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Offshore Support Ship MPI Adventure ligt hier afgemeerd bij de firma SIF welke is gevestigd op de Maasvlakte.
IMO: 9530084
Name: MPI Adventure
Ship type: Offshore Support Ship
Flag: Netherlands
Gross Tonnage: 19533 t
Deadweight: 20739 t
Size: 136.4 x 40 m
Year Built: 2011
Status: Active
Port of Rotterdam
London Fire Brigade [OSU6] | Operational Support Unit | Mercedes-Benz Atego | AE07 HXP out in London, UK
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New parts, new versions of Batman characters!
Left to right:
Red Hood - new red hood! Had to do it.
Man-Bat - "new" head and legs - had a moment after I saw someone use the legs for Beast, I think.
Jim Gordon - new torso and "new" head - I actually found the head pretty used and scratched up, but a little editing and y'all will never know.
Spoiler - I finally have a purple hood!!! Literally have been waiting to use this piece for this character for years.
Alfred Pennyworth - "new" torso combined with the legs was a combo that came up in reference to a version from the LEGO Batman game I think? I've had this built for a while, IDK.
“K” Line Offshore AS is aiming for the high-end market in the Offshore Support Vessel segment, and is mainly targeting ultra deep waters, harsh environments and remote areas in the global market , with its initial priority being the North Sea and Brazilian waters.
Two (2) Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels and four (4) Platform Supply Vessels were ordered 2007 at STX OSV’s shipyards. All of the vessels have been designed to be environmentally friendly, with the class notation clean design (CD) , and the state-of-the-art new builds are specified for operations in the Company’s target areas.
Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels (AHTS)
Our AHTSs are the “ strongest out there”, with 390 and 397 tonne bollard pull / 34,000 bhp, making them very well suited for anchor handling jobs in ultra deep waters and trenching operations.
Platform Supply Vessels (PSV)
Our new build PSVs have diesel electric propulsion and a large, 1,100 m² cargo deck area, suitable for the transportation of pipes for pipe laying activity.
PSV KL Brofjord delivered
Arendal, 13 April 2011. On 5th April KL Brofjord was successfully delivered, being the third delivery of PSV from STX Brevik to K Line Offshore AS.
The vessel has a deadweight of 5166 MT and cargo deck area of 1.100 m2. KL Brofjord is flying NOR-flag and is currently in Stavanger for trading in the spot-market.
Vessel KL BARENTSFJORD (IMO: 9482366, MMSI: 209272000) is an offshore tug/supply ship built in 2011 and currently sailing under the flag of Cyprus. KL BARENTSFJORD has 95m length overall and beam of 20m. Her gross tonnage is 4518 tons.
Norway: K Line Offshore Receives New PSV KL Barentsfjord
The last vessel in the newbuilding program for K Line Offshore AS, the PSV KL Barentsfjord, was delivered from building yard STX OSV Brevik on 28th June 2011. In July 2011 KL Barentsfjord was named in Pollen being the inner harbour of Arendal. The naming ceremony at the docks in the middle of the city, gathered 160 invited guests and a whole lot of interested citizens, as the vessel was open for public after the official naming ceremony.
In an atmosphere of beautiful weather and many invited guests the venue turned out to be a great event. The vessel was named by Mrs. Tomoko Shimizu being the wife of the new chairman of K Line Offshore AS Mr. Toshio Shimizu.
After the official ceremony the public was invited onboard the “open ship”.
KL Barentsfjord has a deadweight of 5.172 MT and cargo deck area of 1.100 m2. She is flying a Cyprus flag and after some voyages in the spot marked she entered in the beginning of August 2011 a two years time charter out of Aberdeen for ConocoPhillips UK.
08/12/2024, Punta Arenas, Chile.
An American owned, Cayman island registered, offshore support vessel engaged in oceanographic research.
Keel laid on 11/12/2008, launched on 01/07/2010, and completed on 06/10/2011, by Construcciones Navales Paulino Freire, Vigo, Spain (703)
7,238 g.t. & 6,300 dwt., as:
'Polar Queen' to 2021, &
'Falkor (too)' since.
Propulsion:
2 × 3800 kW (5096 hp) Voith Schneider VSP 36R6EC/300-2 propellers
1 × 1,350 kW (1,810 hp) Rolls Royce TT2400 DPN CP azimuthal thruster (retractable)
2 Rolls Royce UL 2001 CP bow thrusters 1,400 kW (1,877 hp.).
Power:
Diesel-electric, 10,260 kW (13,759 hp)
6 MAN 9L21/31 diesel generators of 1710 kW (2293 hp)
Speed:
15.85 knots (29.35 km/h; 18.24 mph) (maximum)
Photos are with the kind permission of Ovanes Agaryan.
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RV Falkor (Too) is an oceanographic research vessel refitted during the years 2021 and 2022 from the former offshore vessel MS Polar Queen. The vessel was purchased by the Schmidt Ocean Institute in March 2021 as a replacement for the RV Falkor.
The Norwegian company Sea4 AS had commissioned the construction of two new ships at the Astillero Freire in Vigo, Spain in November 2007. The design of the two ships was developed by a Norwegian naval engineering company and the ship design company Skipsteknisk AS. , initially called ST-254L CD. It is similar to the previously developed ST-253 design, which was also built at Astillero Freire with hull number 701. This shorter vessel, the Volstad Surveyor, was later refitted at the Damen shipyard and renamed OceanXplorer 1.
Vessels with hull numbers 702 and 703 were scheduled to be delivered in February and August 2010 and operated by the two subsidiaries Sea4 I Shipping Ltd. and Sea 4 II Shipping Ltd. The keel of hull number 703, the later Polar Queen, was placed on December 11, 2008. However, there was a six-month delay due to the global financial crisis. In September 2009, it was announced that GC Rieber Shipping had taken over Sea4's subsidiaries for a total of approximately NOK 800 million because no charter arrangements had been made for the newbuilds at that time.5 Finally, the Polar Queen was delivered to GC Rieber on October 6, 2011.
GC Rieber had signed a two-year charter contract with Oceanografía S.A. of C.V. for the Mexican state oil company Pemex, starting offshore services in the Gulf of Mexico in November 2011. However, before the contract expired, a maritime lien arose between GC Rieber and Oceanografía. As a result, a federal judge in Texas ordered a United States marshal to seize the vessel.
Beginning in October 2012, the Polar Queen was chartered by Houston-based Boa Marine Services Inc., a subsidiary of Norwegian BOA Offshore AS. The charter party was later extended until April 2015.
From April to December 2017, the vessel was used to transport equipment and personnel for the construction of the Nordsee One offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.
From 2018 to 2020, the Polar Queen was used for so-called accommodation services in the North Sea during the summer months. A walkway installed aboard the vessel allowed technicians and engineers to walk to the normally unmanned facilities of the Forties Unity offshore platform in the Forties oil field, in order to carry out scheduled maintenance or repairs. When their shift ended, they could walk back to the boat where they had their accommodation.
GC Rieber announced the sale of the vessel on February 23, 2021 and the Schmidt Ocean Institute confirmed the purchase a month later. The ship set sail for Spain and arrived in Vigo in April 2021 to begin refitting.
In support of the victims, their families, friends and neighbors, and all affected by the terrible train crash in the station of Brétigny-sur-Orge.
Foresters and other Friendly societies were formed in Australia in the nineteenth century as support societies for their mainly working-class members. The societies provided insurance against sickness, death and misfortune which included sick pay, funeral expenses and financial support for families of deceased members. Despite its name, the Ancient Order of Foresters was a relatively young society, formed in Britain in 1834 as a splinter group from the Royal Foresters. Branches, known as courts, were established in Sydney and Adelaide in the 1840s. The Fortitude Valley branch, ‘Court Fortitude’ was inaugurated on 7 March 1859 at the Alliance Hall. When Queensland separated from NSW later in 1859, it became the first Foresters court in Queensland. Founding members of the court include George Warren and Thomas Skyring. By the end of 1859 the court had 90 members, with George Warren Chief Ranger and John Heal as secretary. Honorary members, who contributed funds but did not intend to use them, included politician and later Chief Justice, Charles Lilley.
The first Foresters Hall opened five months after the court’s inauguration with about forty members and friends present. The hall was attached to the Foresters’ Arms Hotel, whose publican George Warren was the court’s Chief Ranger. The old Hall was intended for use for concerts, lectures and was ‘available in many ways to meet the demands of a progressive community’. The hall also enabled the Foresters to provide a free reading room, open to the public. However, in 1861 the Foresters Hall was adopted for use as the Fortitude Valley primary school. A new Foresters Hall was constructed by George Warren in January 1862, but from April 1863 Court Fortitude Foresters’ meetings were held in Harvey’s Castle Hotel.
The benefits of membership of the Foresters society were varied and numerous. Primarily, the Friendly societies were charitable institutions, guaranteeing financial security for members in hard times. The object of the ‘Foresters’ Benefit Investment Society’, noted in the Moreton Bay Courier on the inauguration of Court Fortitude, was, ‘to give its members independency from the cold frown of the world’s scorn, at a time when the father and husband may not through the vicissitudes of life be able to pursue his calling.’ Court Fortitude, in accordance with this objective, held benefit balls for the widows and families of former members in 1882 and 1885. In addition were preventative measures: the provision of medical services. Many courts, including Court Fortitude, contracted with a medical professional who would provide medical attendance to its members and their families. Without the society, these services would be unattainable luxuries to many of those within the working-class in the nineteenth century.
The societies also performed a social function for their members: annual balls and reunions of the Court Fortitude throughout the 1870s and 1880s were frequently reported as great successes, with meals, speeches, musical entertainment and dancing (sometimes until 4am). Chief Justice Lilley affirmed this role in his speech at the opening of the new Foresters Hall, describing Court Fortitude as the working-class equivalent of a members’ club.
Court Fortitude’s first three decades were marked by prosperity and success: by 1871 400 members had joined, although due to death and transfers only 120 members were active. There were 200 active members in 1880 and in 1888 this had leapt to 280 financial members. The court’s stable financial position mirrors its popularity: the court’s bank balance rose from £300 or £400 in 1871 to £3,592 in 1888. Of Queensland’s 345 Foresters in 1880, 220 were from Court Fortitude. The rise of the Valley Foresters’ popularity coincides with the development of the Valley itself a small residential population, growing slowly until the economic boom of the 1880s which created dense working class settlement in the Valley. Membership of Foresters in the 1870s and 1880s was around four percent of the population of Fortitude Valley which in 1881, for example, was 5,148. Effectively, however, a much larger proportion of the population was covered by Foresters membership, as the families of the men of Foresters were also cared for by the court.
Given its increasing membership and stable finances, a new and permanent meeting-place was highly desirable. Tenders were called for a new Foresters Hall in February 1880. The hall’s architect, John Richard Hall, was a member of the Oddfellows Society and had designed alterations to the Oddfellows Hall in 1879. After the death of the original contractor, the hall was constructed by John Daniel Heal. Heal, as well as being one of the court’s founding members and for many years its secretary, was a prominent Valley publican, Alderman (1870-1894) and former Mayor of Brisbane. He had been a member of several of the Brisbane Municipal Council’s committees and was the original owner of the land on which the hall was constructed. Heal remained a trustee of Court Fortitude until his death in 1908.
The new Foresters’ Hall was built for in a surprisingly short amount of time for such a substantial building – the call for tenders closed in March 1880 and the hall was opened in October that year. Its size (90ft x 40ft) and position close to public transport were proudly highlighted when the hall was advertised for rentals.
Following the construction of the new Foresters Hall, both the United Brisbane District of the Ancient Order of Foresters and the Fortitude District held their meetings there. The Hall became a popular venue for balls, concerts, fundraisers, lectures and public and political meetings and meetings of other societies, such as the Oddfellows. It was also used as a Fortitude Valley polling station. Extensions in 1887 added a second storey, so the ground floor could be let to other groups while Foresters meetings were held on the second floor. Further improvements in 1888 extended the length of the hall and added extra facilities. It also meant that Court Fortitude owned two-thirds of the wealth in the United Brisbane District.
The court had enjoyed success, but by the 1890s it was not without troubles. Secretary Alexander Bell was prosecuted for embezzling nearly £300 from the court’s funds in 1896. As industry moved into the Valley, assisted by the progress of the railway line, the residential nature of the Valley began to be eroded. Instead, courts established in suburban areas thrived, including ‘Court Foresters Hope’ in Paddington ([601662]). The Fortitude Valley Foresters Hall was offered for sale in major newspapers in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne in late 1900 by the court’s trustees, and again in 1902. The court however maintained possession of the hall and hosted its meetings there until 1923, but from 1910 the hall was primarily used for other purposes. Gradually, improvements to State-provided social security diminished the appeal of the societies. In the 1930s the focus of Foresters shifted away from its original social and mutual aid functions. Foresters’, amalgamated with other friendly societies, exists today as a financial institution.
Foresters Hall continued to be a meeting place for Valley residents and visitors when it began its new life as a picture theatre. Foresters Hall was leased to Sidney Cook, who renamed it ‘Cook’s Picture Palace’ and, after some internal alterations, opened it on 4 June 1910. This was the first picture theatre in Fortitude Valley and the inaugural sessions played films including the Sydney memorial service for King Edward VII to crowded houses. The hall was still rented out for meetings and even religious services. In March 1913 alterations to the building submitted by Mr S. Cook were approved. These alterations were designed by respected Brisbane architect H.G.O Thomas. It is believed that the internal pressed metal sloped ceiling was installed at this time. The alterations probably consisted of two single-storey brick buildings flanking the hall, as shown in a 1911 photograph. Both wings were sold and removed in 1924.
The picture theatre ran until 1922 when Cook subleased it. In 1923 the land was sold to Francis Bruce Charlton for £7,250, subject to a lease. The hall’s additional brick wings, comprised of approximately 10,000 bricks, were removed and sold in 1924, as they were projecting onto the land that had been resumed for Barry Parade. Various lessees have occupied the building since then, plying trades as diverse as hairdressing and running a wine saloon. The building has also been used as a café, a millenary factory, the ‘Shamrock Billiard Saloon’ in the early 1930s, when the site was used for illegal gambling, cabaret hall and nightclub. Alterations were completed in 1974 and 1979. Title passed to the current owners in 1994 and permission was granted in 2009 for further alteration work, primarily to the interior, in order to refit the building as a live music venue.
Today Forester's Hall has been incorporated into the Flatiron and Valley House development, where it serves as a street-front restaurant. It is interesting to note that the terrace facades several meters up the street were not deemed significant for heritage listing but the developer, GURNER™, insisted to restore and repurpose them.
Source: Brisbane City Council Heritage Register & broadsheet.com.au
When I arrived at my Far South Cottage, I found these notifications from the local council under the front door mat. Although my house escaped, it was an unexpected reminder of what might have been.
SMC TAKUMAR 55mm f2
Day 11 of Pentax Forum's Daily in January 2020 Challenge.
i sup-hose i should explain. sam made this after complaining that his leg's "structural integrity was being compromised". given what his feet have been up to, he might be referring to growing pains. i thought this was pretty funny and i'm glad i took a picture because, as with most of sam's creations, it bit the dust shortly after production.
The Purple Hotel in Lincolnwood, IL. This photo was taken while the building was being demolished in 2013.
Featured on Gapers Block 09/06/13.
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West Licking Firefighters Association, Ohio Support 402. Farber Specialty Vehicles Trailer, with donated truck from Truro Township (Former Station 168).
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Some background
The Fiat G.91 was an Italian jet fighter aircraft, the winner of the NATO competition in 1953 as standard equipment for Allied air forces. European manufacturers were invited to submit their designs for this requested Light Weight Strike Fighter (LWSF) role. The G.91 was designed to this specification by the Italian engineer Giuseppe Gabrielli, hence the "G" designation. The competition was intended to produce an aircraft that was light, small, expendable, equipped with basic weapons and avionics and capable of operating with minimal ground support. These specifications were developed for two reasons: the first was the nuclear threat to large air bases, many cheaper aircraft could be better dispersed, and the other was to counter the trend towards larger and more expensive aircraft.
The technical requirements were:
• 1,100 m (3,610 ft) takeoff distance over a 15 m (49 ft) obstacle
• Capability to operate from grass strips and streets
• Maximum speed of Mach 0.95
• Range of 280 km (170 mi) with 10 minutes over the target
• Armoured protection for the pilot and the fuel tanks
• 4 × 12.7 mm (.5 in) or 2 × 20 mm or 30 mm guns
• A maximum of 2,200 kg (4,850 lb) empty weight and 4,700 kg (10,360 lb) max weight
The challenge of providing an engine that matched the requirements of lightness and power, reliability and ease of maintenance was solved by using the Bristol Siddeley Orpheus turbojet.
After the loss of the G.91 prototype, the French government preferred to pursue development of the locally-designed Étendard. The British government similarly ignored the competition to concentrate on Hawker Hunter production for the same role. The type was also considered by Austria, Norway, Switzerland, and even the United States Army, which briefly evaluated the type as a possible Forward Air Control (FAC) aircraft before relinquishing all fixed-wing aircraft operations to the USAF.
The G.91 entered operational service with the Italian Air Force in 1961, with West Germany's Luftwaffe in 1962, and later with the Portuguese Air Force (German surplus machines). The first G.91s entered service with the Royal Norwegian Air Force in August 1967. The original R/5 variant for Norway with increased range had been cancelled, but the RNoAF took over fourty-two G.91 R/4 aircraft from a cancelled Greek/Turkish order. These planes were originally armed with four 12.7 mm (0.5 in) Colt-Browning machine guns and powered by the Rolls-Royce Orpheus turbojet engine. Their main role was close air support, tactical sea combat and reconnaissance. One special Norwegian feature was the retrofitted brake parachute housing under the base of the fin.
In 1980, the Norwegian planes saw a major overhaul (MLU), combined with an update concerning both performance and attack capability. The Orpheus was replaced by a single Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour Mk. 106 turbofan (developed for the SEPECAT Jaguar), which offered not only slightly better dry thrust than the former engine but also a better fuel consumption and an afterburner for enhanced rate of climb and acceleration. As a side effect. top speed was slightly improved, as well as range and the weapon load. A similar step was taken with the G.91 Y in Italy, where the original Bristol Siddeley Orpheus engine was replaced with two General Electric afterburner J85 units - only that this "Yankee" was literally a new aircraft.
In order to achieve true all-weather capability, esp. against targets at sea, the G.91N, how the planes were called now, were fitted with a Thomson-CSF Agave radar in a new nose section, reminiscent of the F-86D/K "Sabre Dog" interceptor. The original cameras in the nose were deleted, an external camera pod was developed for reconnaissance duties.
The planes’ strike potential was also heavily augmented by the integration of the Norwegian AGM-119 "Penguin" short-to-medium range (up to 50km) naval guided missile. The AGM-119 was developed by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) and was the first AShM of the western world with a passive IR seeker instead of the commonly used active radar technology. Propelled by a solid rocket engine and flying at low altitude and high subsonmic speed, it performs random weaving maneuvres at target approach and hits the target close to the waterline, its 120 kg warhead detonates inside the target ship by using a delay fuze. Additionally, the original four 0.5” machine guns were replaced by a pair of DEFA 552 30 mm cannons with 125 RPG, and AIM-9 Sidewinder could be carried for self-defense.
In this new guise, the Norwegian "Ginos", as they were called by their crews, soldiered on until 1991, when they were retired and replaced by the much more capable and versatile F-16.
All in all, the G.91 remained in production for 19 years, the last planes retired in Italy in 1995. 756 aircraft were completed, including the prototypes and pre-production models. The assembly lines were finally closed in 1977. The Fiat G.91 enjoyed a long service life that extended over 35 years.
General characteristics:
Crew: 1
Length: 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Wingspan: 8.56 m (28 ft 1 in)
Height: 4.0 m (13 ft 1 in)
Wing area: 16.4 m² (177 ft²)
Empty weight: 3,300 kg (6,830 lb)
Loaded weight: 5,640 kg (11,990 lb)
Max. take-off weight: 5,700 kg (12,100 lb)
Maximum speed: 1,125 km/h (608 kn, 700 mph) at optimum height
Range: 1,700 km (920 nmi, 1.060 mi)
Service ceiling: 13,100 m (43,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 85 m/s (16.725 ft/min)
Wing loading: 331 kg/m² (67.8 lb/ft²)
Thrust/weight: 0.42
Powerplant:
Rolls-Royce/Turbomeca Adour Mk 106 turbofan with 6,000 lb (27.0 KN) dry / 8,430 lb (37.5 KN) with reheat
Armament:
2× 30 mm (1.18 in) DEFA 552 30 mm cannon with 125 rounds per gun
4× under-wing pylon stations holding up to maximum of 1,814 kg/4,000 lb of payload, including 2x AGM-119 Penguin missiles, Matra rocket pods (each with 19× SNEB 68 mm rockets or 18× Hispano SURA R80 80 mm rockets. AIM-9 Sidewinder can be carried for self defense, as well as a wide variety of air-to-ground ordnance including unguided iron bombs, gun pods in addition to auxiliary drop tanks for extended range.
The kit and its assembly
This model came to be after finding a discussion at whatifmodelers.com, where the (tragic) fate of the Fiat G.91 was discussed. This light NATO attack fighter would have entered the air forces of virtually all European countries, but it became victim of politics and just ended up in Italy, Germany and (in late days) Portugal. Anyway, an inspiring thought is what would have been possible, e .g. in countries like Spain, Greece or Norway?
The basis is a G.91 P.A.N. from the Frecce Tricolori 50th anniversary kit, made by Italeri. It is, in fact, the Revell kit, nicely detailed and only with few trouble zones (e .g. the fuselage halves needed putty to fit, as well as the panels with the alternative guns). The kit was mostly built right out of the box. Only changes are the new radar nose - the front part of a P-61 drop tank - some antennae on the fin which sports a radar warning system. Additionally, a new and longer jet exhaust nozzle was fitted, simulating the new afterburner engine.
Landing flaps were partly opened from neutral position, the air brakes under the belly fixed into an open position (the latter is a standard kit feature, though). Further mods include a brake parachute container under the tail fin and the armament: The DEFA guns come as alternative side panels with the kit, and the guns themselves were simulated with steel tubes (syringes). The Penguin missiles as well as the ALQ-131 ECM pod come from Hasegawa weapon sets. The fourth free weapon station was filled with a Bofors BOZ-107 chaff/flare dispenser, lent from a Tornado.
Painting
The true whif comes with livery and markings, and IMHO the more subtle the look, the more convincing the result. Hence I chose a very simple livery for my G.91N: an overall finish in FS36270 (US Medium Grey, Humbrol 126), the same as RNoAF F-16 aircraft. Only contrast marks are the black nose, the colourful roundels and some red warning markings all over the plane.
The national markings come from an aftermarket sheet from TL Decals. Stencilling is taken from an old Matchbox G.91Y and the scrap box. Numbers etc. were improvised, too, based on pictures from other Norwegian planes (airliners.net is a great source for reference here).
I did some light washing with black ink to emphasize panel lines and engravings, and also did some weathering with dry-brushed lighter shades of grey (mainly Humbrol 140, very subtle), giving the uniform grey a faded/bleached look on the upper sides and leading edges. Finally, the kit received a coat of matte varnish (Dupli Color Acryllic, form the rattle can), the radome was painted with Humbrol's semi-matte varnish.
The result: a simple but effective whif, which also shows what could have become of the original G.91 design over time and technical development, if it had not become victim to political decisions and national vanities.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson.
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The construction sites around Dublin are coming down as fast as they were put up. This collection of new buildings on Charlemont Street are really shooting up. COVID-19, Level 3, June 2021.
Taken with a Leitz Elmar 50mm f2.8 lens on a Leica M4-P camera body, using Ilford HP5 (400 ASA) black and white film. Developed and scanned by the excellent John Gunn Camera Shop on Wexford Street.
Class 47 locomotive No. 47848 brings up the rear of 1Z80, the 16:38 Worcester Shrub Hill to Norwich return excursion as it passes Steynors Park in Droitwich Spa on Saturday 6th April 2024. LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 steam locomotive No. 44871 was at the front.
Supporting Kioko at the Love Music Hate Racism event.
Shot for Gig Junkies.
©Rob Hadley/Indie Images Photography.
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The Astrosurfer: an atomic-powered intergalactic sports car, accompanied by the hit new space rock band The Highway Stars! This epic futuristic vehicle is detailed and articulated with wheels, rubber tires, hinged doors, reclining seats, and with access to the car’s trunk. On the hood of the car is a metallic minifigure hood ornament, and underneath is a detailed engine. In the rear of the car are two folding jet engines, a set of tailpipes, a spoiler, and an Octan bumper sticker.
Background: this project was initially conceived back in fall 2015, during my long, imaginative train of thought. In late November of 2015, I took some photos of my Futuron minifigs in front of Christmas lights for an artistic bokeh effect. This led me to come up with the idea of taking a group shot of a few spacemen hanging out as friends, accompanied by lyrics from the Ramones song “I Just Want to Have Something to Do.” This soon evolved into the idea of making each of the spacemen as musicians in a fictional band, that was inspired by the music video for the aforementioned song — which starts off with the Ramones playing the song in the back of a car. With this concept in mind, in early December I took a photo of some Futuron minifigs playing instruments in front of Christmas lights. Upon releasing this photo, I was then struck with another bolt of inspiration while watching the music video for Monster Magnet’s “Negasonic Teenage Warhead“: towards the end of the video, the band takes off in a purple classic Buick and flies through space! This idea hit me, and that night I had a dream to build a futuristic space sports car being driven by a rock band — essentially an amalgamation of those videos by the Ramones and Monster Magnet, along with my previous LEGO space photography!
Production for this creation began immediately after Christmas 2015, as I was preoccupied in December with production of my LEGO Nutcrackers and electronic Mega Man sprite. The bulk of this model was completed in the middle of January, but unfortunately I ran into one tiny (yet major) obstacle: I wanted a Classic Space symbol flag for the car’s antenna, however the Collectible Minifigure that contained this particular part wasn’t available in the United States yet. It wasn’t until early February that these figures were available (scarcely) at my local Toys ‘Я’ Us in Whitestone. I felt up all of the packages, and managed to snag the very last astronaut, thus obtaining that seemingly-insignificant flag for the antenna!
The five astronauts are made from authentic Classic Space minifig bodies, hence the noticeable play wear in their insignia. I did however deviate by giving them helmets with color-coordinated visors, as well as contemporary faces. The instruments were from other Collectible Minifigure sets, with the exception of the drum kit. For the car’s design, I initially wanted to build an accurate replica of a 1957 Chevrolet Bel-Air or perhaps a Cadillac Eldorado — but instead, I opted to make an original design of an arbitrary concept. The two-tone color scheme wasn’t intentional: I wanted to make the car solid pink, but had to instead make use with available pieces in the pink/purple color family.
Prototype source image - "Space Truckin'": www.flickr.com/photos/baronvonbrunk/23438359150/
"I Just Want to Have Something to Do" by the Ramones: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRwek-qyyeM
"Negasonic Teenage Warhead" by Monster Magnet: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKj5cJ9_KSg
My son was 5 years old when I had my first MS episode. The onset was sudden and dramatic. I completely lost all awareness of the left hand side of my body from head to toe - it felt I had been sliced in half. Half of me was alive, the other half no longer existed. I could not stand without falling over like a drunken sailor, I was unable to walk. Although I still had the physical capability to do so, my brain simply could not send or receive the neurological impulses to or from my body and make sense of them as a call to action. I was given access to a wheelchair during my rehabilitation, but it was like sitting in a boat with only one paddle - all I could do was go around in circles.
With the energetic enthusiasm that only a 5 year old can harness, M8 would "frog march" me down the hospital corridors intoning the commands - "Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right". Somehow his words helped my brain to interpret the words into action, my brain was simply too tired to even form the thought of words for itself. My gait may have been shuffled and uncoordinated and without a walking frame I may not have gotten very far, but a few metres of walking gave me hope that one day I would be able to walk again unaided. I had Captain Support walking beside me.
Every time my balance is poor or my ability to walk is compromised, I hear my son's 5 year old voice in my head - Left, Right, Left .... from time to time we all need support, sometimes we are too proud or stubborn to accept it, sometimes we just need a different source of inspiration to get us through.
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photo: conceptual social theme
subject: support
soldier: ryan
photographer : alex calder
location: fort sutter, ca
The queen had cut his supply of gold, but still he had to make another expedition down below, that Dragon, That gold and those mysterious cave-crystals it was just to teasing for his mind...
...of cause he did make some money from selling his sleazy books mostly to women of the upper class, (since the lower classes coudn´t read) still, that was a small market and the work of writing every single letter in a book was far to much hard work under dim candle light, it took ages and ages and add a few more ages, time he could have spent to experimenting in his lab, reading his ancient book or go out and explore...
How, could that simple woman (Esmeralda the Queen) not pay for his expeditions any longer, then he had two genius ideas at once, he was thinking of books and women...
The first idea was an idea on how to press letters in books all at once with a machine, this Idea soon faded in his misty ancient head...
The second idea was even better, Women, He had a charming nature that worked on these strange creatures...
...He started making two commercial boards full of heart-shaped he made out of an invention he called plastacine a rubbery substance easily shaped in to different forms when heated the right way...
Then he collected all his musical instruments a flute, a lute, and a strange bellow-sack with weird pipes sticking out of it at random, he had gotten this exotic instrument from one of the queens Highland Guards, the one who was wearing a skirt and ate deep-fried intestin voluntary on his day off and zipped a brown liquid he called the water of life...
(some time later)
it is early morning about four o´clock outside the city quarters of the women who had lost their husbands in battle a strange sound woke the inhabitants it sounded like someone had blown air in to a pig and then let it go to fly by it self in the air...
then these was a almost silent flute playing, then some poetry read from a raspy ancient voice!
"Thau woman, you besutten up on ye window, how much of a rose you smell, make your rosy parts open and squirt into mine direction a stream of gilded gold as bright as Mother Sol herself!"
Then it was lute music and romantic tunes sung...
all this in the early mornings when the lonely women was still in their beds, when the looked out of their windows, the sawthe make standing in his "special romantic" wizards-hat and beside him plaques with a written text:
I the town-mage, is in need of your support, if you like my poetry, verse and music, take a groat from your keep and trow it on the ground, if you hit my chart you get to get a piece of impromptu poetry read for just you, if you hit the rug I will play a tune for just you...
if you hit the pot I will share you bed the rest of the morning for a small fee...
The mage´s plan worked out quite well, he managed to collect quite a lot of money, which was later confiscated by the sheriff and his bailiffs, also the old man got to spend some time in the jail, once again!
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