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The Ryukyu blues by Shawn Miller
Using specialized underwater lights by Light&Motion
Underwater photography by Shawn Miller
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Fred Kalley built the 450 seat Park Theatre during the beginning of the Second World War and opened on the 17th July 1940. It was located in East White Rock, across the Campbell River Road from Semiahmoo Park, near the intersection of Keil Street and Campbell River Road. The manager was Guy Graham - he sold the the theatre to Mrs. Ethel Stone in 1947. In 1951 the Park Theatre was sold to Jim Petrovich. Although slowly sinking into the unstable flood pain, the Park Theatre struggled on until 1969 when the doors closed forever.
Park Theatre, White Rock, B.C. / June 1947
June / Weekdays: Doors open 6:30 PM / Show starts - 7:00 PM
Saturdays : Doors open 6:15 PM / Show starts - 6:30 PM
List of White Rock advertisers on this Park Theatre program:
- Seabrook Taxi / Phone White Rock 601
- Park Cafe / next to Theatre / Steaks, Chops / Homemade Pies / Fountain Service
- For your Holiday stay in White Rock / Why not "The White Rock Hotel / Yours For Service
- Bluebird / Coffee Bar / Soft Drinks Lunches / Ice Cream / Tobaccos / We also to Satisfy
- Red & White Store / Maple Street / Groceries and Meats / White & Payne / We Deliver
- Ocean View Service Station / Specialized Lubrication / Coil Testing / Quick Charge Battery Service / Phone 571
- Murray's Market / cor. Stayte and Pacific / Highest Quality / Meats and Groceries / Free Delivery
- Visit the Pace Park / Have Tea at the / Peace Arch Coffee Shop / picnics catered to / Phone W. R. 504
- Rent a Bike / Bicycles Tandems / Motor Scooters / Sporting Goods / W. Hanslow
- Hodgson's Variety Store / See our Smallwares / Tobbaco / Fountain Service / Magazines and Novelties
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Mon. Tue. Wed. June 2-3-4, 1947
"Anna and the King of Siam" (release date - June 20, 1946 U.S. release) starring - Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison and Linda Darnellis a 1946 drama film directed by John Cromwell. An adaptation of the 1944 novel of the same name by Margaret Landon, it was based on the fictionalized diaries of Anna Leonowens, an Anglo-Indian woman who claimed to be British and became governess in the Royal Court of Siam (now modern Thailand) during the 1860s. Darryl F. Zanuck read Landon's book in galleys and immediately bought the film rights. Link to video - Anna and the King of Siam Trailer - www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBEj5_h6y7A
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Thur. Fri. Sat. June 5-6-7, 1947
Caesar and Cleopatra - Starring Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh - is a 1945 British Technicolor film directed by Gabriel Pascal and starring Claude Rains and Vivien Leigh. Some scenes were directed by Brian Desmond Hurst who took no formal credit. It was adapted from the play Caesar and Cleopatra (1901) by George Bernard Shaw. The film was produced by Independent Producers and Pascal Film Productions, and was distributed by Eagle-Lion Distributors. Release date - 6 September 1946 in the US. Caesar and Cleopatra was a box-office failure, but it was nominated for an Oscar for Best Art Direction for John Bryan. Link to the complete movie - www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcOAS0ylQv4
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Mon. Tues. Wed. June 9-10-11, 1947
A.J. Cronin's "The Green Years" (Release date - July 4, 1946) George Coburn & Beverly Tyler - The Green Years is a 1946 American drama film featuring Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler and Hume Cronyn. It was adapted by Robert Ardrey from A. J. Cronin's novel of the same name. It tells the story of the coming-of-age of an Irish orphan in Scotland and was directed by Victor Saville. - The film was very popular at the box office. According to MGM records it made $4,222,000 in the US and Canada and $2,432,000 elsewhere, leading to a profit of $1,941,000. It was one of the most popular films of the year. Link to video - www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbzT8JuevaA&list=PLDC55D41DD7...
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Thursday Only June 13, 1947
"A Chip Off The Old Block" - (1944) Comedy. A naval-academy student (Donald O'Connor) woos a girl (Ann Blyth) whose mother and grandmother were wooed by his father and grandfather. With Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, Ann Blyth, and Helen Vinson.
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Fri. Sat. June 13-14, 1947
"The Dark Mirror" is a 1946 American film noir psychological thriller film directed by Robert Siodmak starring Olivia de Havilland as twins and Lew Ayres as their psychiatrist. The film marks Ayres' return to motion pictures following his conscientious objection to service in World War II. De Havilland had begun to experiment with method acting at the time and insisted that everyone in the cast meet with a psychiatrist. The film anticipates producer/screenwriter Nunnally Johnson's psycho-docu-drama The Three Faces of Eve (1957). Vladimir Pozner's original story on which the film is based was nominated for an Academy Award. Release date - October 18, 1946 (New York City). Link to the movie - www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm-TDYFrrRI
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Mon. Tue. Wed. - June 16-17-18, 1947
"Monsieur Beaucaire" A bumbling barber in the court of King Louis XV becomes engaged in political intrigue when he masquerades as a dashing nobleman engaged to the princess of Spain.
Director: George Marshall
Writers: Melvin Frank (screenplay), Norman Panama (screenplay)
Stars: Bob Hope, Joan Caulfield, Patric Knowles - Link to the movie - Monsieur Beaucaire - Bob Hope Joan Caulfield - www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2xd4jgB_M8
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Thursday Only - June 19, 1947
"Forever Yours" is a 1945 American drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Gale Storm, C. Aubrey Smith and Johnny Mack Brown. It was made by Monogram Pictures. Although the studio concentrated on low-budget films, this was one of the company's more prestigious releases of the year. A young singer is stricken by paralysis and loses the will to live. Link to - Gale Storm dramatic scene Forever Yours - www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaRU66VE7sE
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"Cisco Kid Returns" is a 1945 American western drama film. Released on April 3, 1945, it was the first of three Cisco Kid films made that year with Duncan Renaldo as Cisco and Martin Garralaga as Pancho. In this release, Cisco's real name is Juan Francisco Hernandez. Cisco must clear himself of murder charges, while preventing his girlfriend Rosita (Callejo) from eloping with his rival John Harris (Pryor). Link to The Cisco Kid - www.youtube.com/watch?v=75nieAniXLw
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Mon. Tue. Wed. - June 23-24-25, 1947
"Margie" - is a 1946 American romantic comedy film directed by Henry King and starring Jeanne Crain, about a high school girl in the 1920s who develops a crush on her French teacher. Margie was a box-office hit, ranking in the top 15 highest-grossing films of the year, and established Crain as an important Fox star. Although not a true movie musical (as it uses period recordings, with only one song being partially performed by a character in the film), it is sometimes classified with musicals due to the large number of 1920s-era popular songs incorporated as nostalgic background in the film. The film was the basis for the 1961 television sitcom Margie, featuring Cynthia Pepper. Link to the complete movie - www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP5uej-LsE0
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Thursday Only - June 26, 1947
"Crack-Up" is a 1946 film noir directed by Irving Reis, remembered for directing many "Falcon" movies of the early 1940s including The Falcon Takes Over. The drama is based on "Madman's Holiday", a short-story written by mystery writer Fredric Brown. The drama features Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall, and others. (Release date - September 6, 1946). Link to - Crack Up 1946 Trailer - www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEyjEx_OM64
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Fri. Sat. - June 27-28, 1947
"Song of Scheherazade" is a 1947 American musical film directed by Walter Reisch. It tells the story of an imaginary episode in the life of the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Jean-Pierre Aumont), in 1865, when he was a young naval officer on shore leave in Morocco. It also features Yvonne De Carlo as a Spanish dancer named Cara de Talavera, Eve Arden as her mother, and Brian Donlevy as the ship's captain. Charles Kullman (credited as Charles Kullmann), a tenor with the Metropolitan Opera, plays the ship's doctor, Klin, who sings two of Rimsky-Korsakov's melodies. (Release date March 1947). Link to a video of the complete movie - www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uxmeHLQcAY
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Mon. Tue. Only - June 30 - July 1, 1947
"No Leave, No Love" is a 1946 American musical film directed by Charles Martin and starring Van Johnson, Keenan Wynn and Pat Kirkwood. The story concerns Mike, a Marine and recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, who returns with his pal Slinky from fighting in the Pacific during World War II. Mike expects to marry his hometown sweetheart; his mother wants to tell him in person that she has married someone else. Most of the film involves the efforts of Susan, a popular radio personality, to keep him from finding out or going home until his mother makes it to New York from Indiana. Susan and Mike fall in love; misunderstandings ensue. The shenanigans of the implausibly unpleasant and larcenous Slinky fill out the action, and the musical element is provided by several appearances of then-famous performers in nightclubs and on Susan’s radio show. The story is bookended by Mike’s arrival in the waiting room of a maternity ward and the birth of his and Susan’s son. Slinky gets the last word when Rosalind announces that she is pregnant. (Release date - October 3, 1946) Link to video - No Leave, No Love Trailer (1946) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3rRKUeyLHQ
Satin Bowerbird..
The satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) is a bowerbird endemic to eastern Australia..
Mature males have violet-blue eyes and are uniformly coloured black, however, light diffraction by the surface texture of the feathers results in an almost metallic sheen giving a deep shiny blue appearance. Immature males are coloured and marked the same as females and are often mistaken for them. Females might be mistaken for the green catbird or spotted catbird with distinctively green/brown or otherwise entirely brown upper body and lighter under body with a distinct reticulated or scalloped pattern, but with very striking blue eyes.
Like all Ptilonorhynchidae, satin bowerbirds are predominantly frugivorous as adults, though they also eat leaves and a small amount of seeds and insects. As nestlings, however, they are largely fed on beetles, grasshoppers and cicadas until they can fly. Satin bowerbirds are not in the least finicky in their food preferences, and have taken extremely readily to the numerous plants introduced since European settlement. Indeed, they are a major dispersal agent for a number of weedy plants, such as camphor laurel, the European olive and various species of privet. They are also often persecuted by horticulturalists because they frequently raid fruit and vegetable crops. Satin bowerbirds are aggressive when foraging, frequently attempting to displace other birds from fruit trees.
Like all bowerbirds, the satin bowerbird shows highly complex courtship behaviour. Males build specialized stick structures, called bowers, which they decorate with blue, yellow, and shiny objects if these are available, including berries, flowers, and even ballpoint pens, drinking straws and other discarded plastic items like clothes pegs. As the males mature they use more blue objects than other colours. Females visit these and choose which male they will allow to mate with them. In addition to building their bowers, males carry out intense behavioural displays called dances to woo their mates, but these can be treated as threat displays by the females. Nest building and incubation are carried out by the females alone.
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Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based on historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
The Sd.Kfz. 141/4 Panzerkampfwagen III, commonly known as the Panzer III, was a medium tank developed in the 1930s by Germany and was used extensively in World War II. It was intended to fight other armored fighting vehicles and serve alongside and support the similar Panzer IV which was originally designed for infantry support. However, as the Germans faced the formidable T-34, more powerful anti-tank guns were needed, and since the Panzer IV had more development potential with a larger turret ring, the latter was redesigned to mount the long-barrelled 7.5 cm KwK 40 gun and the Panzer III effectively swapped roles with the Panzer IV. Later, the Panzer V “Panther” took over the role of the standard MBT. Production of the Panzer III as battle tank ceased in 1943. Nevertheless, the Panzer III's capable chassis was used for a range of specialized vehicles.
The Panzer III was by far the most widely used of all Axis chassis. Besides the StuG, or Sturmgeschütz III, family (9500 built), suspensions, tracks and engine were used in almost a dozen specially modified vehicles. These included the Tauchpanzer III, an improvised “submarine version” designed for “Operation Seelöwe”, the invasion of Great Britain in August 1940, the Sturm-Infanteriegeschütz 33B (or sIG-33B), a 1941-42 conversion of regular Panzer IIIs into a self-propelled chassis for the massive 150 mm (5.9 in) field gun, or the Sturmhaubitze 42 (StuH 42), of which 1024 were built. Other conversions included the Flammpanzer III Ausf.M(Fl), an Ausf.M-based flamethrower version, the Panzerbefehlswagen III command tanks and the Artillerie-Panzerbeobachtungswagen III, which was an advanced artillery observation model of which 262 were produced, appearing on the Russian front in 1943. The Bergepanzer III recovery tank was a late (1944) version affected to the Eastern Front, mostly to Tiger units.
Another late Panzer III development was the SdKfz. 141/4, officially called Panzerspähwagen III but better known as Spähpanzer III. It was, like the Panzerbefehlswagen III, not a newly produced vehicle but rather converted from recovered late Panzer III chassis. It was developed and introduced as an alternative to the SdKfz. 234 8x8 heavy scout cars, primarily for areas where better armor and off-road capabilities were called for, and where range was not a vital asset. In fact, the Panzerspähwagen III was more or less a direct alternative to the stillborn VK 1602 ‘Leopard’ light tank, very similar to it in many aspects.
As a dedicated scout vehicle, the Panzerspähwagen III was not designed to fight tanks. Its primary mission was rather to guide heavier battle tanks to potential targets in both offensive and defensive situations, and it would also act as an artillery scout. The crew was expected to race in front of the main Panzer Division or lie in wait ahead of defensive strongholds and search out the enemy. Once they had found them, they were to use speed to get out of range or a powerful radio set to report what they had seen, so that the main attack could be prepared.
Tailored to this task, the Spähpanzer III was simplified and lightened. It had a reduced crew of only four, with only the commander and a loader in a new turret - basically the same horseshoe-shaped turret that had originally been developed for the unrealized VK 1602, and which had also found its way on the highly successful SdKfz. 234/2, too. However, in order to provide the commander with a better all-round field of view under closed hatch conditions, a standard cupola was added. Another new piece of equipment was a stereoscopic rangefinder, useful for both reconnaissance and gun aiming. A stowage box was frequently mounted to the turret’s rear, too.
While the hull armor of up to 50 mm was retained, the turret’s armor was relatively light: the front was protected by 30 mm (1.2 in) armor at an angle of 20° from the vertical, the sides and rear had 10 mm armor set at 25°, and the top plate was 10 mm (0.39 in) armor, too. The gun mantlet was rounded and was effectively 40 to 100 mm (1.6 to 3.9 in) thick. Due to its small size and low weight, the turret only had a manual traverse (saving more weight and resources) and -10° to +20° depression/elevation.
The main gun was a 50 mm (1.97 in) KwK 39/1 L/60, which was sufficient to engage lightly armored enemies. It could, however, when firing armor piercing rounds from a favorable angle, penetrate at short range (100m) up to 130mm of armor at a 30° angle, enough to overcome a T-34’s armor – but this was not the vehicle’s task and rather a desperate measure. To support the vehicle’s escape, defensive smoke dischargers were often mounted, too. A 7.92 mm (0.31 in) Mauser MG 42 machine gun was fixed coaxially to the main gun, another machine gun of the same type was carried in a ball mount in a modified glacis plate. The latter was an attempt to improve the tank’s frontal protection through the clever use of angle instead of trying to add ever more armor and, consequently, weight. On the new glacis plate, the 50 mm armor was effectively extended to 115mm, and the shallow angle also deflected incoming rounds more easily. However, the rest of the armor remained almost vertical, so that this gain in protection was only marginal.
For even better ballistic protection both hull crew members (driver and radio operator) had only periscopes, similar to the late Panzer V “Panther” versions. Open vision ports at the front were deleted and therefore weak points in the front armor, even though the side ports were retained. Thanks to the smaller and lighter turret, both driver and radio operator in the hull also received individual hatches in the hull roof, which were greatly appreciated by the crews. They not only offered a better field of view when not under fire, they also provided them with a much improved escape route: former Panzer IIIs with turrets lacked these hatches and the only escape options from the hull were either via the turret or through small emergency hatches in the lower flanks, right through the running gear. The raised glacis plate furthermore offered more internal space in the tank’s front end, so that a new, semi-automatic gearbox could be installed, which made handling easier.
As a command vehicle, the Panzerspähwagen III carried two radio sets: a FuG 2 command channel set with a FuG 122 aerial, and a FuG 5 radio with an intercom system. This arrangement allowed tank commanders to listen on one frequency while transmitting and receiving on the FuG 5. This meant that the commander could listen to the regimental command net while talking to other tanks at the same time. This radio receiver could listen into a total of 125 channels, at 50 kHz channel steps in the 27.0 to 33.3 MHz range. The system had a usable range of around 4 km to 6 km, depending on the atmospheric conditions and the surrounding landscape.
Due to material shortages, esp. the lack of natural and synthetic rubber, most Panzerspähwagen III conversions received simplified, lightweight all-metal road wheels, which made the ride less comfortable but helped to reduce the vehicle’s overall weight. Protective side-skirts against hollow charges could be mounted, but these were normally left away since they added weight and got easily lost in action, so that their benefit was only marginal – and the Panzerspähwagen III was expected to avoid direct confrontations, anyway. Altogether, the Panzerspähwagen III weighed about 19 tons, five tons less than the final Panzer III battle tank versions with 75mm guns and uprated armor, and this markedly improved the vehicle’s performance and agility. The light turret, which markedly lowered the vehicle’s center of gravity, improved the handling, too.
A few Panzerspähwagen IIIs were ready to fight in Normandy in 1944, but their movements were constrained because of Allied air supremacy. However, a good use of the bocage proved that the Panzer III was still a match for most Allied tanks and that the Spähpanzer concept worked well. Only a limited number of this SdKfz. 141 type was produced, though, since resources were concentrated on the development and production of heavy battle tanks. Production numbers are uncertain, but less than 50 Panzerspähwagen IIIs seem to have been re-built until early 1945.
By the end of 1944 the regular Panzer IIIs were no longer the bulk of the German armored forces, and they were relegated to second line duties, e .g in composite small defensive units. And as the production had stopped earlier, their numbers decreased even more, and by fall of 1944, there were perhaps 80 still operational on the Eastern Front. By then, new generations of US, British and Soviet tanks had nailed their coffin. The type had reached its limits as a battle tank, its former advanced features were now commonly used, and no further up-gunning was possible.
The last Panzer IIIs fought in the Netherlands, Northern Italy (Gothic line), and in eastern Prussia. Perhaps a handful still operational were spread between desperately weakened companies in March-April 1945, like the Steiner Brigade.
Specifications:
Crew: Four (commander/gunner, loader, driver, radio-operator/hull machine gunner)
Weight: 19.2 tonnes
Length: 5.56 m (18 ft 3 in), hull only
6,04 m (19 ft 10 in) overall
Width: 2.90 m (9 ft 6 in)
Height: 2.41 m (7 ft 11 in) w/o antenna mast
Suspension: Torsion bar
Fuel capacity: 320 liter
Armor:
15 – 50 mm (0.6 – 1.97 in)
Performance:
Maximum road speed: 44 km/h (27 mph)
Off-road speed: 28 km/h (18 mph)
Operational range: 165 km (103 mi) with internal fuel
Power/weight: 15.63 PS (11.24 kW)/tonne
Engine:
Maybach HL120 TRM water-cooled 12-cylinder gasoline engine with 300 PS (296 hp, 220 kW),
combined with a Maybach OG 55 11 77 semi-automatic transmission
Armament:
1× 50 mm (1.97 in) KwK 39/1 L/60 with sixty rounds
2× 7.92 mm MG 42 machine guns (coaxial with main gun and in the front hull) with 2.400 rounds
The kit and its assembly:
This converted Panzer III was spawned by the idea that, by 1944, this 1936 design could have been re-built for a different use than a battle tank – a task for which this medium tank had become much too light, with an utter lack of development potential. A dedicated recce variant appeared plausible. This idea was further promoted by the fact that I had a surplus VK 1602 turret in the donor bank, left over from a Hasegawa SdKfz. 234/2 “Puma”.
The chassis was taken from a Revell “Panzer III Ostwind” kit and modified in two ways. Firstly, I changed the glacis plate, replacing the old-school vertical front with a sloped alternative, crafted from styrene sheet pieces. A new ball mount for the hull machine gun was added, as well as periscopes for the crew on new hatches, which became possible through the smaller turret.
The turret opening in the hull had not to be adapted to the smaller Puma turret – the latter was only a little bit smaller than the opening, so that some spacers were enough to make it fit snuggly, and a thin “distance ring” between hull and turret was added, too, so that it would not directly sit on the body. Fairings for a stereoscopic rangefinder were added to the turret flanks, scratched from styrene profile material, and I also added a typical Panzer III stowage box to the turret’s rear. It had to be customized to the smaller “Puma” turret, but I think that this visual enlargement of the turret is a good balance to the rest of the hull, and the box changes the vehicle’s silhouette, too. The commando cupola from the Revell kit (which comes, beyond the open “Ostwind” AA turret, with a full, early standard Panzer III turret) was left open, using the hatch from the VK 1602 turret, and I put a figure into the opening – this German commanding officer is actually 1:76, but that’s not obvious. The figure comes IIRC from a Matchbox “Wespe” SPG that I built more than 30 years ago. Since the figure had somehow lost a leg in the meantime, the Panzerspähwagen III became a suitable new workplace for the handicapped, after having been stripped off of an old enamel paint layer and outfitted with a multi-colored new uniform. Other small changes include the scratched antenna mast for the vehicle’s uprated radio equipment (from heated sprue material) and some re-arranged external equipment.
As another, subtle gimmick, I replaced the original main wheels, for a different and somewhat confusing look. A simplified running gear, without rubber on the main wheels, appeared quite plausible for 1944 onwards. The new road wheels came from a Zvezda IS-2 tank. I had a dozen of these left over from another conversion project, just in the right number and their diameter is virtually identical to the Panzer III’s original wheels! Just the spare wheels had to be taken over from the Revell kit. The fiddly OOB segmented plastic tracks were replaced with soft vinyl tracks from a Panzer III/IV CMK aftermarket set. Personally, I find them easier to handle and to paint – due to their anthracite black color and the material’s smoothness. Nice stuff!
Painting and markings:
As a late WWII vehicle I decided to apply a non-standard/fictional paint scheme, something different from the popular “Hinterhalt” scheme, and I settled upon a pattern similar to an E-100 tank I had built a while ago. The scheme consists of an overall coat of grey-green (RLM02, a universal and omnipresent tone) with disrupting, large spots of dark grey (RAL 7021, Schwarzgrau), which were strategically placed over corners and edges of the hull, so that the outlines break up. I adapted the concept onto my modified Panzer III, but somehow this looked goofy – probably due to the much smaller size and classic tank silhouette of the vehicle: the whole affair was way too reminiscent of the Allied late-war “Mickey Mouse” scheme in olive drab and black!
In order to provide a more outstanding look and lighten everything up a little, I added small grey-green mottles to the dark grey areas. After that, however, the still uniform grey-green areas stood out, so that I eventually applied mottles in RAL 7028 (Dunkelgelb) to these areas, too. The contrast is rather low, but I think that the overall look is in the end more balanced with them, and the mottles overall help to break up the outlines even further – and the paint scheme looks more “different” now. The wheels and the running gear sections of the hull were – as a standard order of the time – left without the mottles, because the swirling patterns would be rather obvious when the vehicle was moving.
The basic tones are Revell 45, Humbrol 67 and ModelMaster 1584, later treated with a dark, red-brown overall washing with acrylic paint, dry-painting with a greyish beige all over (Revell 89, nice weathering tone for fresh, clayish mud) and some watercolor in ochre and umbra for dust and mud residues. Tactical markings are minimal and come from the Revell Ostwind kit and a Hasegawa Panther. Finally, the kit was sealed with matt acrylic varnish and some mineral pigments were dusted onto the model’s lower areas.
An interesting result, and the fictional Panzerkampfwagen III looks IMHO disturbingly plausible, as it combines well-known elements and comes with subtle updates/modifications. And somehow the vehicle (unintentionally) reminds me a lot of the comparable M24 Chaffee. And isn’t there a certain look of a mini KV-1, due to the turret’s shape and proportions?
The Coast Guard’s Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT) from Virginia participates in a training evolution in Hyannis, Mass., Thursday, Oct., 22, 2015. The highly trained and specialized team, using a real-world underway ferry, practiced tactical boardings-at-sea, active shooter scenarios, and detection of radiological material. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ross Ruddell)
Went for a good distance ride the other day, which clocked the Sequoia over 5000km. To celebrate the benchmark, I took a photo of it outside the window it was displayed in when I bought it.
Only bike I have bought new and complete in the last 15 years (everything else was bought bit by bit, or secondhand) - but I saw it everytime I went by this store and always liked the look of it.
Have changed to a 650b hunt wheelset and MTB double chainring up front. Would actually like to go 1x on this bike one day...
85 Specialized Expedition, with Nitto Moustache bars, Suntour Down-tube shifters and Superbe brake levers.
Specialized FACT 11r Carbon Frame with Shimano Ultegra components, Rival EL 28 wheels, carbon seatpost (Specialized), carbon handlebar (Ritchey Superlogic).
Photo: Thomas Ohlsson Photography
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Killing the time on the saturday evening...
Few days ago I have bought a 40x180cm long strip softbox so I wanted to try it out. What better way than on a nice shiny bicycle :)
This was shoot quite quickly, but I kinda like the result. Unfortunately I didn't have a way to shoot the whole bicycle at the moment, not enough black cloth and room in my apartment to do it (next time I am thinking to do the same kind of shoot but on big grey seamless background and in bigger space which will hopefully allow me more to play with.
Strobist info:
One Elinchrom BX500Ri inside a stripe softbox 40x180 cm, with the grid, above the bicycle on the c-stand. This light gave me a really nice light across the bicycle right off the bat.
I did add a white Lastolite reflector underneath the bicycle for fill and also added one more SB28 with the snoot flashing only at the white reflector for additional fill.
One SB700 was on the right side for additional light for the front suspension tyre. One more
One more SB700 (snooted) on the left side as well for additional kick on the gears and tyre.
To avoid seeing the white wall in the background I have clamped a black cloth on two chairs in the background.
Behind the scenes photo of the setup: www.vedranstrelar.com/blog/2014/2/22/killing-the-time-on-...
The replacement for the outgoing Bleriot. The geometry is very similar--59cm (ctt) seat tube, 56.5cm (ctc) top tube. The head tube is shorter. The biggest difference is the tubing diameters of the main triangle. On the bleriot i believe is 9/8, 9/8, 5/4 (top, seat, down), and on the sequoia here is 1, 9/8, 9/8--one size smaller all around.
I had a specialized expedition that I really loved, and dug the ride quality. This bike rides just like that. The Miyata-built quality is good, and the powder-coat by the previous owner is mostly great minus a couple of minor spots.
The wheels are 650b--Synergy/Dyad with Ultegra/LX hubs 32 spokes. The tires are Panaracer Col de la Vie's. I can fit 38mm, but these will work fine for this bike. The rest of the components came from the Bleriot:
-- 105 front derailleur
-- XT low-normal rear derailleur,
-- VO chromed double crankset 165mm 50/36T
-- On-one midge cockpit with silver/suntour friction bar-ends and tektro brake levers
-- Dia Compe Mod 750 center pull brakes
-- Honjo Fenders; fluted 49cmm
-- VO threadless stem/adapter combo 9cm 6 degree
SPECIALIZED 2010 TC
安めのクロスバイクを買う予定が
2011年モデルで半額になっていたシクロクロス(それでもまだ高価でしたが)を発見。
購入。
早速大雨の中 自転車よりも自分がびしょ濡れなりながら乗って帰宅。
自転車(ママチャリ)は乗っていましたが
スポーツサイクルについてはさっぱりなので
Flickr自転車部(？)の皆様
乗り方・撮り方
注意点などなど
色々教えてくださいませ！！
自転車をどうやって撮ったらイイ分からないので
今回はなんだかいつもとテイストが違う感じになりました。
スペックもイキオイで文字入れしてみた。
(どれくらいのスペックなのかさえも分からずに！)
もはやこれはこれでアリなのかもしれないと信じて！ (笑)
これからどんどん乗って
大切にメンテナンスして
愛車に育てていければと思います♪
とりあえず
千葉→東京
行ってみようかなぁ。 と 計画中。
Date：12-05-??-????
Place：千葉市
Camera：Canon PowerShot G10
.:PiC:. specialized in medieval and urban furniture as well as home decoration and mesh clothing.
*** Exclusive mesh from .:PIC:.***
The Taylor wine cellar set is 100% mesh made and has custom textures.
It comes with a solid barrel table and matching barrel chairs. The barrel table comes accessorized by a wooden tray with a wine bottle, glasses and red grapes. There is also a side table that comes decorated with a wine keg and wine bottles as well as coordinating rustic solid wood room dividers.
Reeze as many items as you need and use them together or separated, as you prefer.
Just click on the chair to select the sitting animations:
- 20 animations included
- 14 single sits (7 for man and 7 for woman)
- 6 couple sits (6 cuddle animations)
It will be a great asset for any rustic or fantasy decoration, indoors or outdoors, always with the lowest prim number possible.
In .:PiC:. we promote the "do-it- yourself" concept i.e. we provide a suggestion on how to display a set, but most of the objects come unlinked so that you can have fun placing them exactly as you want.
Have a look at our other items.
Thank you.
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Slurl: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hickory%20Hills/7/29/19
this is what digital photography is all about. welcome to the social (yikes...)
and never ever wear white. it just kills images. bright colors with little graphics make for the best images. no wonder white is the color for burials in china. besides, it makes people look like tulips
again the flash let me get the colors in the foreground up. without flash there is no image here. maybe a tad too harsh but i did not bother with the light box.
pierre is a good friend and fanatical traveller. he is the founder/owner/visionnary of "au tigre vanillé" a fantastic travel agency in geneva, specialized in custom travels.