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Crta. Santiago-Pontevedra a 9 Km. de Santiago de Compostela en dirección a Pontevedra. 15.866 Ameneiro-Teo (La Coruña) España.
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Crta. Santiago-Pontevedra a 9 Km. de Santiago de Compostela en dirección a Pontevedra. 15.866 Ameneiro-Teo (La Coruña) España.
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Crta. Santiago-Pontevedra a 9 Km. de Santiago de Compostela en dirección a Pontevedra. 15.866 Ameneiro-Teo (La Coruña) España.
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Crta. Santiago-Pontevedra a 9 Km. de Santiago de Compostela en dirección a Pontevedra. 15.866 Ameneiro-Teo (La Coruña) España.
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Crta. Santiago-Pontevedra a 9 Km. de Santiago de Compostela en dirección a Pontevedra. 15.866 Ameneiro-Teo (La Coruña) España.
To see these in stereo, use the cross-eyed technique.
The highly inclined sedimentary rock units are part of the Twist Gulch Formation of Middle Jurassic age. They consist of fairly friable siltstones and fine grained sandstones. Laying unconformably on top of the Twist Gulch Formation are the lighter horizontal beds of the Mid-Paleocene Flagstaff Formation. These light colored beds are primarily sandstones.
Above the Flagstaff formation lie the Colton Formation, and the Green River Formation (upper Paleocene to Eocene).
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Crta. Santiago-Pontevedra a 9 Km. de Santiago de Compostela en dirección a Pontevedra. 15.866 Ameneiro-Teo (La Coruña) España.
GP-9 7554, in the service of the Penn Central Railroad, soaks up some sunshine in the New Haven engine yard, 1971.
Daily Dog Challenge: Angular.
Kahn & Etta helping dig a new hole for their "Yard Art" (dog poo composter :)
very fast mover when its out and about . Otherwise it slides sidewards into burrows often occupied by prawns
+++ DISCLAIMER +++
Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
The Fokker D.XXI fighter was designed in 1935 for use by the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force (Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger, ML-KNIL). As such, it was designed as an inexpensive and small, but rugged aircraft, which had respectable performance for its time.
Entering operational use in the early years of World War II, it provided yeoman service for both the Luchtvaartafdeling (Dutch Army Aviation Group) and the Finnish Air Force. Other operators were Denmark and Norway, and a few were built by the El Carmolí factory before it fell into rebel hands during the Spanish Civil War.
The Fokker D.XXI was a low-wing monoplane with a fixed spatted undercarriage. Following standard Fokker design practice of the period, it had a steel tube fuselage covered in large part by fabric, with wooden cantilever wings. Power was provided by a Bristol Mercury radial driving a three-blade two-pitch propeller. When it entered service in 1938 it was a significant leap forward for the Dutch Army Aviation Group, whose fighter force had until that time consisted of aging biplanes with open cockpits.
The new Fokker proved to be an extremely sturdy aircraft capable of attaining a speed of 700 km/h in a dive, making it one of the few aircraft that could follow a Stuka bomber into its dive. The Fokker D.XXI, although much slower and more lightly armed than the Bf 109, performed surprisingly well in dogfights, due to its maneuverability.
With its rugged design, a simple, radial engine and fixed undercarriage the Fokker D.XXI was also very suitable for nordic conditions. The fixed undercarriage lent itself to both unimproved runways and conversion to skis for winter use, both of which were advantages in this demanding theater of operations. That did not help much when Norway was invaded in April 1940, though: At that time only five Fokker D.XXI-5 were operational with the Norwegian Army Air Service, while eight more were still on order and never reached their destination.
The Fokker D.XXI-5s differed from the Dutch standard machines mainly through an upgraded engine: the Bristol Mercury with 830 hp (680 kW) was replaced by a Bristol Pegasus XX, rated at 920 hp (686 kW). The most obvious difference from the Mercury-powered machines was a shorter but more angular cowling, coupled with a three blade propeller, an aerodynamic spinner and an engine fairing. The armament still comprised four 7.7mm Vickers machine guns in the wings.
The Norwegian Campaign in early 1940 saw both Norwegian and British fighters battling the Luftwaffe, with the Norwegian Jagevingen fighting in the defence of Oslo on the first day of Operation Weserübung, the German invasion. Later British fighters fought to provide cover for the allied reinforcements sent to the assistance of the Norwegian government.
The pilots of the Norwegian Jagevingen (fighter flight) were based at Fornebu Airport, equipped with a mix of Fokker D.XXI-5s and Gloster Gladiators. On 9 April, the first day of the invasion of Norway, the total of twelve serviceable aircraft managed to shoot down six German aircraft: two Messerschmitt Bf 110 fighters, two He 111 bombers and one Fallschirmjäger-laden Ju 52 transport, all downed by Gloster Gladiators, while the only air victory of a Fokker D.XXI-5 was a Bf 109 escort fighter.
One Gladiator and one Fokker were shot down during the air battle, while three more aircraft (one Fokker, two Gladiators) were strafed and destroyed while refuelling and rearming at Fornebu airport. The remaining operational fighters were ordered to land wherever they could away from the base, landing on frozen lakes around Oslo. They were abandoned by their pilots, then wrecked by souvenir-hunting civilians or destroyed through further air attacks strafing. None of the Norwegian Fokker D.XXI-5s survived.
General characteristics:
Crew: one
Length: 8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Wingspan: 11 m (36 ft 1 in)
Height: 2.92 m (9 ft 7 in)
Wing area: 16.2 m2 (174 sq ft)
Empty weight: 1,594 kg (3,514 lb)
Gross weight: 1,970 kg (4,343 lb)
Powerplant:
1 × Bristol Pegasus XX 9-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, rated at 920 hp (686 kW).
Performance:
Maximum speed: 460 km/h (286 mph; 248 kn)
Cruising speed: 429 km/h (267 mph; 232 kn)
Never exceed speed: 700 km/h (435 mph; 378 kn)
Range: 930 km (578 mi; 502 nmi)
Service ceiling: 11,350 m (37,238 ft) service ceiling
Time to altitude: 6,000 m (19,685 ft 0 in) in 7 min 30 sec
Power/mass: 0.309 kW/kg (0.188 hp/lb)
Armament:
4 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Vickers machine guns in the outer wings
The kit and its assembly:
The third contribution to the 'Battle of Britain' Group Build at whatifmodelers.com that ran in late 2015. This time, an exotic twist on history with a modern fighter in Norwegian service: the Fokker D.XXI. The kit is the PM Models incarnation of the 1990s Pioneer 2 kit from Turkey: a very basic affair with fine, raised panel lines, some flash and an optional ski landing gear.
In order to add a whiffy touch beyond fictional Norwegian colors I decided to change the engine – the real Fokker D.XXI-5 with its Pegasus engine was a fine inspiration – even though I am uncertain how the actual aircraft looked like. In my case, I transplanted a Polish engine from a KP PZL 37 “Los” bomber. The original cowling was shortened slightly and the Pegasus’ diameter reduced.
The propeller is a combination of an Academy Messerschmitt Bf 109E part with a spinner of uncertain origin. New exhaust stubs and a slightly bigger carburetor intake were added, too. Rather simple, but the modified nose changes the look of the D.XXI completely!
The rest was taken OOB. The only other changes are lowered flaps and a dashboard for the cockpit, as well as a fairing behind the pilot’s seat. I also cut the clear but very thick canopy into three pieces, in order to present the kit on the ground – even though this turned out not to be the smartest solution, since canopy fit and the immense thickness of the clear part(s) prevented a proper fit. If you want an open cockpit, better invest into a vacu canopy! :-/
Painting and markings:
Again a rather conservative approach, since most Norwegian aircraft at the time of the German invasion had rather simple liveries: overall aluminum dope was common, or the aircraft bore the camouflage of their countries of origin’s forces, e .g. from Italy.
Anyway, there was also something that appears like an improvised camouflage over alu dope, seen on some Gladiators and Caproni C.310s: a “net” of brown lines.
This is what I adopted for the Fokker and it was created with a basic coat of acrylic Aluminum (Revell), plus some panels in different shades of light alloys, on top of which a wavy net with Modelmaster FS 34087 (Olive Drab) was painted/dabbed with a brush. Once dry, this was slightly wet-sanded in order to reveal the raised panel lines and simulate chipped paint, and a light black ink wash was added, too.
After the decals were applied (leftover from an MPM Northrop A-33 bomber kit, plus the tactical code “440”, which actually comes from a Czech MiG 29), some more dry-painting with earth tones was done to the leading edges and upper surfaces, and finally everything was sealed under a coat of not-totally matt acrylic varnish.
A very quick build: the whole kit was realized in just two days, plus one more for the pics - thanks to its simple construction and paintjob.
This guy was snoring away across from me. I don't know how he could sleep at that precarious angle. But I do know, from the expressions of those around me, that fellow riders were not really amused.
Cualquier lugar es bueno para hacer una foto, y mas si tiene un espejo donde poder hacer una foto de gran angular..
por casualidad, me ha salido similar a esta