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While browsing through old family photos recently, I came across two old photo-related items that one could find at the Wal-Mart 1-Hour Photo lab in the mid-'90s.
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Wanted to share another class work with you guys, this one's for a photoshop class though not illustrator.
We had to basically add in flora to the image, and develop the entire scene for a "client".
I think I'm so used to editing second life images it turned out a little more cartoony than I wanted... but bah XD *waves*
Picassocam pinhole camera, paper negative, 45 sec exp developed in Caffenol C, colorized in Photoshop, a wee bit of texture added to an otherwise bland sky
Back in the early '90s, my then-boyfriend and I were traveling to San Diego in July. By the time we got to Yuma, it was hot, glaringly bright, and the A/C couldn't keep up. By the time we got to El Centro, it was brighter (2pm) and hotter. (120 deg F) I was fading fast. Then, it was the sight of this fertilizer tank, with the words, "sea level", marked with a line half way up the tank, that made me feel like I was about to dry up and blow away out the window. "Below sea level!!!" I exclaimed in disbelief. I felt like I was sinking down into Hell, taking all the heat with me. At the time, we were attending college up at 7,000 feet altitude, so it was quite a difference from everyday life!
The boyfriend became the husband a few years later, and last week, we came by this way again, with the kiddos. Thank goodness it was January instead of July! Husband pulled off I-8, and found the dirt road along the fence line, so I could get my pinhole of the tank. Two employees road up in their little golf cart, leery of what we were doing. We excused ourselves as crazy tourists, taking a picture of their fertilizer tank, with a metal can. I can't believe they bought it!
Image made January 24, 2013
ps for Husband: Yes, I concede- the tank is on the ((left)) side of the freeway!
Developed in a tray with Ilford Multigrade @ 1:14 in a not-so-dark bathroom.
No preflash for this exposure. I tried flashing another test shot by opening and closing the dark slide, which of course (in retrospect) was far too much light.
Fukagawa, Hokkaido.
Actually this is the back yard of a temple.
Mamiya M645, Sekor 110mm F2.8, Ektar 100, developed with BAN almost normally.
Developed in Caffenol C-L Semi-Stand 70min; Ilford HP5+; Pentax P30; SMC Pentax 55mm f1.8; Epson V600
Roll : 2017 - Octobre - N&B - Strasbourg (3)
Developed in parallel with the legendary Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow Cold War bomber interceptor, the pioneering Orenda Iroquois military twin-spool jet engine was cancelled on 20 February 1959, 'Black Friday' in Canada's aviation sector, along with the CF-105.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orenda_Iroquois
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow
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Church of St Nicholas, Charlwood, Surrey.
Kiev 88CM, Carl Zeiss Jena Biometar 80mm 2.8 and Rollei Retro 80S stand developed in Rodinal 1 +100 for 1 hour.
Interesting weather day so far. By noon, this towering cumulus was quickly becoming a thunderstorm. It would take another 90 minutes before rain began as it remained stationary just 4 miles to my north. Between 1:30PM and 2PM, 0.56" fell.
See the evolution of this system in the floowing timelapse: www.flickr.com/photos/79387036@N07/28668348327/in/datepos....
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This was developed by Tadaoki Yoshioka of the US Gardens Nursery in Hawaii, USA.
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ALL SPECIES OF GARDENIA
Gardenia boninensis
Gardenia carinata
Gardenia collinsae
Gardenia cornuta
Gardenia elata
Gardenia gjellerupii
Gardenia gummifera
Gardenia hansemannii
Gardenia imperialis
Gardenia jasminoides
Gardenia latifolia
Gardenia multiflora
Gardenia obtusifolia
Gardenia papuana
Gardenia resinifera
Gardenia resiniflua
Gardenia saxatilis
Gardenia sootepensis
Gardenia sp. 1 Chaveerach 777
Gardenia sp. 2 Chaveerach 811
Gardenia sp. 3 Chaveerach 812
Gardenia sp. OP91
Gardenia sp. Oxelman 2319
Gardenia sp. SH-2010
Gardenia taitensis
Gardenia ternifolia
Gardenia thailandica
Gardenia thunbergia
Gardenia tubifera
Gardenia volkensii
THE MOST COMMON VARIETIES OF GARDENIAS FOUND IN FLORIDA ARE:
Miami Supreme
Glazerii
Veitchii
Radicans
THE OTHER VARIETIES ARE
Aimee Yoshioka
August Beauty
Belmont
Chuck Hayes
Coral Gables
Daisy
First Love
Fortuneiana
Golden Magic
Kleim’s Hardy
Kuchinashi
Mystery
White Gem
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Left: Vietnamese Gardenia
Right: 'Aimee Yoshioca' Gardenia
Sc. Name = Gardenia augusta
Family Name = Rubiaceae
Private Garden
Rockledge
Florida
USA.
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Firewheel Tree (Stenocarpus sinuatus)
in·flo·res·cence / inflôˈresəns
Noun
The complete flowerhead of a plant including stems, stalks, bracts, and flowers.
The arrangement of the flowers on a plant.
Synonyms
flowering - florescence - bloom
I am saddened by today's news of Gord Downie's cancer diagnosis.
Just the other day, one of his lyrics was running through my mind as I took this picture (A ~200 year-old corduroy road was unearthed during LRT construction in Waterloo, Ontario.)
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/corduroy-road-r...
Yashica A
Yashimar 80mm 1:3.5
Kodak Portra 160
Developed in C41 Press Kit
Epson V500 Scan
Cincinnati, OH. January 20, 2020. Shot on a Nikon F6 and Ilford HP5 Plus. Developed and scanned by The Darkroom.
Inside a church in Lithuania. Took my Mamiya6 on a bike tour. The perfect medium format camera for travel. This photo was taken on Rollei RPX 25 and developed by Spiekerfilmlab Hamburg.
Central park, Mikasa, Hokkaido, last Friday.
Canon AE-1, NFD 50mm F1.8, negative ISO 400 expired, exposed as ISO 1600, developed with alkaline pushing..
Bigger sizes: www.flickr.com/photos/threepinner/14798103140/sizes/l
The focus should be on the house, not on the fire on the back sky...
Horizon Zero Dawn is an action role-playing video game developed by Guerrilla Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Story is set in the 31st century, in a world where humans have regressed to primitive tribal societies as a result of some unknown calamity. Their technologically advanced predecessors are vaguely remembered as the "Old Ones." Large robotic creatures known merely as "machines" now dominate the Earth. For the most part, they peacefully coexist with humans, who occasionally hunt them for parts. However, a phenomenon known as the "Derangement" has caused machines to become more aggressive towards humans, and larger and deadlier machines have begun to appear. There are three tribes that are prominently featured: the Nora, the Carja, and the Oseram. The Nora are fierce hunter-gatherers who live in the mountains and worship nature as the "All-Mother." The Carja are desert-dwelling city builders who worship the Sun. The Oseram are tinkerers known for their metalworking, brewing, and arguing. Aloy was cast out from the Nora tribe at birth, raised by an outcast named Rost (JB Blanc). As a child, she obtained a Focus, a small augmented reality device that gives her special perceptive abilities. After coming of age, Aloy (Ashly Burch) enters a competition called the Proving to win the right to become a Nora Brave, and by extension, a member of the Nora tribe. Aloy wins the competition, but the Nora are suddenly attacked by cultists. Aloy is almost killed by their leader Helis (Crispin Freeman), but is saved by Rost, who sacrifices himself to save Aloy from a bomb. When Aloy awakes, a Matriarch explains that the cultists had gained control of corrupted machines. Aloy also learns that as an infant, she was found at the foot of a sealed door. An Oseram foreigner called Olin (Chook Sibtain) informs Aloy that the cultists are part of a group calling themselves the Eclipse. Olin indicates that the reason Aloy was targeted by the Eclipse was due to her resemblance to an Old World scientist named Dr. Elisabet Sobeck (also voiced by Burch).
Jinnnai farm, Urausu, Hokkaido.
Pentax SP, EBC Fujinon-T 135mm F3.5, negative ISO 100, exposed as ISO 100, developed with reversal processing as described before, scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100, edited with GIMP. Bigger sizes: www.flickr.com/photos/threepinner/48261035517/sizes/l up to 8000 x 5314 pixels compatible. Learn DIY development and upgrade to film !
Developed by Citroën with the help of the French State after the second oil crisis, the AX is released in 1986. The engineers complied to a simple set of requests: the new city car had to be easy to use, economical and inexpensive to produce and maintain. Intended to replace the aging 2CV and the failed Axel, it was Citroën’s second commercial success.
The AX that we present today is a TZX with the 1.1l engine. This version was one of the best equipped, intended for demanding customers. Its equipment includes velvet seats, a radio and central locking. Its performances and comfort make it still a perfectly capable car, even by today’s standards!
l'Aventure Peugeot Citroën DS, la Vente Officielle
Aguttes
Estimated : € 2.500 - 3.500
Sold for € 5.700
Citroen Heritage
93600 Aulnay sous Bois
France
September 2021
In developed countries tractor is an important tool for plowing and farm fields. In countries such as Indonesia duty tractors replaced by a cow or buffalo. Seen in the picture above a pairs of cows being employed by farmers plowing.
The rainy season arrives, arid land that dominates the island of Madura district gradually began to look green as farmers began to work his fields for planting rice. Very nice to see a situation like this, known as Madura farmers rely on rain to irrigate his fields, because the area is famous for arid.
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Nothing you see here is real, even though the model, the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
The Panzerkampfwagen E-100, also known as Gerät 383 and TG-01, was a German super-heavy tank design developed towards the end of World War II. It was proposed to be the basis for a heavy artillery system, an anti-aircraft vehicle, and a heavy tank destroyer.
The basic design was ordered by the Waffenamt as a parallel development to Porsche's heavy tank design "Maus" in June 1943, but part of the new, standardized Entwicklung (E) series of vehicles, consisting of the E-5, E-10, E-25, E-50, E-75 and finally the E-100. The latter was the heaviest and biggest chassis of the family, which was meant to standardize as many components as possible.
In March 1944, Adlerwerke company from Frankfurt am Main submitted blueprint 021A38300 for a super-heavy tank called E-100, after the tank was proposed in April 1943 along with the other Entwicklung series vehicles. According to the blueprints, the tank would be armed with a both a 150 mm gun and a 75 mm gun in a huge turret.
Two types of engines were proposed: one was a 700 hp Maybach HL230, with a transmission and turning mechanism borrowed from the Tiger II. The estimated top speed was 23 km/h, and it was clear that this powerplant was utterly undersized for the E-100, which would be almost twice as heavy as the already underpowered Tiger II.
The second variant,l which was favored for serial production, would have a new, turbocharged 1200 hp Maybach HL 232 engine and a top speed estimated at 40 km/h. Other engines in the 1.000+ hp range were considered, too, e. g. modified Daimler Benz aircraft engines, or torpedo boat engines.
The design had removable side skirts and narrow transport tracks to make rail transport more viable. This design was very similar to the original 'Tiger-Maus' proposal, but had larger 900 mm diameter road wheels and a new spring based suspension rather than the original torsion bars. A new turret was designed, too, intended to be simpler and lighter than the massive Maus turret - effectively the E-100 was 40 tons lighter than the 188 ton Maus prototype.
However, in July 1944 the development of any super heavy tanks was halted, but work on the E-100 continued at a low priority and with the outlook to produce a limited number of these massive vehicles for special purposes, using existing components. Eventually, permission was granted to proceed with the SdKfz. 193, with the intention to the E-100 as a tank destroyer with either a 15 cm StuK L/63 or 17 cm StuK L/53 gun.
The first prototype was completed in January 1945, and from the start several variants were slated for the limited serial production. Four battle tank variants were defined, differing basically through the turret designs and the armament. The first three variants A-C carried the 15 cm StuK as main armament, while the D variant was an interim solution that would carry the new 140mm PaK 46 L/50 cannon, which was originally earmarked for the tank hunter variants of the E-75 and E-100 family. However, since the dedicated E-100 tank hunter SPG "Krokodil" (the SdKfz. 197) with a low, casemate-style hull was still going through troublesome trials in late 1945, it was decided to adapt the new and powerful gun with the already developed cannon mount in a turret and mate it with the E-100 battle tank hull.
The result was a battle tank/SPG hybrid with a huge, boxy turret on the E-100's standard chassis, which could be fully rotated by 360°. The turret's front offered excellent ballistic protection, but the tall and massive silhouette made the vehicle hard to conceal.
Designed only as a stopgap solution, only about 20 E-100 Ausf. D were produced in total. Having learnt the painful lesson of the heavy Elefant/Ferdinand SPG deployments, the E-100 Ausf. D was primarily and right from the start only used in defensive roles for strategically important locations, and not as a classic, highly mobile battle tank. Targets could be engaged at very long distances, and the PaK 46 L/60 was able to destroy heavy tanks like the heavily armored Soviet IS-3 with a single, head-on shot.
The PaK 46 L/60 was a very powerful weapon, and, like its predecessor, the 12.8 cm PaK 44 L/55, very accurate and deadly even at greater distances. The gun was fed with two-piece ammunition, the projectile and cartridge making up separate pieces. Because of this, the gun could be fired using three different sized propellant charges; a light, medium and heavy charge. The light and medium charges were normally used when the gun was fulfilling the role of an artillery piece, where they would launch the ~32 kg projectiles to a muzzle velocity of 885 m/s and 940 m/s respectively.
The heavy charge was used when the gun was fulfilling its intended role as an anti-tank gun, where it fired a 35.4 kg APCBC-HE projectile (PzGr.46) at a muzzle velocity of 1,050 m/s. During practice, the estimated probability of a first round hit on a 2 m (6 ft 7 in) high, 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) wide target only dropped below 100 percent at ranges beyond 1,500 m (0.93 mi), to 95–97 percent at 2,000 m (1.24 mi) and 85–87 percent at 3,000 m (1.8 mi), depending on ammunition type. Recorded combat performance was lower, but still over 80 percent at 1,500 m, in the 60s at 2,500 m and the 40s at 3,000 m. Penetration of armoured plate inclined at 30 degrees was 242 and 192 mm (9.5 and 7.5 in) at 100 m (110 yd) and 2,000 m (1.2 mi) respectively for the armour-piercing shell.
In order to take on smaller, lightly armored targets, an MK 103 30 mm machine cannon (firing 425 RPM and having an effective range of up to 5.700m) was mounted co-axially, as well as a light MG 34. Another light machine gun was added in a ball mount in the turret's rear, in order to defend the loading hatches against infantry attacks. Another, manually operated machine gun was mounted on the commander's cupola against aircraft and close soft targets.
Aiming of the main weapons was improved by a built-in stereoscopic rangefinder — using twin matching armored blisters, one on each turret side. A "Sperber/FG 1250" night vision scope on the commander's cupola, together with a 30cm infrared searchlight with range of 600m.
Some of the vehicles where deployed in the upper Rhine and Ruhrgebiet area, while others were used in the defense of Berlin against the Red Army, and most of the time only one of two of these heavy tanks were allocated to units in which other, more agile vehicles could support and defend them.
Nevertheless, like all E-100 tank variants, the Ausf. D variant suffered from a general lack of mobility, so that it was not easy to field it or to change position after a shot. While the heavy armor could absorb a lot of hits and punishment, even from the latest enemy heavy tanks and anti-tank guns, many E-100s had to be abandoned or destroyed by their crews since they could not be saved from advancing enemy forces.
Another general weakness of the whole E-100 series was the massive fuel consumption of the HL 232 engine: with 10l per km (2,35 mpg) the tank had very short legs (only 120 km/75 ml with internal fuel) and was therefore even less suited for dynamic combat situations which involved quick advances or tactical position changes. Even in stationary use, its effectiveness was highly limited.
Another flaw, specific to the D variant, was its tall and heavy turret. The layout resulted in a very high center of gravity, so that the turret bearing and its hydraulic traverse mechanism was frequently over-stressed. If the crew would not pay attention to the tank's orientation and the underground conditions, the turret would easily get stuck - another reason why many of these super-heavy tanks were lost in action without direct enemy involvement.
Specifications:
Weight: 140 tonnes (154 short tons; 138 long tons)
Length (overall): 10.44 m (34 ft 2.4 in)
Width: 4.48 m (14 ft 8 in)
Height: 3.29 m (10 ft 10 in)
Suspension: Belleville washer coil spring
Crew: 6 (Commander, Driver, Radio Operator, Gunner, 2x Loader)
Armor:
Hull front: 150–200 mm (5.9–7.9 in)
Hull sides and rear: 120–150 mm (4.7–5.9in)
Hull top: 40 mm (1.6 in)
Hull bottom: 40–80 mm (1.6–3.1 in)
Turret front: 200 mm (7.9 in)
Turret sides & rear: 80–150 mm (3.1–5.9 in)
Turret top: 40 mm (1.6 in)
Engine:
1x turbocharged Maybach HL232 V12 gasoline engine with 1.200 hp
Performance:
Maximum road speed: 40 km/h (25 mph)
Sustained road speed: 36 km/h (22 mph)
Cross country speed: 14 to 20 km/h (8.7 to 12.4 mph)
Power/weight: 8,57 hp/ton
Range on raod: 120 km (74 mi)
Range cross counrty: 85 km (53 mi)
Armament:
1x 140mm (5.51 in) PaK 46 L/60 with 55 rounds
1x co-axial 30 mm (1.18 in) MK 103 machine cannon with 100 rounds
3x 7.92 mm MG34 (1x co-axial with main gun, 1x in ball mount in the turret's back side
and 1x anti aircraft gun on top of the commander's cupola) with a total of 5,850 rounds
The kit and its assembly:
This is an “in between” project, which I tackled on short notice while waiting for parts for another project. I am not a big fan of the huge E-100 tank, but I was given a surplus chassis from a friend who had bought a ModelCollect 12.8mm twin flak on an E-100 chassis in 1:72 – only for the gun, because this combo was less expensive than the flak alone (available separately). Since he had no use for the turret-less E-100 chassis I gladly took it.
It was the perfect occasion to invest and try an aftermarket conversion set from the German company Model Trans/Silesian Models, based in Essen, which offers a wide range of resin conversion sets for tanks and other military vehicles – including some Heer ’46 conversions/whiffs.
The turret for the fictional “E-100 Ausf. D” is one of these, and I like it for its bizarre, KW-2-esque style. The turret, certainly adapted from the Jagdpanther/E-100 tank hunter hull, looks impressive, even though it features some fishy details like the inward-canted rear wall or the rear of the turret overlapping the engine opening. But, hell, it’s a whiffy design, and the “cheese wedge” look of the turret certainly turns heads.
The turret set consists only of two massive resin parts, the turret itself and the barrel. The cast is excellent (no bubbles, almost no flash, crisp detail and clean surfaces; only the barrel had to be cleaned up a little), and I assume that the parts were moulded after parts from other ModelCollect kit parts.
Some missing parts like the hatch for the commander cupola or the Sperber infrared sight can be taken from the E-100 kit (even if it comes without a turret). Gaps between the barrel and the gun's mount were filled with paper tissue soaked with thinned white glue, imitating a leather of cloth shroud.
The pieces go together well and the turret base also matches perfectly the turret ring in the E-100 hull.
The E-100 kit itself is more challenging, though. While it is basically of simple construction, the sheer size of the parts and the fact that the hull consists of separate floor, side and rear walls and the upper deck, makes assembly a bit complicated. The fact that the floor and the side walls were slightly twisted did not help either. While everything went together well, I had to use putty in order to close some seams and bridge small gaps. Nothing dramatic, but modelers should be wary.
Mounting the wheels is not easy - esp. the sprocket wheel in the front and even more the idelr wheel at the rear have a very complicated and flimsy construction with a very thin and short locator pin. The PVC tracks also turned out to be too short, unfortunately I found this out I had painted and weathered them. Thankfully the massive side skirts help hiding the gaps, since I could not mount the tracks under any tension.
A nice solution are the separate side skirts and the complete engine compartment with separate hatches, a nicely detailed engine block and exhaust manifold as well as coolers.
I’ve built the E-100 hull OOB and left away the PE parts on purpose, since the mess of cutting them out or mounting them to the hull (e. g. microscopic lugs or a grate for the air intakes that are so dense that any paint applied by brush would immediately clog and ruin them) would IMHO not really improve the kit.
Painting and markings:
I wanted a fictional paint scheme for this one – no standard Hinterhalt camouflage tones, but still with a German feel. The inspiration for this green/grey scheme was lent from the Ma.K./Maschinenkrieger/ZbV3000 model universe, where many vehicles/mecha carry a pseudo-German scheme, some inspired by WWII Luftwaffe aircraft.
For the E-100 I adapted one of the Ma.K. designs and used Luftwaffe tones: the pale tone is RLM02 (the base is Revell’s 45, modern RAL 7003, which is slightly more olive green than the original grey), while the dark patches are German Panzergrau (Humbrol 67, modern RAL 7024, and actually a tone from early WWII). The latter turned out to appear very dark, due to the strong contrast to the RLM02, so that the scheme unintentionally reminds a lot of the late-war Allied “Mickey Mouse” scheme in olive drab and black? This was later slightly mended through the addition of RLM74 during the weathering process (see below), but the similarity remains, and once the kit became more and more complete the whole thing started looking like a modern German Bundeswehr Panzerhaubitze 2000?
In order to create an improvised and worn look, the camouflage was applied only thinly over an overall base coat with Humbrol 70 (Brick Red), which looks very much like stretched late war primer with which many tanks left the factories, to be camouflaged by the units in the field.
As a small color detail the barrel’s front end received a different scheme in Dunkelgelb (Revell 16, from below, kind of counter-shading against the sky) and Red Brown (Humbrol 160) from above, simulating a replacement part.
Once the basic camouflage had been applied, the kit was weathered with a highly thinned wash of dark brown, grey and black acrylic paint. Once dry the major surfaces were lightly wet-sanded, revealing more of the underlying red primer. Next, details and areas were highlighted through dry-brushing with true RLM02 (Humbrol 247) and RLM74 (Humbrol 245). After the application of the few marking decals, the whole kit received another dry brushing treatment, this time with Revell 75 (Hellgrau) and Humbrol 72 (Khaki drill). Some rust traces were painted with thinned sienna red acrylic artist paint.
Matt acrylic varnish (Italeri) was used to seal the kit, and once the (also weathered) PVC tracks and the side skirts had been mounted, the lower hull received a treatment with grey/beige/brown pigments, simulation dust and mud residue.
A relatively quick build, realized in less than a week, and some (minor) challenges. What a huge vehicle the E-100 has been – but what a waste of effort, resources and tactical limitations due to the vehicle’s sheer size and weight. Looks impressive, though, esp. when you place this hulk next to a “normal” tank…
In the end I am not really convinced of my paint scheme idea, but I ran with it since I wanted something different from the obvious German late war standard scheme.
Developed to commemorate the 70 years of existence of Porsche. Presented as the logical evolution of the Moby Dick, that ran Le Mans in 1978. Based on the fabulous 991 GT2 RS with optimized aerodynamics of the car.
3.800 cc
Flat 6
700 hp
750 Nm
Vmax : > 300 km/h
0-100 km/h : 2,7 sec
1.390 kg
Expo : Supercar Story
17/12/2021 - 23/01/2022
Autoworld
Brussels - Belgium
February 2022
The Museum of Flight - West Campus
Foreground:
Douglas DC-2
The DC-2 was developed in 1933 when TWA and the Douglas Aircraft Company decided to increase the fuselage length of the DC-1 passenger plane by two feet -- adding one additional row of seats, increasing the seat capacity to 14.
The first DC-2 took to the air on May 11, 1934. Commercial and military versions of the DC-2 quickly became popular and filled the skies around the world. The U.S. Army Air Corps and later the U.S. Army Air Forces was the largest customer for the DC-2. The safe, comfortable, and reliable DC-2 was soon overshadowed when, in 1935, an improved version, the famous Douglas DC-3, flew for the first time.
The Museum's DC-2 was a former Pan American Airways aircraft that was flown by the Douglas Historical Foundation until McDonnell Douglas' merger with The Boeing Company in 1997.
The Prototype "Baby Boeing" 737
The 737 is the smallest and most popular jetliner in the Boeing airline family. Since 1967, over 8,000 "Baby Boeings" have been built or ordered. The short-haul 737 is dependable, economical and can operate from unprepared grass and gravel runways -- making it a popular choice of many airlines throughout the world.
The Museum's aircraft is the first production 737. The prototype made its first flight with Brien Wygle and Lew Wallick at the controls on April 9, 1967. Boeing used the 737 as a flight test aircraft before it became NASA's Transport Systems Research Vehicle in 1974. Based at the Langley Research Center in Virginia, the 737 was used to test many technological innovations including a virtual cockpit, electronic flight displays, and airborne wind shear detection systems.
Boeing 727
One of the world's classic airliners, the Boeing 727 was developed to provide economic low-altitude, high-speed cruising capability. From the time it was first flown, in February of 1963, until production ended in 1984, a total of 1,832 had rolled off factory lines and had seen service with more than 100 different airlines.
The Museum's airplane was the first 727 ever produced. Following the conclusion of Boeing's flight-test program, it entered regular passenger service with United Airlines.
On March 2, 2016, this aircraft made one last flight from the Museum's Restoration Center to Boeing Field where it was moved into permanent display in the Aviation Pavilion in Fall, 2016.
Boeing 747
The growing worldwide demand for air travel during the 1960s led to the development of the 747, the first "Jumbo Jet."
Merely recalling the early days of the 747 program "brings sweat to the palms of my hands," Boeing's then-president, William Allen, said years after the giant aircraft had been developed.
Requiring the company to risk much of its net worth, the development of the world's largest passenger aircraft was a formidable undertaking.
It is taller than a six-story building, has seating for 374 passengers (up to 550 in some configurations), a takeoff weight of more than 300 tons (or ten fully-loaded 18 wheel trucks), and enough fuel in its tanks to power a small automobile around the globe 36 times.
The 747 is one the most recognizable aircraft in the world and represents a milestone in the evolution of aviation design.
The Museum's aircraft was the first 747 ever built - serial number 001. It first flew on February 9, 1969 over Western Washington. Later, this aircraft served as a testbed for 747 systems improvements and new engine developments for other Boeing commercial jets, including the state-of-the-art Boeing 777 engine program.
Dreamliner Number 3
This particular 787, ZA003, was the third Dreamliner built. It first flew on March 14, 2010. In addition to its role in the flight test and certification program, Boeing flew Number 3 to 23 countries during a global showcase of the 787 called the Dream Tour. While on exhibit at the Museum, the airplane's interior will be partially configured as an airliner and flight test aircraft, with the remaining space devoted to displays covering the development of the 787, including artifacts from the program.
The Viridis was developed as a bomber craft. It's strong armor and devastating payload makes it very destructive against large enemy stations or battleships. The storage bay on the bottom can also double for carrying cargo or supplies for long scouting missions.
The Viridis is an amalgamation of several projects I had in the works, the thrusters are inspired by some concept art I saw online. The fuselage started out as an attempt at something similar to a Star Trek style shuttle. I created the thrusters and thought they looked great, but I had a really hard time coming up with a fuselage that matched, so I re-purposed some elements of it into the Ocellaris. I didn't want to give up on the thrusters though, so I kept messing around and then while looking at another project, I realized the fuselage from a different ship I was stuck on fit perfectly. So I combined the two projects and ended up with something I am really happy with!
I have a bunch of MOCs I have made over the years, and since Taylor and I are now posting all of our pictures under the same profile, I thought it would be good to upload them now that I have some decent pictures.
~Brandon