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I attempted to recreate THIS incredible photo but horribly failed and couldn't even fix it with photoshop (Well, I ran out of time to try better). It cracks me up to look at it though! So ridiculous.
This is/was my latest MOC. It's not done, but I'm stopping now as I realize I've failed on so many levels with it.
I shall explain.
My original concept was to create a partner for Granite Heart, a walking air-craft carrier castle. I started from the top and began working my way down.
At some point I realized the rather square body more suited a boat, so I thought, hey..I'll rebuld the Theolith, another old MOC.
As time went on, I became more obsessed about making sure something looked cool, and totally gave up on the castle part of it, until I'm left with this WIP which has more in common with the Bismarck than with Windsor Castle.
Then I realized the mistake in working from the top down, as I now had to build the undercarriage-rock-base with no way I could turn this thing up-side-down.
So, I've stopped with this psuedo-steampunk-pile of crap. I'll take it apart and start over sometime soon. In the meantime, revel in my mediocrity.
Cropped to give you the best of the worst, Metrowest's ex Darwin/Blackburn, East Lancs bodied Bristol RESL on the Birmingham New Road at Parkfields, Wolverhampton bound for Dudley in May 1989.
I'm feeling pretty rubbish about myself at the moment - arguing with friends this past week has led me to think a lot about things and has maybe brought me back down to earth again.
This photo pretty much represents how I'm feeling; it was a failed attempt to show me jumping.
Anyway, hope you're all having a nice weekend :)
Got bored. Figured since I made a lolcat poster, I might as well make a demotivator, too.
Created with fd's Flickr Toys
Also I fail at directions.
Attempted to cut glass from an old scanner to make a print bed... uhm... oops.
One second it was a plate of glass, the next second it was a pile of shrapnel.
That's not what I wanted to wake up to this morning. It was my fault. Untested settings and huge overnight unattended printing is rarely a good idea.
Having failed with a washout plug, the sticken Peppercorn 'A1' 4-6-2 no.60163 ‘Tornado’ cools down in Wansford shed yard. We had gone to the gala specifically to see ‘Tornado’ running for the last time in BR blue livery before its imminent overhaul and re-paint into "Apple Green" again.
These insulators had two jobs. One job was to support and separate the electrical conductors. The other job was to protect the power pole from woodpeckers by intermittently yelling things like, "Quit that!", "How would you like it if I poked you with a pointed object?", and "Isn't that your mother calling you?" Obviously, the insulators failed miserably to accomplish their second task.
Redding, California 2015
probably not enough heat on the nozzle. Jammed either in the extruder or popped off the bowden tube mid print. 0.15 mm layers, slic3r 0.8.2 PLA from supply3dpla.com 30mm perimeter speed, 20sec per layer -> min. 10mm/s
(colors enhanced in photoshop, since the original file had almost no contrast)
We're Here! looking at everyday objects.
Here is one that I use most days, but last night when I used it, it failed! 32GB SD memory card, and the memory is likely to be there somewhere, but no access. All my vacation photos... backed up in four other locations ;)
3rd or is it the forth day in New York? Heck, I don’t know.
As we were out and about so early the last two days, we tried to relax some by laying in bed until near eight. We failed that by an hour, u then I had suffered a bad night with much sneezing, sniffling and coughing, but in the morning, it seemed to break a little, and as I got better, I realised how bad I felt the day before. After we dressed and checked life online, we set off in light drizzle to walk along Greenwich Street to the all day diner for breakfast. An everything bagel for me, and a stack of pancakes. And coffee. Lots of coffee.
From there it was a short walk to the subway station, and a ride on the red line down to South Ferry to catch the Staten Island Ferry. Several things going for the ferry, I had Carley Simon in my head singing Let the River Run all day, it has views of Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty.
And is free.
We just missed the half ten service, but only had to wait half an hour for the next, giving us the chance to do some people watching. Including a guy with a bandage covering the top half of his head with a bundle of wires coming out the top leading to a box hanging at his side. He looked fine to be honest, but odd to see.
It was another dull and misty day, so once we were on the ferry and we took up position by an open window on the side of the ship, we saw little. New York was soon lost in the mist, but we were able to see the old fort as the ferry crossed to Staten Island.
80% of the passengers just get back on the next ferry, as they are like us, just riding it for the views.
We decide to stay on the island to try to find a place to get coffee, ut after walking to what looked like the main street, we find nothing except a run down courthouse so we turn and head back to the terminal to catch the next ferry back.
We are on the other side for the return, so I could snap the Statue of Liberty as we steam past. But Manhattan was still shrouded in fog, so no good shots, but we could ride it again….
We took the red line back uptown, getting off at 42nd Street and then riding two stops west to Grand Central. Grand Central is the station with the most platforms, 42 in total I think. We were here not to catch a train, but to admire the building. T
The concourse is huge, and richly carved and decorated. In fact the whole station is stunning, I mean jaw-dropping, and we wander round slack-jawed at the wonder of it.
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Grand Central Terminal (GCT; also referred to as Grand Central Station or simply as Grand Central) is a commuter rail terminal located at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. Grand Central is the southern terminus of the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem, Hudson and New Haven Lines. The terminal serves Metro-North commuters traveling to the Bronx in New York City; Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess counties in New York; and Fairfield and New Haven counties in Connecticut. The terminal also contains a connection to the New York City Subway at Grand Central–42nd Street.
The distinctive architecture and interior design of Grand Central Terminal's station house have earned it several landmark designations, including as a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The terminal is one of the world's most visited tourist attractions, with 21.9 million visitors in 2013, excluding train and subway passengers.
Grand Central Terminal was built by and named for the New York Central Railroad in the pinnacle of American long-distance passenger rail travel. Until 1991, the terminal also served Amtrak, which consolidated all of its services at nearby Pennsylvania Station upon completion of the Empire Connection. Limited Amtrak service also served the station during the summers of 2017 and 2018 because of construction around Penn Station. The East Side Access project, which will bring Long Island Rail Road service to the terminal, is expected to be completed in late 2022.
Grand Central covers 48 acres (19 ha) and has 44 platforms, more than any other railroad station in the world. Its platforms, all below ground, serve 30 tracks on the upper level and 26 on the lower, though only 43 tracks are currently in use for passenger service. The total number of tracks along platforms and in rail yards exceeds 100 as most previous tracks that are not in regular use are used for the rail yard. Unlike other Metro-North stations, Grand Central Terminal is not owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, but by a private company known as Midtown TDR Ventures.
The tracks are numbered according to their location in the terminal building. The upper-level tracks are numbered 11 to 42 east to west. Tracks 22 and 31 were removed in the late 1990s to build concourses for Grand Central North. Track 12 was removed to expand the platform between tracks 11 and 13 and track 14 is only used for loading a garbage train. The lower level has 27 tracks, numbered 100 to 126, east to west; currently, only tracks 102–112, and 114–116 are used for passenger service. Odd-numbered tracks are usually on the east side (right side facing north) of the platform; even-numbered tracks on the west.
Grand Central Terminal has both monumental spaces and meticulously crafted detail, especially on its facade.[7] In a February 2013 BBC News article, historian David Cannadine described it as one of the most majestic buildings of the twentieth century.[8] In 2013, Grand Central Terminal hosted 21.6 million visitors, putting it among the ten most-visited tourist attractions in the world.[9]
Its interior has restaurants, such as the Oyster Bar, and various fast food outlets, including a Shake Shack,[10][11] surrounding the Dining Concourse on the level below the Main Concourse, as well as delis, bakeries, and a gourmet and fresh food market. There is an annex of the New York Transit Museum. The 40-plus retail stores include newsstands and chain stores, including a Starbucks coffee shop, a Rite Aid pharmacy and, since December 2011, an Apple Store.[12][13]
Grand Central Terminal's 49-acre (20 ha) basements are among the largest in the city.[14] This includes M42, a "secret" sub-basement under the terminal that contains the AC-to-DC converters used to supply DC traction current to the tracks. The exact location of M42 is a closely guarded secret and does not appear on maps, though it has been shown on the History Channel program Cities of the Underworld and a National Geographic special. Two of the original rotary converters were not removed in the late 20th century when solid-state ones took over their job, and they remain as a historical record. During World War II, this facility was closely guarded because its sabotage would have impaired troop movement on the Eastern Seaboard.[14][15][16] It is said that any unauthorized person entering the facility during the war risked being shot on sight; the rotary converters could have easily been crippled by a bucket of sand.[17] Abwehr (a German espionage service) sent two spies to sabotage it; they were arrested by the FBI before they could strike.[14]
The terminal building primarily uses granite, so the building emits radiation.[18] People who work full-time in the station receive an average dose of 525 mrem/year, more than permitted in nuclear power facilities.[19][20]
Midtown TDR Ventures has owned the station since 2006, when Argent Ventures transferred ownership of the station.[21] The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the state agency that is the parent of Metro-North, holds a lease until 2274.[22]
The Main Concourse is the center of Grand Central. At 275 ft (84 m) long by 120 ft (37 m) wide by 125 ft (38 m) high,[23][24][25]:74 the cavernous Main Concourse is usually filled with bustling crowds. and is often used as a meeting place.[26] The ticket booths are here, although many now stand unused or have been repurposed since the introduction of ticket vending machines.[26] The large American flag was hung in Grand Central Terminal a few days after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. The main information booth is in the center of the concourse.[26] The four-faced brass clock on top of the information booth, perhaps the most recognizable icon of Grand Central, was designed by Henry Edward Bedford and cast in Waterbury, Connecticut.[26] Each of the four clock faces is made from opalescent glass (now often called opal glass or milk glass), though urban legend has it that the faces are made of opal and that Sotheby's and Christie's have estimated their value to be between $10 million and $20 million. A 1954 New York Times article[27] on the restoration of the clock notes that "Each of the glass faces was twenty-four inches in diameter...." Within the marble and brass pagoda lies a "secret" door that conceals a spiral staircase leading to the lower-level information booth.
Glory of Commerce, a sculptural group by Jules-Félix Coutan featuring Hercules, Minerva and Mercury, sits atop the terminal. In the middle of the grouping is the 13-foot (4.0 m) clock, the world's largest example of Tiffany glass.
Outside the station, the 13-foot (4.0 m) clock in front of the Grand Central façade facing 42nd Street contains the world's largest example of Tiffany glass. It is surrounded by the Glory of Commerce sculptural group, which includes representations of Minerva, Hercules, and Mercury. The sculptures were designed by French sculptor Jules-Felix Coutan and carved by the John Donnelly Company. At its unveiling in 1914, the 48-foot-high (15 m) trio was considered the largest sculptural group in the world.
The upper-level tracks are reached from the Main Concourse or from various hallways and passages branching off from it. On the east side of the Main Concourse is a cluster of food purveyor shops called Grand Central Market.