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My section of the large M>LTC train display at Brickvention 2013 was based on my idea for modular straight curves, and featured a timber mill, a forest being logged (complete with protesters), a regenerating burnt forest, and a run-down hay shed.
It was pretty much a failure as a module set, mainly because I ran out of time to put many details on the layout before the modules were moved to the show. That meant I was still building stuff at the show, instead of the comfort of my own home. I was very pleased with my tables, though. They were stable, easy to set up, and dead flat. Many other areas of track had weird track geometry and/or changes in rail height that made it difficult to get some trains to run reliably.
A big thanks to my children Sam, Jess and Ben who helped build a couple of the larger trees, and pretty much all of the smaller bushes.
Three hard working carpenters working on a small cottage opposite the inn, while an onlooking lord watches in admiration. (Entry for the Trading Places category)
- www.kevin-palmer.com - The trail up Big Timber Canyon in the Crazy Mountains stays close to the creek for most of the way
Timber framing and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs. If the structural frame of load-bearing timber is left exposed on the exterior of the building it may be referred to as half-timbered, and in many cases the infill between timbers will be used for decorative effect. The country most known for this kind of architecture is Germany, where timber-framed houses are spread all over the country.
The method comes from working directly from logs and trees rather than pre-cut dimensional lumber. Hewing this with broadaxes, adzes, and draw knives and using hand-powered braces and augers (brace and bit) and other woodworking tools, artisans or framers could gradually assemble a building.
Since this building method has been used for thousands of years in many parts of the world, many styles of historic framing have developed. These styles are often categorized by the type of foundation, walls, how and where the beams intersect, the use of curved timbers, and the roof framing details.The techniques used in timber framing date back to Neolithic times, and have been used in many parts of the world during various periods such as ancient Japan, continental Europe, and Neolithic Denmark, England, France, Germany, Spain, parts of the Roman Empire, and Scotland. The timber-framing technique has historically been popular in climate zones which favour deciduous hardwood trees, such as oak. Its most northernmost areas are Baltic countries and southern Sweden. Timber framing is rare in Russia, Finland, northern Sweden, and Norway, where tall and straight lumber, such as pine and spruce, is readily available and log houses were favored, instead.
Half-timbered construction in the Northern European vernacular building style is characteristic of medieval and early modern Denmark, England, Germany, and parts of France and Switzerland, where timber was in good supply yet stone and associated skills to dress the stonework were in short supply. In half-timbered construction, timbers that were riven (split) in half provided the complete skeletal framing of the building.
Europe is full of timber-framed structures dating back hundreds of years, including manors, castles, homes, and inns, whose architecture and techniques of construction have evolved over the centuries. In Asia, timber-framed structures are found, many of them temples.
Some Roman carpentry preserved in anoxic layers of clay at Romano-British villa sites demonstrate that sophisticated Roman carpentry had all the necessary techniques for this construction. The earliest surviving (French) half-timbered buildings date from the 12th century.
The long, skinny ecosystem that stretches through Kansas, Oklahoma and into Central Texas was known as "the Cross Timber" before American writer Washington Irving toured Indian Territory (Oklahoma) with U.S. Indian Commissioner Henry Ellsworth and a party of mounted rangers. But Irving made the Cross Timbers famous.
“I shall not easily forget the mortal toil, and the vexations of flesh and spirit, that we underwent occasionally, in our wanderings through the Cross Timber. It was like struggling through forests of cast iron,” Irving wrote.
Post and blackjack oaks dominate the Cross Timbers, growing so closely together that their canopies often overlap. These rugged, drought-stressed oaks are interspersed with hickory, elm and hackberry trees, while tangles of vines, briars and shrubs clutter the understory. The CT separates the big forests of the East and the Southern Plains.
Timber at Garden of the Gods. After his grooming appointment today had to take him out for a photo shoot while he was still clean before he decided to get dirty.
This fellow was at the zoo and there was glass between me and him, so I'm not as brave as you were thinking (lol). ;)
I hope everyone enjoys this image. :)
The last remaining timber viaduct in England, last restored in 1995. It operated from 1848 until it's closure in 1966.
Capstick of Northumberland Renault T-Range 6x2 CM21CAP powers along the A82 with a load of logs at Bridge of Oich in the Scottish Highlands.
Cutting Timber in the Land Between the Lake also known as Between the Rivers, Kentucky. Clean up after a tornado
Pile of timber on the beach with The Kaskelot behind. Not sure what the timber is for but maybe for new groynes.
ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways) 5,6 MW Loco 1144 077 operated by Rail Cargo Austria leads a eastbound 1200t timber loaded train towards Vienna marshalling yard. Seen near Rekawinkel (Lower Austria) station.
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(taken in Roddlesworth in Lancashire, England back in September)
Happy New Year folks - all the best for 2014.
Some good field marks to detect poisonous snakes visible. Note the pit organ between the eye and nostril. It detects body heat from prey for night hunting. The elliptical eye pupils are another indicator of a poisonous snake in the U.S. Exception is the Coral Snake. I realize most people don't want to get close enough to observe these field marks, but it's good to know. Found in the eastern U.S. and the eastern half of Oklahoma. OKC Zoo. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
Mature Timber rattlesnake, female. this individual was over 4 feet long. we were alerted to her presence by the side of the trail by other hikers, but she crossed the trail just as we arrived so it was impossible to miss her. Here she is trying to smell the lens I am using (600mm, from a safe distance, laying on the ground). This is also the moment I decided I need a hearing aid. I can find warblers by sight, but i could not hear the rattle...birders looking up searching for birds should at least be able to hear a warning by a snake that can kill you or, if you survive, require a limb amputation. Docile as they are, timber rattlers alert you well in advance but won't tolerate you stepping on them. Aging sucks.