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My 2013 Disney Parks Snow White 12'' Doll has been completely deboxed. She is standing, supported by a Kaiser doll stand (not included with the doll), and is photographed from various angles.
I bought her at the Disneyland Main Street Emporium on July 7, 2013, for $19.95.
From the neck up she is almost identical to the 2012 Disney Store (DS) Classic Snow White. Her face seems to be the same as the 2012 DS Snow White. Her hairdo has been made a bit neater and more movie accurate by reducing the size of the side curls, and moving them further down the sides of her head. I like her face better than the 2011 Disney Parks Snow White doll, but her hair isn't as nice. Her body from the neck down is the same as the 2011 Disney Parks Snow White, that is she has non-articulated arms and rubber legs with internal knee joints and fixed angled feet. She is less posable than the DS dolls, but her exposed arms and legs look better than the fully articulated 2012 DS doll. Her outfit is a mixture of the ones on the old Parks doll and the 2013 DS doll. It is much more basic than the old Parks outfit, since it is missing the cape, the petticoat, and the cloth panties. Her old outfit also had a velvet bodice with gold trim, rather than a glitter covered satin bodice with no trim. Her collar is now double thickness white satin whose layers are glued together and unhemmed, rather than the hemmed double layered satin collar of the old doll. Her pale yellow skirt is less full and a bit shorter, and has a floral pattern covered in glitter, similar to the skirt of the 2013 DS doll. Finally instead of the lovely shiny gold heels of the old Parks Snow White, the new doll has pale yellow heels that match the color of her skirt. She is a decided downgrade from the old Parks Snow White doll, but I still think she is an attractive doll. But at twice the price of the 2013 DS doll, she is much less of a value.
Following is a detailed comparative review of the 2013 Parks Snow White Doll versus the 2011 Parks Snow White doll. They are also compared in less detail to the 2012 and 2013 Disney Store Classic Snow White dolls. The review is divided in various physical categories.
Head and Face: The 2013 Parks Snow White doll has same head and face as the 2012 Disney Store Classic Snow White doll, with a couple of subtle changes. Her small brown eyes are a little brighter, with a thinner ring of dark brown surrounding the light brown main area of her iris. She is glancing to her right. She has thick black eyeliner, no eyeshadow and thre short thick eyelashes over each eye. She has thin black eyebrows. Her round face has a small button nose, small mouth in an open smile, with full red lips. The color of lips is a little deeper than the 2012 DS Snow. She has full cheeks very lightly rouged. She is very pretty and much more movie accurate than the 2011 Parks doll.
The 2011 Parks Snow White doll has a longer face, with cheeks that are not as full. Her lips are a deeper and truer red, and her mouth a little more open. She has more color in her cheeks. She has larger eyes, with much larger pupils, that are looking straight ahead. Their color is a grayish darker brown than the 2013 doll, whose eyes are a light reddish brown color. The 2011 doll has four black lashes over each eye, and black eyebrows that are bit thicker than the 2013 doll, and further from her eyes, to help reduce the apparent size of her forehead. She is a very pretty doll, but not as movie accurate as the 2013 doll.
Hair: The 2013 Parks Snow White doll has short jet black in a hairdo that is based on the 2012 Disney store doll's hair, but modified to be neater and more movie accurate. The upper and lower side curls are now smaller and lower down her head. They are now more like the movie character's hairdo, and less like that of Princess Leia. Her hair has a lot of gel to keep it in place, a lot more than the 2012 DS doll, which makes it rather stiff and hard throughout. There is considerable variation in the hair style of different copies of this doll, so it is important to carefully choose the doll with the best looking hair, as it makes a big difference in the look of the doll.
The 2011 Parks Snow White doll has a very movie accurate bobbed hairdo. Her jet black hair is a bit longer than the 2013 Parks doll, reaching her shoulder in the back. It is curled innward at the ends. There is a small side curl on either side of her head, by her ears, that is stiffened and sewn in place. Elsewhere there is little or no hair product, so her hair is quite soft and smooth.
Outfit: The 2013 Parks Snow White doll has a much simplified outfit than the 2011 Parks doll, and is quite similar to that of the 2013 Disney Store doll. The dress is based on the iconic Princess dress of the movie character, but has various inaccuracies. Her bodice is dark blue satin covered in blue glitter, with puffy short sleeves made of red and light blue satin stripes. The end of the sleeves are trimmed in gold, which is a nice touch, except that they are mostly hidden by the puffy sleeves. The 2012 DS doll actually has more movie accurate sleeves, that are dark blue satin with red oval appliques. The neckline is slightly scalloped. Attached to the bodice is a very tall white satin collar, which has a pleasing rounded shape, as opposed to the square cornered collar of the 2012 DS doll. However, it is stiff satin, which appears to be two layers that are glued rather than sewed together, as was the collar of the 2012 DS doll and the 2011 Parks doll. The skirt is long and full, made of pale yellow satin, with a floral pattern (with small images of apples) covered in iridescent glitter. It is longer than that of the 2012 DS doll, but doesn't quite reach the floor. It can hold its shape fairly well due to the glitter and glue, but could definitely use a petticoat. It's pale yellow color is quite movie accurate, and the glitter pattern is very pretty and very sparkly. It is more accurate and more attractive than both the 2012 and 2013 Disney Store dolls.
The 2011 Parks Snow White doll has a very beautiful and elaborate and fairly movie accurate outfit. She has a dark blue velvet bodice with gold trim. The sleeves are longer than the 2013 doll, almost reaching her elbows, but are also made of red and blue satin stripes. However, instead of gold trim at the ends, the sleeves have red satin cuffs. There is a large white satin collar that is double layered and hemmed, and reaches around the front, whereas the 2013 collar starts at the sides. It is not as tall as the 2013 collar, and is more movie accurate in size and shape, as well as looking more finished. Her skirt is floor length and very full, helped considerably by the 3/4 length tulle petticoat underneath. It is also rounded at the top, rather than the simple A shape of the 2013 skirt. It is made of golden yellow satin, densely sprayed with gold glitter. It looks glamorous, but the glitter unfortunately sheds quite a bit. Draped across her shoulders is a 3/4 length cape made of dark pink velvet, with a pink satin liner. It would have been more accurate for it to be dark blue on the outside and red on the inside.
Shoes: The 2013 Parks Snow White doll has pale yellow high heeled shoes. The 2011 doll has mirror finish gold high heeled shoes, which look fabulous, even though the other doll's shoes are more movie accurate. To be more movie accurate, her shoes should be pale yellow, with medium heels, and bows above rounded toes.
Accessories: The 2013 Parks Snow White doll has the same yellow hairbrush with red gemstone as the 2011 doll. They both have red satin ribbons in their hair, with bows that are a little left of center. The 2013's bow is considerably larger, and looks like bowtie. The 2011 doll also has white cloth panties.
Body: Both the 2011 and 2013 Parks dolls have the same body. The arms are not articulated. The elbows and wrists are slightly bent in fixed positions. They have rubber legs which have internal knee joints and fixed angled feet. Her hip joints allow her to sit down with her legs together and her back straight up. But her knees can only bend about 40 degrees, so her legs stick out when she is sitting. In heels, the dolls stand 11 1/2 inches tall. Their skin tone is medium flesh tone.
Packaging: The 2013 Parks doll box is now rectangular, at 13'' H x 7 1/4'' W x 2 1/2'' D. The back and bottom are of double thickness cardboard, to which the doll and accessories are attached. There is a clear plastic window attached to the backing via tabs, through which the doll can be viewed from 3 sides and the top. On the back is a current Disney Princess promotional image, with background scenes from Disney Parks specific to each Princess. The box is fairly easy to take apart without damaging it, and it is sturdy and reusable.
The 2011 Parks doll box is semi-cylindrical, which measures 13 3/4'' H x 7 1/4'' W x 4'' D, so it is considerably larger than the new doll boxes. The front of the box is clear plastic, that is semi-cylindrical, so the doll can be seen from all sides except the back. The top cover is also clear plastic, and is removable. The backing with the doll attached is a separate piece that is completely removable from the box, which is necessary to debox the doll. The deboxing is trickier than for DS dolls or the 2013 Parks dolls. The box is reusable, and is sturdier than the 2013 Parks doll box.
2013 Disney Parks 12'' Princess Dolls Released in Disneyland
Disneyland Resort Anaheim (DLR) finally has the new 2013 Disney Parks 12'' Princess Dolls, which have been available in Disneyland Paris and Walt Disney World since May 2013. They are still priced at $19.95 each, which is basically twice the price of the equivalent Disney Store doll (which is frequently on sale for $10 each). They are a joint release by Disney Theme Parks Merchandise (USA) and EuroDisney (Disneyland Paris).
As of June 30, 2013, DLR had 7 of the 10 new dolls available: Cinderella, Aurora, Mermaid Ariel, Wedding Ariel, Belle, Jasmine and Rapunzel. Missing were the new Snow White, Tiana and Tinker Bell. All of the old versions of the dolls were still available. They were still selling the old (2012) Merida doll that was joint Disney Store and Disney Parks release. There hasn't been a new version released by Disney Parks so far. I bought them at the World of Disney store in Downtown Disney. The Emporium on Main Street in Disneyland had no Disney Parks Princess dolls for sale.
On my visit to DLR on July 4, 2013, they had 2 more of the Disney Parks Princess dolls available for sale: Snow White and Tiana, who are shown here in their unopened boxes. There were no new Tinker Bell dolls (in fact Tinker Bell was missing altogether), and the Merida doll was last year's model.
I purchased the new Parks Tinker Bell doll on July 7, 2013. This completes my collection of all the newly released Parks Disney Princess Collection dolls.
I will photograph them boxed, during deboxing and fully deboxed. They will also be reviewed and compared with other versions of the Disney Princess dolls.
Infographic Description
The Weight-control Information Network's "What's Your Next Move? Help Reduce Childhood Obesity" infographic starts with a call for action and has three sections.
The Call for Action is text that says, "As a parent or caregiver, you can do a lot to help your child get to and stay at a healthy weight. Start making healthy changes for you and your child today."
Section One: Know the Facts
It has a graphic with the outlines of three children, one of which is overweight. Next to it is this data from the National Health and Examination Survey (NHANES), 2009-2010 from the Centers for Disease Control, "About one-third of children and adolescents ages 6 to 19 are considered overweight or obese." Below, there is a part titled, "Percentage of Youth in the United States with Overweight or Obesity, 2009–2010." It features three bar graphs. The first graph is "Percent By Age Group: Ages 2-19." The first bar shows ages 2-5 at 26.7 percent, the second bar shows ages 6-11 at 32.6 percent, and the third bar shows ages 12-19 at 33.6 percent. The second graph is "Percent By Sex: Ages 2-19." The first bar shows girls at 30.4 percent, the second bar shows boys at 33 percent, and the third bar shows both sexes at 31.8 percent. The third graph is "Percent By Race: Ages 2-19." The first bar shows White at 29 percent, the middle bar shows Black at 41.8 percent, and the third bar shows Hispanic at 41.2 percent. This data is sourced from the NHANES, 2009-2010.
Section Two: Be Active Every Day
It has a circle graphic with the words "Children need at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day." in the center. The words are sourced to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. The outside of the circle is surrounded by the numbers 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60, positioned as if on a clock face. Outside of the numbers are outlines of six children. The first child rides a bike, the second plays basketball, the third walks a dog, the fourth jumps rope, the fifth plays hopscotch, and the sixth runs. Next to the graphic is this text, "To be healthy your child needs at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day. Break the time into smaller parts during the day; it all adds up. Here are some fun ways to get active with your child."
Section Three: Eat More Healthy Foods
It has this text, "When you practice healthy eating habits as a family, everyone wins! Help your child get to and stay at a healthy weight by serving more fruits and veggies and setting limits on sugars and fats." Below the text is a graphic of a scale or balance. On the lower side of the scale there are many fruits, vegetables, beans, and other healthy foods piled up. On the higher side of the scale there are candy, butter, sugary drinks, and other unhealthy foods.
Below all three sections of the infographic is a box with this text, "What's Your Next Move? Visit the Weight-control Information Network (WIN) website at www.win.niddk.nih.gov to learn more about how to reduce childhood obesity and download a free copy of WIN's recently updated brochure Helping Your Overweight Child."
What's Your Next Move
Under the text box, there is the WIN logo followed by this small-size text;
"The Weight-control Information Network (WIN) is a national information service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). WIN provides the general public, health professionals, and the media with science-based, up-to-date, culturally relevant materials and tips. Topics include healthy eating, barriers to physical activity, portion control, and eating and physical activity myths."
Next to this text is a part titled Sources, with this small-size text;
"Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Kit BK, Ogden CL. Prevalence of obesity and trends in the distribution of body mass index among US adults, 1999–2010. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2012; 307(5):491–497. jama.ama-assn.org/content/307/5/491External Link Disclaimer;
Ogden CL, Carroll MD, Kit BK, Flegal KM. Prevalence of obesity and trends in body mass index among US children and adolescents, 1999–2010. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2012; 307(5):483–90. jama.ama-assn.org/content/307/5/483External Link Disclaimer;
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. ODPHP Publication No. U0036. Washington, DC.: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Credit: NIDDK
www.health.gov/paguidelinesExternal Link Disclaimer."
In an attempt to save money and resources graygoosie and I walked to the store to refill our water bottles.
Maholo for reusing!
Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaii
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Work is atm determined to reduce me to a pile of hysterically screaming human being, which means I had no real doll time since I took that last picture of Kabira BUT today Alkyone came home from nolluska and she's fabulous 8D
The following conversation with my Mom occured though
Mom: oh, eww, she looks like a floater!
Moi: She's a banshee
Mom: Okay yeah, that fits too
So yeah, Alkyone is a Banshee - she's one of the older kids and does not have many friends... which kinda comes with the territory of having a tendency to start to wail when someone is about to die. And normally people prefer not to have announced that their bunny Fluffy is about to die during while having lunch. Ruins the appetite, really.
M104 Sombrero Galaxy
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sombrero_Galaxy
This is pretty borderline because of it low position in the sky from NYC and the number of telephone line that get in the way at my site. Nothing ventured, nothing gained I always say, but not much was gained :)
Equipment:
Mount-Paramount ME
Image Train:- SBIG STL 6303 -> Astrodon MOAG -> FLI PDF Focuser -> OTA
OTA: - Celestron HD14 0x7X reducer -> Cestrond C14HD
Filtration: Heutech LPS, Astrodon 3nm NB
Plate solve:
RA 12h 39m 22s, Dec -11° 35' 39"
Pos Angle +180° 07', FL 2686.0 mm, 0.69"/Pixel
Exposure: Heutech LPS prefilter, Astrodon NB
Data collection April 11,,14,16,17 2012
15 X 10 minutes bin 1 Red ( 150 minutes)
10 X 10 minutes bin 1 Grn ( 100 minutes)
10 X 10 minutes bin 1 Blue( 100 minutes)
Total time on target: ( 350 minutes) 5.84 hours
CCD AutoPilot controlling SkyX,Maxim DL,Robofolcus Imaging and guiding thru Maxim DL, Guided thru MOAG 0.2 hrz
Process: Calibration/Assembly Maxim DL, post processing PixInsite/Photohop
Body Painting by Flick / Flick Photographic / Carl Flick
Websites:
www.carlflick.com/bodypainting www.modelmayhem.com/flick
www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/533915/viewall
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Land line phone: 561-844-5488
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – “Operation Star Struck,” a U.S. Marshals-led 90-day operation to reduce violent gang crime, resulted in 126 arrests, including 43 gang members. During the Operation with concluded on October 1, law enforcement seized 52 firearms, 7.74 kg of narcotics -- to include marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin -- and more than $35,000 in currency.
The operation, conducted by the U.S. Marshals Service Eastern Arkansas Fugitive Task Force, along with the Little Rock and North Little Rock Police Department’s, Faulkner County Sheriff’s Office, Conway Police Department, Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office, Jonesboro Police Department, Arkansas Department of Corrections, Benton Police Department, Saline County Sheriff’s Office, Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation, US Attorney’s Office, Arkansas State Police and Arkansas National Guard Counter Drug Unit.
“Operation Star Struck” falls under the national framework of Operation Triple Beam, which is designed to target and arrest violent fugitives and criminal offenders who committed high-profile crimes such as homicide, felony assault and sexual assault, illegal possession of firearms, illegal drug distribution, robbery and arson. Each local, state and federal agency employed enforcement techniques and statutory authority in order to disrupt the criminal operations of violent gangs and offenders in Fort Myers and surrounding areas.
poster by Shane T. McCoy / US Marshals
My attempt at keeping was was left intact which was pretty much useless but
at least it's still somewhat there.
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Plaza Castilla, Madrid
RMC Tokina 24mm 1:2.8 (Minolta MD mount) @ f/5.6
through Quenox Focal Reducer Minolta SR - Fuji X-Mount
on Fujifilm X-E1
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From “My encounters with the Barbarians blade”, by Lady Elina Greypepper.
We had been on the slave ship for several weeks. Lay in the creaking, damp filthy stinking hold surrounded by other poor wretches, both male and female, all of us chained and hungry.
The bid for freedom came suddenly. None of us had been in a mood the past few weeks for any kind of frivolity, and even my usual stock of witty repartee had dried up. Skarr sat, sometimes lay, morose and silent. I knew she, like most Northers, hated the sea and she had puked many times, not used to being forced to make ocean crossings sober. I did not normally approve of her sometime excessive drinking, but right now I could have murdered a tankard of ale myself to deaden the pain and the smell of sitting in that stinking filth. We were all fettered below decks, Skarr more so because she had bitten off the nose of the Captain, on being boarded in chains weeks earlier. It had happened early on in the day, the slaves on deck were having their heads shaved to prevent lice and tics taking hold and reducing our value. They pushed Skarr roughly down to the deck and one of the men pulled out a huge knife and grabbed a handful of Skarr’s unruly blonde mane. I thought at first she was going to sit and suffer it being done to her, but she suddeny rose up from the deck with a Norther roar, broke the neck of the man holding her and leapt for the captain. They had collapsed together, and eventually the barbarian was wrenched off him with the mans nose in her teeth. With a glint in her eye, she swallowed the nose tip, while the man swore and held the bleeding remains of his face. Then, they wrenched her down to the deck and began to beat her with their coshes. This was it, I thought, we had not even got out of the harbour and we would be killed. But they set a high price on the Barbarian and her apothecary apprentice companion, it seemed. Our enforced haircuts forgotten, we were thrown into the dark hold, with another girl, Kefira, we later found our she was called. The guards came in to us most days and gave Skarr a few lashes with the whip, or hit her with sticks, but she remained quiet and morose, slumped in the corner under a pile of piss stained rags. We were well fettered. A large heavy iron collar was locked about my neck, short chains welded to the collar fastened to more shackles that were locked about my wrists and ankles, restricting my movement and making a horrible clanking sound every time I shited position in the cramped hold. At least I had some arm movement and could feed myself, unlike Skarr. She, like all of us, was fitted with strong manacles locked around her ankles. But unlike the other girls, they had fixed Skarr into a thick heavy wooden yoke. Her neck was fastenened into the centre hole, and her wrists pinioned either side, immovable and inescapable. She grunted with the weight occasionally, or with the discomfort of having her arms fixed up in that position permanently, but other than that the Barbarian gave no sign of her discomfort. I attempted to feed her with my own limited movement, but she often refused to eat, and when she did, it was near impossible to feed her wearing the wooden pillory as she was, and most of the gruel I attempted to spoon feed her ended up smeared all over her face.
The day of the fight came as did any other, locked in the dark stinking hold. I think it was Onag who came in to deliver our slop. The last time I had looked, Skarr had been attempting to lie down under a bundle of rags I had thrown over her. Suddenly the rags moved with unbelievable speed, with a clank of chain coming from her ankles, and she barrelled sideways into the man, thrusting her locked yoke into the sailor’s neck just under his chin. He collapsed clutching his throat. I recognised that this was now our only chance, if we were subdued again, Skarr and I would be killed instantly. How did I get myself into these situations, I wondered?
“Prepare your witchery”, she said, looking at me with a smile.
Damn her to hell, I thought. She was actually enjoying this. Witchery, I wondered? What witchery? I’d killed a goblin with a curse my granny had taught me, this situation was very different, this was armed men. And we were three chained women, three now as we had been joined by Kefira.
I noticed that Skarr had made her way up the small steps, with difficulty due to her fetters and was slamming her yoke sideways into the locked hold door. I ran after her, as best I could, but I was not quick enough as, by now, she had battered the door down and slammed her way into two crewmen armed with cutlasses, thus knocking them over.
“Pivarr san Iruktask!” she shouted at the top of her voice. I wished she could have fought more quietly, so to make easier our progress to the decks, but she insisted on shouting obscenities as she fought.
As I followed in her wake, I noticed red weals appearing on Skarr’s wrists and neck as she used her yoke as a battering ram. I also noticed that she was still firmly locked into it, the thing hadn’t even cracked and it still held her fast. With my shackled feet I managed to kick one of the guards in the face as he attempted to pull Skarr’s ankle chain out from under her. Then I felt a fist slam into the side of my head and I was down. I watched through hazy blurred vision as a crewman got hold of Skarr’s ankle chain finally and yanked her to the floor with a crash.
Witchery. I did what Granny taught me, but it was difficult, my mind kept focussing on my metal restraints, my power unable to pass beyond the locks that held me. Then I was in another place, a place of peace, with Skarr, by a river, fishing for salmon. We laughed and sang songs about old times, then I felt the heartbeat as I had with the goblin. I squeezed. Not quite hard enough. Then the power within me faded again. I remember my knees suddenly unable to hold me up and I fell to the deck. Kefira stood guard over me as Skarr kicked her feet, then the curse came to me once more, not the complete curse with which I had dispatched the goblin, but enough to distract the man slightly. Was it enough? The man cried to himself and clutched his chest as my weak magics took effect
We were done for, I thought, as the crewman struggled for his cutlass to cut Skarr’s throat. But no! I’d bought her time as, with struggling, at last, Skarr’s yoke had cracked and one arm was free.
“Davaris!” she cried, “Lavanoyka si sibarrhe!”
Unable to move now, I whimpered with the power I had wielded. I curled up into a ball, with Kefira stood over me.
The Barbarian brought her one free arm up into the mans crotch and crushed his balls to pulp. He screamed in pain, and collapsed, as Skarr again stood, battering more crew that had appeared with the half broken yoke. Then, from somewhere she had a cutlass in her free hand and was ripping into the crew with it, still half yoked and with her ankles still securely fastened. Finally, with the battering it had taken, the locks on the yoke broke and Skarr was free of it. She decapitated the remaining crewman with the cutlass and turned to me. She knelt and gripped my chains in one hand, yanking them apart and freeing my hands with the other. She stared at me with those blue eyes of hers, fixing me with her gaze, a look of tenderness passed between us, then she smiled that maniac’s smile of hers, turned to her own ankle shackles and snapped the chain in two. I did not have much time to contemplate our freedom as she was running off, blade in hand, onto the deck in the open air, to a chorus of shouts and cries. I picked up a cutlass and went to help her. By the time I got to her, she was stood on a pile of about five bodies, bleeding from a dozen cuts and wounds, the two remaining crewmen fearful of attacking her. They did so finally, Skarr finished one and I the other, muttering again the curse that came now easily to my lips. Then we were onto the upper deck. Skarr kicked down the door of the Captain’s cabin, wood spintering her bare feet. She never even paused, instead running straight to the startled noseless Captain, threw down her cutlass and ran to the nearby treasure chest. I stood watch as Skarr retrieved our belongings, and her precious Doomsayer. Smiling that strange smile of hers, she moved behind the Captain and put her hands on his throat and chin.
“Someday, you Imperials will learn that Northers do not make good slaves. Remember me to your gods.”
Then she snapped his neck suddenly and quickly, and we looked down at ourselves. Ragged, barefoot, sweating, cut and bleeding from a dozen places, and covered in puke and piss, we presented a fearsome sight. But we were once again free, even if we were adrift with a crew of slaves who had no knowledge of sailing.
The first thing to do was to wash, and we did so. Then Skarr unlocked our broken shackles and we attended each others wounds, dressed and buckled on our weapons. Skarr handed me the Captains keys. At first I wondered why, but then I remembered our fellow slaves. I handed the keys to Kefira who had appeared in the doorway. We had done it. We were on our own ship , free of our captors and on the way to Samaria.
I quickly realised that a crew of slaves captained by an apprentice apothecary and a severely seasick Norther barbarian would not amount to much. As I pondered on these thoughts and Skarr, once again, heaved her guts up over the side of the ship, the deck lifted up suddenly under our feet, with a sound of splintering wood and rending iron. We had run aground! The ship screamed as it came apart beneath us! Then we were in the water, and all I could hear was the sounds of slaves struggling in the salty foam and spray. We could see a coastline clearly now, we were not that far from land. It appeared we had run aground on a reef and our hard won ship was now snapped in two and sinking fast. As I struggled to keep my head above the waves, I looked around for a sight of the Cock of the North herself. I couldn’t see her, and began to wonder if she had been dragged to the depths already. Suddenly I felt an arm grab me, there she was, soaking wet and struggling in the water. What dread hand had fate got in store for us now. I would not be long in finding out.
The colourful second-hand U.S Bluebird school buses have been an integral part of the Panama public transport network for years but are becoming a rarer sight.
According to local media, with a new transport system being developed, the traditional Red Devils imported to Panama throughout the last 40 years are now disappearing and are only used for a few specific routes.
Yeovil Junction Signalbox has the most complex arrangements on the line and has been subject to the most change. Under the 1967 scheme severe rationalisation took place here, and as far as the main line was concerned the station was reduced merely to a single platform without any signalling. The new single line followed the course of the former Up Local and served the south face of the old Up platform. The Up Through line was removed and the tracks that were left on the Down side were relegated to sidings for the Engineers Department. On the north side of the new single line lay the goods yard and connecting line to Yeovil Pen Mill, and these continued to be worked by the former Yeovil Junction 'A' box, but this was no longer a block post on the main line. New East and West GFs were installed to work connections from the single line to the Engineers sidings and the Pen Mill link. These arrangements came into force on 7th May 1967.
With the re-introduction of double-line working to Sherborne the layout was modified again and both East and West Ground Frames were recovered. The original lever-frame was removed from the SB and replaced by a secondhand BR(WR) 5-bar 4" VT frame. Its original source is open to debate but it could be from Dock Junction (Newport), Bristol or most likely, Truro. This frame is actually 55 levers long, but as re-fitted only lever positions 1-44 were used initially. A temporary box was in use from 10th Sep 1967 until the original SB re-opened as Yeovil Junction on 1st Oct 1967. The box was equipped with Tokenless Block to Sherborne and Chard Junction, with 'C' configuration BR(WR) Electric Key Token to Yeovil Pen Mill. 'Switching-out' facilities were not provided.
A new connection at the east end of the station from the single line to the line at the rear of the platform allowed the north face of that platform to be restored to passenger use as a bay line. Another connection was brought into use at the west end of the station between the main and bay lines, but this was facing to Down trains on the main line and therefore did not permit through running onto the bay line - it was worked by a new GF released from the box. Colour-light signals were installed on the main line, but semaphores were retained on the rest of the layout. Through running onto the Pen Mill link was possible via the connection at the east end of the platform facing for Up Main trains, but curiously only a colour-light shunt signal was provided at this point, the actual junction signal being the Up Home some distance back before the platform. The double-track link to Pen Mill was reduced to single-track on 26th May 1968.
The layout was revised in 1975, when the bay line was converted into an Up Loop by reversing the direction of the connection at the west end of the station. The GF was removed, the new points were worked directly from the SB and additional colour-light signals were provided. These changes came into use on 26th March 1975. The former main platform remained signalled for bi-directional working, any Up trains using it crossing to the Up Line to Templecombe at the east end of the station. One unusual feature was the provision of a colour-light signal with a permanent red aspect at the Exeter end of the Up Loop, facing Down direction movements - this permitted trains to arrive on the Up Loop from the Pen Mill line without the facility for through running on towards Exeter. A subsidiary draw-ahead was fitted at this signal to permit trains to move onto the single-line for shunting purposes and an elevated position-light shunt was provided some distance ahead on the single-line to limit such movements.
A further revision of the layout came into effect on 12th Dec 1977, but this was confined mainly to a rationalisation of the connections at the Salisbury end of the station and did not affect the overall arrangements. Later (circa Nov 1987?) the 'fixed' red signal at the Exeter end of the Up Loop was converted to a normal 2-aspect colour-light, enabling through running to take place in the Down direction. At some stage during all the various changes after 1967 lever 45 was brought into use in the SB lever-frame. Yeovil Junction signal box closed at 0100hrs on 10th March 2012.
To reduce adversarial attitudes between Arabs and Jewish youth living in Israel, the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv has supported a Negotiation Project for the past 3 years in cooperation with the Amal Educational Network and the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School with the aim encouraging good communication and team work and to learn how to understand each other’s interest, think openly and creatively, build trust, and learn how to deal with conflicts as a shared problem-solving challenge. This year’s project which was funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative brought together 350 high school students from diverse cultures, communities, and religions to learn practical negotiation skills instructed by professional facilitators using Harvard’s interest-based / joint problem solving negotiation methodology. On October 1st students from 12 Arab and Jewish schools celebrated the culmination of the year-long program and participated in a full day of workshops led by well-known experts from the U.S., Israel and Jordan, who shared their personal and professional negotiation narratives. The students were divided into breakout discussion groups facilitated and moderated by the guests. Actress, singer songwriter and activist Mira Anwar Awad closed the day with several ballads in English, Arabic and Hebrew.
The goal of the Negotiation Program is to create a network of young adults, representing Israel’s varied geographic, cultural, religious and ethnic groups, who are able to negotiate constructively, to analyze the situation critically, examine and challenge their own and others’ assumptions, listen to other parties’ needs and interests, and cooperate in seeking and developing mutually beneficial, legitimate and sustainable solutions.
Object Details: This time of year in the Northern Hemisphere brings what many astrophotographers refer to as 'Spring Galaxy Season'. Having taken some shots of M65 & M66 at this time last year, as the first test images since re-opening the RoR observatory I built at my home here in upstate, NY after it's long winter slumber, I thought I'd try to complete the images required for the attached composite.
The Leo Triplet is a group of three gravitationally interacting galaxies consisting of NGC 3628 (left, aka 'The Hamburger Galaxy'), M65 (upper right) and M66 (lower right). All three galaxies are classified as spirals, and their structures are being disrupted as they gravitationally interact with each other. From Earth's perspective each is tilted at a different angle, with NGC 3628 oriented nearly 'edge-on' and thus showing a very prominent central dust lane bisecting the galaxy.
The group lies approximately 35 million light-years from Earth, and at that distance, the wide-field view shown at center covers approximately 2 million light-years in diameter, edge-to-edge. M65 has a diameter of approximately 90,000 light-years, M66 is slightly larger at 95,000 light-years while NGC 3628 is about 100,000 light-years in diameter (comparable to the diameter of our own Milky-Way).
Among other effects, their gravitational interaction results in the asymmetric spiral arms and off-center core of M66, caused by the combined pull of M65 & NGC 3628; as well as a 300,000 light-year long 'tidal stream' of stars trailing from NGC 3628, part of which is faintly visible to the lower left of the galaxy in the wide-field image. M65 & M66 each contain about 200 billion stars while NGC 3628 contains over 300 billion, with it's tidal stream alone consisting of approximately 500 million solar masses.
M65 & M66 lie about 160,000 light-years apart, which is comparable to the distance between our own Milky-Way and it's satellite galaxy The Large Magellanic Cloud. NGC 3682 lies over 300,000 light-years from the M65 / M66 pair and simulations of their movement though time suggest that NGC 3628 & M66 came within 80,000 light-years of each other 800 million years ago. The asymmetry of M66 & it's off-center core and the stellar tidal stream of NGC 3628 as well as other disruptions and asymmetries maybe be remnants of the result of this close encounter.
When I first noticed the 'mottled' appearance faintly visible though-out the wide-field image after stacking (most prominent on the lower right and the left sides), I thought it might be noise, yet it looked somewhat suspicious. When comparing it's relative location with very deep images of this region, it seems to align with the Integrated Flux Nebula (IFN) surrounding this area, which until then I did not know was even present in this region of the sky. For more detail regarding IFN, probably most often imaged around the M81 / M82 galaxy pair, please see the shot at the following link where it is much more prominent and thus 'easier' to image
(relatively speaking of course) - www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/48762740192/in/al...
Image Details: The attached images were taken Jay Edwards on March 21, 2020 and April 8th & 9th, 2021 and consist of a total of over four hours of integration time (in addition to the associated bias, flat & dark calibration frames).
Since I often shoot simultaneously using twin unmodded Canon 700D (t5i) DSLRs, the wide-field shot at center was imaged with an 80mm f/6 carbon-fiber triplet apochromatic refractor (i.e. an Orion ED80T CF) connected to a Televue 0.8X field flattener / focal reducer; while the individual shots of NGC 3628 (left) and M65/M66 (right) were taken with a vintage 1970 8-inch, f/7 Criterion newtonian reflector at prime focus. The 80mm was piggybacked on the 8-inch, and the cameras were controlled by APT. These optics were tracked using a Losmandy G-11 mount running a Gemini 2 control system and guided using PHD2 to control a ZWO ASI290MC planetary camera / auto-guider in an 80mm f/6 Celestron 'short-tube' refractor which itself was piggybacked on top of the 80mm apo.
Processed using a combination of DSS, PixInsight and PaintShopPro, as presented here the wide-field and 'close-up' images have only had their edges cropped slightly, and since they utilized identical cameras, they show the FOVs relative to each other for the 80mm & 8-inch rigs. After assembly the entire composite has been re-sized down to HD resolution (less than 1/6th it's original resolution) and the bit depth has been lowered to 8 bits per channel.
I'm hoping to re-visit this area in the future using one of my CCDs to emphasize the IFN permeating this region & the various gravitational disruption features within the galaxies themselves.
Jose Rojas, North American Division Volunteer Ministries director, presents Check Him Out at the Lane County Fairgrounds in Eugene, Ore.
February 9th, 2018 - To reduce the snow load in the Lanark Avalanche path, above the snow shed on Highway 1, we triggered an avalanche remotely. It also triggered the Twin Path at the same time.
Chhattisgarh is a very young state, only 19 years old, and is currently on a growing trajectory. Its education system is catching up with the other states. The lack of proper educational infrastructure is definitely a problem but the government has joined hands with private players in the state and together they are uplifting higher education in the state. Among these private players is one of the Best University in Chhattisgarh, Dr CV Raman University, Bilaspur.
The 21st century is rightly named as the digital era and the internet has clearly taken over every aspect of our life, including education. Technology is the biggest driver of the education sector of any country and this college has definitely leveraged the use of the internet. From providing full-fledged computer labs to fully functional digitized libraries, the college has taken care of everything.
Technological evolutions like AI, ML, Data Science have had a resounding impact on the education sector and this college has included all these topics in their management courses Chhattisgarh. They are making sure that the state is at par with the changing scenario of the world around. Their curriculum also focuses on technology, innovation, general skills and business management which other colleges generally overlook.
According to the world economic forum, by 2025, demand for critical thinking and computer skills would increase by 20% which in turn would create 2.1 million jobs by 2020 in all related domains. Incorporation of digitized courses by the university helps its students learn critical thinking, innovation, problem solving and collaboration.
Exams from pen and paper have now moved to online portals, powerpoint presentations have taken the place of projects and the computer is taking over everything. This college has signed up for many online portals such as LMS, MOOC, KConnect and many more. Students directly get quizzes to solve, submit projects, divide into groups through online platforms are now getting the gist of technology.
CV Raman University is emerging as the Top Private College in Chhattisgarh and it is making sure that its students walk that path with them. They have clearly understood the outcomes of digitized education and have taken up the challenge to ensure that everyone gets to reap the benefits of it. The students of this college are involved in a more research-oriented and thought based learning process. The business world is rapidly moving towards newer technologies like IOT and Block Chain and the college organizes regular guest lectures from experts in the industry to keep the students up-to-date with the latest trends. The students, while graduating, are industry ready and take upon new challenges.
With the pace technology is moving at, the future of jobs will be defined by speed, scale and digitization. In order to embrace this change, India needs to skill their youth to ensure that we excel in it. This will help us raise the living standards of people in our country. All these transformational changes are bound to take higher education of the country to another level.
To Know More: cvru.ac.in/
GB Railfreight Class 92, 92043 does its best to make up some time as it works the Caledonian Sleeper Up Highlander through Hartford.
The service was running around an hour late (and was similarly delayed on arrival at Euston) due to issues with the Mk5s during the shunt at Edinburgh.
This was also the first night of the reduced service in response to the second national lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In the latest revision to the timetable, only one train ran in each direction, serving Edinburgh and Inverness. The usual services to Glasgow, Aberdeen and Fort William were cancelled.
Abandoned Church on Route 66, I-40, in California. Portra160, 81B warming filter, 75mm Nikkor, f/4.5@f/32
An interesting set of photographers with similar grand styles and a somewhat common theme. I managed to find the subjects I wanted for the assignment but did not have any opportunity for higher vantage points. Instead I opted for a closer view that spanned the entire frame in an effort to follow a few of the examples by Burtynsky. I also integrated the order and repeating pattern of Gursky. So in essence I blended their styles to get my product.
I also used this assignment to show my young daughters what grand things humans can make and what the cost is beyond money. Perhaps a bit like showing someone how a yummy sausage is made.
View on black
Jose Rojas, North American Division Volunteer Ministries director, visits with audience members following a Check Him Out program.
cropped of the full frame here. The field of view is equivalent to focal length 700mm. North is to the left.
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Equipment: Takahashi FSQ-106ED, Reducer QE 0.73x, and Canon EOS 5D mk2-sp2 by Seo san on Takahashi EM-200 temma 2 jr. autoguided with hiro-design off-axis guider, Starlight Xpress Lodestar Autoguider, and PHD Guiding
Exposure: 6 times x 30 minutes, 3 x 20 min, 4 x 15 min, 5 x 4 min, 5 x 1 minute, and 5 x 15 seconds at ISO 1,600
Location: 11,000 feet above sea level near MLO, Mauna Loa Observatory on the shoulder of Mauna Loa in the Big Island, Hawaii
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Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
The Supermarine Type 250 was a fighter design that responded to the British Air Ministry specification F.5/34 for a new single-seat fighter that was primarily intended to intercept incoming bombers. Five companies responded with proposals, Bristol with the Type 146, Martin-Baker with the M.B.2, Vickers with the Type 279 Venom, Gloster F.5/34 and Supermarine with the Type 250.
The first design of the Type 250 still retained fabric covering on the fuselage and the outer wings. The engine was to be the liquid-cooled Rolls-Royce Kestrel with 520 hp, which drove a wooden fixed-pitch two-blade propeller and featured a ventral radiator and a separate oil cooler under the inner starboard side gull wing, a characteristic feature that helped reduce the length of the fixed, spatted landing gear. The wings already had an elliptic shape that became the trademark of the later Type 300, the legendary Spitfire. The cockpit was semi-enclosed, with open sides and a short spine behind it. Despite the conservative layout, much detail work was invested into structural lightness, a compact and streamlined airframe. Armament consisted of four 0.303" machine guns, a synchronized pair in the fuselage flanks, firing through the propeller disc, and another, unsynchronized pair in the wings just outboard of the gull wing's kink.
By 1935, however, the design had evolved and changed in many details. For instance, the Type 250 had acquired a number of improved features such as a metal stressed-skin fuselage (only the rudders were still covered with fabric), a more powerful (630 hp) version of the Kestrel and an upgraded armament, which had the wing-mounted machine guns replaced with new 20mm Hispano cannon.
The rationale behind the latter decision was the tactical insight, that modern fighters would only have few opportunities to open fire on incoming bombers due to the ever-raising speed of modern aircraft. In consequence, the potential weight of fire had to be increased to ensure an effective hit upon the first opportunity. Since the Type 250's thin and complex wings did not offer enough room for more machine guns, the weapon's caliber was simply raised and the 20 mm cannons and their drum magazines hidden under streamlined fairings, their barrels protruding from the wing’s leading edge. The improvement was considerable: with its original weapons, the Type 250 had a weight of fire of ~1.8 kg/sec. with an effective firing range of 1,500 yd (1,400 m), while the heavier guns raised this to ~4 kg/sec. with a maximum firing range of up to 7,000 yd (6,500 m). The only drawback was the relatively small supply of rounds: only 60 could be carried per weapon.
The first prototype made its maiden flight in April 1936. Compared to its contemporaries, test pilots found the Type 250 prototypes had a shorter take off run, offered better initial climb and were more responsive and manoeuvrable due to ailerons that did not become excessively heavy at high speed. Handling was considered very good and the all-round cockpit visibility was far better than other designs (which had fully closed cockpits, though). In a shallow dive, the Type 250 was capable of exceeding 310 mph (500 km/h), while top speed at level flight was 280 mph (450 km/h).
Supermarine's Type 250 debuted officially at the 1936 Hendon Air Show under its official name "Skylark", and serial production for the Royal Air Force, which had ordered 100 aircraft, started. However, this order was already cancelled in 1937 when it had become obvious that types like the Hawker Hurricane, as well as Supermarine's own new Spitfire, both monoplanes with retractable landing gear and a fully closed cockpit, easily outperformed the "Skylark" in almost any tactical aspect, and had much more development potential. In consequence, production stopped prematurely after only 65 airframes, which were delivered only to RAF 25 and 43 Squadron, where they replaced Hawker Fury biplanes. However, they were soon retired from these front line units, and plans to upgrade the aircraft with fully closed canopies and three-blade metal propellers with variable pitch to a Mk. II standard were never carried out. The RAF “Skylarks” were relegated to the advanced trainer role or used as instructional airframes until 1943. Additionally, a number of the retired RAF “Skylark” Mk. Is were also sold to Ireland (six in 1937) and Iraq (ten in 1938), where they served until the late Forties.
General characteristics:
Crew: one pilot
Length: 29 ft 11 in (9.12 m)
Wingspan: 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Height: 11 ft 5 in (3.86 m)
Wing area: 242.1 ft2 (22.48 m²)
Airfoil: NACA 2213 (root)
NACA 2209.4 (tip)
Empty weight: 4,190 lb (1,900 kg)
Loaded weight: 5,400 lb (2,449 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 5,600 lb (2,542 kg)
Powerplant:
1× Rolls-Royce Kestrel XV supercharged V12 engine, 685 hp (511 kW) at 2,240 rpm for
take-off and 631 hp (471 kW) at 2,900 rpm at 14,400 ft (4,400 m)
Performance:
Maximum speed: 244 knots (280 mph, 451 km/h) at 16,000 ft (4,875 m)
Rate of climb: 2,300 ft/min[121] (11.7 m/s)
Climb to 10,000 ft (3,050 m): 4.75 min
Service ceiling: 32,500 ft (9,910 m)
Wing loading: 17.3 lb/ft² (84 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.163 hp/lb (0.269 kW/kg)
Armament:
2× synchronized 0.303-in Vickers machine guns in fuselage sides with 300 RPG
2× 0.787-in (20mm) Hispano Mk. I cannons with 60 RPG in the wings
Provision for 20 lb (9.1 kg) bomb carriers under the outer wings
The kit and its assembly:
This model was inspired by a drawing, created by Paul Mason in 2013 but re-posted by a modeler at FlickR who was about to build something along its lines, and the ensuing discussion about this fictional aircraft, which appeared like a lean predecessor or the fictional missing link between the Supermarine 224 monoplane with spats and the highly successful, modern Spitfire.
I had already built a similar aircraft a while ago, a retrograded Messerschmitt Bf 109 with spats and an open cockpit (as a fictional Bf 94), but found the idea of a British counterpart very attractive. Even more so because of the particularly elegant lines of this so-called “Type 250”.
At its core, this heavily modified model is a Hasegawa Spitfire Mk. I, chosen because of the kit’s simplicity, good fit and very delicate surface details. Many changes were made, though, partly inspired by the drawing, but also following my own instincts. The biggest changes concern the engine and the wings.
I found the Merlin from the drawing to be too modern for this aircraft, so I transplanted an earlier Kestrel engine from a Matchbox Hawker Fury biplane, together with its ventral radiator that replaced the Spitfire’s cooling system under the wings, together with the older two blade wooden propeller.
The wings were also heavily modified: landing gear wells and radiator openings were filled/closed with 2C putty. Then the wings were cut/bent and re-arranged so that they ended up in an F4U-esque, but very attractive inverted gull wing shape. Not an easy task, though, more PSR involved, but it worked well and looks very natural. Under the wings’ kinks, shortened spats from an Avia B.35 (old KP kit) were added and holes for the new/bigger guns (hollow steel needles) were drilled. As a bonus, the bulges from the original landing gear could now be used as fairings for the early Hispano 60 rounds drum magazines.
The cockpit area was modified, too, into an open configuration. The original Spitfire windscreen was retained (cut away from the OOB single-piece canopy), as well as the entry door, which was cut open for later display. The door itself was replaced with a thinner a piece of 0.5mm styrene sheet. The Spitfire’s spine was completely cut down and re-sculpted with 2C putty. I wanted a low back (similar to the late versions with a bubble canopy), only a short headrest fairing was added behind the pilot’s seat, which received recesses on its flanks for a better field of view for the pilot backwards.
A final change/addition are the machine guns in the flanks that appeared on the Paul Mason drawing. A placement on top of the engine might have been a more logical position and easier to realize with the Hawker Fury’s nose section, but I stuck to the drawing. The fairings were carved from styrene profiles and blended under the kestrel’s exhaust stubs, where the Spitfire fuselage and the Fury engine meet.
Painting and markings:
The original benchmark drawing for this build showed an RAF machine with standard Dark Green/Dark Earth camouflage and somewhat inconclusive markings, but I wanted a different livery, anyway, since there are already some RAF model in the standard guise in my collection. Searching for pre-WWII alternatives and also potential operators outside of Great Britain I stumbled across the Irish Gloster Gladiators that were delivered in 1938: these machine eventually received an RAF-style paint scheme when the war broke out, but before that, they carried for a short period of time (a year maybe) a very attractive scheme in green and silver, with bright national insignia. I am not certain whether this scheme was intended to be just decorative or a serious camouflage, but that’s what I eventually used on the Irish Skylark. Turned out to be a very good decision!
The Irish Gladiators’ original green carried on fuselage and fin is called “Titanine TE348”. BS5064 “Bredon Green” is supposed to be a modern tone that comes close, but there’s no direct model paint equivalent for both. According to Max Decals, who offer some sheets for Irish military vehicles, a potential option is Revell’s 360 (Fern Green, RAL 6025), and this is what I went for. The fuselage was mostly painted in this bright tone, and the green was also used on the landing gear’s spats.
The wings were painted in Matt Aluminum Metallizer from Humbrol, while Revell 99 and Polished Aluminum Metallizer was used around the engine for a brighter look (the Irish Gladiators had highly polished cowlings). The interior was painted in RAF Cockpit Green (Humbrol 78). The propeller blades received a wooden look with the help of Humbrol 63 (Sand) worked into a semi-dry base of Humbrol 62 (Leather) with a relatively hard, flat brush. The metal fairings on the blades’ leading edges are decal strips in silver.
The kit received a light black ink wash as well as some post shading treatment and fake panel lines with a soft pencil – more to emphasize details than for weathering, since the aircraft would be quite new and well kept. Some soot stains were added around the exhaust stubs and the gun nozzles, too.
During the pre-WWII era, Irish aircraft did not carry any roundels yet. Instead, they were marked with stripes with colors from the Irish flag on their wings and on the vertical rudder. These were created with generic decal sheet material (green, white and orange), IMHO a more convenient solution than trying to paint everything. The only other marking is the tactical code, which comes from an Xtradecal sheet for Bristol Blenheim – finding numbers in a suitable font, size and in black and white was not easy!
Finally, the kit was sealed with a sheen coat of acrylic varnish, a mix of matt and semi-gloss Italeri varnish.
I am very pleased with the outcome of this build. Not only is the resulting aircraft very elegant, I am also happy that I opted for the early, bright green Irish livery that almost makes it look like an air racer? My hardware interpretation of the Type 250 drawing also reminds a lot of the contemporary Dewoitine 501/510 monoplane, doesn’t it?