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"G'day mates! As you know, I'm Phoebe and I'm here to tell you all about the things I love. My own personal style is called "Fair Go". Or at least that's what I call it. It's inspired by bohemian style, American 60's - 80's fashions, and a splash of vintage wear. It originated after I finished boarding school and it really let me express myself the way I wanted to because during my years at the school, I was required to wear a uniform most of the time.
As for a favorite place, I don't really have one, but I absolutely love sunsets so I decided that a sunset must incorporated into my photo this week. They're really soothing and relaxing to me.
Now, just to give ya' a little more insight on me loves and loathes, here's a list of random things.
Loves: Sunsets, ponytails, night surfing, feather earrings, bananas, natural makeup, swimming, diving, beach volleyball, whales, zebras, vibrant blue nail polish, green eyes, tall blokes, riding in the car with the windows rolled down and volume tuned up super loud, laughing hard at something that's not really funny, fizzy drinks, flip flops, singing in the shower, family cook outs, whipping my hair back and forth, dancing when there's no music on, stargazing in the middle of the night, airplane takeoffs and landings, mango smoothies, fuzzy socks, beauty marks
Loathes: motorcycles accidents, failing my Mum, mopping the floor, cooking dinner, a bloke who wears to much cologne, sand under my bathers, doing my hair, stickers, vegan burgers, rainy days, catching a cold, cockroaches
- Catch ya' later, Phoebe"
Apologies for taking a while to finish the photo and write the description.
This week I'm actually happy with the outcome of my photo. Though the posing in the shot is a little awkward, it works for me because it kinda shows that she's has her quirks and that what makes her different, makes her stand out.
Again, sorry for the wait, but I'm hoping you guys like this photo. ;3
With all of PN Intermodals GT42s overhauled and repainted into the dull PN Blue the only quirk you can find on the intermodal division is "PN014". 8314 is seen at heading south of Ayr leading 87P4 Townsville to Moolabin express intermodal. 5/06/21
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Columbia's military has some unusual quirks, stemming from Columbia's short history and strategic location.
The Navy (technically the Naval corps) is by far the most prestigious branch of the military. Sporting pristine blue uniforms, using the best possible technology, and constantly on the move protecting Columbia and her interests around the world, the navy is the dream of every Columbian schoolboy.
The Air Corps is only a decade old, and is dramatically underfunded. Few in the government see a need for more airplanes, and the corps can barely field more than a few dozen at a time. However, due to the work of several brilliant designers, the planes they do have are world-class in speed and performance. Given the seaplanes often mounted on cruisers and other capital ships, the Air Corps collaborate closely with the Navy.
The Gun Corps is essentially the Navy's little brother. Constantly getting hand-me-down weapons, and always the butt of jokes by visiting sailors, the Gun Corps is relegated to sitting on shore while the Navy goes off to fight. It's an important job, maintaining all of Columbia's coastal defenses, but nobody ever seems to remember that. The new commander has been pushing heavily for flashy, big-budget fortresses, over the heads of his experienced officers, in a bid to gain prestige. Or influence. Or to simply to remind the Navy they exist.
Due to Columbia's isolated location and inhospitable terrain, the Land Corps sees remarkably little action. The Marines, part of the Navy, fight all Columbia's overseas battles, while the Land Corps is relegated to homeland defense. In contrast with the ornate naval bases spread throughout the Specific Ocean, the bulk of the Land Corps is exiled to the rustic South Coast, where they are left entirely to their own devices. As a result, the land Corps is unofficially both skunk works and crazy farm for the Columbian military.
Retro lighthouse built using parts from 910 Universal Building Set (1976). This was done for my LUG's Island building challenge. It includes a couple of quirks of 1970's Lego design such as lack of internal floors and scale discrepancies.
RD14800. The replica Spooner Boat on display in Minffordd Yard on the 2ft gauge Ffestiniog Railway in North Wales during the 2017 'Quirks & Curiosities II' gala weekend.
The original was built as an inspection vehicle and as private transport for the Spooner family. It (she?) was destroyed in a head on collision with an up train in 1886 and it wasn't until 2005 that the amazing sight of a Spooner Boat, this time a replica, could be seen gracing the Ffestiniog rails.
Full details of this curious and unique vehicle can be read here : www.festipedia.org.uk/wiki/The_Boat
Sunday, 30th April, 2017. Copyright © Ron Fisher.
Certain nameless quirks of design give a time away, marking this structure as the first half of last century, not older or later. Individually paned windows and wooden shingles, that very pre-war feeling. It's had a battle of its own, you know, with years of wind and disrepair and permanent obsolesce. It's become a canvas for what nature throws at it, reflection for the best and worst of weather. There are colours that come out in the rain that never appear elsewhen – like that purpley shade of rusted metal, bluing the iron oxide down a little. Everything gathers this whispering mystery, warm and cold at once. It's only a few minutes from twilight now, and even though the sky hasn't borrowed that old familiar shade yet, it's coming. What a perfectly precarious edge of beauty we've been tripping along. Time turns in on itself, and I've got nothing but commitment for living on the edge.
February 17, 2023
Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia
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To discover that metaphysical Tree which hid
From my worldling look its brilliant vein
Far deeper in gross wood
Than axe could cut.
But before I might blind sense
To see with the spotless soul,
Each particular quirk so ravished me
Every pock and stain bulked more beautiful
Than flesh of any body
Flawed by love's prints.
— Sylvia Plath “On The Plethora Of Dryads”
I had a kickass self portrait in mind for this, but this photo happened instead. +1 in comments.
I’ve had the opportunity so far of being featured in Hard Workers Blog, in Moustache Magazine, and local exhibition, Forever Young. Coming up, I’m going to be in Quirk Quarterly, and two more creative blogs. My goal from here is to further all I do, especially digital photography. I don’t consider myself a photographer yet as, bar one or two shots that worked exceptionally, I don’t find any of my work particularly outstanding. I want to be able to look at my stream and see work like Karrah or Grant – two of my favourite photographers on Flickr. I want to be able to take a scene and make it into what I want from it. I plan to work on this everyday, and make it a part of my life. Another goal is to be in Frankie Magazine, because it’s beautiful and I support all it stands for.
If you’re interested in doing a collab, please let me know! Or If you live in Queensland and want to do a shoot together or do some modelling I’d love to get to know fellow Flickr artists and photographers. I feel there’s such a community on here waiting to happen. Also, if you’re keen to write a testimonial, like my facebook, or follow me on tumblr, that would be swell.
Basically, the number 10,000 blows my mind. I can’t believe the response I’ve had to my work, it feels like not along ago i was writing my 1000 view thank you. Every single view means that someone has taken the time to glance at something I’ve done and I can’t thank you enough. It’s that sickly feeling when I don’t upload for a while that keeps me going. It’s that feeling when I realise people are responding to what I’m doing and relating to it. It means the world, and i wish i could thank you each individually and give you cupcakes.
But for now, a silly beach typography photo will have to do. :)
Savannah
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New wellies. We are a Wellyboots family. I love to be outside with my kiddos and I really enjoy seeing them rolling in the grass and being tempted by a puddle. They love to wear them everywhere, I have even removed wellies from little feet while they were asleep in bed. I wondered what adventures they would have with the Sandman. Whatever they're dreaming of I bet they are all wearing their wellies.
"Calendar Quirk Exacerbates Government Deficit Figure " by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS via NYT t.co/mLlz3qLruQ (via Twitter twitter.com/felipemassone/status/664949434103541760)
I styled and photographed this cover for Quirk Books. Published in September 2014. Read more here: call-small.blogspot.com/2014/06/horrorstor-book-cover.html
This camera was acquired last year (2018). It works but it has it's quirks. The second iris does not seem to close when the shutter is cocked so I have to put my hand over the lens each time I cock the shutter. Other than that I shot a successful roll of TMAX 100 with it. The 1/800th of a second availability is a nice feature. I found an in depth description of the Chevron on the web and have quoted it below for folks wanting to know more about this odd but cool camera:
"By the early 1950s, demand for an extremely expensive and heavy camera like the Medalist was waning, so Kodak looked for a replacement model that would take the Medalist’s place as Kodak’s top of the line medium format camera. That new model would debut in 1953 as the Kodak Chevron.
Kodak knew that in order to get people to buy the Chevron, they had to make some cuts to lower the price. The most obvious was a reduction in size from 6×9 to 6×6, the Chevron is physically smaller and weighs about 150 grams less than the Medalist II. Gone was the excellent 5-element Ektar 100mm f/3.5 lens and in it’s replace was a still very good 4-element 78mm Ektar. The top plate shutter release with auto cocking shutter was also replaced with a simpler lens mounted shutter release and manual cocking lever similar to the also new Kodak Signet 35 which was released at the same time as the Chevron.
The focusing system was also simplified in the Chevron. Instead of a brass double helix from the Medalist, the Chevron had a simplified single helix with unit mount focusing. Whether or not this had any effect on focus accuracy is probably negligible. On the upside, the focus wheel used ball-bearings to improve focus smoothness, something which is evident when comparing the Chevron to the Medalist.
Perhaps the biggest upgrade to the Chevron was Kodak’s new Synchro-Rapid 800 shutter which at the time was billed as the “world’s fastest between the lens shutter” offering flash sync at all speeds, even the top 1/800 speed – something that no focal plane shutter can do, even today. To accomplish the feat of a 1/800 shutter speed, the Synchro-Rapid 800 employs two sets of shutter blades. The first is a rotating 5-blade shutter whose blades rotate clockwise when cocked, and rotate back counter-clockwise to make the exposure. While cocking the shutter, the unique shape of the main shutter completely opens, allowing light to pass through, so a second 2-blade shutter acts as a blackout curtain behind the primary shutter and only closes during the process of the front shutter being cocked. When the shutter is fired, the blades rotate back 180 degrees counter-clockwise, exposing the film."
The RAF BBMF Lancaster, PA474, is currently painted to represent an aircraft which served with No 617 Squadron after the Dams Raid.
Some of the specially-modified Type 464 Lancasters, which survived the Dams Raid, remained in service with No 617 Squadron afterwards.
However, these aircraft were not suitable for all operations and the Squadron needed replacement, standard Lancasters, as well as replacement crews to make up losses. One of the brand-new aircraft delivered to the unit to meet this need was Lancaster B1 DV385.
Lancaster DV385 was built by Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd at Trafford Park, Manchester, at a stage of the war when the average build time for a Lancaster was 8 weeks. DV385 rolled off the production line in October 1943. It was delivered to No 617 Squadron at RAF Coningsby (by a quirk of fate now the home to the RAF BBMF Lancaster PA474) in November 1943 and given the squadron codes ‘KC-A’. The aircraft was retro-fitted with bulged bomb-bay doors enabling it to carry one of the huge 12,000-lb HC ‘thin-case’ ‘blockbuster’ blast bombs or a 12,000-lb ‘Tallboy’ bomb internally. DV385’s first bombing mission was flown on 16th December 1943; this was the first of four ‘ops’ it flew from Coningsby, three of them captained by Flight Lieutenant Tom O’Shaughnessy to drop 12,000-lb HC bombs against V-weapon sites in France. On 9th January 1944, 617 Squadron moved the few miles north to Woodhall Spa, taking DV385 with them.
RD14881. Inspired by the famous 'Galloping Goose' railcars of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad in the Rocky Mountains, USA, The Goose is a 2ft gauge version built 'in house' at the private Statfold Barn Railway in Staffordshire.
Along with numerous other weird and wonderful contraptions, it was visiting the Ffestiniog Railway in North Wales for their 'Quirks & Curiosities II' weekend and in this shot it is seen at Porthmadog Harbour Station coupled to Davenport 0-4-0 RYAM SUGAR COMPANY No.1 which was built in 1917.
The Ryam Sugar Company is in India and when they had finished with it, they simply dumped it. It fell into dereliction with trees growing through the wheels and motion! However, it was imported from India in 2013 and, despite its deplorable condition, lovingly restored to its former glory at the private Statfold Barn Railway in Staffordshire.
Sunday, 30th April, 2017. Copyright © Ron Fisher.
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American postcard by Max B. Sheffer Card Co., Chicago (M.B.S.C.Co.). Photo: First National. Constance Talmadge as Polly Peacham in Polly of the Follies (John Emerson, 1922).
Constance Talmadge (1898-1973) was an actress of the American silent screen. Talmadge had her breakthrough as the tomboyish Mountain Girl in D.W. Griffith's Intolerance (1916). Talmadge appeared in over 80 films, mostly comedies of manners. Together with her sister Norma, Constance Talmadge was billed as one of the biggest stars of the twenties.
Constance Alice Talmadge was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1898 (some sources say 1897, and 1903-1973 is engraved on her tomb marker.) Her parents were Fred and Peg Talmadge and her older sisters were the future actresses Norma and Natalie Talmadge. Her father was an alcoholic and left them when she was still very young. Reportedly, his daughter announced "We're hungry!" to him one Christmas morning when there was no money in the house and no food in the icebox. "Okay, kiddies, I'll go out and buy some hamburgers," replied Fred, and he walked away from their Brooklyn apartment and never returned. Peg Talmadge made a living for her family by doing laundry, giving art classes, and selling cosmetics and raised her three daughters alone. Constance was nicknamed 'Dutch' by her mother, because of her adorable blond good looks as a plump little girl. Greta de Groat at Women Film Pioneers Project: "Constance was a tall, gawky blond, not particularly pretty but with a face full of mischief." When a friend recommended that Constance's mother use another sister Norma as a model for title slides in flickers, which were shown in the early nickelodeons, Peg decided to do so. This led the three sisters into an acting career. In 1914, Constance made her film debut at Vitagraph on Avenue W in the Flatbush section of New York in the short silent comedy In Bridal Attire (Lee Beggs, 1914) with comedian Billy Quirk. From her earliest film roles, it was evident that Connie's film forte was going to be a comedy, whereas Norma's would be drama. While she started at Vitagraph in 1914, Constance Talmadge had her breakthrough as the tomboyish Mountain Girl, while she also played princess Marguerite de Valois in the same film, D.W. Griffith's Intolerance (1916). So popular was her character of the Mountain Girl, that when Griffith in 1919 released a single-story version of the Babylonian episode of Intolerance, The Fall of Babylon, he filmed her character a happy ending, instead of her death in Intolerance. Talmadge appeared in over 80 films, mostly comedies of manners, for which Anita Loos wrote several scripts, such as A Pair of Silk Stockings (1918), Happiness à la Mode (1919), Romance and Arabella (1919), Wedding Bells (1921), and The Primitive Lover (1922). Together with her sister Norma, Constance Talmadge was billed as one of the biggest stars of the twenties.
Constance Talmadge worked for Paramount-Famous Players and formed her own production company as well. One of her great successes was Her Sister From Paris (Sidney Franklin, 1925), in which a new British actor named Ronald Colman was her leading man. She usually played a willful young woman who was constantly having misunderstandings with the men in her life. Her sister Nathalie had married comedian Buster Keaton and Constance had a funny uncredited bit part in her brother-in-law's comedy classic Seven Chances (Buster Keaton, 1925), as the girl driving a car who so distracts Buster that he crashes into a tree with his own car. She was also quite delightfully funny in another surviving comedy, The Duchess of Buffalo (Sidney Franklin, 1926) with Tullio Carminati. With the advent of sound film in 1929, Norma did make a handful of appearances in talking films. In 1929, Time magazine reported that Constance had become bored with film making. Constance however refused to take the voice test for the new sound medium and made one last silent film in France, Vénus (Louis Mercanton, 1929) with André Roanne and Jean Murat, before retiring from the screen. Her adoring public never got to hear her voice. Gary Brumburgh at IMDb: "The notion that they willingly abandoned their careers while very much on top does not quite ring true. Both she and Norma's pronounced and rather squeaky Brooklyn accent did not prove all that suitable for talkies (particularly for the dramatic Norma) and it's more likely that they left Hollywood on their own terms before they were shunned." The three sisters retired altogether, investing in real estate and other business ventures. In 1927, they had opened the Talmadge Park real estate development in San Diego, California, USA. Now known as the Talmadge district, the development contains streets named for each of the sisters. The district is located about one mile southwest of the San Diego State University campus. Like Norma and Natalie, Talmadge succumbed to substance abuse and alcoholism later in life. Constance also had many failed affairs and relationships, and four marriages; all the unions were childless. Her first marriage, to John Pialoglou, a Greek tobacco importer, occurred in 1920 at a double wedding with Dorothy Gish and James Rennie; she divorced Pialoglou two years later. She married a Scottish officer, Captain Alastair William Mackintosh (grandfather of author Edward St Aubyn), in February 1926, divorcing him in 1927 on grounds of adultery. Then she married Townsend Netcher, a Chicago merchant, in May 1929, divorcing him in 1931. In 1939 her marriage to Walter Michael Giblin followed, which lasted until his death in 1964. Along with Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and her sister Norma Talmadge, Constance inaugurated the tradition of placing her footprints in concrete in the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theatre. To make her panel unique, she walked across it leaving five footprints. Her panel is located directly behind the box office. Constance Talmadge passed away in 1973 in California Hospital in Los Angeles. She was 73. Connie made 83 films between 1914 and 1929. Only a few of her films survive today. In 1978 writer Anita Loos published a memoir of Constance and Norma entitled The Talmadge Girls. She had written scripts for their film projects for several years in the 1910s and 1920s and was a confidante to Peg and the girls. A much earlier, and rarer, the book was written by Peg Talmadge herself, 'The Talmadge Sisters: Norma, Constance, Natalie - An Intimate Story Of The World's Most Famous Screen Family' (1924). Greta de Groat: "In their own times Constance Talmadge was the lower-profile sister, but today she is more familiar than Norma, and her madcap antics may be seen as a precursor to the screwball comedies of the 1930s."
Sources: Greta de Groat (Women Film Pioneers Project), Gary Brumburgh (IMDb), The New York Times, Golden Silents, Wikipedia, and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
RD14914. The Goose, the Davenport 0-4-0 and 0-4-0T CHUQUITANTA at Porthmadog Harbour Station on the 2ft gauge Ffestiniog Railway in North Wales.
Inspired by the famous 'Galloping Goose' railcars of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad in the Rocky Mountains, USA, The Goose is a 2ft gauge version built 'in house' at the private Statfold Barn Railway in Staffordshire, while the Davenport 0-4-0 RYAM SUGAR COMPANY No.1, built in 1917 for a sugar company in India; when they had finished with the locomotive, they simply dumped it.
It fell into dereliction with trees growing through the wheels and motion! However, it was imported from India in 2013 and, despite its deplorable condition, lovingly restored to its former glory, also at the private Statfold Barn Railway in Staffordshire.
Weighing only 3½ tons, the dinky little 0-4-0T called CHUQUITANTA was built in Belgium by SA Marchinelle & Couillet in 1885 and was originally 500mm gauge. It was built for Paul Decauville and was supplied to a sugar plantation in Peru.
Discovered on static display inside a restaurant in Peru, it was bought for preservation and came to England in 2004 with a return to steam in 2016. CHUQUITANTA normally lives on the private Richmond Light Railway in Kent.
Along with numerous other weird and wonderful contraptions, they were visiting the 2ft gauge Ffestiniog Railway & Welsh Highland Railways for their 'Quirks & Curiosities II' weekend.
Monday, 1st May, 2017. Copyright © Ron Fisher.
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Rally for Medical Research supporting investments in medical research and NIH, Carnegie Library, Washington, DC
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RD14913. The Goose, the Davenport 0-4-0 and 0-4-0T CHUQUITANTA at Porthmadog Harbour Station on the 2ft gauge Ffestiniog Railway in North Wales.
Inspired by the famous 'Galloping Goose' railcars of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad in the Rocky Mountains, USA, The Goose is a 2ft gauge version built 'in house' at the private Statfold Barn Railway in Staffordshire, while the Davenport 0-4-0 RYAM SUGAR COMPANY No.1, built in 1917for a sugar company in India; when they had finished with the locomotive, they simply dumped it.
It fell into dereliction with trees growing through the wheels and motion! However, it was imported from India in 2013 and, despite its deplorable condition, lovingly restored to its former glory, also at the private Statfold Barn Railway in Staffordshire.
Weighing only 3½ tons, the dinky little 0-4-0T called CHUQUITANTA was built in Belgium by SA Marchinelle & Couillet in 1885 and was originally 500mm gauge. It was built for Paul Decauville and was supplied to a sugar plantation in Peru.
Discovered on static display inside a restaurant in Peru, it was bought for preservation and came to England in 2004 with a return to steam in 2016. CHUQUITANTA normally lives on the private Richmond Light Railway in Kent.
Along with numerous other weird and wonderful contraptions, they were visiting the 2ft gauge Ffestiniog Railway & Welsh Highland Railways for their 'Quirks & Curiosities II' weekend.
Monday, 1st May, 2017. Copyright © Ron Fisher.
Notes : Mayor Peter Quirk and Council staff lower the time capsule, to commemorate the passing of Halley's Comet, into the ground at Echo Point, Katoomba. The capsule is to be raised in 2062.
Mostly council engineers, partly identified as L to R, Henry Kullas; Mayor Peter Quirk; David Emerson, Blue Mountains Town Artist; (unknown) (unknown); Graham Price at back; (unknown); Bill Mills, right front; (unknown) ; Reg McBey at right back; musician Nigel Foote in True Blue top.
Format: B&W photograph
Location: now somewhere under the redeveloped Echo Point, Katoomba
Date range: March 1987
Licensing: Attribution, share alike, creative commons.
Repository: Blue Mountains City Library - library.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/
Part of: Local Studies Collection - VF Time Capsules, VF Halley's Comet
Provenance: John Falloon
Links:
Halley's comet - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet
David Emerson - digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/6388
Photographer & Make up: Nagi Marie Quirk
Model: Brylee Williamson
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RD14945. The 2ft gauge Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway held a 'Quirks & Curiosities II” Gala over the May Day Bank Holiday weekend in 2017. This culminated with a Grand Cavalcade of all the visiting quirks and curiosities at Porthmadog Harbour Station on the Monday and adding a splash of colour to the proceedings was POLAR BEAR, a 2ft Bagnall 2-4-0T built for the Groudle Glen Railway on the Isle of Man in 1905.
She now lives at the Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre in West Sussex.
On the left is Kerr, Stuart 2ft gauge 0-4-0T DIANA which is now fully restored; she made her début at the Vale of Rheidol Railway over the weekend of 26th / 27th September, 2015.
She had previously worked at the Pen yr Orsedd Slate Quarry in North Wales but, prior to that, she worked at the Oakley Slate Quarries in Blaenau Ffestiniog, and even earlier she had worked on the Kerry Tramway in mid-Wales. She last worked in 1950 and languished in the back of a dark and dingy shed at Pen yr Orsedd until rescued for preservation in August, 1963 - a process that has taken many years, and several owners, to compete.
She is now a credit to her present owner and the team that worked on her in the Vale of Rheidol Railway's splendid new workshops at Aberystwyth.
Monday, 1st May, 2017. Copyright © Ron Fisher.
I just adore her freckles -- a bit too much! S'cute.
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The Renault 16 debuted in 1965. Considered by many as the progenitor of the modern hatchback, the R16 featured a mid-size body design with the internal comfort of a saloon, and the load flexibility of a wagon.
The layout, aped that of the Citroen Traction Avant and DS, with the engine mounted longitudinally, rearward of the front axle, with the drive taken forward. This layout provided good axle balance and inertial properties, but made mechanical servicing to the engine very difficult.
Front suspension was by double wishbones, with long longitudinal torsion bar springs providing supple suspension travel. This was enhanced further by a rear suspension with trailing arms, each sprung by a transverse torsion bar anchored to the opposite side of the body. This made for the unusual arrangement that the wheelbase differed between each side of the car, as there was a 70mm offset between the torsion bar positions. The R16 is noted for having the longest suspension travel in any passenger car of the time.
Performance was brisk enough for the time, particularly for the 16TS (shown) which featured a Cross-flow 1,565cc engine producing 84 PS (63 kW) permitting 160 km/h from a relatively aerodynamic body design.
Being French, the R16 was also full of small deign quirks, some endearing, and others frustrating. Having owned two myself, the very feeble fan during hot weather, paired with a feeble heating system during cold, was not ideal where I lived.
Overall, the 16 was a landmark car in design and execution. This model is about the fourth version of this Renault 16 that I have created,
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Quirk of French Motoring #1: Microcars.
Microcars seemed more popular than even on my visit to France this year. I've no idea what make this one is...
PERKS & QUIRKS:
2nd gen MBT
Gun: 120mm (+1)
Armor: M60/T-62 (+0)
Speed: 80km/h (+1)
Ices Up: -1
Poor Dismount Layout: -1
Ah, the Super Sphinx... that was a good tank. *Sips*
But not quite good enough.
While the original Sphinx MBT had been developed late in the aftermath of the second global war, its introduction came somewhat behind that of most others of its class. Before its upgraded successor the Super Sphinx was even introduced, an entirely new design had been planned since the late 50's. The Osirian Army's Tank Crafting Administration had awarded contracts to famed automotive manufacturers Sekhem, Seshan, and Uraeus to help with the designing and manufacturing of the vehicle, seeing how productive previous forays into the Osirian private sector have been. This turned out to be a huge step in the right direction, according to defense analysts.
Many of the problems of the previous Sphinx were solved in addition to the numerous advantages the new design was able to offer. First of all, the auto giants were able to convince the Army to make a "normal" tank for once, at a relatively normal size compared to its contemporaries. It however retained the same armor strength, and added a new Royal Arms 120mm smoothbore cannon (that one extra millimeter matters a lot). A completely brand-new engine was offered by Sekhem to trade a bit of speed for efficiency, which was probably the hardest thing to convince the Army into, but still the tank remains faster than many of its contemporaries. Overall, the vehicle is much more conventional, more reliable, deadlier, and safer... for the most part. It still has the typical Osirian issue of a distinct lack of proper hatches for the driver. At this point becoming an Osirian tank driver is known for requiring awareness of the potential hazards of the occupation. Maybe that's why they drive so fast...
The Osirian Army officially ordered its production batch of Sphinx II tanks in 1968. However, its entry into service was delayed due to the "favorable" performance of the Super Sphinx, with its superior speed. Slowly, over the years, with much pushing from the private sector, one by one the Sphinx II battalions were activated. It would take an otherworldy demonic invasion to give the Army the kick in the ass it needed to throw the vehicle into full combat service, where it essentially blew the Super Sphinx out of the water, outliving the vast majority of them during the first year of the conflict. Unfortunately, with the decade soon to come to a close, the Sphinx II may have a shorter service life than its contemporaries, but the Army intends for it to serve in great numbers for many years longer aside the Super Sphinx mk. II before the next generation of Osirian armor emerges from the land of the shining sands.