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Added 2 new 50' DAF flat cars to the NASA fleet, I've got a few possible plans for these: Titan SRB segment flatcars (working on getting these designed but it will take some time), a fictitious V-2 (or bumper, I haven't decided yet) transport consist or having these just be spacers. My next project that randy will be doing for me is related to this (FM is on the list but not this season) Any guesses?
When Batman drives his Bat-... something... into Paprihaven to pick up AA batteries, he sits very high with a determined, forward gaze because... he's Batman.
No one understands this mysterious vehicle. Is it a Bat-Boat? That would be odd since it has treads. Is it a Bat-Tank? Then what is the purpose of the sail fin and pointed bow? Besides, it's not even Drive Your Tank To Work Day*.
Batman knows, because he's Batman. And every day is Batman's day.
Happy 🍔🍟Friday!
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
McDonald's
Batman Returns
Batmobile
1991
*Which is March 21st, natch! As seen in BP 2018 Day 80:
ACDC Concert Stage in Montreal (Olympic Stadium) on 8th August, 2009 (Black Ice Tour). This definitely was one of the most colorful concert stage lighting I have seen. Nearing the color of this stage would have to be Genesis (with Phil Collins) and Bon Jovi.
Apart from the music (which I don't even need to mention), ACDC introduced quiet a bit of technical lead over other concerts. CGI animations at the starting, crashing a whole steam locomotive on the concert stage and then a 6 story long giant inflatable doll riding that locomotive, firing artillery canons, giant bells, speakers with giant glowing red horns. To get the scale of audience, there were 46 giant speakers alone for the audience seated in the balcony. After all, that's what happens when a classic band like AC/DC performs - pulling a crowd of around 53,000 people to the venue. No wonder they had to rent the Olympic Stadium.
I was barely able to see AC DC from my location initially, all I could see was hands of thousands and thousands of hands making the 'Sign of the horns' and blocking my view. The crowd in my section then stood up on their seats, so the situation became a much better. Later, I folded some paper and put it under the seat legs, giving some extra visibility. As they say, necessity is the mother of invention.
For more photos, check out AC/DC Montreal Concert
Check out Concert Stage (album) for more Concert Stage shots.
---- AC/DC Concert Set List in Montreal (Canadian Leg of the tour includes Moncton, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Regina, Edmonton, Vancouver and Toronto) ----
Rock N Roll Train, Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be, Back In Black, Big Jack,
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, Shot Down In Flames, Thunderstruck, Black Ice,
The Jack, Hells Bells, Shoot To Thrill, War Machine, Dog Eat Dog, Anything Goes,
You Shook Me All Night Long, T.N.T., Whole Lotta Rosie, Let There Be Rock
Highway To Hell, For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)
Not as sophisticated as Sariel's scaler - however, quite helpful to get correct proportions when building minifig scale vehicles. You just need a tablet with a blueprint on its screen zoomed to the proper scale (here I'm using a dummy for obvious reasons). Starting point is always the wheelbase wherefrom all the other measurements can be deduced by checking the silhouette.
H1 wheelbase = 3302 mm; wheelbase of the model = 96 mm (12 studs); scale = 1/34,4
I have an old set of kitchen scales but the new modern ones are the ones I use. I only weigh dust on the old set!
Tree scale is caused by the digestion of usually rotting wood by scores of different fungal species. As the fungi digest the wood these scales develop on the outer surface of the wood. The scales vary greatly in size color and shape and some can become quite beautiful with alternating layers of color. This series taken at the Broughtons Wildlife Education Area near Marietta Ohio in Dec 2014
I came across this product by accident but it fit the bill perfectly for scaled down chain link fencing.
It's an aluminum mesh used for sculpting and arts and crafts projects, called WIREFORM.
It comes in 16" x 20" sheets and also as an 18" roll.
I suspect there are similar products out there in Hobby and Arts and Crafts stores.
Be aware that it bends very easily! You'll want to handle it carefully so as not to stretch or deform it.
When making the actual fence, I cut strips of the mesh to the appropriate length and height, then cut aluminum tubing for the posts and rails.
To add a bit of authenticity to the piece, I used jewelry wire to hold the fencing to the posts.
The metal cap you see in the upper right hand corner of the fence, that receives the top rail, is a jewelry making item used for finishing off the end of a bracelet or necklace.
Made for a competition with the same title at our LUG "Kockice".
Container, pushbroom and shovel.
Built in 6:1 scale.
this is one of 13 pics (!!!) discussing a bit minifig scale, focusing on reviving a car scale smaller than 6 wide in a fashion similar to the classic town 4 wide scale.
Scroll through the pics for a full read up if interested.
This is all my own opinion based on historic facts found in documentaries, interviews and the web. Its a suggestion in total, so pls dont feel offended if i hint out that Speed Champion usgage for professional AFOL layouts is a bit wrong ^^ I also want to set focus on a new building technique for cars that i call the "bar n clip" / "no fig".
Hope you enjoy, feedback and even heavy critique welcome and apprectiated :)
View towards Piz Surassa and Piz d'Arpiglias as seen from Spi da Baselgia, 2'945 metres above sea level.
Discover the guy on the left hand side to get an idea on the scales.
I have used a circular cutter to make 180 degree cuts in 0.040 inch styrene sheet for a couple of tunnel portals that I will install on my N scale model railroad. The cutter is made by Olfa, and I purchased it at a local art supply store rather than a hobby shop that sells train stuff. Art supply stores sell lots of tools, paints, craft items, and materials useful to a model railroader. The circular cutter has a strong, sharp compass point that is mounted on a sturdy head which has an adjustment screw. By loosening the screw, a horizontal beam can slide in or out a variable distance from the center point and then be locked down at the desired distance. The replaceable cutting blade (held into place by another screw) is mounted on the horizontal beam.
Nobody makes an N scale tunnel portal the size and shape that I want, so I had to cut my own. The tunnel opening has a radius of 8 ½ scale feet from the track center line, so that is what I set on my circular cutter. The straight vertical dimension for each side is 20 scale feet above the top on the rails plus another 3 feet for the height of the rails, crossties, and roadbed. Both of the vertical sides have to be exactly tangent to the semicircle above, so determining where to position my straight edge for the first side was the trickiest part of the whole project. From that line, I used a steel drafting triangle (also purchased from the art supply store) to place the cutting point and center compass point. I swung a 180 degree arc to locate the position of the other vertical side. My N scale ruler (shown here) is 10 scale feet wide, so my first vertical cut was 10 scale feet from the edge of the styrene sheet. After the circular cut and both vertical cuts were completely through the plastic, I could easily remove the excess from each side.
Figuring the geometry of where to position my circular cutter and the straight edge to guide my razor blade required a lot of thought before doing any of the actual cutting. Once I began cutting, I had to be careful to keep my blades in the right places, but the cutting itself was very repetitive and time consuming. Each tunnel portal required an hour or two of MANY short, little cuts before I broke through the plastic sheet. Then there was sanding to smooth it out and trimming the overall piece to fit the future mountain that I haven’t built yet. This photo shows the positioning of the circular cutter, but I took the photo after the job was done (and my nails repainted). For all this cutting, I used my Dupli-Cutter to hold my work in place. The Dupli-Cutter has clamps that can be positioned in several places, an adjustable slide sheet held down by the clamps, and a frame whose jaws can be opened up to hold various thicknesses of plastic for making precise, square cuts.
Found this in a burned down house, it's been burned for ages so kind of surprising to find this still here considering how easy it is to get in the place and how many other new "features" have been added to the place recently.
Light window from the top floor of the SFMOMA. The window opening is nearly 20 feet in diameter. The amazing structure of the center column in the museum hides scale of everything unless a person is near it. This, for that matter, could be 2" in diameter.
brilliant architecture and design.
Hasselblad 500c/m
Kodak 400TX Pro
Kodak Tmax Dev 1:4 @ 8min : 180 slow rotation for 7 seconds every min.