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The interconnected steering/suspension I designed for my Volvo Wolfhound LMVs (pictured configuration), and other smaller vehicles like my MB G-Wagon on the right (using a four studs wide base). Works best for display purposes, but it also rolls and articulates quite well and it can be scaled up or down using different lengths of the old technic plates and clips/tiles connecting the wheel mounts.
What a moment!
Two at the same time. One on my front, one on my back.
Shots with compact sony manual mode.
My daughter and I ordered two sets of these Sailor Moon gashapon compacts back in October and they arrived yesterday! We love them!
Architect: James Herbert Brownell (1962)
Developer: Pearce & Co.
Builder: Fergin-Griffin Co.
Location: San Diego (Pacific Beach), CA
Brownell was an architect based in Corona Del Mar, just up the road in Orange County. These sixteen homes demonstrate an ingenious solution to a series of narrow, sloping lots with views on one side. The solution was to build them as row homes, and push them as far up the hill as possible to maximize the views. More information can be found here
The news of the passing of the Dutch engineer who invented the audio Compact Cassette, Lou Ottens, got me to thinking how useful and handy these were back in the day and efficient - even a provision to prevent accidental ereasure. The quality of the audio wasn't up there with reel-to-reel, but they paved they way for portable music. Even after portable compact disc (which Mr. Ottens was involved in the development of) players came out, portable cassette players were the best way to go - easier to fit into a pocket and slower battery drain - though it took many years to get the player down to the size of the cassette itself. Until at least MP3 players came out, which like everything else digital revolutionized everything.
It started with the LC-A, that I got in a 2nd hand shop in Budapest 2 years ago, I took it to test it the next days on my way by train across Bulgaria/Romania to Istambul, and I finally figured out that P&S were the way to travel without worries. always ready, and in a simple pocket. SET
Eventually the lc-a fell and so I could try to fix the frame counter it had to get a new dress.
Also, missing some shots because of the zone focus it was not ideal, so I started looking for some cheep AF ones, and they had to be as pocketable as the lc-a, on that area the mju II is the winner.
I don't think this collection will grow much more, unless I stumble upon some expensive models or so, for very cheap (ricohs gr, minolta TC-1 etc...) I'm happy with these ones for now, let's see what comes next.
(1 week after)
I just came back from the fleamarket with some more P&S cameras, Mju I (another),
Ricoh FF70(it's a DOA after all), Fuji HD-M, Konica EU-min and a Porst 135AE
#2 UPDATE
additions : Olympus XA2, Ricoh FF-1, Leica C2-zoom, Nikon AF600, Rollei 35B
One of my very early photographic efforts taken with a Hanimex Compact non SLR camera of dubious quality and using black and white film sees Tinsley allocated 25019 drifting along the Up Goods approaching Derby station with a special class 8 freight (8Z60) sometime in 1974.
Locomotive History
25019 is one of a batch of twenty five locomotives of sub class 25/0 which were a transition between the 75mph, 1160hp Class 24 and the 90mph, 1250hp Class 25/1. These twenty five locomotives received the up-rated 6LDA28B Sulzer engine giving 1250hp but were fitted with the same traction motors as the Class 24. All twenty five locomotives were built at Darlington Works and 25019 entered traffic as D5169 in December 1961 and like the rest of the sub class was allocated to Thornaby MPD. This sub class were not boiler equipped so would live out there careers mostly on freight duties. It would spend the next five years in the North East with a short spell at Gateshead in 1967 before transfer to Holbeck in December 1967. After a brief return to the North East (Gateshead) in April 1972 it transferred to Tinsley three months later. Its next move was to Scotland in February 1976 with a transfer to Eastfield and its final transfer was to Haymarket in January 1980. The first Class 25/) withdrawals (25016/17/20/22/24) took place in January 1976 when they were due for classified repair and they were the first non accident damaged class 25’s condemned. Withdrawals of the Class 25/0 locomotives continued over the next couple of years with a further six being withdrawn, however before they were complete non accident damaged withdrawals commenced on the Class 25/1 locomotives in August 1977. This proved to be a reprieve for the remaining Class 25/0 locomotives as the next fourteen withdrawals came from the Class 25/1 or 25/2 fleets until 25008 was withdrawn in June 1980, almost a three years gap in Class 25/0 withdrawals. Once Class 25/0 withdrawals had recommenced the remaining Class 25/0 locomotives were quickly withdrawn with 25019 being withdrawn three months later in September 1980. After withdrawal 25019 was moved to Swindon Works during October 1980 and was broken up during January 1981.
Hanimex Compact, Ilford FP4
slinks away
and grinning, makеs his way up
i grasp the pieces of rose
and your raven locks of hair
i hear the turn of the key
as I hiss my final prayer
Car: BMW 316i Compact.
Date of first registration: 17th March 1999.
Region of registration: Swansea.
Latest recorded mileage: 13,578 (MOT 28th March 2019).
Date taken: 16th August 2019.
Album: Street Spots
Car: BMW 316 Compact (E36/5)
Date of first registration: 6th March 1995.
Registration region: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
Latest recorded mileage: 61,125 (MOT 9th November 2018).
Date taken: 19th March 2019.
Album: Street Spots
The best thing to have a camera on any trip is COMPACT. Even if it's a morning jog or walk with the dog. I'd like to show you my everyday pocket "city walking camera" medium format. This is for a unexpected genre photograph, an environmental portrait, and land-photography itself.
Although it does have a rangefinder attached, it is great for discreet street hip shooting.
An objective factor in the analog camera market today is not a pofessionalism of the model. What decides is only the safety and condition of a particular specimen, in other words, the hands of a master in cleaning, lubricating and adjusting.
Subjective factor - emotions and affection - the camera should be liked, tactilely pleasant, you should want to keep it with you.
A good example of this viewfinder with a 6X6 rangefinder and parallax compensation. She has a Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 8 cm f2.8 lens, and so many news ones for its time that I don’t remember who else had that many in 1937. She is as beautiful as a Swiss watch. When the film moves, it makes the same sound as a mechanical watch when wound.
It’s not hard to guess that I always feel sorry for taking it with me on an extreme expedition in such good condition....!! )))
I really like it, but I think it will take its rightful place in someone's collection and will be a great companion for walking around the city for many years to come. I'll sell it or trade it for something more suitable for my backpack and tropical rainforest.
So if you have any ideas, I'd love to see them. My email address is listed in my profile. or write to me also on Instagram - link here:
...for something in this price range of 350-400 euros and in good condition. I will provide also any photographs of the camera and scanned films, write to me!
Have a nice evening to all of us!
What might look like an abstract artwork is actually a novel antenna, small enough for a minisatellite, to track global ship traffic from orbit.
Commercial vessels are mandated to transmit Automatic Identification System (AIS) signals, which are used to track maritime traffic – the oceangoing equivalent of air traffic control. The system relies on VHF radio signals with a horizontal range of just 40 nautical miles (74 km), useful within coastal zones and on a ship-to-ship basis, but leaving open ocean traffic largely uncovered.
However, in 2010 ESA fitted an experimental antenna to Europe’s Columbus module of the International Space Station, demonstrating for the first time that AIS signals could also be detected from up in orbit, opening up the prospect of global ship tracking from space.
“Based on our testing, this new prototype designs offers a four-fold increase in ship detection performance,” explains ESA antenna specialist Nelson Fonseca, overseeing the project.
“The AIS detection system on Columbus employs a low-gain ‘whip’ antenna, receiving signals within a very broad beam, with corresponding potential for signal overlap and interference.
“This antenna design combines higher-gain with a more reduced footprint, allowing more of a focus on regions of highest interest, and can also discriminate between polarisations, increasing the likelihood of detection for any individual AIS signal within the antenna field of view.”
In addition, clever engineering has shrunk the overall antenna size to a size where up to five could be hosted on a single cubic-metre minisatellite.
“Despite its name, VHF is quite a low wavelength in space terms, implying a bulky antenna of about 1 m across and half-a-metre thick to operate ideally at that frequency,” Nelson adds.
“But the patterned square-shaped structure on the underlying face of our antenna changes the signal behaviour, enabling us to shrink the design to 50 cm width and 3 cm thickness – making it suitable for hosting on a smaller platform.”
The antenna was developed through ESA’s ARTES Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems – Advanced Technology programme with Italian companies CGS as prime contractor and MVG as subcontractor in charge of the electrical design.
“CGS and MVG are highly interested in moving forward with the optimisation and environmental qualification of this outstanding antenna element,” explains Andrea Di Cintio, managing the project at CGS. “The next step will be to identify a specific mission and then optimise the design and qualification accordingly.”
“Significant reduction of antenna dimensions and weight without compromising electrical performance was challenging,” adds Andrea Giacomini, lead antenna designer at MVG. “It required a radical change in the design and validation approach. We are proud to have been involved.”
Credit: ESA–G. Porter, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
Compact is a neat little studs up font. Basic, but gets the job done. Perfect for signing mosaics.
Try writing with the font or check the details on Swooshable.
Car: BMW 316i Compact.
Year of manufacture: 1999.
Date of first registration in the UK: 20th May 1999.
Place of registration: Chelmsford.
Date of last MOT: 7th April 2021.
Mileage at last MOT: 100,621.
Last change of keeper: 9th August 2020
Date taken: 3rd June 2021.
Album: Carspotting 2021
A very basic Compact. Top spotting points if you see one of these now.
Plate comes back to a Piaggio T5 (a scooter?)
My first pass at the building was only three stories, then I added an additional three. If I had to fit the building in a more compact space or if looked out of place in a layout, I could go back to three.
This 1 3/8 inch figure is the DC Comics character The Flash as seen in the game HeroClix. The red and yellow streaks behind him are actually tissue paper.
I believe this is the first toy photo I've posted to Flickr that was lit by my camera's flash. I typically use lamps, flashlights, LEDs, etc.
This image is straight out of the camera: no tweaking, no color processing, no cropping, no nothing.
Submitted to the Flickr group 7 Days of Shooting.
Voigtländer Vito CD
Prod. Voigtländer (West-Germany) / 1960
Lens: Voigtländer Lanthar 2,8/50mm
Shutter: PRONTO 30s – 1/250, B
Vito CD is the same as the Vito C, but it has a meter added to the top of the camera.
Manual @ BUTKUS:
www.cameramanuals.org/voigtlander_pdf/voigtlander_vito_cd...
1996 BMW 316i Compact. Supplied by Wood of Salisbury (BMW).
1986 Land Rover 90 hardtop. 2495cc diesel. Last MoT test expired in September 2015 (SORN). It failed a test in September 2016 -
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.c.1b)
Steering box has a significant oil leak (2.2.d.2e)
Nearside windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively (8.2.2)
Centre steering arm deformed and unserviceable bent and fouling guide (2.2.c.1d)
Rear fog lamp switch faulty (1.3.1a)
Steering locking device missing split pin missing from offside track rod end (2.2.c.1g)
Nearside headlamp aim too high (1.8)
Upper steering column universal joint has excessive play (2.1.5)
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases rear silencer rusted and broken (7.1.2)
Nearside front brake disc contaminated by oil inner face (3.5.1h)
Offside windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively (8.2.2)
Nearside track rod end ball joint has excessive play rear of hub (2.2.b.1f)
Offside front position lamp(s) not working (1.1.a.3b)
Fuel tank insecure (7.2.1)
Offside rear direction indicator not working (1.4.a.2c)
My prototypes for the 4 hood's i've designed so far.
The two for CV 21mm and CV 25mm are still going through testing at the moment, so aren't yet on sale.
The Foxtrot fighter is a modified GARC viper. She's equipped with 2 short-range ballistic guns and 4 low-frequency phase cannons for shield dampening. Though she's low on firepower, she makes up for it with sheer speed. All this coupled with the ability to compact into a small cargo bay makes her a bounty hunter's best friend.
This has got to be my absolute favorite out of all the fighters I have built for the 14x14x6 starfighter challenge because it's just so fun to convert, and it's pretty dang swooshable too.