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Orient Point (The Coffee Pot) Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in active use as an aid to navigation off Orient Point, New York. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. In June 2011, the General Services Administration made the Orient Point Light available at no cost to public organizations willing to preserve them. It can be found off Orient Point at the end of Oyster Point Reef on the western side of Plum Gut. It throws a flashing a white light every five seconds; its tower is 24 feet tall, 21 feet wide at base, 18 feet wide at top, brick lined, of cast iron plate construction and painted brown on top and white on bottom. At the top of the tower (below the lantern) is a watch deck; the foundation is a concrete-filled cast iron caisson 32 feet tall with a 25 foot diameter. 1899: Constructed; First Keeper, Ole N. A. Anderson; 1954: Automated; 1970: Coast Guard announced that the light will be extinguished and demolished; 1973, Work began to restore the light; 1978: Light was upgraded to compensate for the extinguishing of the Plum Island light; 1999: The light celebrated its 100th birthday.
Link my YouTube video showcasing transformation and features:
Transformers Armada Optimus Prime is something I've been wanting to try and build with Lego since late 2017/early 2018. Back then, the available parts at the time meant that building it up to my standards of articulation with reasonable stability would have been borderline impossible. So I ended up shelving the project for several years while I practiced building other things. This was BEFORE it was announced that a new Armada Prime Transformer toy was in the works.
Fast forward to last year, 2022. Lego started producing new ratchet joint parts that were more compact of multiple sizes. Combined with the re-emergence of Armada Transformer toys, I was re-inspired, and knew my time was now to get this project done. I'd had a lot of time to think about it, so I started tinkering with the build, this time fully intent on finishing the project.
I have a tendency to be a perfectionist, which causes me to over-stress over the details. I wanted it ALL out of this Lego MOC: A fully functional Armada Optimus Prime figure with truck cab and trailer, cab robot and and base mode, and most importantly the super mode combination. All with the most articulation I could manage, with all necessary features, accessories, and even both Minicons! The only thing I wasn't worried about was the motorized gimmicks lol, because as cool as the original leader class toy was, I still wished it had knees.
Thank the Lord Jesus, after a year of building, and the last month preparing a video to showcase it (a kind that I had never done before, plus I hate the sound of my own voice lol), it is FINALLY DONE. The project is now complete!
The Armada version of Optimus Prime is a bit obscure these days, but the original deluxe-class figure was my first ever Transformer, and I have fond memories of it, so I'll never forget it. I hope that those who recognize it will like this Lego version! I'm glad to have finally gotten it done.
Jeremy Lee receives the Sparkplug Award from Elise Michelson for his always-engaging speech topics, including speech on this date, "How to Become an Airline Pilot." May 10, 2014.
Looking a little ropey after 1000 miles since a wash. I have just washed her now. Had an oil change, new oil filter and sparkplugs last week, along with fluid levels topped and new wipers. Clocked over 160k just as I arrived home on saturday evening. She performed faultlessly on the 400mile round trip. Bulletproof!
Sparkplug light sitting on shoal in the channel between the U.S. and Campobello Island. Sure glad I brought my tripod on this trip.
My Bandit is running poorly. One of it's cylinders isn't firing properly causing bad combustion.
When you hold a handkerchief or paper towel to an exhaust it should not stain with soot in a couple of seconds.
I took out the old sparkplug and replaced it with a new one. Alas no real improvement (yet).
Probably needs a carburator clean.
Other things to check: I can touch exhaust number 4 after 30 seconds. Exhausts 1 to 3 are too hot to touch. It means the combustion in carburator 4 isn't good enough.
Check for water inside the sparkplug enclosure. There wasn't any. Check power of the sparkplug lead by attaching the sparkplug outside the engine and grounding it to the vents and then power your motorcycle. The sooted sparkplug still gave electrical power. This means the lead to the sparkplug is still working and OK. The new sparkplug had a nicer bluer spark.
Sooty sparkplug?: Over-rich fuel/air mixture, faulty choke operation or blocked air filter.
NGK DR9EIX for the Iridium version
Denso X27ETR for equivalent of JR9B
Suzuki OEM number: SUZUKI (09482-00397)
"Autobot X" (or Autobot Spike) was custom built with the parts of about 100 "junker" transformers and other robotic toys. He has over 50 points of articulation/moving parts.
Some cool features
- Eyes light up
- Left Forearm opens for gun attachment
- Left upper arm opens to reveal gears
- Right arm has laser light built in
- Small button on back triggers "Transforming noise"
- 2nd small button on back triggers other sound effects
- Batteries are all easily replaceable
- Head was scratch built (using a Sigma 6 GI Joe for the face)
- Hydraulic on back of right leg really works
- Several parts are die cast and were cut to size and shape
- Over 11" tall
Orient Point (The Coffee Pot) Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in active use as an aid to navigation off Orient Point, New York. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. In June 2011, the General Services Administration made the Orient Point Light available at no cost to public organizations willing to preserve them. It can be found off Orient Point at the end of Oyster Point Reef on the western side of Plum Gut. It throws a flashing a white light every five seconds; its tower is 24 feet tall, 21 feet wide at base, 18 feet wide at top, brick lined, of cast iron plate construction and painted brown on top and white on bottom. At the top of the tower (below the lantern) is a watch deck; the foundation is a concrete-filled cast iron caisson 32 feet tall with a 25 foot diameter. 1899: Constructed; First Keeper, Ole N. A. Anderson; 1954: Automated; 1970: Coast Guard announced that the light will be extinguished and demolished; 1973, Work began to restore the light; 1978: Light was upgraded to compensate for the extinguishing of the Plum Island light; 1999: The light celebrated its 100th birthday.
Spring Point Ledge Light
Spring Point Ledge Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in South Portland, Maine that marks a dangerous obstruction on the west side of the main shipping channel into Portland Harbor. It is now adjacent to the campus of Southern Maine Community College.
History
The lighthouse was constructed in 1897 by the government after seven steamship companies stated that many of their vessels ran aground on Spring Point Ledge. Congress initially allocated $20,000 to its construction, although the total cost of the tower ended up being $45,000 due to problems with storms and poor quality cement. The lighthouse featured a fog bell that sounded twice every 12 seconds, and a lantern fitted with a fifth order Fresnel lens first lit by Keeper William A. Lane on May 24, 1897.
Improvements were made to the lighthouse throughout the 20th century. It was electrified in 1934, and in 1951, a 900-foot breakwater made from 50,000 short tons (45,000 t) of granite was constructed in order to connect the lighthouse to the mainland. The lighthouse was originally owned and operated by the United States Coast Guard. However, on April 28, 1998, the Maine Lights Selection Committee approved a transfer of ownership of the tower to the Spring Point Ledge Light Trust, with the USCG retaining only the light and fog signal. On May 22, 1999, Spring Point Ledge Light was opened to the public for the first time in its history. It is a popular spot on any summer day for families to picnic and boat-watch on the breakwater or for fisherman to spend an afternoon catching fish. Adjacent to the lighthouse, visitors may also tour the old Fort Preble, the Southern Maine Community College Campus, and visit a small gift shop.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Spring Point Ledge Light Station on January 21, 1988, reference number 87002279.
For more information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Point_Ledge_Light
"Autobot X" (or Autobot Spike) was custom built with the parts of about 100 "junker" transformers and other robotic toys. He has over 50 points of articulation/moving parts.
Some cool features
- Eyes light up
- Left Forearm opens for gun attachment
- Left upper arm opens to reveal gears
- Right arm has laser light built in
- Small button on back triggers "Transforming noise"
- 2nd small button on back triggers other sound effects
- Batteries are all easily replaceable
- Head was scratch built (using a Sigma 6 GI Joe for the face)
- Hydraulic on back of right leg really works
- Several parts are die cast and were cut to size and shape
- Over 11" tall
1. The shed, 2. Mickey and Pluto, 3. The Sparkplug - on the way back, 4. Moose Island, 5. Sunrise, 6. blue sunset, 7. Stonington Lily, 8. Sunset over the cove,
9. Sunset in Maine, 10. D'Artagnan and his snack, 11. Sunset Over Webb Cove, 12. Da Shore, 13. Sailing through the hazy Maine day, 14. Vinalhaven Fog, 15. And so it finally comes...., 16. Isle au Haut,
17. Maine Sunset, 18. Stonington Lilies, 19. The sun rising in the distance, 20. Maine Sunset, 21. Bar Harbor Fogged In, 22. From Love It! Hate It! Can't Decide? Members, 23. Florida sunset, 24. Sunrise in Maine,
25. Sleepy puppy, 26. wombatpuppy, 27. sailboatharbor, 28. Sunset Over Webb Cove 2, 29. KellyBW, 30. The fan, 31. Arrrgh!, 32. Maine sun,
33. Flamingo, 34. Colorado, 35. Our Wedding Cake, 36. Sunset Over Stonington 2, 37. Clamming, 38. Sunset in Maine, 39. Canadian Church, 40. Maine Sunset,
41. clouds3, 42. lilies50, 43. Scraps, 44. Our Wedding Cake 2, 45. rocks30, 46. California Disney Flower2, 47. Happy To See Kelly, 48. Mark Island Lighthouse,
49. california coast 10, 50. The Wind, 51. 100_1024, 52. Cape May, NJ, 53. Love You, 54. PAtrain1, 55. S.L.A.M. 2, 56. The Visitor 6,
57. Our wedding cake, 58. New Year, 59. woods1, 60. Frozen, 61. rocks20, 62. sailboat2, 63. My creation, 64. Aeryn Sun,
65. Kelly, 66. My creation, 67. Maine, 68. California Coast 2, 69. Fort Mott Door, 70. JanuaryMaineTrip07 028, 71. The Shack, 72. Germany - here she comes!
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
Back at the Insecticon hive, Kickback turns from his duties at the monitor to report.
Kickback: The key! It's in use!
Bombshell runs to the hive's computer!
Bombshell: Scan it! Get Insecticon to scan it!
Kickback: He is! He is!
Shrapnel frantically joins his cohorts.
Shrapnel: The key of the Time Lords *time lords*! The key of the Time Lords *time lords*!
It suddenly occurs to Shrapnel that he has forgotten something and darts back to retrieve it. He returns as information from the scan flashes up on the holo-screen with a diminutive prisoner in hand and lets slip a demented cackle!
Shrapnel: Ha ha ha! Are you prepared, slave *slave*? Are you prepared to unleash the power of the key to future's past *past*?!
This is a little model airplane made out of sparkplugs and scrap metal from an artist in Ashville, NC.
Strobist: One bare speedlight, pointed at the propeller. Radio trigger.
Photo by Paul McGuckin. All rights reserved.
A Bag of Queens
Little John Nee
An Grianán Theatre Productions
Autumn/Winter 2012
A Bag of Queens is part of a series of shows featuring the character Sparkplug Callaghan, a musical odyssey that races along with Little John’s trademark comic storytelling style, exploring themes of ‘random acts of kindness’, responsibility, loneliness, greed and creative expression, in a gentle and fun way.
A favour for a friend leads Sparkplug to an old grocery and hardware shop at a country crossroads. Inside he discovers a lost treasure of consumer items that now assume a very different meaning and value. When he visits the elderly shopkeeper in a retirement home he is cast off in an adventure to a city that’s tearing itself apart for want of more ‘stuff.
The show is about human relationships and it gives children an appreciation and connection with the lives of older people as well as offering a view of being “ a fish out of water” and what it is like to be “different” in a new community.
Suitable for 7+
Admission Free
This project is part-financed by the European Union’s European Regional Development Fund through the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation managed for the Special EU Programmes Body by Donegal County Council.
Orient Point (The Coffee Pot) Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in active use as an aid to navigation off Orient Point, New York. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. In June 2011, the General Services Administration made the Orient Point Light available at no cost to public organizations willing to preserve them. It can be found off Orient Point at the end of Oyster Point Reef on the western side of Plum Gut. It throws a flashing a white light every five seconds; its tower is 24 feet tall, 21 feet wide at base, 18 feet wide at top, brick lined, of cast iron plate construction and painted brown on top and white on bottom. At the top of the tower (below the lantern) is a watch deck; the foundation is a concrete-filled cast iron caisson 32 feet tall with a 25 foot diameter. 1899: Constructed; First Keeper, Ole N. A. Anderson; 1954: Automated; 1970: Coast Guard announced that the light will be extinguished and demolished; 1973, Work began to restore the light; 1978: Light was upgraded to compensate for the extinguishing of the Plum Island light; 1999: The light celebrated its 100th birthday.
An ornate Edwardian enamelled metal advertisement in the showroom window of the garage in Beamish Museum town suggests that we should use Sphynx plugs in our 1913 cars. Unlike normal enamel adverts of the time, which were usually flat, this one is domed and has fancy chain around the edges - proving that the product is a cut above the rest. Or not.
Copyright © 2009 Terry Pinnegar Photography. All Rights Reserved. THIS IMAGE IS NOT TO BE USED WITHOUT MY EXPRESS PERMISSION!
I cleaned the spark plugs on my 1929 Model A Ford. The last time I had my Rolex cleaned the charge was $400. As I recall, AC was one of the top selling plugs at that time. The ad was in the September 1937 Country Getleman. AC used that horse in many ads.
Photo by Paul McGuckin. All rights reserved.
A Bag of Queens
Little John Nee
An Grianán Theatre Productions
Autumn/Winter 2012
A Bag of Queens is part of a series of shows featuring the character Sparkplug Callaghan, a musical odyssey that races along with Little John’s trademark comic storytelling style, exploring themes of ‘random acts of kindness’, responsibility, loneliness, greed and creative expression, in a gentle and fun way.
A favour for a friend leads Sparkplug to an old grocery and hardware shop at a country crossroads. Inside he discovers a lost treasure of consumer items that now assume a very different meaning and value. When he visits the elderly shopkeeper in a retirement home he is cast off in an adventure to a city that’s tearing itself apart for want of more ‘stuff.
The show is about human relationships and it gives children an appreciation and connection with the lives of older people as well as offering a view of being “ a fish out of water” and what it is like to be “different” in a new community.
Suitable for 7+
Admission Free
This project is part-financed by the European Union’s European Regional Development Fund through the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation managed for the Special EU Programmes Body by Donegal County Council.
Doing a little scheduled maintenance on the GS.
Blog post here: www.motofuji.net/2012/06/12/spark-plug-change/
Location: connecting Kingsland Point Park in Sleepy Hollow with the Tarrytown Light House
Type: Metal Footbridge
Opened: late 1970's
Spring Point Ledge Light is a spark plug lighthouse in South Portland, marking a dangerous obstruction n the west side of the main shipping channel into Portland Harbor. It was constructed in 1897 after seven steamship companies complained that many of their vessels ran aground on Spring Point Ledge. t was electrified in 1934, and in 1951, a 900-foot breakwater made from 50,000 short tons of granite was constructed connecting the lighthouse to the mainland.
National Register #87002279 (1988)
When Rachael & Anya walked by in their Godzilla and Transformer Sparkplug costumes, Gigi Edgely (Chiana of the SF TV series FARSCAPE) ran up and asked to have her picture taken with them - She loved their costumes! I don't think they could walk 10 feet without being asked for photos. They had a lot of fun. Anya won first place, and Rachael second in the 11-under section of the costume contest. Pictures of them are starting to pop up on the 'net already!
I love the rusty window frame here. The aged decal is a nice bonus.
Nikon D700, AF Nikkor 18-35 f/3.5-4.5D with circular polarizer.
Yes, they glow in the dark! :)
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Check out this year’s 14th Annual exhibition of antique and vintage Motorcycles in my set, "Riding into History 2013:"
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Avon Champion Spark Plug collectible bottle, issued around 1975. Milk glass bottle (empty) with plastic lid. In excellent condition, no chips, cracks, or discoloration, marked Avon. About 4 3/4" tall, 2" across widest, 1 3/8" across bottom. Three available, two with unreadable label remnants, one with no label. Great collector item.
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