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LOCKHEED MARTIN F-35A LIGHTNING II (c/n AF-321) USAFE (19-5493) / TLP 2022/3 BASE AÉREA DE LOS LLANOS (LEAB) ESPAÑA-SPAIN
I had a spare smaller Christmas tree from a bargain Craigslist lot and substituted the big concrete base for a smaller plastic base.
Sony A7s + Elmarit-M 28mm F2.8 pre-asph
Processed with VSCOcam with se1 preset
abandoned military base
Keelung, Taiwan
一個人的基隆踏查，轉進這個十年前（十年！）我服役的營區。幾年前來還有單位駐守，這次來已經荒廢。
右邊的小屋是我的排長室，也是大門衛哨所在地。有時晚上睡不著，就聽著門外的哨兵長談，談女友、未來，有時只是某種電玩的破關心得，兩小時後自動更新話題。
這裡也曾經發生過哨兵交接掉子彈，最後從垃圾袋裡撿回來的離奇事件。門外的斜坡，是操練的好地方，有時阿兵哥們還會在斜坡草地上打棒球；「毋忘在莒」碑，是營區最佳的觀測點，整個港區一覽無遺。
哈，還真的有點懷念呢。
※我是從封閉的大門縫拍進去的，沒有擅闖禁地喔XD
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (May 5, 2020) - A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor flies over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, following a close formation taxi known as an elephant walk, May 5, 2020. This event displayed the ability of the 3rd Wing, 176th Wing and the 477th Fighter Group to maintain constant readiness throughout COVID-19 by Total Force Integration between active-duty, Guard and Reserve units to continue defending the U.S. homeland and ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Samuel Colvin) 200505-F-YL679-1063
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Base B8301786
Camera 2 (X8111592)
Text 1: Grotto Plot
Battery Level: 100%
Pics on camera: 1
camera2/p_001715.jpg: PIR Trigger
Base B8301786
Camera 5 (X81115A5)
Text 1: Top Food Plot
Battery Level: 24%
Pics on camera: 2
camera5/p_002352.jpg: PIR Trigger
A childhood dream come true: This is the Moon Base I would have loved to have when I was a kid: 9×3 baseplates filled with stations, vehicles and spaceships.
8/20: A walk around (5/6)
A "Barak" (F-16C/D) from the "First Fighter" Squadron taking off
Hatzor AFB
Photo by: Adi Abu
מטוס "ברק" מטייסת "הקרב הראשונה" ממריא
בסיס חצור
צילום: עדי עבו
Frank Oliver Howard (b. August 8, 1936), nicknamed "Hondo", "The Washington Monument" and "The Capital Punisher", is a former All-Star outfielder, coach and manager in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Senators / Texas Rangers franchises.
One of the most physically intimidating players in the sport, the 6 ft 7 in / 235 lbs Howard was named the National League's Rookie of the Year in 1960, and went on to twice lead the American League in home runs and total bases and in slugging average, runs batted in and walks once each. His 382 career home runs were the eighth most by a right-handed hitter when he retired; his 237 home runs and 1969 totals of 48 HRs and 340 total bases in a Washington uniform are a record for any of that city's several franchises.
Howard is one of four players (along with Harmon Killebrew, Cecil Fielder, and Mark McGwire), to clear the left-field roof at Tiger Stadium. His most memorable home-run at RFK Stadium was on April 25, 1970 when he hit a 500 ft homer into the upper bleachers in left centerfield. The seat which it hit was painted white against the conforming gold to commemorate the event. In a game at Fenway Park, he hit a line drive that struck the center field wall 390 feet from home plate and bounced into Reggie Smith's glove before Howard had even reached first base. During his National League days, Howard also smashed a ball an estimated 560 feet at Pittsburgh's Forbes Field.
MLB statistics:
Batting average - .273
Home runs - 382
RBI - 1,119
Teams - As player:
Los Angeles Dodgers (1958–1964)
Washington Senators / Texas Rangers (1965–1972)
Detroit Tigers (1972–1973)
Taiheiyo Club Lions (1974)
As manager:
San Diego Padres (1981)
New York Mets (1983)
As coach:
Milwaukee Brewers (1977–1980)
New York Mets (1982–1984)
Milwaukee Brewers (1985–1986)
Seattle Mariners (1987–1988)
New York Yankees (1989, 1991–1993)
New York Mets (1994–1996)
Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998–1999)
Career highlights and awards:
4× All-Star (1968–1971)
World Series champion (1963)
NL Rookie of the Year (1960)
2× AL home run leader (1968, 1970)
AL RBI leader (1970)
Link to all of his issued baseball cards - www.tradingcarddb.com/Person.cfm/pid/2722/col/1/yea/0/Fra...
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (June 13, 2022) - A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet aircraft with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 takes off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, June 14, 2022, in support of Valiant Shield 2022. Exercises such as Valiant Shield allows the Indo-Pacific Command Joint Task Force the opportunity to integrate forces from all branches of service to conduct long-range, precise, lethal, and overwhelming multi-axis, multi-domain effects that demonstrate the strength and versatility of the Joint Task Force and our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mitchell Austin) 220613-M-MY099-1007
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I'm getting there. Ceiling and coving done. Two coats of white to cover the red walls, and now ready for a new colour.
On this day, my dishwasher broke, so I had to go buy a new one. Plus also I also bought new basic microwave to replace the one the broke over Christmas. So what with a new washing machine before Christmas, that's the 3 things, so I should be good for awhile :))
A busy scene within the Kronstadt military seaport on Kotlin Island near Saint Petersburg sees Russian tanker Aral in the foreground, with RFS KARPATY Rescue-raising Vessel (Project 530) and RFS RASTOROPNYY Sovremennyy Class Destroyer Pennant No. 420 (Project 956) moored together behind it, along with the Non-self-propelled SFDR (Arcticheskaya) ARCTIC (Project 15402M) moored behind them all.
This is a Clone base I half built a year ago, and recently finished. I am going to Marine Recruit Training today, so this will be my last post till November
Basecamp bash during the 2023 National Scout Jamboree at The Summit Bechtel Reserve in Mount Hope, West Virginia. (BSA Photo by Leo He)
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Cremorne Point / Kurraba Point - Manly ferry base from RSYS Club
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+++ 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 S 13A was a reconnaissance aircraft that entered the Swedish armed forces in 1940, and it was only built and operated in a very limited number - actually only a pre-production batch of 20 aircraft. Originally, the aircraft was known as the "P7", and it was to be the only design of AB Förenade Flygverkstäder (AFF for short) that entered the hardware stage before the company was integrated into Saab again.
AFF had been formed in 1937 by ASJA and Saab as a measure to push the Swedish aircraft industry forward, in a complicated historical period with looming war in Europe, a tense, competitive situation in the domestic aircraft/military industry and Sweden's pursuit of neutrality. AFF was more or less a joint venture in defense against the Bofors group, and the design bureau not only consisted of Swedish engineers but also a considerable number of American technicians.
One of AFF's first designs was the P7 in response to a competition in 1938 for a new Army and Naval reconnaissance aircraft. Good visibility for both pilot and observer was an important factor for the military, so that a high-winged layout was chosen. The mission envelope included tactical reconnaissance and artillery reconnaissance capability – photographic reconnaissance and observation of artillery fire in daylight – up to about 15,000 yards (14 km) behind the enemy front. The top speed had to be at least 400 km/h (250 mph), the aircraft was to operate from short, unprepared airfields and the engine had to be a domestic design - or at least a licensed product, in order to ensure Sweden's independence from other countries as suppliers.
The resulting aircraft resembled the British Westland Lysander a lot, with high wings of a high aspect ratio The wings had a reverse taper towards the root, which gave the impression of a bent gull wing from some angles, although the spars were straight. It had a girder type construction faired with a light wood stringers to give the aerodynamic shape. The wing itself was fabric covered, and with its thickness maximized at the lift strut anchorage location,
Unlike the Lysander, the complete fuselage was duralumin tube joined with brackets and plates, which were cut from channel extrusions rather than forming from sheet steel. The front spar and lift struts were extrusions, too. The complete tail was fabric-less, too.
Unlike the Lysander, with its spatted, fixed landing gear, the P7 had a fully retractable landing gear - a kind of desperate measure to improve aerodynamic somewhat and achieve the 400 km/h goal. The tail wheel retracted forward into the rear fuselage, while the main wheels retracted inwards into thick stub wings, which also carried a single stabilizer strut each supporting the high and slender wings.
The crew of two sat under a well-glazed greenhouse canopy, separated by the internal wing support structure. The pilot enjoyed very good view over the short nose cowling for the license-built Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine, while the observer faced rearwards and had good side view. Armament consisted of a single, fixed 0.303" (7.7 mm) Browning machine gun in the outer starboard stub wing. Another machine gun was available for the observer on a manual mount for rear defense. Under the fuselage a single hardpoint could take bombs of up to 500 lb caliber (227 kg), or a 250l drop tank.
The P7 was developed in a hurry, since the political situation worsened day by day, and the first prototype made its maiden flight in May 1939. As already suggested by wind tunnel tests, the stub wing configuration was almost as draggy as the Lysander's fixed, spatted landing gear, and the extra weight for the retraction mechanisms was also not in favor of the P7's performance. Despite the stronger engine and a better aerodynamic quality than the Lysander, the P7 would hardly become faster than 380 km/h (236 mph) in level flight. The initial flights also revealed serious stability and airflow problems around the stabilizers, induced by the stub wings, and these issues had to be cured before the P7 could enter military service.
In the meantime, the original service profile for the aircraft had been changed to include a light bomber role - a task that was out of the P7's scope. Anyway, the Swedish army direly needed a modern reconnaissance aircraft. There had been high hopes for the Dornier Do 215 from Germany, but the outbreak of WWII prevented any exports and Sweden was left with no modern recce type in its arsenal.
As a consequence, the P7 was - after changes to the aircraft's tail section with a taller fin and a higher position of the stabilizers - an initial batch of 20 aircraft was ordered in late 1939. In service, the AFF P7 became known as S 13A; the designation had formerly been reserved for the Fokker G.I, but that type never entered Swedish service after the German inavion of the Netherlands. Anyway, despite the type's production, the P7 had only little hope for a prolonged production, since modern fighters and bombers now had top priority and its performance was mediocre, at best. Another lethal blow for the company in general and the P7 in specific came in March 1940, when AFF's American staff was ordered back to the United States and left the company so crippled that business had to be shut down. The firm was later re-integrated into Saab, but production of the P7 or any further development was never resumed.
Eventually, the P7's competitor, the Saab 17 dive bomber/recce aircraft entered serial production and took the P7's aspired place in the Swedish Air Force's arsenal. The few S 13s in service mostly served in observation and recce roles, or were used for liaison duties and target tugging, and the war survivors remained in service until the late Forties when all remaining airframes were scrapped.
General characteristics:
Crew: two (Pilot and observer or passenger)
Length: 30 ft 5 in (9.27 m)
Wingspan: 50 ft 0 in (15.24 m)
Height: 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Wing area: 260 ft² (24.2 m²)
Empty weight: 4,365 lb (1,984 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 6,330 lb (2,877 kg)
Powerplant:
1× Pratt & Whitney R-1830-S1C3G Twin Wasp 14 cylinder radial engine
with 1,050 hp (780 kW), driving a three blade metal propeller
Performance:
Maximum speed: 236 mph (210 knots, 380 km/h) at 5,000 ft (1,520 m)
Range: 600 miles (522 nmi, 966 km)
Service ceiling: 21,500 ft (6,550 m)
Climb to 10,000 ft (3,050 m): 8 min
Take-off run to 50 ft (15 m): 305 yards (279 m)
Armament:
One fixed 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machine gun in the starboard stub wing outside of the
propeller arc, firing forward, plus another, moveable Browning machine gun for the observer
A single hardpoint under the fuselage for 500 lb (227 kg) of bombs or a 250 l drop tank
The kit and its assembly:
Despite the weird looks the AFF P7 isactually a real Swedish aircraft project from early WWII - but it never entered any hardware stage and it's also one of those funky designs between the World Wars that took both old and modern design details and mixed them into something ...strange!
The only visual referrence for the P7 I know is a drawing by C. G. Ahrenmark which pops up everywhere in literature and in the WWW when the obscure P7 is mentioned:
It shows an aircraft that resembles a Westland Lysander a lot in general layout and outlines, but with a different tail surface shapes and low stub wings instead of the Lysander's large, spatted landing gear - and into these the landing gear could be fully retracted, inlcusing the tail wheel. Even the wing planform looks very Lysander-esque, even though there are only single stabilizer struts. I copuld not find information concerning the engine - but I assume that the P&W R-1830 was a serious option, since it was used in other Swedish contemporary designs like the Saab 17 and later in the FFVS 22, too.
So, it's no wonder to start with a Westland Lysander as a conversion basis - in my case, it's the Matchbox kit, even though in Revell's "Vintage Kit" re-boxing.
Anyway, only the fuselage, wings, propeller and interior was used, and several donor parts added in order to come closer to the P7's illustration:
- Rear fuselage and fin from a P-47 (actually from an MPM kit)
- Stabilizers from a Heller Curtiss SBC Helldiver
- A Twin Wasp engine, left over from a Matchbox PB4Y-2 Privateer
- Wing tips from a VEB Plasticart 1:100 An-24 as stub wings
The propeller is from the Matchbox Lysander, but with a new, stout spinner. On the rear fuselage, the fabric-covered, tubular structure was hidden under a coat of putty. The flaps were lowered for a less static appearance, and the whole Lysander tail chopped off and replaced by the Thunderbolt fin and tail section. While the change is subtle, I think the different fin shape changes the overall look of the Lysander a lot - somehow the profile reminds me now of a DHC Beaver or a Noorduyn Norseman?
The landing gear is a mix of Spitfire struts and wheels (Airfix) and covers from a Hawker Tempest (Matchbox), IIRC, with lots of improvisation. For example, the wells had to be drilled out of the massive and brittle VEB Plasticart material. Looks a bit shaggy if you look directly into them, but when the model rests on the ground, noone will ever tell... ;)
Painting and markings:
Well, this was a bit experimental. I wanted to add another unique Swedish Air Force aircraft to my growing collection, and a simple olive green/blue grey livery would certainly have been the more conservative option. But there were exceptions in the P7's time frame, had the aircraft entered service around 1939. One of these was the J 9 fighter, how the Severski P-35A was called in Swedish service. These American machines were delivered in NMF, but locally received a rather special camouflage: a zinc chromate yellow overall base coat with olive green streaks and mottles applied on top, so that the primer would still show through - reminding a bit of Italian aircraft camouflage (e. g. the Fiat CR.42, which was flown in Sweden, too, and basically retained its original Italian paint scheme). The undersides were standard blue grey.
To make things even more exciting I decided to add temporary winter camouflage on top of the basic scheme - inspired by a picture of J 9s in wintertime and the fact that there was an official pattern catalogue for tactical whitewash application. The creative patterns would leave the original camouflage partly visible and create dark shapes on the white surroundings, including shapes that look like small rivers or paths, and even bushes and leafless trees were part of the styles!
At first, the kit received a basis of uniform Humbrol 225 (Mid Stone), which is very yellow-ish and darker than true inc chromate yellow (Humbrol 81). The latter was added for some post-shading, though.
Once dry, I created the blurred, green pattern through thinned acrylic paints. A first layer was done with a mix of Revell 16 and 65 (Sand and Bronze Green, respectively), and on top of that - once dry - another layer with pure 65.
Then the decals were applied, puzzled together from various sources. Around these, the whitewash winter camouflage was added - again with acrylic paint, but this time with a more viscous artist paint: titanium white, with a bit of grey and beige added, and applied with a relatively small brush for visible streaks and a hand-made, provisional impression.
After some soot stains (with Tamiya's Smoke) and a few pencil-painted panel lines, the kit received a final coat of matt acrylic varnish.
Finally, a model of a rather obscure Swedish aircraft. Except for the landing gear (which is not exactly like the benchmark drawing, a compromise through the parts at hand) I am quite happy with the result, and the paint scheme with the added whitewash on top really makes the P7 model different.
Kawasaki OH-1 32601 / JG-2601 TE (cn 1001) Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, Hiko Jikkentai. pictured at Camp Akeno which is also its home base. The 32601 is the OH-1 prototype (photo 8345-3).
The Kawasaki OH-1, nickname ‘Ninja’, is a military scout/observation helicopter for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, intended to replace the OH-6D Loach. As of March 2014, 38 have entered service, complementing the existing fleet of OH-6D.
Developed and build by Kawasaki at Gifu, the OH-1 is slowly replacing the OH-6D in the observation role. First operational units to receive the OH-1 were the HQ flights of the Anti-Tank Helicopter squadrons, which was completed in 2011. Now the various HQ flights of the Army Aviation squadrons are replacing their OH-6Ds with this Kawasaki product.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_OH-1 and www.scramble.nl/orbats/japan/army
Based on the penultimate Spiffcraft by Dan Jassim, whose Brickshelf gallery I idolized as a kid: www.flickr.com/photos/28825145@N04/8198520893/in/album-72...
Previous version on Brickshelf found here: www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1850625