pieces in trans blue. These are almost perfect for my droideka build, but I didn’t got to use it in any MOCs since then. The whole aesthetic of the collab, with the black round bases and raised terrain worked well to hide the connection points of the dome pieces. I also added LED lights under the shield, which gave a nice glow to the whole thing as a perfect finishing touch.
Photo ©The Times-Picayune of New Orleans
"If you live here, the recurring question from family and friends is: How is New Orleans doing these days?
It gives you pause. I mean, how much time do you have? Do you really want to get into this?
This whole thing is so big and so complicated that you generally fall into the habit of deflecting the question, putting on a game face, and saying something like, 'We're getting there.' Let me try to paint a picture for you, just a small slice of life here.
Have you ever had close friends who do a major home renovation and all they ever talk about -- all they ever talk about -- are the hassles of dealing with contractors, roofers, permits, et cetera? Well, imagine if everyone you talked to every day -- everyone -- was going through that.
Do you know anyone who is ever satisfied with an insurance settlement they got for property damage? Imagine if everyone you knew felt like they were getting screwed over.
This stuff is all we talk about. We've probably become the most annoying people in the world.
Did you ever have a friend who lost his or her job and then, like a house of cards, their marriage collapsed, and then came the booze or the drugs, and then the depression? And then you watched this happen, and there wasn't a damned thing in the world you could do to help? Imagine if that was almost everyone on your block.
So what you really need is to sit with your best friend over a cup of coffee and vent about all this, but your best friend has moved somewhere else.
The prevailing senses of frustration, loss and despair could kill a man here. And, in fact, they have. Many, in fact.
If you walked as far as you could down this street I'm standing on and asked everyone you met along the way if they knew anyone who had committed suicide in the past year, I bet you'd get to the state line before you found someone who said no, unless of course that state line was Mississippi. Then you'd have to keep on walking.
I don't mean to be overly melodramatic here, but it really is tough here in the summer of our discontent. People are cracking up left and right. More than 80 percent of our psychiatrists have left town. And it sometimes feels as if this whole town is being propped up by the miracles of modern pharmacology.
Now, I realize this makes us sound pitiful, weak and joyless, and you'd probably know that's not us. But a year after the visceral shock of death and physical destruction everywhere, we deal now with the insidious toll this all takes on the mind.
But we're not going to lay down and give up.
The commonality of experience here has created an intense bond among the folks who are determined to live through this, physically and emotionally. And in the end, New Orleans will rise on the triumph of the human spirit. Don't ask me how, but we will.
We're not going to let a little wind and water and those frigging insurance companies -- and don't even get me started on the government -- put a stop to that.
So what was the question again? Oh, yes: How is New Orleans doing these days? We're getting there."
- by Chris Rose (journalist, The Times-Picayune)
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