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One of three shots of this evening's sunset. You've seen this hill before, but I had to capture it in all its firey glory.
Rainy weather took a break yesterday, so I brought my tripod to work and shot this photo (actually, 6 photos or so for this image) on the way home
on the road
1974
truck hauling load of gm cars
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In Downtown Rayne near the train tracks. This is the only one set up like this because the lines run over a small parking area right here.
Visiting New Orleans.
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Pt. 2/2
The Skycranes, or “derricks of the sky”, can and have carried pretty much anything that doesn’t exceed their payload capacity. Their tasks during Vietnam included: vehicle transport (trucks and other lighter, wheeled vehicles), fuselage salvage and recovery, makeshift bomber (could carry the 10,000 lb “daisy cutter” bomb for clearing jungle), carring “Brown Water Navy” boats, troops, field hospitals, command posts, artillery pieces, etc. The Skycranes salvaged 380 downed aircraft during the Vietnam War, saving $210 million.
In civil use, the S-64s are still a powerful and irreplaceable heavy-lifter. They install high-voltage powerline towers, lift AC units onto highrises, fight wildfires, install antennas on broadcast towers, aid in the restoration of the Statue of Freedom, and many other things.
The model:
Features - detailed cockpit with opening doors (easily accessible), working main winch, 4 external hooks, geared rotors, stowable blades, blade holders, cargo pod with technic motor and battery box for motorization (I’ll have to design some more cargo pods in Studio that actually have a detailed interior)
The stickers are from various Brickmania Huey sticker packs. I also based the main rotor design on the Brickmania CH-53E (which was derived from the Skycrane irl) main rotor. It’s generally the same technique, but I had to do some troubleshooting to get it down to 6 blades instead of 7.
Well, this was a really fun aircraft to design and then motorize. I really needed this to get my confidence and motivation back for going into my long term ship projects this summer. I hope I can get this in Studio soon so I can maybe release the instructions for reaching 5k followers (on Instagram). Oh, and instructions of my other models are very close to being ready on Rebrickable. I’ll have more info soon.
I like all the lines going through this photo. It's a lot of fun to me!
This one was shot on a Hasselblad 500cm using Ilford HP5+. I developed it at home using Rodinal 1+50 for 11 minutes. Scanned using an Epson V600.
19th photo to hit 1k views! Thank you so much, ordering 8x8!
The beautiful scenic route of I45 leaving Galveston Island. Transmission lines in front of a forest of petrochemical plants lining Galveston Bay. For once, I wasn't driving and managed to capture this from a rapidly moving car.
I've seen this guy around and have other shots of him. But this is the latest. And the only one I have so far showing him with his catch. Fun shot!
110kv transmission line support of the "Shatura type" of 1953 in the Filevsky Park area in the west of Moscow, this transmission line support is located near the Filevsky park metro station, but soon this 110kv transmission line support will be replaced with a modern multi-faceted transmission line support