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Here she is. It's funny, because I barely spent any time on this one, but I'm actually pretty happy with it. Definitely easier to build one in D Bley instead of tan. The part selection was liberating.
Also, quick (or not so, but do yourself a favour and read it) little side rant here because its been on my mind.
When you're building a vehicle out of LEGO that is intended to accurately replicate something that was built in real life (and therefore has an excess of reference photos available, wiki pages dedicated to it, etc) keep a few things in mind.
a) Know what you're actually building. Do some basic homework and understand the difference between an M3 Vs. M5 Stuart, late Jackson Vs. early Jackson, M4A1 Vs. M4A2, etc. Nobody expects anyone else here to be a war historian but I don't think it's asking too much for everyone to do a tiny bit of research instead of just lamely grabbing some techniques from Max, throwing some sort of gun on and calling it a 'Sherman'.
b) Dimensions: this is numero uno in my mind when it comes to the actual construction of these vehicles, yet my feed is constantly filled with vehicles that have proportions that are totally wrong, bogeys that are too large, tracks that are the wrong length and width, etc. Just basic things that if done wrong completely ruin a build.
c) Details: this does not mean some sweet over engineered flex tube basket stuck on the back to make up for an otherwise lackluster build, I mean looking at real photos of whatever you're working on and doing your best to actually recreate the details, or lack thereof, across all parts of the vehicle and within the limits of our medium. Ie if you're working on an M4A1(75) Sherman, include the damn VSS. Do yourself a favour, take your time and don't just throw some wheels on that you saw your favourite builder use on theirs and call it a day while leaving out one of the most important features of the tank.
Hope this helps somebody.
Cheers guys, Lincoln and I may or may not have something fun coming along if we can get our acts together but no promises right now.
Mount Stuart House on the east coast of the Isle of Bute, Scotland, is a Gothic Revival country house and the ancestral home of the Marquesses of Bute. It was designed by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson for the 3rd Marquess of Bute in the late 1870s, replacing an earlier house by Alexander McGill, which burnt down in 1877. The house is a Category A listed building.
The house is the seat of the Stuarts of Bute, derived from the hereditary office "Steward of Bute" held since 1157. The family are direct male-line descendants of John Stewart, the illegitimate son of King Robert II of Scotland, the first Stuart King, by his mistress, Moira Leitch. By virtue of this descent, they are also descendants of Robert the Bruce, whose daughter Marjorie was mother of Robert II by her marriage to Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland.
The 88 ft. Odyssey yawl was designed by Sparkman & Stephens and built in 1938 at Henry Nevins Shipyard in New York. She was built for Mrs Barbara McKee Henry, grand-daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt II. The family enjoyed cruises to Cuba to visit Ernest Hemingway and to the Galapagos islands. Acquired by the US Navy in 1942 and renamed USS Saluda (IX 87). She was in service of the US Navy until 1974 in various areas such as sonar and oceanographic work. In 1978 Odyssey found a new home with the Pacific Harbors Council of the Boy Scouts of America and now serves as a sail training vessel with the Sea Scouts of Tacoma.'(2009). Stuart Island is one of the San Juan Islands, north of San Juan Island. I combined three of my photos (no AI used) , the yawl photo was from a Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. woodenboat.org/
Sorry for the dumb Family Guy reference. I finally got some black track links (146 of 'em), and put them to use on my M3.
A country house built in the Gothic Revival style and the ancestral home of the Marquesses of Bute. It was designed by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson in the late 1870s.
Say hello to Stuart - my cute USB stick, always ready, always smiling. He can be pushed, pulled and even has a chain (that can be pulled, too). Admittedly, he is a bit outdated already, what with cloud storage, but always puts a smile on my face when I use him.
The sunset this afternoon was just beautiful!! The whole sky was full of colour...Shot these looking away from the sun as the sky was brilliant in that direction!! Took a drive down to Stuarts Point Footbridge hoping for something nice after the storm this afternoon and definitely wasn't disappointed! Just love the beauty here..
Taken from Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh.
More information on Edinburgh Castle is available at the Historic Scotland website
The Stuart Range as seen from Earl Peak in the Teanaways. Washington Cascades.
5 shot panorama merged and processed in Lightroom
556 EHN is a Volvo B7TL/Alexander ALX400 new to Dublin Bus in November 2000 as their AV7. On disposal from the Dublin fleet, it joined Ridley’s Coaches of Warwick via Ensign Bus as X104 UAO. It is now working for Stuarts of Carluke as 556 EHN and seen here in Motherwell operating a school contract.