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"I like that one."
"That one? With the rust?"
"It'll clean up."
"And the mismatched engines, and the missing panels across most all of the thing?"
"Pretty sure the engines are a pair, just... yeah, it'll need some work. But you're looking at what it is, not what it could be."
"What I'm looking at is a deathtrap."
"Glass is always half empty with you, huh?"
"This glass is shattered and in pieces, lad. In fact, you'll note the lack of a cockpit canopy at all, glass or otherwise."
"Look, you've got to start somewhere. And why not here?"
"Hey, it's your decision in the end. Your credits. I just don't want it to be your firey death."
"You're all heart, old-timer. I think we can make it work."
"You think I can make it work. Still, I said I'd be your mechanic, so I guess I'd better prove I've still got the touch when it comes to racers."
"And I'll show you I can pilot them."
So this was a pretty quick build, it may well be that some kind of racing speeders will form the next display I do. I wanted to try a narrative of sorts with this, starting from a junkyard scrapper, and gradually improving and refining until we get something sleek and advanced.
In terms of the build itself I've tried to go as greebly as I can for exposed engine bits, and fresh off my ADU builds I've put those spoiler parts back to work as intakes. Nothing hugely complicated here, but I'm satisfied with the skeletal appearance and think that it came out alright. Plenty of room to iterate on this.
I was trying to keep it as small as possible, it's about 18ish studs wide and long, so hopefully I'll be able to fit builds of that/similar size into this year's SHIP, which I'm envisioning as something of a mobile home/workshop/garage such as one might find on a Star Wars-inspired racing circuit series.
(I think I just want to build something that looks like a LMH/LMdH prototype racer but in space. Honestly, the Ferrari 499P already looks like a spaceship that just happens to have wheels!)
The Honda XVK300 speeder bike made its debut in June 2246 and was instantly popular, especially among the traditional sport bike crowd. Featuring a very retro (although highly advance for its day) v-6 combustion engine that powered the lift and thrust magnetrons, the XVK300 was capable of top speeds in excess of 400 km/hr and could run at altitudes of up to 150 feet above surface level, albeit only for relatively short distances. Today these bikes are still so wildly in demand that original examples bring in excess of $2.3 million in the collector aftermarket
The sticker never arrived so I was left hanging... I bought the stickered parts from the Thai BL seller but their stocks are not updated so they only sent the two tiles... :(
Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Focal Length: 15mm
ISO: 1000
Shutter: 0.3s
Aperture: f/8
Location: Seletti
An attempt to handhold a shot to show a combination of starburst and speed.
This Macroglossum stellatarum or Hummingbird Hawk-moth moves its wings so fast that you cannot see them with the naked eye. Just like a hummingbird it drinks nectar in flight.
We don't see these moths yearly but with the south wind in late Spring, a lot flew over here en during the hot Summer lots of caterpillars of this species were seen. Still, I find it a gift it is visiting our garden.
Had to set the speed (and ISO) high to be able to 'freeze' the wings.
Taken hand held.
Title is a Paul Weller song.
An NJ Transit MP20B-3 switcher sits on the North Side pocket at the Meadows Maintenance Complex. A few tracks over NJ Transit #531 is lead by an ALP45-DP on a westbound train from Hoboken to Bay Street. All of the equipment here wears the new "NJT Speed Stripe" scheme introduced on the ALP46 in 2001.
NJT 531 @ Kearny, NJ
NJTR ALP45-DP 4512
Unassigned Power
NJTR MP20B-3 1001
Free instructions. Lots of inspiration from other speeder bike builders, including Gubi, Fukusaku, and Bricksstacked
Jenny Hung’s "City Speed" was selected from a pool of 60 applicants during the fall 2010 Barrier Beautification Open Call. The design is a fusion of two forms: the organic shape of bird wings and the hard edges of the City. Her design was inspired by the stripe pattern found on traffic safety equipment and the colors of birds commonly sighted within the limits of NYC such as the Rock Pigeon, the Red-tailed Hawk, the White-breasted Nuthatch, and the Northern Cardinal. The feathers and wings of each bird were drawn larger than life creating a bold abstract design.
Jenny Hung is a graphic designer and graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts. Her work values the questioning of presumptions and aims for a deeper understanding of ourselves and our place in the world.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Barrier Beautification
City Speed by Jenny Hung
Presented with New York Cares
Hutchinson River Parkway North at Edwards Ave, Bronx
Back in the 1970s, most Potomac Valley commuter trains operated between Washington, DC, and Brunswick, MD. Martinsburg, WV, was served by Amtrak and one single-car train. Here is that RDC resting in Martinsburg over a weekend in May 1976. Some of the Baltimore & Ohio RDCs had diaphragms (like this one) because they had been purchased to operate in high-speed service between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh as the Daylight Speedliner.
Experiencing bicycle' speed along the streets of Ferrara!
Location: Ferrara, Emilia Romagna, Italy
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The RG - 9 Grappler is a low altitude speeder bike equipped with anti-grav technology. A lone rider can be seen here preparing to head out into the wasteland.
Speeders...of course. I forgot all about them. Well, I remembered now so I'll post this little fiddle. I am trying to work on a larger diorama but I keep being distracted and start building other things...like this speeder.