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Morning everyone.
Well thought I'd share a couple of things with you this morning. Firstly some MORE GREAT CUSTOMER FEEDBACK from John,
my feedback form asks (amongst other things) What was the best bit?........ John said,
"Being lucky enough to enjoy one to one tuition for two days from such an excellent, enthusiastic and inspiring professional"
Thanks John ...
Secondly, a recent pic from Snowdonia, I've called this one 'Adversity Overcome' !! This is the rocky path up to Cwm Idwal - and that's Tryfan in the background - I'm sure you can see it's a pretty harsh environment. So, it seemed to me that if these foxgloves can overcome adversity and grow so beautifully here, that this is a pic to keep and use for some inspiration when I'm feeling down - if they can overcome adversity like this, then maybe I can too as I try to deal with the many and varied challenges that we call life!!
Hope it inspires you all too! Enjoy All.
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”Stupid STUPID nature” you mumble to yourself, while frantically running around the house, looking for that little ”back-scratcher”, you allways seem somehow to misplace. All the while the itching gets worse and finally you give up searching, fall to you knees cursing nature. ”You evil, heartless, thoughtless, inconsiderate nature. Why the hell can´t I reach!?”
Finally, in despair, you call upon members of your family, to help stop the relentless itch. - Which raises the philosophical question...
”Daddy.. Why are the fingers not long enough to reach?”
”Well son” (you ponder, with that well known paternal look) ”The ways of nature are mysterious and beyond even the comprehension of commen men.”
”Really dad!”
”Yes son. (and after a thoughtful pause you continue) ”Actually .. now I come to think of it, it is not quite unlikely that once, in ancient times that is, man where more dexterous and actually able to reach. But... I guess civilization have evolved, so as our intelligence have now... well... sort of ”overcome” our physical abilities, enabling us to use tools instead.”
”Really dad!”
”Yes my son. But human evolution is VERY complicated, perhaps one day you will learn more about it in school.”
And so knowledge and wisdom, as a divine gift are given from father to son. So the most ancient of knowledge and the oldest of wisdom, is kept and not lost throughout the centuries.
Photo credit David Southwood (Jo Noero collection)
Red Location Museum is a spectacular Museum and has scooped several prestigious awards which include:
INTERNATIONAL
- The World Leadership Award December 2006 - Red Location Museum for best Civil Engineering and Architecture...
"LONDON: 6th December 2005. The winners of the inaugural World Leadership Awards have been announced at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
Twenty cities had been shortlisted in nine different categories. The finalists were Addis Ababa, Antananarivo, Barcelona, Calgary, Changsha, Cleveland, Columbus, Damascus, Düsseldorf, Jubail, Kazan, Lagos, Lisbon, Liverpool, Madrid, Milwaukee, Phnom Penh, Port Elizabeth, Riyadh and Salt Lake City.
Early in 2005 the World Leadership Forum contacted leaders in 400 of the world's largest cities, and asked them to submit synopses of their most successful projects. These projects covered a very wide range of activities spanning the environment, urban renewal, housing, health, town planning, architecture, civil engineering, education, development of the young, the economy and employment.
The shortlisted projects were presented to the judges (by the people who created and managed them), in a series of live symposia in London on 5th and 6th December 2005. The judges applied three criteria: the quality of leadership displayed, the difficulties, or obstacles, that the city has overcome; and the degree of inspiration that the city may give to others.
Malcolm Turner, President of the World Leadership Forum (organisers of the awards) said: "There is a fascinating and unmistakable trend among these results. In the past, new ideas for better governance tended to originate in the industrialised world, and were often resisted by the developing world – usually for ideological reasons. Since the end of the cold war however, that situation has changed radically. Today, as these winners have shown, many of the most interesting and creative new ideas are coming directly from developing countries.
For above statement refer to www.world-leadership-forum.org/news_article.vc?postboard_...
- The Riba Lubetkin Award June 2006 - for best Architecture...
"The Red Location Museum of the People's Struggle in New Brighton, South Africa by Noero Wolff Architects has won the Royal Institute of British Architects' (RIBA) inaugural Lubetkin Prize supported by The Architectural Review. The Lubetkin Prize is awarded to the most outstanding work of architecture outside the UK and the European Union by an RIBA member.
The presentation of the prestigious Lubetkin Prize formed the climax of the annual RIBA Awards dinner and ceremony, held at the London Hilton Hotel tonight (Friday 23 June 2006), during Architecture Week. Winners of the RIBA Awards and the RIBA European Awards, (both eligible for The RIBA Stirling Prize in association with The Architects' Journal) were also announced at the ceremony.
The prize is named after the world-renowned architect Berthold Lubetkin (1901-1990). Lubetkin's daughter Sasha presented winners Noero Wolff Architects with a unique cast concrete plaque, based loosely on her father's design for the Penguin Pool at London Zoo, commissioned by the RIBA and designed and made by the artist Petr Weigl.
Speaking about the building, the Lubetkin Prize judges said:
"All museums concern memory and history; it was therefore all the more impressive to encounter one in which particular histories and memories have evoked an extraordinarily powerful architectural idea. The 'memory box', in which forced migrant workers from the countryside carried artefacts to remind them of home, forms the basis for a building which is in itself one huge memory box. Designed in industrial form – with a saw tooth roof - because trade union activity in factories provided the impetus for the anti-apartheid struggle, the museum houses steel containers which themselves respond to the rusting steel shacks (hence Red Location) which surround the site. The containers are tipped on end to make individual memory boxes, presenting curators with the equivalent of a blank canvas in which to exhibit memories, responses and ideas. The most powerful of these piles boxes containing police files on those who were murdered, judicially or otherwise, during the struggle. Above the boxes hang three ominous nooses. The building works as both metaphor and object: deliberately unglamorous, this is an architectural tour de force."
"This is the most evocative of locations and symbology for a museum of apartheid and its struggles. It is situated in the oldest township in Port Elizabeth where the first act of defiance occurred, when non-white railway workers refused to show their 'passes' to enter railway property. To build a museum of the apartheid era in the midst of the township that acted as a crucible for the struggle is an extraordinary achievement. The Red Location Museum brilliantly rises to the challenge, using architectural skill of the highest order to produce an unforgettable experience that is both viscerally and intellectually moving."
The Red Location Museum of the People's Struggle beat off stiff competition from two other outstanding international buildings, The Canadian War Museum in Ottawa by Moriyama and Teshima Architects/Griffiths Rankin Cook Architects in joint venture; and the Terrence Donnelly Centre in Toronto, by Behnisch Architekten with architectsAlliance.
All three contenders for the Lubetkin Prize were visited before the winner was selected by the judging panel. The judges were: RIBA President Jack Pringle; Professor Jeremy Till, Chair of the RIBA Awards Group; and Paul Finch, Editor of The Architectural Review.".
For above statement refer to www.architecture.com/NewsAndPress/News/InternationalNews/...
- The Dedalo Minose Price June 2006 - to Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality commissioning the Red Location Museum project...
" Date: 29 Jun 2006
Title: Red Location Museum grabs third international award
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The Red Location Museum of Struggle in New Brighton in the Nelson Mandela Bay has been awarded the Dedalo Minosse International Prize for commissioning a building.
Deputy Executive Mayor Bicks Ndoni is currently on his way to Italy to receive the award at the Palladian Olympic Theatre in Vicenza tomorrow evening.
The award comes days after Neoro Wolff Architects had received the Lubetkin Prize from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), an award considered to be the equal in architectural circles to Hollywood's prestigious Oscars.
The Red Location Museum won another international architectural and civil engineering award in the World Leadership Awards in London six months ago (December 2005).
Mr Ndoni was elated when he received the news the Museum would be awarded for the third time.
"This is fantastic and I am very happy that we pulled through very tough times to ensure the Museum became a reality.
"Hopefully everybody will now be able to understand the importance of this Museum and appreciate the efforts of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality to deliver world class attractions, which will ultimately go a long way towards the development of our communities," he said.
The Deputy Executive Mayor, together with the architects, Messrs Jo Noero and Heinrich Wolff, will be given the plaques certifying the award on the stage of the Palladian Olympic Theatre.
The purpose of this award is to congratulate the municipality for its foresight to envisage such a project, and follow through with this project. - BuaNews".
For above statement refer to www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=06062915451004&coll=bu...
PROVINCIAL
- The Eastern Cape Leadership Achievers Award during June 2006, June 2007 and June 2008.
"Another accolade for Red Location Museum
The Red Location has bagged yet another prestigious award - the Diamond Arrow Award from the Professional Management Review (PMR) as an Eastern Cape Leadership Achiever.
The popular museum received the well-deserved award in the category of Outstanding First Overall, for most exciting/interesting-heritage/historical sites/buildings.
The aim of the PMR awards, which were announced on Thursday 19 June 2008, is to celebrate excellence within various industries.
This is the third consecutive year that the Museum has walked off with an award from the PMR initiative".
For above statement please refer to www.nmbt.co.za/news_room/News_Room.asp?Viewyear=2008&...
For more information on Red Location Museum please contact Nosikumbuzo Hoza (Receptionist)
L +27(0)414088400
F +27(0)414088401
E nhoza@mandelametro.gov.za
URL www.freewebs.com/redlocationmuseum
IMAGE - All rights reserved to David Southwood (Jo Noero Collection)
Staff Sgt. Chantel Thibeaux, Dental technical school, Joint Base-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, dental assistant instructor, begins to cry as doctors read the surgery risks prior to double mastectomy surgery. Thibeaux, 27, the youngest breast cancer patient at San Antonio Medical Center, was diagnosed with breast cancer in Feb. 2014 after Wendell encouraged her to get a lump on her breast checked. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.)
+++ DISCLAIMER +++
Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
The Chance Vought F4U Corsair was an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War.
The Corsair had been designed as a carrier-based aircraft, but its difficult carrier landing performance rendered the Corsair unsuitable for Navy use until the carrier landing issues were overcome when used by the British Fleet Air Arm.
The Corsair thus came to and retained prominence in its area of greatest deployment: land based use by the U.S. Marines. The role of the dominant U.S. carrier based fighter in the second part of the war was thus filled by the Grumman F6F Hellcat, powered by the same Double Wasp engine first flown on the Corsair's first prototype in 1940.
The Corsair served to a lesser degree in the U.S. Navy. As well as the U.S. and British use the Corsair was also used by the Royal New Zealand Air Force, the French Navy Aéronavale and other, smaller, air forces until the 1960s.
One of these were the Air Forces of Paraguay. Land-locked Paraguay first formed a flying branch of it's Army in 1927, and today's Fuerza Aérea Paraguaya (FAP) saw it's formation in 1946. Being surrounded by friendly countries and economic problems does not allow the FAP to operate a substantial combat aircraft fleet however, and the Corsairs were low budget start for the young air force.
The Corsairs for Paraguay were up to the late WWII F4U-5 standard, but lacked the naval equipment (e. g. the arrester hook, even though the wing folding mechanism was retained) since these machines were to be deployed purely from land bases and primarily as fighters.
For the Paraguayan Air Force, the machines were also outfitted with special Curtiss Electric constant-speed propellers of 146 in (3.7 m) in diameter with deeper blades, optimized for “hot and high” use.
The F4U-5 itself was a design modification of the F4U-4 and first flown on 21st of December 1945. It was intended to increase the F4U-4 Corsair's overall performance and incorporate many Corsair pilots' suggestions. It featured a more powerful Pratt and Whitney R-2800-32(E) engine with a two-stage supercharger, rated at a maximum of 2,850 hp (2,130 kW), recognizable through the twin cheek air intakes fairings alongside the cowling. This Corsair type was also flown by the Argentine Navy and Honduras’ Air Force.
Other improvements included automatic blower controls, cowl flaps, intercooler doors and oil cooler for the engine, spring tabs for the elevators and rudder, a completely modernized cockpit, a completely retractable tail wheel as well as heated cannon bays and pitot head. The cowling was lowered two degrees to help with forward visibility, but perhaps most striking as the first variant to feature all-metal wings. Paraguay bought 22 new machines in 1947, which became operational with 1º Escuadrón de Caza 'Guaraní' in early 1949.
Towards the end of their career the Corsairs even saw hot action when Paraguayan Forces became involved in the U.S. American operation ‘Power Pack’ in 1965, when U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, convinced of the defeat of the Dominican Republic’s Loyalist forces and fearing the creation of "a second Cuba" on America's doorstep, ordered U.S. forces to restore order.
The decision to intervene militarily in the Dominican Republic was Lyndon Johnson's personal decision. All civilian advisers had recommended against immediate intervention hoping that the Loyalist side could bring an end to the civil war, but the United States decided to interpose its forces between the rebels and those of the junta, thereby effecting a ceasefire.
The United States could then ask the Organization of American States to negotiate a political settlement between the opposing factions.
"Operation Power Pack", began when the U.S. Marine Corps entered Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on April 28, 1965, in the Dominican Civil War. Marine Medium Helicopter squadron HMM-264, from the deck of the USS Boxer, airlifted 530 U.S. Marines of the 3rd Battalion of the 6th Marine Regiment into Santo Domingo.
The Inter-American Peace Force (IAPF) was established by the Organization of American States on 23 May 1965, after the American intervention. It was composed of over 42,600 United States military personnel, plus Brazilian, Honduran, Paraguayan, Nicaraguan, Costa Rican and El Salvadorian personnel.
Until the end of the American intervention in September 1966, when the 1st Brigade of the 82nd Airborne, the last remaining American unit in the country, was withdrawn, the FAP Corsairs frequently patrolled the Dominican air space or flew escorts for the American supply flights and paratrooper transports.
After that, the Brazilian government took over the operation from the United States in 1966 and the IAPF was disbanded in 1967, what also marked the end of the F4U’s service in the Forza Aérea Paraguaya.
General characteristics
Crew: 1 pilot
Length: 33 ft 8 in (10.2 m)
Wingspan: 41 ft 0 in (12.5 m)
WS Folded: 17 ft 0.5 in (5.2 m)
Height: 14 ft 9 in (4.50 m)
Empty weight: 9,205 lb (4,174 kg)
Loaded weight: 12,405 lb (5,626 kg)
Powerplant:
1 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800-32(E) radial engine,
rated at a maximum power of 2,850 hp (2,130 kW)
Performance:
Maximum speed: 453 mph (395 kn, 731 km/h)
Range: 897 mi (602 nmi/1.115 km)
Service ceiling: 41,500ft (12,649 m)
Rate of climb: 3,870ft/min (19.7 m/s)
Armament:
4× 0.79 in (20 mm) M2 cannon plus up to 4.000 pounds (1.800 kg) external ordnance,
incl. up to 10× 5" (12.7 cm) high velocity aircraft rockets, bombs or drop tanks
The kit and its assembly:
I am not certain what struck me when I started this one. It’s actually the leftover Italeri F4U-7 that I recently bought just for the French markings (for the ‘Bourrasque’ whif), which was still left on the work bench. Wondering about the type’s late Middle and South American operators I suddenly had Paraguay on the radar, no idea why.
Checking the country’s air force history I found that it was just a small air arm, and that the roundels resemble French markings a lot. A deep search in the decal box revealed some suitable roundels, and from that things evolved gradually…
As mentioned before, F4Us in smaller American air arms’ service is nothing exotic, so this one would be subtle. Hence I decided not to mess too much with the kit. It was basically built OOB, only changes were:
• Using the F4U-5 cowling that comes with the kit
• Lowering the flaps for added drama
• A different, cuffed propeller from a Hobby Boss P-47D with deeper blades
• The single OOB exhaust pipes were replaced by thin styrene tubes
• The arrester hook disappeared, as well as its opening behind the tail wheel
Since this would become a pure fighter I did not put any HVARs or bombs under the wings, but the OOB drop tanks were used.
The kit itself is nicely detailed, with engraved panels, and goes together well. Only issues I had were mounting the cowling, where the intakes run into nowhere and need some putty assistance, and the wing part needed some filling at the fuselage intersection.
Painting and marking:
Exotic realism was the intention, and painting this one was more fun than building it, even though this whif was to be kept rather subtle and unflashy. And how to paint a Paraguayan aircraft?
For inspiration I took a look at aerial landscape photographs of the country, and since the machines were supposed to be bought directly from the USA I decided to apply the classic USAF SEA scheme on the Corsair. It’s a perfect match, and the USAF scheme looks a bit weird on the naval bird. I like that!
Operation “Power Pack” was another historical fact that would match the type’s fictional service time frame with Paraguay: The South-American country actually did take part in the Dominican Republic intervention as a part of the Inter-American Peace Force, but not with aircraft or the way I cooked it up. Anyway, the IAPF duty would be a good reason for extra markings on the Corsair, so that it would look less Vietnam-esque.
The SEA scheme colors are partly authentic FS tones: the greens, FS 34102 and 34079, are ModelMaster Authentic tones. The tan, originally FS 30219, is a slightly darker tone, "French Earth Brown", also from ModelMaster. The undersides, originally FS 36622, were painted with FS 16515 (Canadian Voodoo Grey), which is a tad darker, too, and more blue-ish.
On top of that a light black ink wash was applied, in order to emphasize details and add a worn look, plus light dry-brushing for panel shading with lighter tones.
The oil stains were painted with thinned dark grey stains, the exhaust soot with matt black. Furthermore, some dry-brushing with Aluminum simulates chipped/flaked paint in some areas, but not too much.
All interior surfaces were painted in a Zinc Chromate Primer tone - I used Humbrol 159 as basic tone (not as "loud" as the treu tone), plus some dry-brusing with RLM 02.
All markings were puzzled together from the decals archive. The FAP roundels are a selection of various French roundels without the typical yellow rim and with very dark blue dots in the middle. The roundels’ size is relatively big – but I think that a mission like the IFAP would call for quick and clear identification? This was also the reason for adding the “IFAP” markings – a simple detail that pushes the whif beyond the ordinary and helps telling a story. ;) The flag on the fin is an early WWII RAF flash, turned by 90°, with a tiny, yellow star added in the middle.
The aircraft code “1-2.05” is fictional, but conceptually based on a real world FAP T-33. The “FAP” on the fin was created from single letter decals, as well as the “IFAP” on the flanks and under the wings.
Finally the kit received a coat of matt acrylic varnish.
A spontaneous, exotic and somehow disturbingly convincing what-if aircraft model? Surely one that won’t turn heads, but rather have them scratched. ;)
Snake yoga class in Portland, Oregon December 27, 2025. The class took place at Hisss reptile shop and is designed for yoga practitioners to overcome their fear of snakes, and for reptiles enthusiasts.
+++ DISCLAIMER +++
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 Dornier Do 319 was directly inspired by the (modest) successes experienced by the Messerschmitt Me 262 fighter, the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft. Design work started before World War II began, but problems with engines, metallurgy and top-level interference kept the aircraft from operational status with the Luftwaffe until mid-1944.
However, when it became clear that the new jet engine carried the potential for aircraft that were faster than piston engine counterparts, the German Navy urged the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) to develop an amphibian fighter, attack and reconnaissance aircraft. This was not to be a navalized Me 262 (which was regarded as impossible due to the aircraft’s layout with low wings and underslung engine nacelles, and added floats would have ruined the aircraft’s aerodynamics, too), but rather a dedicated single-seat jet aircraft. This new design was to be either operated from catapults (replacing the Marine’s standard on-board aircraft, the Arado Ar 196 floatplane) or, with foldable wings, from submarines with water-tight hangars. This concept had already been discussed in the mid-late 1930s, when German class III submarines were to be outfitted with such compartments – but at that time for small motorboats only, for covert landing operations, and no submarine was converted accordingly. But the concept still found a lot of attention.
Dornier was tasked with the development of such an aircraft, based on the experience gained with the Me 262 and its innovative means of propulsion. Dornier realized that the new turbojet engine presented an opportunity to overcome the drawback of floatplanes if it was possible to combine the light jet engine with a streamlined flying boat hull, which would impose only a small aerodynamic penalty. Such an aircraft could still be at least on par with piston-engine land-based aircraft.
Using aerodynamic research data from the Messerschmitt fighter, Dornier conceived a compact flying boat with shoulder-mounted gull wings, carried by a narrow pylon behind the single seat cockpit. The engine nacelles were placed on the wings’ upper sides, as far away from spray water as possible. Through this layout, however, stabilizer floats would have necessitated very long and draggy struts, and the relatively thin, swept wings did not allow a (favored) retracting mechanism.
As a consequence, the aircraft was designed with Dornier’s trademark stub-wing floats, which added uplift in both water and air and offered, despite a permanent drag penalty, a convenient amount of space for extra fuel and the wells for a fully retractable landing/beaching gear, which made the aircraft fully amphibious and independent from a beaching trolley. Armament consisted of four 30mm MK 108 machine guns in the aircraft’s nose section, and the aircraft’s main task would be ground attack, air defense and, as a secondary mission, fast tactical reconnaissance.
Dornier first presented the initial concept to the RLM in mid-1943. Performance with two Junkers Jumo 004 axial-flow turbojet engines was – naturally – lower than the clean Me 262 fighter, but still impressive. The Me 262 was supposed to achieve a maximum speed of 900 km/h (559 mph), while the Dornier aircraft, with basically the same engines, was expected to have a top speed of 520 mph at 40,000 ft. But this was still regarded as sufficient, and the project was officially given the RLM’s type number 319. Two prototypes were built (under the designation Do 319 A-0), the first one making its maiden flight in February 1944.
However, at that time the German navy had lost much of its power and sovereignty, and more and more resources had to be allocated to defense projects. As a consequence, the Do 319 as a combat aircraft (originally designated Do 319 A) became a secondary priority only, and the original aircraft was cancelled. Still, the small amphibious aircraft attained a lot of interest through the type’s potential as a fast reconnaissance plane and for special purpose transport duties – namely as a personal transport for high-ranking officials and for covert operations behind enemy lines and at foreign shores – was discovered and the type nevertheless ordered into small-scale production.
As a consequence and as an adaptation of the airframe to its new role, the Do 319’s design was modified: the fuselage behind the cockpit was widened into a compartment for passengers, cargo or other equipment. The cabin could hold up to two passengers, sitting vis-à-vis, and it was accessible through a watertight door on each side above the stub floats. The cabin was open to the cockpit in front of it, but the opening was blocked if the front passenger seat was in place. Alternatively, up to 300 kg (660 lb) of cargo or photo equipment could be carried, and one or both seats could also be replaced by internal auxiliary tanks. The provision for the Do 319 A’s cannon armament was retained, but the weapons were rarely mounted in order to save weight.
In this form, and now designated Do 319 B and christened “Seeschwalbe”, the aircraft entered service with the Luftwaffe and the Kriegsmarine on a limited scale. Most machines were exclusively assigned to staff units and reserved for special missions like liaison duties for high ranking officials, but they were also used in recce and other special missions. At least one Do 319 B was shot down over the American east coast, probably while deploying German agents from a submarine. How the aircraft with its limited range itself could come close to American shores remains a mystery until today, since Germany did not build or operate submarine aircraft carriers.
Production numbers remained low, though, reaching roundabout 20 aircraft (even this number is uncertain) until the end of the war, and no Do 319 survived the hostilities.
General characteristics:
Crew: 1 pilot plus up to 2 passengers
Length: 10.80 m (35 ft 4 1/2 in)
Wingspan: 12.60 m (41 ft 6 in)
Height: 3.78 m (12 ft 4 1/2 in)
Wing area: 26.8 m² (288 ft²)
Aspect ratio: 7.32
Empty weight: 4,120 kg (9,075 lb)
Loaded weight: 6,830 kg (15,044 lb)
Max. take-off weight: 7,385 kg (16,266 lb)
Powerplant:
2× Junkers Jumo 004 B-1 turbojets, 8.8 kN (1,980 lbf) each
Performance:
Maximum speed: 820 km/h (510 mph)
Range: 1,200 km (652 mi)
2,100 km (1,300 mi) with extra internal fuel cells
Service ceiling: 10,850 m (35,538 ft)
Rate of climb: 1,000 m/min (At max weight of 7,130 kg) (3,275 ft/min)
Armament:
Provisions for 4× 30 mm MK 108 cannon in the nose, but rarely mounted
The kit and its assembly:
Another entry for the “Flying Boat, Seaplane and Amphibian” Group Build at whatifmodelers.com in late 2017, and the result of a spontaneous inspiration from a drawing of a Luft’46/fantasy creation of a Me 262 fuselage with a planning bottom, a parasol(!) wing and a single jet engine exhausting right above the cockpit, and no (visible) stabilizing floats at all. Rather spurious.
Well, nevertheless, the Me 262 jet fighter has a very shark-like profile and shape, and it has already been converted into flying boats or even submarines by modelers, and I decided to create my personal interpretation of the theme. I remembered a lone He 115 float in my stash (maybe 35 years old or even more!), and when I held to a Me 262 fuselage the parts had almost the same length and width. So, creating a flying boat jet fighter seemed like a realistic task.
Things started straightforward with an 1:72 Smer Me 262 fighter, which is actually the vintage Heller two-seater night fighter with a new fuselage and canopy. My kit of choice would have been the Matchbox kit, but the Heller kit is also O.K., due to its simplicity and simple construction.
Creating something amphibian from a Me 262 is not a trivial task, though. With its low wings and underslung engine nacelles there’s a lot to be changed until you get a plausible floatplane. Another challenge is to integrate some form of stabilizer/outrigger floats, what also influences the wings’ position. Placing the engines where they are safe from spray ingestion is also a serious matter – you have to get the high and the intakes as far forward as possible.
Doing some legwork I found some similar builds, and they all did not convince me. And, after all, I wanted to create my own “design”; in order to incorporate some realism I eventually settled on Dornier’s typical WWII designs like the Do 18 and Do 24. These elegant aircraft had a common, elegant trait: low stub wings as stabilizer floats, paired with high wings (in the case of the Do 18 held by a massive central pylon) which carried the engine out of the water’s reach. This appeared like a feasible layout for my conversion, even though it would mean a total re-construction of the kit, or rather assembling it in a way that almost no part was glued into the intended place!
Work started with the cockpit, which had to be moved forward in order to make room for the wings behind the canopy, placed high on a pylon above the fuselage. For this stunt, the cockpit opening and the place in front of it (where the original front fuselage tank would be) were cut out and switched. The cockpit tub was moved forward and trimmed in order to fit into the new place. The nose section was filled with lead, because the stub wings/floats would allow a retractable landing gear to be added, too, making the aircraft a true amphibian!
The He 115 float was cut down in order to fit under the OOB Me 262 fuselage, and a front wheel well was integrated for a tricycle landing gear. Once the fuselage was closed, the planning bottom was added and the flanks sculpted with putty – lots of it.
In the meantime the Me 262 wing received a thorough re-arrangement, too. Not only were the engine nacelles moved to the upper wing surface (cutting the respective wing and intake sections of the nacelles off/out and turning them around 180°), the original connecting ventral wing part with the landing gear wells were turned upside down, too, the landing gear covers closed (with the respective OOB parts) and the inner wing sections modified into a gull wing, raising the engines even further. VERY complex task, and blending/re-shaping everything took a lot of PSR, too.
Under the central wing section I added a pylon left over from a Smer Curtiss SC Seahawk kit, because a massive Do 18-esque construction was out of question for a fast jet aircraft. The gaps were filled with putty, too.
In order to keep the stabilizers free from water spray they were moved upwards on the fin, too. The original attachment points were sanded away and hidden under putty, and the OOB stabilizers placed almost at the top at the fin.
Finding suitable stub wings/floats became a challenge: they have to be relatively thick (yielding buoyancy and also offering room for the retractable landing gear), but also short with not-so-rounded tips. It took a while until I found suitable donor parts in the form of the tips of an 1:32 AH-64 Apache (!) stabilizer! They were simply cut off, and openings for the main landing gear cut into their lower sides.
Once glued to the lower flanks and the stabilizers in place it was time to place the wing. In the meantime the moved cockpit had been blended to the fuselage, and initial tests indicated that the pylon would have to be placed right behind the canopy – actually on top of the end of the clear part. As a consequence the canopy was cut into pieces and its rear section integrated into the fuselage (more PSR).
However, the relatively thin and slender central pylon from the Curtiss SC indicated that some more struts would be necessary in order to ensure stability – very retro, and not really suited for a jet-powered aircraft. And the more I looked at the layout, the more I became convinced that the wings and engines were in a plausible position, but placed too high.
What started next were several sessions in which I shortened the pylon step by step, until I was satisfied with the overall proportions. This went so far that almost everything of the pylon had gone, and the wings almost rested directly on the Me 262’s spine!
However, this new layout offered the benefit of rendering the extra struts obsolete, since I decided to fill the small gap between wing and fuselage into a single, massive fairing. This would also mean more internal space, and consequently the original idea of a jet-powered combat aircraft was modified into a fast multi-purpose amphibian vehicle for special tasks, capable of transporting personnel behind enemy lines with a quick move.
More PSR, though, and after some finishing touches like a scratched landing gear (front leg/wheel from an Italeri Bae Hawk, main struts from a Mistercraft PZL Iskra trainer, wheels from an Academy OV-10 Bronco and with improvised covers), several antennae and mooring lugs made from wire, the aircraft was ready for painting. On the downside, though, almost any surface detail had been lost due to the massive, overall body sculpting – but the application of the light zigzag pattern helped to recreate some “illusionary” details like flaps or panel lines. ;-)
Painting and markings:
Originally, when the Seeschwalbe was still conceived as a fighter, the model was to receive a daylight scheme in typical German naval aircraft colors (RLM 72/73/65). But this plan changed when the aircraft’s role became a ‘special purpose’ transporter for covert operations.
Nocturnal operations appeared plausible, so that the scheme became much more murky: from above, a splinter scheme with RLM 73 and RLM 74 (naval dark green and dark, greenish grey, both from the ModelMaster Authentic enamel paint range) was applied as a basis, and the undersides became black – as if standard daylight colors had been overpainted, a frequent practice.
Since this black paint was made from soot, it easily wore away and many Luftwaffe machines with improvised black undersides quickly gained a rather shaggy look. I wanted to re-create this look, and built up the lower paint accordingly: In an initial step, RLM76 (I used Humbrol 87, which is a tad darker than the RLM tone, for less contrast with the black) was painted on the lower wing surfaces, the fuselage with a medium waterline and the fin. Once dry, the national marking decals were added. Then a coat of thinned Revell Acrylics 6 Tar Black was applied on top of the lower surfaces, including the lower decals, and later wet-sanded in order to reveal some of the grey underneath for a worn look.
In order to break up the aircraft’s outlines, esp. at low altitude, a disruptive meander pattern in light grey (RLM 76) was painted on top of the upper surfaces. For this task, I thinned Humbrol’s 247 enamel and used a simple brush, painting the curls free-handedly. The finish looks pretty convincing, and it mimics well the technique with which those improvised patterns were applied in the field in real life: quickly, with anything at hand. The way the finish turned out, the pattern could have been applied with a broad brush – the use of a spray gun was rather uncommon, and IMHO the use of an airbrush on a model to recreate such a zigzag pattern rarely leads to convincing results?
This pattern was painted tightly around all the upper markings, and the markings themselves were kept at a minimum. For instance, the tactical code only comprises the aircraft’s individual letter “Blue O” behind the fuselage cross, which indicates an air staff machine. This would, following the official German squadron code system, be confirmed by an “A”, following as a fourth digit. The squadron’s code (“P7”, which is fictional, just like the aircraft’s sea reconnaissance squadron itself) was omitted, too. Such minimal markings became a frequent practice towards the final war stages, though, and it fits the aircraft’s special duty role well. The only individual marking is a squadron badge under the cockpit – lent from an Italian night fighter and placed on a dark blue disc. Another, subtle indicator for the aircraft’s operator are the blue air intake center bodies, repeating the staff flight’s blue color code.
Only some light weathering was done, with dry-brushed light grey on the leading edges, and finally the kit was sealed with matt acrylic varnish (Italeri). In a final step, some very light dry-brushing with aluminum was done on some of the fuselage edges, esp. the spray dams, and the position lights were painted with translucent paint over a silver base.
A messy project, in many ways, but I am happy with result. Most stunning is IMHO the fact that all major parts for this compact flying boat actually come from a single, simple Me 262 kit – but visually there’s not much of the left from the jet fighter. But it’s also amazing that the proportions look right, and the whole thing quite plausible and Dornier-esque! Turned out better than expected.
Staff Sgt. Chantel Thibeaux, Joint Base-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, dental assistant instructor, pauses for a moment during a portrait session. Thibeaux, 27, is scheduled to have double mastectomy surgery at the San Antonio Medical Center to remove the cancer from both breasts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.)
Wendell Thibeaux, husband of Staff Sgt. Chantel Thibeaux, Dental technical school, Joint Base-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, dental assistant instructor, hug prior to Chantel's double mastectomy surgery. Thibeaux, 27, the youngest breast cancer patient at San Antonio Medical Center, was diagnosed with breast cancer in Feb. 2014 after Wendell encouraged her to get a lump on her breast checked. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.)
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Staff Sgt. Chantel Thibeaux, Joint Base-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, dental assistant instructor, smiles as her mother Carla gives her a hug. Thibeaux, 27, the youngest breast cancer patient at San Antonio Medical Center, was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2014. Her mother Carla scheduled administrative leave to be there for Thibeaux and her family during double mastectomy surgery. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.)
Whatever it is you're going through,
persist through it knowing there's a way out;
you can overcome it and come out alright,
and He'll be with you every step of the way.
(The funny thing is that when I turn them over it says "come over." lol whoops. :P Drew on with eyeliner.)
We will overcome, by the blood of the lamb and the words of our testimony
-Jeremy Camp, Overcome
“Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.”
― Helen Keller
The 1st shoot of 2012 for Prisana. We shot on location in Norcross, GA.
Prisana (Visions Model)
Height: 66 Inches
Weight: 121
Measurements: 32-26-33
Ethnicity: Black
Eye color: Brown
Hair color:Brown
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I used this image on my blog, Blogussion to focus on overcoming the challenges of blogging.
They are constantly checking your statistics, tweaking your design, and using social media like twitter and facebook instead of doing work.
Staff Sgt. Chantel Thibeaux, Joint Base-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, dental assistant instructor, stands up for the first time after double mastectomy surgery. Thibeaux, 27, was one of the youngest breast cancer patients at the San Antonio Medical Center to have double mastectomy surgery. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.)
On December 18, 2018, FDNY members, family and friends gathered at the Shrine Church of Saint Jude for a mass in remembrance of the 20th anniversary of the Vandalia Avenue fire, in which three FDNY members made the Supreme Sacrifice. On December 18, 1998, FDNY Lieutenant Joseph Cavalieri, Firefighter James Bohan, and Firefighter Christopher Bopp were operating at a 10-story senior citizens’ residence at 17 Vandalia Avenue in Brooklyn when they were overcome by a wind-driven fire. The remembrance mass was hosted by Battalion 58, Engine 257, and Ladder 170; and was presided over by FDNY Chaplain Rev. Msgr. John Delendick.
"God doesn't hand you an easy life because you will grow in it. He hands you a dream with hurdles, obstacles, setbacks, battles and challenges because he knows the real you is at the finishing line." – Shannon L. Alder
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Chan, Lin, and Le, all 12 years old, had the same experience of being raped by a village elder in their hometown in Cambodia. The three girls did not disclose the information to anybody even though it happened many times to them. Now, this is the third month of the three girls living in a Trauma Recovery Center. They receive counselling, medical check-ups, health care, vaccination, education and creative activities such as weaving, dancing, planting vegetables and sports.
AUGUSTA, Ga., Feb.12, 2014 – A Georgia National Guardsman with the 165th Air Support Operations Squadron, Georgia Air National Guard, knocks the ice crystals formed on a Georgia Guard Humvee as part of a vehicle inspection at the 878th Engineer Battalion Readiness Center in Augusta.
The 165th ASOS is preparing for a mission to patrol Interstate 20 to provide emergency service and support to civil authorities and to the residents of Georgia hit hard by Winter Storm Pax.
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Designer: Lin Rangyu (林让玉)
1978, March
Overcome technical difficulties to enable our contributions to realize the Four Modernizations
Gongke jishu guan wei shixian sige xiandaihua zuo gongxian (攻克技术关为实现四个现代化做贡献)
Call nr.: PC-1978-004 (Private collection)
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Overcome lyrics taken from Revelation 12:10-12
Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”
59/365. Overcoming.
You go forward, tearing down walls that are put forward until finally you get to your goal.
A spontaneous photo, I love the candid shots and of course, in B & w.
While you sleep all, I'll stay studying me of the night: (
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Superación.
Vas avanzando, derribando los muros que se ponen delante, hasta que finalmente, llegas a tu meta.
Una foto espontánea, Me encantan las fotos espontáneas y como no, en B&w.
Mientras todos dormís, yo me quedare estudiando parte de la noche :(
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Staff Sgt. Chantel Thibeaux, Joint Base-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, dental assistant instructor, exuberantly lifts her hands with the U.S. flag one day prior to having double mastectomy surgery to remove cancer from both of her breasts. Thibeaux, 27, one of the youngest breast cancer patients at the San Antonio Medical Center, has battled with the disease since Feb. 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.)
Staff Sgt. Chantel Thibeaux, Joint Base-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, dental assistant instructor, hold onto a wig she would wear after her chemotherapy treatments. After doctors diagnosed her with cancer in Feb. 2014, Thibeaux's initial concerns were family, death and her hair. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.)