compatibility photos on Flickr

Some six months ago, I posted almost 100 images and a few thoughts I felt were missing from the many existing RX1 reviews. The outpouring of support and interest in that article was very gratifying. When I published, I had used the camera for six full months, enough time to come to a view of its strengths and weaknesses and to produce a small portfolio of good images, but not enough time to see the full picture (pun intended). In the following six months, I have used the camera at least as frequently as in the first six and have produced another small set of good images. It should be noted that my usage of the RX1 in the last six (and especially in the last 3) months has involved less travel and more time with the family and around the house; I will share relatively few of these images but will spend some time sharing my impressions of its functionality for family snapshots as I am sure there is some interest. And let it be said here: one of the primary motivations to purchase the camera was to take more photos with the family, and after one full year I can confidently say: money well spent.

The A7/r game-changer?

In the past six months, Sony have announced and released two full-frame, interchangeable lens cameras that clearly take design cues from the RX1: the A7 and the A7r. These cameras are innovative and highly capable and, as such, are in the midst of taking the photography world by storm. I think they are compelling enough cameras that I wonder whether Sony is wasting its energy continuing to develop further A-mount cameras. Sony deserve credit for a bold strategy—many companies would have been content to allow the success of the the RX1 (and RX1R) generate further sales before pushing further into the white space left unexplored by camera makers with less ambition.This is not the place to detail the relative advantages and disadvantages of the RX1 versus the A7/r except to make the following point. I currently use a Nikon D800 and an RX1: were I to sell both and purchase the A7r + 35mm f/2.8 I would in many ways lose nothing by way of imaging capability or lens compatibility but would pocket the surplus $1250-1750. Indeed this loyal Nikon owner thought long and hard about doing so, which speaks to the strategic importance of these cameras for a company trying to make inroads into a highly concentrated market.Ultimately, I opted to hang onto the two cameras I have (although this decision is one that I revisit time and time again) and continue to use them as I have for the past year. Let me give you a quick flavor of why.

The RX1 is smaller and more discrete

This is a small a point, but my gut reaction to the A7/r was: much smaller than the D800, not as small as the RX1. The EVF atop the A7/r and the larger profile of interchangeable mount lenses means that I would not be able to slip the A7/r into a pocket the way I can the RX1. Further, by virtue of using the EVF and its loud mechanical shutter, the A7/r just isn’t as stealthy as the RX1. Finally, f/2 beats the pants off of f/2.8 at the same or smaller size.At this point, some of you may be saying, “Future Sony releases will allow you to get a body without an EVF and get an f/2 lens that has a slimmer profile, etc, etc.” And that’s just the point: to oversimplify things, the reason I am keeping my RX1 is that Sony currently offers something close to an A7 body without a built-in EVF and with a slimmer profile 35mm f/2.

The D800 has important functional advantages

On the other side of the spectrum, the AF speed of the A7/r just isn’t going to match the D800, especially when the former is equipped with a Nikon lens and F-mount adapter. EVFs cannot yet match the experience of looking through the prism and the lens (I expect they will match soon, but aren’t there yet). What’s more, I have made such an investment in Nikon glass that I can’t yet justify purchasing an adapter for a Sony mount or selling them all for Sony’s offerings (many of which aren’t to market yet).Now, all of these are minor points and I think all of them disappear with an A8r, but they add up to something major: I have two cameras very well suited to two different types of shooting, and I ask myself if I gain or lose by getting something in between—something that wasn’t quite a pocket shooter and something that was quite a DSLR? You can imagine, however, that if I were coming to the market without a D800 and an RX1, that my decision would be far different: dollar for dollar, the A7/r would be a no-brainer.During the moments when I consider selling to grab an A7r, I keep coming back to a thought I had a month or so before the RX1 was announced. At that time I was considering something like the NEX cameras with a ZM 21mm f/2.8 and I said in my head, “I wish someone would make a carry-around camera with a full frame sensor and a fixed 35mm f/2.8 or f/2.” Now you understand how attractive the RX1 is to me and what a ridiculously high bar exists for another camera system to reach.

Okay, so what is different from the last review?

For one, I had an issue with the camera’s AF motor failing to engage and giving me an E61:00 error. I had to send it out to Sony for repairs (via extended warranty and service plan). I detailed my experience with Sony Service here [insert link] and I write to you as a very satisfied customer. That is to say, I have 3 years left on a 4 year + accidental damage warranty and I feel confident enough in that coverage to say that I will have this beauty in working order for at least another 3 years.For two, I’ve spent significantly less time thinking of this camera as a DSLR replacement and have instead started to develop a very different way of shooting with it. The activation barrier to taking a shot with my D800 is quite high. Beyond having to bring a large camera wherever you go and have it in hand, a proper camera takes two hands and full attention to produce an image. I shoot slowly and methodically and often from a tripod with the D800. In contrast, I can pull the RX1 out, pop off the lens cap, line up and take a shot with one hand (often with a toddler in the other). This fosters a totally different type of photography.

My “be-there” camera

The have-everywhere camera that gives DSLR type controls to one-handed shooting lets me pursue images that happen very quickly or images that might not normally meet the standards of “drag-the-DSLR-out-of-the-bag.” Many of those images you’ll see on this post. A full year of shooting and I can say this with great confidence: the RX1 is a terrific mash-up of point-and-shoot and DSLR not just in image quality and features, but primarily in the product it helps me create. To take this thinking a bit further: I find myself even processing images from the RX1 differently than I would from my DSLR. So much so that I have strongly considered starting a tumblr and posting JPEGs directly from the RX1 via my phone or an iPad rather than running the bulk of them through Lightroom, onto Flickr and then on the blog (really this is just a matter of time, stay tuned, and those readers who have experience with tumblr, cloud image storage and editing, etc, etc, please contact me, I want to pick your brain).Put simply, I capture more spontaneous and beautiful “moments” than I might have otherwise. Photography is very much an exercise in “f/8 and be there,” and the RX1 is my go-to “be there” camera.

The family camera

I mentioned earlier that I justified the purchase of the RX1 partly as a camera to be used to document the family moments into which a DSLR doesn’t neatly fit. Over the past year I’ve collected thousands and thousands of family images with the RX1. The cold hard truth is that many of those photos could be better if I’d taken a full DSLR kit with me to the park or the beach or the grocery store each time. The RX1 is a difficult camera to use on a toddler (or any moving subject for that matter); autofocus isn’t as fast as a professional DSLR, it’s difficult to perfectly compose via an LCD (especially in bright sunlight), but despite these shortcomings, it’s been an incredibly useful family camera. There are simply so many beautiful moments where I had the RX1 over my shoulder, ready to go that whatever difficulties exist relative to a DSLR, those pale in comparison to the power of it’s convenience. The best camera is the one in your hand.

Where to go from here.

So what is the value of these RX1 going forward, especially in a world of the A7/r and it’s yet-to-be-born siblings without an EVF and a pancake lens? Frankly, at its current price (which is quite fair when you consider the value of the the body and the lens) I see precious little room for an independent offering versus a mirrorless, interchangeable lens system with the same image quality in a package just as small. That doesn’t mean Sony won’t make an RX2 or an RX1 Mark II (have a look at it’s other product lines to see how many SKUs are maintained despite low demand). Instead, I see the RX1 as a bridge that needed to exist for engineers, managers, and the market to make it to the A7/r and it’s descendants.A Facebook friend recently paid me a great compliment; he said something like, “Justin, via your blog, you’ve sold a ton of RX1 cameras.” Indeed, despite my efforts not to be a salesman, I think he’s right: I have and would continue to recommend this camera.The true value of the RX1 going forward is for those of us who have the thing on our shoulders; and yes, if you have an investment in and a love for a DSLR system, there’s still tremendous value in getting one, slinging it over your shoulder, and heading out into the wide, bright world; A7/r or no, this is just an unbelievably capable camera.

Doctor who Series: Episode 2 - Compatibility issues P2 by Sam K Bricks

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A while passed. A long while. The Doctor had told Frank to change as he felt that a security guard might confuse people. Could he have gotten lost? The Doctor had given explicit instructions. Or so he felt. Surely 'left, then a right, then another left' and so on had been clear enough.

The door opened with a whoosh and Frank entered, looking a tad disheveled. "Sorry, got lost" he panted, struggling to speak between breaths.

"Right!" the Doctor exclaimed "now everyone's in the console room, we can land". He didn't want to risk landing with people scattered throughout the Tardis as all sorts of problems could arise.

"Jackie, could you press that button" He said, indicating a small, green, button. "This one?" Jackie asked, hesitant. The Doctor nodded. With a press of the button, the screen on the wall turned on. A sprawling colony appeared on the screen, moving.

"That's odd" the Doctor mumbled

"What's odd"

"Well, we're landed. which means that the screen should be still. But we're still moving, even though we've landed."

"Is that bad?" Frank asked.

"Erm...Probably not" The Doctor replied.

"Now then" He said, heading towards the doors. The seemingly out of place police box doors that looked strangely at home. "Through these doors lurks wonder, fear and, most importantly, adventure!"

'Of course it does' Jackie thought. Frank may have been taken in by the wonder of it all, but not her. It simply is not possible for a box to travel through space, let alone time. The whole 'bigger on the inside thing' was clever, probably a van concealed behind the box. 'It's probably one of those stupid social experiment crap, to see how gullible people are' she thought.

"Ready?" The Doctor asked. He didn't wait for an answer, he opened the doors, wind gushing in, blowing Jackie's hair in her face. She cleared it and gasped, her scepticism gone, blown away, gone in the wind.

HBW - Pussy Willow Edition by PhotoJunket

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HBW!

Was out earlier to try and get a shot of comet PanSTARRS. I thought that if I didn't see it, I might get a few twilight shots and maybe even a sunset shot (*gasps*!). It was looking cloudy leading up to sunset and then it started snowing: I gave up without even taking the camera out of the bag - maybe tomorrow.

In other useless information to clutter up your minds with, I'm running out of disk space again. I tidied up the drive after Xmas and freed up a lot of space, but I'm running low again (I thought it was a lot of space I'd freed up, but obviously not!). All my edited photos get saved as layered PSD files. For a while I've been thinking about moving to layered Tiff files - for various reasons, but also because I keep reading that you can save yourself some Mbytes by utilising lossless compression. I managed to do some tests (spreadsheet and everything) tonight with PS CS5 and my conclusion is......I'll stick with PSD for now.

Purely on filesize, PSD gives you better results with layered 16-bit files, even when you are forced to save the PSD with max compatibility (which adds over 20% to the filesize). Tiff is supposed to be able to utilise LZW lossless compression, but on 16-bit files it actually increases (!) the filesize (for both colour and B&W files). Using the Tiff ZIP compression gives you comparable max PSD filesizes, but at the expense of writing: the file writing is much slower.

The documentation states if your image has large blocks of colour then LZW compression works better, but we don't all shoot Mondrian paintings all the time. A couple of forums simply state that Adobe have broken the LZW compression, which I tend to agree with as converting the layered file to 8-bit doesn't improve the compression ratio -and it should!

So my conclusion is that for the moment I will stick to PSD files. If I had enough disk space I would use uncompressed layered Tiff files. For the moment I need to find disk space by by other means.

1:72 Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing TAM-1 „გველგესლას (Gvelgeslas/Viper)“, aircraft „Blue 07“ of the Georgian Aviation and Air Defence Command of the Defence Forces; Alekseevka air base (Tbilisi), 2021 (What-if/modified Hobbycraft kit) by Dizzyfugu

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+++ DISCLAIMER +++

Nothing you see here is real, even though the model, the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!

Some background:

The Georgian Air Force and Air Defense Division (თავდაცვის ძალების ავიაციისა და საჰაერო თავდაცვის სარდლობა; tavdatsvis dzalebis aviatsiisa da sahaero tavdatsvis sardloba) was established on January 1, 1992, and in September the Georgian Air Force conducted its first combat flight during the separatist war in Abkhazia. On August 18, 1998, the two divisions were unified in a joint command structure and renamed the Georgian Air Force.

In 2010, the Georgian Air Force was abolished as a separate branch and incorporated into the Georgian Land Forces as Air and Air Defense sections. By that time, the equipment – primarily consisting of Eastern Bloc aircraft inherited from the Soviet Union after the country’s dissolution – was totally outdated, the most potent aircraft were a dozen Suchoj Su-25 attack aircraft and a handful of MiG-21U trainers.

In order to rejuvenate the air arm, Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing (TAM), also known as JSC Tbilaviamsheni and formerly known as 31st aviation factory, started a modernization program for the Su-25, for the domestic forces but also for export customers. TAM had a long tradition of aircraft production within the Soviet Union. In the 1950s the factory started the production of Mikoyan's MiG-15 and later, the MiG-17 fighter aircraft. In 1957 Tbilisi Aircraft State Association built the MiG-21 two-seater fighter-trainer aircraft and its various derivative aircraft, continuing the MiG-21 production for about 25 years. At the same time the company was manufacturing the K-10 air-to-surface guided missile. Furthermore, the first Sukhoi Su-25 (known in the West as the "Frogfoot") close support aircraft took its maiden voyage from the runway of 31st aviation factory. Since then, more than 800 SU-25s had been delivered to customers worldwide. From the first SU-25 to the 1990s, JSC Tbilaviamsheni was the only manufacturer of this aircraft, and even after the fall of the Soviet Union the production lines were still intact and spares for more than fifty complete aircraft available. Along with the SU-25 aircraft 31st aviation factory also launched large-scale production of air-to-air R-60 and R-73 IR guided missiles, a production effort that built over 6,000 missiles a year and that lasted until the early 1990s. From 1996 to 1998 the factory also produced Su-25U two-seaters.

In 2001 the factory started, in partnership with Elbit Systems of Israel, upgrading basic Su-25 airframes to the Su-25KM “Scorpion” variant. This was just a technical update, however, intended for former Su-25 export customers who would upgrade their less potent Su-25K export aircraft with modern avionics. The prototype aircraft made its maiden flight on 18 April 2001 at Tbilisi in full Georgian Air Force markings. The aircraft used a standard Su-25 airframe, enhanced with advanced avionics including a glass cockpit, digital map generator, helmet-mounted display, computerized weapons system, complete mission pre-plan capability, and fully redundant backup modes. Performance enhancements included a highly accurate navigation system, pinpoint weapon delivery systems, all-weather and day/night performance, NATO compatibility, state-of-the art safety and survivability features, and advanced onboard debriefing capabilities complying with international requirements. The Su-25KM had the ability to use NATO-standard Mark 82 and Mark 83 laser-guided bombs and new air-to-air missiles, the short-range Vympel R-73. This upgrade extended service life of the Su-25 airframes for another decade.
There were, however, not many customers. Manufacturing was eventually stopped at the end of 2010, after Georgian air forces have been permanently dismissed and abolished. By that time, approximately 12 Scorpions had been produced, but the Georgian Air Force still used the basic models of Su-25 because of high cost of Su-25KM and because it was destined mainly for export. According to unofficial sources several Scorpions had been transferred to Turkmenistan as part of a trade deal.

In the meantime, another, more ambitious project took shape at Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing, too: With the help of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) the company started the development of a completely new attack aircraft, the TAM-1 “Gvelgeslas” (გველგესლას, Viper). It heavily relied on the year-long experience gathered with Su-25 production at Tblisi and on the tools at hand, but it was eventually a completely new aircraft – looking like a crossbreed between the Su-25 and the American A-10 with a T-tail.

This new layout had become necessary because the aircraft was to be powered by more modern, less noisy and more fuel-efficient Rolls Royce AE 3012 turbofan engines - which were originally intended to power the stillborn Yakovlev Yak-77 twin-engine business jet for up to 32 passengers, a slightly derated variant of the GMA 3012 with a 44 in diameter (112 cm) fan and procured via IAI from the United States through the company’s connection with Gulfstream Aerospace. Their larger diameter (the Su-25’s original Soyuz/Tumansky R-195 turbojets had a diameter of 109,5 cm/43.1 in) precluded the use of the former integral engine nacelles along the fuselage. To keep good ground clearance against FOD and to protect them from small arms fire, the engine layout was completely re-arranged. The fuselage was streamlined, and its internal structure was totally changed. The wings moved into a low position. The wings’ planform was almost identical to the Su-25’s, together with the characteristic tip-mounted “crocodile” air brakes. Just the leading edge inside of the “dogteeth” and the wing roots were re-designed, the latter because of the missing former engine nacelles. This resulted in a slightly increased net area, the original wingspan was retained. The bigger turbofans were then mounted in separate pods on short pylons along the rear fuselage, partly protected from below by the wings. Due to the jet efflux and the engines’ proximity to the stabilizers, these were re-located to the top of a deeper, reinforced fin for a T-tail arrangement.

Since the Su-25’s engine bays were now gone, the main landing gear had to be completely re-designed. Retracting them into the fuselage or into the relatively thin wings was not possible, TAM engineers settled upon a design that was very similar to the A-10: the aircraft received streamlined fairings, attached to the wings’ main spar, and positioned under the wings’ leading edges. The main legs were only semi-retractable; in flight, the wheels partly protruded from the fairings, but that hardly mattered from an aerodynamic point of view at the TAM-1’s subsonic operational speed. As a bonus they could still be used while retracted during emergency landings, improving the aircraft’s crash survivability.

Most flight and weapon avionics were procured from or via Elbit, including the Su-25KT’s modernized “glass cockpit”, and the TAM-1’s NATO compatibility was enhanced to appeal to a wider international export market. Beyond a total of eleven hardpoints under the wings and the fuselage for an external ordnance of up to 4.500 kg (9.900 lb), the TAM-1 was furthermore armed with an internal gun. Due to procurement issues, however, the Su-25’s original twin-barrel GSh-30-2 was replaced with an Oerlikon KDA 35mm cannon – a modern variant of the same cannon used in the German Gepard anti-aircraft tank, adapted to the use in an aircraft with a light-weight gun carriage. The KDA gun fired with a muzzle velocity of 1,440 m/s (4,700 ft/s) and a range of 5.500m, its rate of fire was typically 550 RPM. For the TAM-1, a unique feature from the SPAAG installation was adopted: the gun had two magazines, one with space for 200 rounds and another, smaller one for 50. The magazines could be filled with different types of ammunition, and the pilot was able select between them with a simple switch, adapting to the combat situation. Typical ammunition types were armor-piercing FAPDS rounds against hardened ground targets like tanks, and high explosive shells against soft ground targets and aircraft or helicopters, in a 3:1 ratio. Other ammunition types were available, too, and only 200 rounds were typically carried for balance reasons.

The TAM-1’s avionics included a SAGEM ULISS 81 INS, a Thomson-CSF VE-110 HUD, a TMV630 laser rangefinder in a modified nose and a TRT AHV 9 radio altimeter, with all avionics linked through a digital MIL-STD-1553B data bus and a modern “glass cockpit”. A HUD was standard, but an Elbit Systems DASH III HMD could be used by the pilot, too. The DASH GEN III was a wholly embedded design, closely integrated with the aircraft's weapon system, where the complete optical and position sensing coil package was built within the helmet (either the USAF standard HGU-55/P or the Israeli standard HGU-22/P), using a spherical visor to provide a collimated image to the pilot. A quick-disconnect wire powered the display and carried video drive signals to the helmet's Cathode Ray Tube (CRT).

The TAM-1’s development was long and protracted, though, primarily due to lack of resources and the fact that the Georgian air force was in an almost comatose state for several years, so that the potential prime customer for the TAM-1 was not officially available. However, the first TAM-1 prototype eventually made its maiden flight in September 2017. This was just in time, because the Georgian Air Force had formally been re-established in 2016, with plans for a major modernization and procurement program. Under the leadership of Georgian Minister of Defense Irakli Garibashvili the Air Force was re-prioritized and aircraft owned by the Georgian Air Force were being modernized and re-serviced after they were left abandoned for 4 years. This program lasted until 2020. In order to become more independent from foreign sources and support its domestic aircraft industry, the Georgian Air Force eventually ordered eight TAM-1s as Su-25K replacements, which would operate alongside a handful of modernized Su-25KMs from national stock. In the meantime, the new type also attained interest from abroad, e. g. from Bulgaria, the Congo and Cyprus. The IDF thoroughly tested two early production TAM-1s of the Georgian Air Force in 2018, too.

General characteristics:

Crew: 1

Length: 15.53 m (50 ft 11 in), including pitot

Wingspan: 14.36 m (47 ft 1 in)

Height: 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)

Wing area: 35.2 m² (378 sq ft)

Empty weight: 9,800 kg (21,605 lb)

Gross weight: 14,440 kg (31,835 lb)

Max takeoff weight: 19,300 kg (42,549 lb)

Powerplant:

2× Rolls-Royce AE 3012 turbofans with 44.1 kN (9,920 lbf) thrust each

Performance:

Maximum speed: 975 km/h (606 mph, 526 kn, Mach 0.79)

Range: 1.000 km (620 mi, 540 nmi) with internal fuel, clean

Combat range: 750 km (470 mi, 400 nmi) at sea level with 4.500 kg (9,911 lb) of ordnance,

incl. two external fuel tanks

Service ceiling: 7.800 m (25,550 ft)

g limits: +6.5

Rate of climb: 58 m/s (11,400 ft/min)

Armament:

1× 35 mm (1.38 in) Oerlikon KDA cannon with 200 rds in two magazines

under the lower forward fuselage, offset to port side.

11× hardpoints with a capacity of up to 4.500 kg (9,911 lb) of external stores

The kit and its assembly:

This rather rigorous conversion had been on my project list for many years, and with the “Gunships” group build at whatifmodellers.com in late 2021 I eventually gathered my mojo to tackle it. The ingredients had already been procured long ago, but there are ideas that make you think twice before you take action…

This build was somewhat inspired by a CG rendition of a modified Su-25 that I came across while doing online search for potential ideas, running under the moniker “Su-125”, apparently created by someone called “Bispro” and published at DeviantArt in 2010; check this: (www.deviantart.com/bispro/art/Sukhoi-Su-125-Foghorn-15043...). The rendition shows a Su-25 with its engines re-located to the rear fuselage in separate nacelles, much like an A-10, plus a T-tail. However, as many photoshopped aircraft, the shown concept had IMHO some flaws. Where would a landing gear go, as the Su-125 still had shoulder wings? The engines’ position and size also looked fishy to me, quite small/narrow and very far high and back – I had doubts concerning the center of gravity. Nevertheless, I liked the idea, and the idea of an “A-10-esque remix” of the classic Frogfoot was born.

This idea was fueled even further when I found out that the Hobbycraft kit lends itself to such a conversion. The kit itself is not a brilliant Su-25 rendition, there are certainly better models of the aircraft in 1:72. However, what spoke for the kit as whiffing fodder was/is the fact that it is quite cheap (righteously so!) and AFAIK the only offering that comes with separate engine nacelles. These are attached to a completely independent central fuselage, and this avoids massive bodywork that would be necessary (if possible at all) with more conventional kits of this aircraft.

Another beneficial design feature is that the wing roots are an integral part of the original engine nacelles, forming their top side up to the fuselage spine. Through this, the original wingspan could be retained even without the nacelles, no wing extension would be necessary to retain the original proportions.

Work started with the central fuselage and the cockpit tub, which received a different (better) armored ejection seat and a pilot figure; the canopy remained unmodified and closed, because representing the model with an open cockpit would have required additional major body work on the spinal area behind the canopy. Inside, a new dashboard (from an Italeri BAe Hawk) was added, too – the original instrument panel is just a flat front bulkhead, there’s no space for the pilot to place the legs underneath the dashboard!

In parallel, the fin underwent major surgery. I initially considered an A-10-ish twin tail, but the Su-25’s high “tail stinger” prevented its implementation: the jet efflux would come very close to the tail surfaces. So, I went for something similar to the “Su-125” layout.

Mounting the OOB stabilizers to the fin was challenging, though. The fin lost its di-electric tip fairing, and it was cut into two sections, so that the tip would become long enough to match the stabilizers. A lucky find in the scrap box was a leftover tail tip from a Matchbox Blackburn Buccaneer, already shortened from a former, stillborn project: it had now the perfect length to take the Su-25 stabilizers! To make it fit on the fin, an 8mm deep section was inserted, in the form of a simple 1.5mm styrene sheet strip. Once dry, the surface was re-built with several PSR layers. Since it would sit further back on the new aircraft’s tail, the stinger with a RHAWS sensor was shortened.

On the fuselage, the attachment points for the wings and the engine nacelles were PSRed away and the front section filled with lots of lead beads, hoping that it would be enough to keep the model’s nose down.

Even though the wings had a proper span for a re-location into a low position, they still needed some attention: at the roots, there’s a ~1cm wide section without sweep (the area which would normally cover the original engine nacelles’ tops). This was mended through triangular 1.5 mm styrene wedges that extended the leading-edge sweep, roughly cut into shape once attached and later PSRed into the wings’ surfaces

The next construction site were the new landing gear attachment points. This had caused some serious headaches – where do you place and stow it? With new, low wings settled, the wings were the only logical place. But the wings were too thin to suitably take the retracted wheels, and, following the idea of a retrofitted existing design, I decided to adopt the A-10’s solution of nacelles into which the landing gear retracts forward, with the wheels still partly showing. This layout option appears quite plausible, since it would be a “graft-on” solution, and it also has the benefit of leaving lots of space for underwing stores, since the hardpoints’ position had to be modified now, too.

I was lucky to have a pair of A-10 landing gear nacelles at hand, left over from a wrecked Matchbox model from childhood time (the parts are probably 35 years old!). They were simply cut out, glued to the Su-25 wings and PSRed into shape. The result looked really good!

At this point I had to decide the model’s overall layout – where to place the wings, the tail and the new engine nacelles. The latter were not 1:72 A-10 transplants. I had some spare engine pods from the aforementioned Matchbox wreck, but these looked too rough and toylike for my taste. They were furthermore too bulky for the Su-25, which is markedly smaller than an A-10, so I had to look elsewhere. As a neat alternative for this project, I had already procured many moons ago a set of 1:144 resin PS-90A engines from a Russian company called “A.M.U.R. Reaver”, originally intended for a Tu-204 airliner or an Il-76 transport aircraft. These turbofan nacelles not only look very much like A-10 nacelles, just a bit smaller and more elegant, they are among the best resin aftermarket parts I have ever encountered: almost no flash, crisp molding, no bubbles, and perfect fit of the parts – WOW!

With these three elements at hand I was able to define the wings’ position, based on the tail, and from that the nacelles’ location, relative to the wings and the fin.

The next challenge: how to attach the new engines to the fuselage? The PS-90A engines came without pylons, so I had to improvise. I eventually found suitable pylons in the form of parts from F-14A underwing missile pylons, left over from an Italeri kit. Some major tailoring was necessary to find a proper position on the nacelles and on the fuselage, and PSRing these parts turned out to be quite difficult because of the tight and labyrinthine space.

When the engines were in place, work shifted towards the model’s underside. The landing gear was fully replaced. I initially wanted to retain the front wheel leg and the main wheels but found that the low wings would not allow a good ground clearance for underwing stores and re-arming the aircraft, a slightly taller solution was necessary. I eventually found a complete landing gear set in the scrap box, even though I am not certain to which aircraft it once belonged? I guess that the front wheel came from a Hasegawa RA-5C Vigilante, while the main gear and the wheels once belonged to an Italeri F-14A, alle struts were slightly shortened. The resulting stance is still a bit stalky, but an A-10 is also quite tall – this is just not so obvious because of the aircraft’s sheer size.

Due to the low wings and the landing gear pods, the Su-25’s hardpoints had to be re-arranged, and this eventually led to a layout very similar to the A-10. I gave the aircraft a pair of pylons inside of the pods, plus three hardpoints under the fuselage, even though all of these would only be used when slim ordnance was carried. I just fitted the outer pair. Outside of the landing gear fairings there would have been enough space for the Frogfoot’s original four outer for pylons, but I found this to be a little too much. So I gave it “just” three, with more space between them.

The respective ordnance is a mix for a CAS mission with dedicated and occasional targets. It consists of:

- Drop tanks under the inner wings (left over from a Bilek Su-17/22 kit)

- A pair of B-8M1 FFAR pods under the fuselage (from a vintage Mastercraft USSR weapon set)

- Two MERs with four 200 kg bombs each, mounted on the pylons outside of the landing gear (the odd MERs came from a Special Hobby IDF SMB-2 Super Mystère kit, the bombs are actually 1:100 USAF 750 lb bombs from a Tamiya F-105 Thunderchief in that scale)

- Four CBU-100 Rockeye Mk. II cluster bombs on the outer stations (from two Italeri USA/NATO weapon sets, each only offers a pair of these)

Yes, it’s a mix of Russian and NATO ordnance – but, like the real Georgian Su-25KM “Scorpion” upgrade, the TAM-1 would certainly be able to carry the same or even a wider mix, thanks to modified bomb racks and wirings. Esp. “dumb” weapons, which do not call for special targeting and guidance avionics, are qualified.

The gun under the nose was replaced with a piece from a hollow steel needle.

Painting and markings:

Nothing unusual here. I considered some more “exotic” options, but eventually settled for a “conservative” Soviet/Russian-style four-tone tactical camouflage, something that “normal” Su-25s would carry, too.

The disruptive pattern was adapted from a Macedonian Frogfoot but underwent some changes due to the T-tail and the engine nacelles. The basic tones were Humbrol 119 (RAF Light Earth), 150 (Forest Green), 195 (Chrome Oxide Green, RAL 6020) and 98 (Chocolate) on the upper surfaces and RLM78 from (Modelmaster #2087) from below, with a relatively low waterline, due to the low-set wings.

As usual, the model received a light black ink washing and some post-shading – especially on the hull and on the fin, where many details had either disappeared under PSR or were simply not there at all.

The landing gear and the lower areas of the cockpit were painted in light grey (Humbrol 64), while the upper cockpit sections were painted with bright turquoise (Modelmaster #2135). The wheel hubs were painted in bright green (Humbrol 101), while some di-electric fairings received a slightly less intense tone (Humbrol 2). A few of these flat fairings on the hull were furthermore created with green decal sheet material (from TL Modellbau) to avoid masking and corrections with paint.

The tactical markings became minimal, matching the look of late Georgian Su-25s. The roundels came from a Balkan Models Frogfoot sheet. The “07” was taken from a Blue Rider decal sheet, it actually belongs to a Lithuanian An-2. Some white stencils from generic MiG-21 and Mi-8 Begemot sheets were added, too, and some small markings were just painted onto the hull with yellow.

Some soot stains around the jet nozzles and the gun were added with graphite, and finally the kit was sealed with a coat of matt acrylic varnish.

A major bodywork project – and it’s weird that this is basically just a conversion of a stock kit and no kitbashing. A true Frogfoot remix! The new engines were the biggest “outsourced” addition, the A-10 landing gear fairings were a lucky find in the scrap box, and the rest is quite generic and could have looked differently. The result is impressive and balanced, though, the fictional TAM-1 looks quite plausible. The landing gear turned out to be a bit tall and stalky, though, making the aircraft look smaller on the ground than it actually is – but I left it that way.

Apollo spacecraft in anechoic chamber by NASA on The Commons

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An Apollo spacecraft mockup undergoes electromagnetic compatibility tests at NASA's Johnson Space Center's anechoic chamber.

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Image Number: S67-50561

Date: November 11, 1967

⛧⛧ Kyndall & Jordyn for 35L Sunday Sale!!! ⛧⛧ by Cult/ocult The Darker Alternative

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Hi Culties & Spookies, time for even more sales for your Sunday Leisure!!

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50s Polka Dot by TrueOakley

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Old Mercedes, Mountain View, CA—Sony RX1 by Justin Kern

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A good thing continues

Some six months ago, I posted almost 100 images and a few thoughts I felt were missing from the many existing RX1 reviews. The outpouring of support and interest in that article was very gratifying. When I published, I had used the camera for six full months, enough time to come to a view of its strengths and weaknesses and to produce a small portfolio of good images, but not enough time to see the full picture (pun intended). In the following six months, I have used the camera at least as frequently as in the first six and have produced another small set of good images. It should be noted that my usage of the RX1 in the last six (and especially in the last 3) months has involved less travel and more time with the family and around the house; I will share relatively few of these images but will spend some time sharing my impressions of its functionality for family snapshots as I am sure there is some interest. And let it be said here: one of the primary motivations to purchase the camera was to take more photos with the family, and after one full year I can confidently say: money well spent.

The A7/r game-changer?

In the past six months, Sony have announced and released two full-frame, interchangeable lens cameras that clearly take design cues from the RX1: the A7 and the A7r. These cameras are innovative and highly capable and, as such, are in the midst of taking the photography world by storm. I think they are compelling enough cameras that I wonder whether Sony is wasting its energy continuing to develop further A-mount cameras. Sony deserve credit for a bold strategy—many companies would have been content to allow the success of the the RX1 (and RX1R) generate further sales before pushing further into the white space left unexplored by camera makers with less ambition.This is not the place to detail the relative advantages and disadvantages of the RX1 versus the A7/r except to make the following point. I currently use a Nikon D800 and an RX1: were I to sell both and purchase the A7r + 35mm f/2.8 I would in many ways lose nothing by way of imaging capability or lens compatibility but would pocket the surplus $1250-1750. Indeed this loyal Nikon owner thought long and hard about doing so, which speaks to the strategic importance of these cameras for a company trying to make inroads into a highly concentrated market.Ultimately, I opted to hang onto the two cameras I have (although this decision is one that I revisit time and time again) and continue to use them as I have for the past year. Let me give you a quick flavor of why.

The RX1 is smaller and more discrete

This is a small a point, but my gut reaction to the A7/r was: much smaller than the D800, not as small as the RX1. The EVF atop the A7/r and the larger profile of interchangeable mount lenses means that I would not be able to slip the A7/r into a pocket the way I can the RX1. Further, by virtue of using the EVF and its loud mechanical shutter, the A7/r just isn’t as stealthy as the RX1. Finally, f/2 beats the pants off of f/2.8 at the same or smaller size.At this point, some of you may be saying, “Future Sony releases will allow you to get a body without an EVF and get an f/2 lens that has a slimmer profile, etc, etc.” And that’s just the point: to oversimplify things, the reason I am keeping my RX1 is that Sony currently offers something close to an A7 body without a built-in EVF and with a slimmer profile 35mm f/2.

The D800 has important functional advantages

On the other side of the spectrum, the AF speed of the A7/r just isn’t going to match the D800, especially when the former is equipped with a Nikon lens and F-mount adapter. EVFs cannot yet match the experience of looking through the prism and the lens (I expect they will match soon, but aren’t there yet). What’s more, I have made such an investment in Nikon glass that I can’t yet justify purchasing an adapter for a Sony mount or selling them all for Sony’s offerings (many of which aren’t to market yet).Now, all of these are minor points and I think all of them disappear with an A8r, but they add up to something major: I have two cameras very well suited to two different types of shooting, and I ask myself if I gain or lose by getting something in between—something that wasn’t quite a pocket shooter and something that was quite a DSLR? You can imagine, however, that if I were coming to the market without a D800 and an RX1, that my decision would be far different: dollar for dollar, the A7/r would be a no-brainer.During the moments when I consider selling to grab an A7r, I keep coming back to a thought I had a month or so before the RX1 was announced. At that time I was considering something like the NEX cameras with a ZM 21mm f/2.8 and I said in my head, “I wish someone would make a carry-around camera with a full frame sensor and a fixed 35mm f/2.8 or f/2.” Now you understand how attractive the RX1 is to me and what a ridiculously high bar exists for another camera system to reach.

Okay, so what is different from the last review?

For one, I had an issue with the camera’s AF motor failing to engage and giving me an E61:00 error. I had to send it out to Sony for repairs (via extended warranty and service plan). I detailed my experience with Sony Service here [insert link] and I write to you as a very satisfied customer. That is to say, I have 3 years left on a 4 year + accidental damage warranty and I feel confident enough in that coverage to say that I will have this beauty in working order for at least another 3 years.For two, I’ve spent significantly less time thinking of this camera as a DSLR replacement and have instead started to develop a very different way of shooting with it. The activation barrier to taking a shot with my D800 is quite high. Beyond having to bring a large camera wherever you go and have it in hand, a proper camera takes two hands and full attention to produce an image. I shoot slowly and methodically and often from a tripod with the D800. In contrast, I can pull the RX1 out, pop off the lens cap, line up and take a shot with one hand (often with a toddler in the other). This fosters a totally different type of photography.

My “be-there” camera

The have-everywhere camera that gives DSLR type controls to one-handed shooting lets me pursue images that happen very quickly or images that might not normally meet the standards of “drag-the-DSLR-out-of-the-bag.” Many of those images you’ll see on this post. A full year of shooting and I can say this with great confidence: the RX1 is a terrific mash-up of point-and-shoot and DSLR not just in image quality and features, but primarily in the product it helps me create. To take this thinking a bit further: I find myself even processing images from the RX1 differently than I would from my DSLR. So much so that I have strongly considered starting a tumblr and posting JPEGs directly from the RX1 via my phone or an iPad rather than running the bulk of them through Lightroom, onto Flickr and then on the blog (really this is just a matter of time, stay tuned, and those readers who have experience with tumblr, cloud image storage and editing, etc, etc, please contact me, I want to pick your brain).Put simply, I capture more spontaneous and beautiful “moments” than I might have otherwise. Photography is very much an exercise in “f/8 and be there,” and the RX1 is my go-to “be there” camera.

The family camera

I mentioned earlier that I justified the purchase of the RX1 partly as a camera to be used to document the family moments into which a DSLR doesn’t neatly fit. Over the past year I’ve collected thousands and thousands of family images with the RX1. The cold hard truth is that many of those photos could be better if I’d taken a full DSLR kit with me to the park or the beach or the grocery store each time. The RX1 is a difficult camera to use on a toddler (or any moving subject for that matter); autofocus isn’t as fast as a professional DSLR, it’s difficult to perfectly compose via an LCD (especially in bright sunlight), but despite these shortcomings, it’s been an incredibly useful family camera. There are simply so many beautiful moments where I had the RX1 over my shoulder, ready to go that whatever difficulties exist relative to a DSLR, those pale in comparison to the power of it’s convenience. The best camera is the one in your hand.

Where to go from here.

So what is the value of these RX1 going forward, especially in a world of the A7/r and it’s yet-to-be-born siblings without an EVF and a pancake lens? Frankly, at its current price (which is quite fair when you consider the value of the the body and the lens) I see precious little room for an independent offering versus a mirrorless, interchangeable lens system with the same image quality in a package just as small. That doesn’t mean Sony won’t make an RX2 or an RX1 Mark II (have a look at it’s other product lines to see how many SKUs are maintained despite low demand). Instead, I see the RX1 as a bridge that needed to exist for engineers, managers, and the market to make it to the A7/r and it’s descendants.A Facebook friend recently paid me a great compliment; he said something like, “Justin, via your blog, you’ve sold a ton of RX1 cameras.” Indeed, despite my efforts not to be a salesman, I think he’s right: I have and would continue to recommend this camera.The true value of the RX1 going forward is for those of us who have the thing on our shoulders; and yes, if you have an investment in and a love for a DSLR system, there’s still tremendous value in getting one, slinging it over your shoulder, and heading out into the wide, bright world; A7/r or no, this is just an unbelievably capable camera.

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Comes with a customizable menu which allows you to change the wrapper texture. It also has holds for left and right hands.

Features MyStory compatibility and boosts your happiness stats! 😊

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K-doll's 60cm class compatible head [keikei]has released. by k-doll.com

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⛧⛧ Bergamont & Liquorice For Happy Weekend Sale!!! ⛧⛧ by Cult/ocult The Darker Alternative

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★ Featuring Color Hud w/ 10 light colors & 10 dark colors & 3 metal colors!

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⛧⛧ Kiersten for Crafty Weekend & Calantha for HotDrop Weekend! ⛧⛧ by Cult/ocult The Darker Alternative

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⛧⛧ Kassidy For Saturday Sale!!! ⛧⛧ by Cult/ocult The Darker Alternative

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Hi Spookies & Culties, Here is your "must have these Cult Items" Weekend Shopping List!!

★ Item ★ The Kassidy heels have some awesome details and will be great for any outfit!

★ Rigged For ★ Reborn ★ Maitreya ★ Kupra ★ GEN-X ★ Legacy ★

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. Bad Intentions . by ♡ Sienna Grace ♡

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Muse - True Devotion FATPACK

♥ 20 Colors for Bodysuit, Scalloped Trim, Outline/Straps, Harness, Hardware + 3 Metals, & Pasties.

♥ On & Off Options for Scalloped Trim, Choker, & Thong.

♥ Transparency Option for Bodysuit.

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✿ Legacy + Perky + Petite

✿ Ebody Reborn + WaifuBoobs + Phatpussy.

★ Taxi ---> K i n k y

⛧⛧ Petal for Lazy Sunday!!! ⛧⛧ by Cult/ocult The Darker Alternative

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★ Item ★ The Petal heels are a cute unique heel with with adorable details!

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. Oh I Leave Quite An Impression . by ♡ Sienna Grace ♡

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Loki - Abigail Velvet Set FATPACK

♥ 14 Colors

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♥ Each Color Pack includes HUD for Bows, Roses, Leaves, & Metal Hearts.

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⛧⛧ Adanna & Nylah for 35L Sunday Sale!!! ⛧⛧ by Cult/ocult The Darker Alternative

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. Very Merry . by ♡ Sienna Grace ♡

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Muse - Ice Princess - Outfit - FATPACK

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1:72 Saab Sk 90 A; “(90-)041” of the Hungarian Air Force (Magyar Légierő) 47th HRE (Harcászati Repülő Ezred/Combat Air Regiment); Pápa Air Base, Western Hungary, 2009 (Whif/Hasegawa kit) by Dizzyfugu

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+++ DISCLAIMER +++

Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based on historical facts. BEWARE!

Some background:

Following Hungary's membership of NATO in 1999, there were several proposals to achieve a NATO-compatible fighter force. Considerable attention went into studying second-hand aircraft options as well as modifying the nation's existing MiG-29 fleet. In 2001, Hungary received several offers of new and used aircraft from various nations, including Sweden, Belgium, Israel, Turkey, and the US. Although the Hungarian government initially intended to procure the F-16, in November 2001 it was in the process of negotiating a 10-year lease contract for 12 Gripen aircraft from Sweden, with an option to purchase the aircraft at the end of the lease period.

As part of the procurement arrangements, Saab had offered an offset deal valued at 110 per cent of the cost of the 14 fighters. Initially, Hungary had planned to lease several Batch II Saab 39s; however, the inability to conduct aerial refueling and weapons compatibility limitations had generated Hungarian misgivings. The contract was then renegotiated and eventually signed on 2 February 2003 for a total of 14 Gripens, which had originally been A/B standard and had undergone an extensive upgrade process to the NATO-compatible C/D 'Export Gripen' standard. At the same time, the need for an advanced jet trainer as a replacement for the Hungarian Air Force’s last eight MiG-21UM aircraft became more and more imminent. The Gripen two-seaters alone could not cope with this task and were operationally too expensive to be used as trainers, so that Hungary requested an additional offer for a small number of Sk 90 trainers from Swedish surplus stock.

Developed under the designation FSK900, the Saab Sk 90 was a replacement for the Saab 105 (also known as Saab Sk 60) transitional trainer, light attack and reconnaissance aircraft. The FSK900 was a conservative design, with a configurational resemblance to the Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet, even though the FSK900 was overall bigger and heavier, and the two machines could be easily told apart at a glance.
The Swedish Air Force accepted Saab’s design, leading to a contract for two nonflying static-test airframes and four flying prototypes. Detail design was complete by the end of 1993 and prototype construction began in the spring of 1994, leading to the initial prototype’s first flight on 29 July 1994. The first production Sk 90 A, how the basic trainer type was officially dubbed, was delivered to the Swedish Air Force in 1996.
A total of 108 production Sk 90s were built until 1999 for Sweden in several versions. The initial Sk 90 A trainer was the most common variant and the basis for the Sk 90 B version, which carried a weather radar as well as more sophisticated avionics that enabled the deployment of a wider range of weapons and other ordnance. However, this version was not adopted by the Swedish air force but exported to Austria as the Sk 90 Ö. Another variant was the S 90 C (for “Spaning” = reconnaissance); a small number was produced with a set of cameras in the nose for the Swedish Air Force, where it replaced the ground attack/reconnaissance Sk 60 Cs.

In service, the Sk 90 was regarded as strong, agile, and pleasant to fly, while being cheap to operate. But despite its qualities and potential, the Sk 90 did not attain much foreign interest, primarily suffering from bad timing and from the focus on domestic demands. The aircraft came effectively 10 years too late to become a serious export success, and in the end the Sk 90 was very similar to the Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet (even though it was cheaper to operate), at a time when the German Luftwaffe started to prematurely phase out its attack-capable variant and flooded the global market with cheap secondhand aircraft in excellent condition. Furthermore, the Saab Sk 90 had on the global market with the BAe Hawk another proven competitor with a long and positive operational track record all over the world.

Beyond Hungary, potential Sk 90 buyers were Malaysia as well as Singapore, Myanmar, Finland, and Poland. Austria eventually procured 36 Sk 90 Ö in 2002, replacing its Saab 105 fleet and keeping up its close connection with Saab since the Seventies. A late operator became the independent Republic of Scotland in 2017, with a dozen leased secondhand Saab Sk 90 A trainers which were later purchased.

The Swedish Sk 90 offer for Hungary was a 10-year lease contract similar to the Gripen package, and comprised five refurbished Sk 90 A trainers from the first production batch, which had been stored in Sweden for spares. The Hungarian Sk 90 deal also included an option to purchase the aircraft at the end of their lease period. In parallel, to save maintenance costs for the relatively small fleet of a completely new/different aircraft type, an agreement with neighboring neutral Austria could be arranged to outsource major overhauls to the Austrian Air Force and its newly established Sk 90 Ö service base at Linz – a deal from which both sides benefited. However, to improve flight safety over Austria’s mountainous terrain during these transfer flights, the Hungarian Sk 90 As had a simple navigational radar retrofitted with a small radome in their noses. Otherwise, the machines were basically identical with the original Swedish aircraft.

The aircraft were flown under civil registration from Sweden to Hungary between April and September 2005. To keep the distance to their Austrian service station short, the machines were not allocated to the 59th Air Regiment at Kecskemét Air Base, where the Hungarian Gripen fleet was based, but rather to the 47th Air Regiment at Pápa Air Base in Northwestern Hungary, where the last Hungarian MiG-21UM trainers had been operated. These were fully retired in 2008.
Beyond their primary role as advanced/jet conversion trainers, the Hungarian Sk 90 As were also intended to be used for tactical reconnaissance duties with Orpheus pods with daylight cameras and an infrared line scanner, inherited from the Italian Air Force, as light attack aircraft and ─ armed with gun pods and air-to-air missiles ─ as (anti-tank) helicopter hunters. Reflecting these low-level tasks, the machines received a tactical camouflage in green and tan, similar to the former MiG-21s, instead of the Gripens’ all-grey air superiority scheme.

While the Hungarian Air Force operated its total of 14 Gripen and 5 Sk 90 aircraft under lease, in 2011, the country reportedly intended to purchase these aircraft outright. However, in January 2012, the Hungarian and Swedish governments agreed to extend the lease period for a further ten years. According to Hungarian Defence Minister Csaba Hende, this agreement represented considerable cost savings, so that the running business model was retained. The service agreement with Austria could be extended, too.

One Sk 90 A was lost in a landing accident in May 2016, and two Gripens had to be written off through accidents in the meantime, too. To fill these gaps, Hungary signed a replacement contract in 2018 to come back to its full fleet of 14 Gripen, and the Sk 90 A fleet was expanded to seven aircraft. These new machines were delivered in 2019.

General characteristics:

Crew: two pilots in tandem

Length incl. pitot: 13.0 m (42 ft 8 in)

Wingspan: 9.94 m (32 ft 7 in)

Height: 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)

Empty weight: 3,790 kg (8,360 lb)

Max. takeoff weight: 7,500 kg (16,530 lb)

Powerplant:

2× Williams International FJ44-4M turbofans without reheat, rated at 16.89 kN (3,790 lbst) each

Performance:

Maximum speed: 1,038 km/h (645 mph)

Stall speed: 167 km/h (104 mph, 90 kn)

Range: 1,670 km (900 nm; 1,036 m) with two 450 L (99 imp gal; 120 US gal) drop tanks

Service ceiling: 15,240 m (50,000 ft)

Rate of climb: 51 m/s (10,000 ft/min)

Armament:

No internal gun; five hardpoints for 2,500 kg (5,500 lb) of payload and a variety of ordnance,

including AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and a conformal, ventral gun pod (not used by the Hungarian

Air Force, instead, UPK-23-250 pods with a fixed twin-barrel GSh-23L cannon and 200-250 rounds

were carried under the fuselage and/or the inner wing hardpoints)

The kit and its assembly:

This additional member of my fictional Sk 90 family came spontaneously when I studied information concerning the MiG-21. I came across the Hungarian trainers and wondered with what they could have been replaced after 2000 – and “my” fictional Sk 90 came to my mind. I also had a suitable decal set in store, so I dug out a(nother) Hasegawa T-4 and created this whiffy Hungarian variant.

The kit is the old/first T-4 mold; Hasegawa did the T-4 twice, and both kits differ considerably from each other in their construction. The first one has a fuselage consisting of two simple halves with separate wings attached to it; the later mold features a separate cockpit section and a single dorsal wing section, so that the wings’ anhedral is ensured upon assembly.

The air intakes are also different: the old mold features ducts which are open at their ends, while the new mold comes with additional inserts for the intakes which end in a concave wall, making them hard to paint. The fin of the old kit consists of two full halves, while the new one has the rudder molded into just one half of the fin for a thinner trailing edge. The same goes for the wings’ upper halves: on the new mold, they comprise the full flaps and ailerons, while the old kit has them split up, resulting in a marginally thicker training edge. However, you can hardly recognize this and it’s IMHO not a flaw.

Personally, I prefer the old kit, because it is much more straightforward and pleasant to build – even though some details like the main landing gear struts are better on the new mold.

The (old) kit itself is relatively simple and fit is quite good, even though some PSR was necessary on almost every seam. The only mods I made are additional emergency handles on the seats (made from thin wire), and I added an Orpheus recce pod under the fuselage with an integral pylon, left over from an Italeri F-104G kit. The OOB underwing pylons were used, together with the original drop tanks.

Painting and markings:

The prime reason for a Hungarian Sk 90 was the paint scheme, and the fact that I have a sweet spot for Hungary in genarl. The livery was adapted from the late Hungarian MiG-21bis, a more or less symmetrical pattern consisting of a yellowish light tan and a bluish dark green, with light blue undersides. It’s actually a very simple paint scheme, and my adaptation is a free interpretation, since the T-4’s layout with shoulder-mounted wings is quite different from the sleek Fishbed with mid-mounted delta wings.

Finding good color matches was not easy, because pictures of reference Hungarian MiG-21s show a wide variety of green and brown shades, even though I assume that this is just weathering. I found some good pictures of a late MiG-21UM trainer with an apparently fresh paint job, and these suggested a hard contrast between the upper tones. With this benchmark I settled for Humbrol 63 (Sand), and Modelmaster 2091 (RLM 82, Dunkelgrün). The undersides were painted with Humbrol 47 (Sea Blue Gloss), since they appeared rather bright and pale in reference pictures.

The cockpit interior was painted in medium grey (Revell 47), the landing gear and the air intakes in white (Revell 301), very conservative. The Orpheus pod was painted in light grey (FS 36375, Humbrol 127) to set it apart from the light blue undersurfaces. The drop tanks were painted in green and blue.

National markings, the large orange “47” decoration and the small emblems on nose and fin came from a Mistercraft MiG-21UM decal sheet. The tactical code in red, etched with white, was created with single digits from a Hungarian Aero Decals (HAD) sheet for Mi-24s, reflecting the aircraft’s (fictional) serial numbers’ final three digits.

Finally, after some light weathering and post-shading (for a slightly sun-bleached look, esp. on the upper surfaces), the kit was sealed with matt acrylic varnish (Italeri).

Number four in my growing Sk 90 family, and certainly not the last one. A quick and simple project since the model itself was built almost OOB, and the “old” Hasegawa T-4 is really a simple build. However, I am amazed (once more) how much potential a T-4 travesty bears: even in Hungarian colors and markings this whif looks disturbingly convincing. The green/brown/blue paint scheme suits the aircraft well, too, even though it looks a lot like an Alpha Jet now, and there’s even a Su-25ish look to it?!

. Independent Reading Time . by ♡ Sienna Grace ♡

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Aloe - Rhea Set FATPACK

♥ 12 Base Colors + 18 Bonus FATPACK Colors for Top & Skirt

♥ Includes Opacity Options.

♥ FATPACK Modify

♡ Body Compatibility:

✿ Legacy + Perky + vTech

✿ Ebody Reborn + Waifu + Teacups + vTech + Juicy Rolls

★ Taxi --> K u s t

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Star Mesh Body 3.81 by Star Mesh Body

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★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

Introducing the all new and very realistic Star Mesh Body, Fitted mesh body with Bento head and hands.

Features :

★ Bakes on Mesh compatible.

★ Advanced Mesh body shaper.

★ Wear Mesh cloths made for other mesh bodies through conform body add on.(sold separately)

★ All skin and appliers are provided in SL-UV format as well for use with bakes on mesh.

★ Four body layers for appliers -skin-tattoo-underwear-cloths.

★ Excellent body rigging.

★ 10 skin tones + 5 with freckles.

★ BOM optimized Single layer body is also included.

★ Bento head with 20 face poses plus 10 mood animations.

★ Bento hands with 14 hand poses.

★ 3 feet shapes and ankle lock.

★ Compatible with Slink shoes ( the foot size has to 25 in that case).

★ Unscripted modifiable body layers for experienced user to put their own script and their own use.

★ Two outfits are provided in the package.

★ Realistic looking and opening female bits.

★ Free updates.

★ Applied for Omega Compatibility as soon as it is available it will be updated, though scripts are available for appliers developers.

★ More Add-ons under development.

Cloths and other accessories

Very Talented Designers have already started designs for the mesh body and others will be releasing their designs soon.

⛧⛧ Lexa For Happy Weekend Sale!!! ⛧⛧ by Cult/ocult The Darker Alternative

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Hi Spookies & Culties, Here is your "must have these Cult Item's" Weekend Shopping List!!

★ Item ★ The Lexa Heels are another peferct wardrobe accessory for your fall closet!

★ Rigged For ★ Reborn ★ Legacy F ★ Maitreya ★ Kupra ★ GEN-X ★

★ Remember to always try the DEMOS!★Check for Body Type & Body MOD Compatibility★

★ Comes with a Color Control HUD for changeable color options

★ Cult LM ★ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Champ/189/200/17

★ Cult's Social Media Links ★

⛧⛧ Cassey-Lee for Lazy Sunday & Vibing for So Kawaii ⛧⛧ by Cult/ocult The Darker Alternative

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Hi Culties & Spookies, time for even more sales for your Sunday Leisure!!

★ For Lazy Sunday!!! ★ Cassey-Lee ★ For So Kawaii Sundays ★ Vibing ★

★ marketplace.secondlife.com/p/CULT-Cassey-Lee-Fatpack/2727...

★ Cassey-Lee ★ Rigged For ★ Maitreya-X ★ Legacy F ★ Reborn ★ Kupra ★ Lara ★

★ Vibing ★ Rigged For ★ Maitreya-X ★ Legacy F/M ★ Reborn ★ Kupra ★ Lara ★ Jake ★ Gianni ★ Kario

★ Remember to always try the DEMOS!★Check for Body Type & Body MOD Compatibility★

★ Comes with a Color Control HUD for changeable color options

★ Cult LM ★ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cult%20Coven/129/75/33

★ Cult's Social Media Links ★

. Crashing Waterfall . by ♡ Sienna Grace ♡

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Aloe. Eline's Reverie // FATPACK

♥ 33 Colors for Top

♥ 25 Colors for Skirt + 8 Patterns

♥ 25 Colors for Belt && Panties

♥ 30 Colors for Pearls + 8 Metals

♥ Customization options for upper style & Lover Style of Skirt.

♥ On & Off Option for Middle Strap on Top.

♥ Opacity options for Top

♡ Body Compatibility:

☁ Legacy

☁ Ebody Reborn + Waifus + Juicy Rolls + Phatpussy

☾ Taxi --> ♡ Aloe Mainstore ♡

⛧⛧ Molly Tip Toe for Lazy Sunday!!! ⛧⛧ by Cult/ocult The Darker Alternative

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Hi Culties & Spookies, time for even more sales for your Sunday Leisure!!

★ Item ★ The Molly Tip Toe sandals sleek and chic and would be perfect for any summer outfit!

★ marketplace.secondlife.com/p/CULT-Molly-Tip-Toe-Fatpack/2...

★ Rigged For ★ Maitreya-X ★ Legacy F ★ Reborn ★ Kupra ★ Gen-X ★ Lara ★

★ Remember to always try the DEMOS!★Check for Body Type & Body MOD Compatibility★

★ Comes with a Color Control HUD for changeable color options

★ Cult LM ★ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cult%20Coven/129/75/33

★ Cult's Social Media Links ★

ScreenShot4546_converted by Dekobi-hime

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From a photoshoot i made with several character to show off the bodyslide compatibility of my Skyrim body mod. With something called converted outfits, you are able to build the outfits to shape after a body preset, and this is how it looks on our body!

www.loverslab.com/files/file/2146-animeshoujo-body-cbbeuunp/

Compatibility by John Kortland

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Trafalgar Square

. Popular . by ♡ Sienna Grace ♡

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- TRIGGERED - Aya Set FATPACK

♥ 16 Color Options + 4 Animal Patterns for Heels, Sleeves, Skirt, Stockings, & Top.

♥ On/Off Options for Panties.

♥ Heels, Top, Skirt, & Stockings Sold Separately.

♡ Body Compatibility:

✿ Legacy

✿ Juicy Rolls

✿ Ebody Reborn

✿ Waifu Boobs

Taxi --> K u s t o m 9

. I know I'm Not No Angel . by ♡ Sienna Grace ♡

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- Vermillion - Pure Chaos Set MEGAPACK

BOOTS:

♥ 15 Colors for Boots, Stocking & Heels + 4 Flame Patterns.

♥ 3 Color Options for Sole

♥ 2 Metal Options

BRA & PANTIES:

♥ 10 Regular Colors

♥ 5 Colors + 10 patterns for Exclusive.

CHOKER:

♥ 15 Fur Colors.

JACKET:

♥ 10 colors + 10 Patterns

♥ 15 Colors for Jacket Fur

SKIRT:

♥ 10 Colors + 10 Patterns

♥ 3 Metal Colors

❥ Alphas for Boots, Skirt, & Jacket included.

❥ Everything Sold Separately.

♡ Body Compatibility:

✿ Ebody Reborn + Waifu + Mounds + Phatpussy & Maze

★ Taxi ---> V e r m i l i o n Mainstore

⛧⛧ Omen coming to The Darkness Event! + Giveaway is now CLOSED⛧⛧ by Cult/ocult The Darker Alternative

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★ Hot New Release for The Darkness Event !! The event opens on March 5th, 2024! ★ The Omen slippers are cute and devilish and would make any shoe collection almost complete with their addition!

★ Rigged For ★ Legacy F/M ★ Reborn ★ Maitreya ★ Kupra ★ Gen-X ★ Jake ★ Gianni ★

★ Comes with a Color Control HUD for changeable color options ★

★ Remember to always try the DEMOS! ★ Check for Body Type & Body MOD Compatibility★

★ Darkness Event LM: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Zen%20Soul/47/244/3201

★ Cult's Social Media Links ★

Ruins of "Balbinia Homestead" Tues 6th July 1965 by spelio

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The room on this corner was a water tank with shotgun barrels as overflow pipes!

GSWA images from the Red Album,

See the well researched and informative records of the history in these videos of this old homestead..

youtu.be/_Uxw1VxEItM?si=DBK0EGQ4qUNfAMIr

#documentary #history

This is the third episode of Esperance Historic Homesteads and tells the incredible story of the Brooks family, who undertook an arduous journey on foot from Albany in 1874, eventually establishing the very remote Balbinia Station, north east of Esperance.

#esperancehistorichomesteads #documentary #history

Now scanning Negatives 48-Bit color to TIFF

That is the final, tricky piece of the puzzle, and it's a common confusion point with SilverFast, especially when dealing with high-bit depth files!The key is that your software is trying to save a high-quality, 16-bit scan into a file format (JPEG) that fundamentally cannot handle it.

Here is why you got the warning and exactly how to grab and save your image correctly this time:The Problem: File Format vs. Bit DepthWhen you select 16-Bit Greyscale as the scan type, SilverFast is designed to capture all 65,536 tones of detail. However, when the "Save As" box appears, if you choose JPEG as the file format, SilverFast knows:Standard JPEGs are 8-bit only.

To save your 16-bit data, SilverFast tries to use a high-bit-depth JPEG format (12-bit JPEG or JPEG 2000).

Compatibility is low. The software is correctly warning you that most image viewers and web browsers cannot open these specialized high-bit JPEGs.The result: You lose bit depth and get a file that's hard to open.

How to Grab the Image and Save It (The Correct Way)To save your 4000 dpi, 16-bit scan without losing any quality, you must choose a lossless file format that supports that depth.

Confirm Settings:Your scanned frame is selected.Scan Type is set to 16-Bit Grayscale.Resolution is set to 4000 dpi.NegaFix is set to Kodak Tri-X.Initiate the Scan (Save):Click the Scan button (often the red/green arrow).Crucial Step: Select TIFFWhen the Save As dialog box appears, look at the Format dropdown menu.Change the file format from JPEG to → TIFF (.tif).TIFF is the only universally accepted professional format that preserves the full 16-bit Grayscale data.

The Final Save Dialog ChecklistWhen you click save, the file name will look something like this:

FieldSettingReasonNameMy_TriX_Frame01.tif Descriptive name with the correct extension.Format TIFF Required for 16-Bit data and full quality.Bit Depth16 16-bit

(Should be automatically selected based on your scan setting.)Compression None or LZWLZW is a lossless compression that reduces file size without losing quality. Always use TIFF LZW.

Save the file. It will be a large, high-quality, 16-bit Grayscale TIFF file that is ready for editing in Photoshop, Lightroom, or any modern, professional photo editor.

. Do You Think Of Me Too? . by ♡ Sienna Grace ♡

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Muse - Wishful Desires - Lingerie FATPACK

♥ 15 Colors for Lingerie & Bow.

♥ On & Off Option for Front Bow.

♥ Alpha Lace & Masked Lace Version available in HUD.

♡ Body Compatibility:

✿ Legacy + Perky + Petite

✿ Ebody Reborn + Waifus + Phatpussy + Teacups.

★ Taxi ---> The Warehouse Sale

Boulevard des Lumières by Brickester

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This is my very first 'Moc'. The idea was to create a building inspired in the Haussmann style present in most of central Paris, without any piece count limit that would keep the modular compatibility and the minifig scale. So this is not a direct replica of any particular one. The street name is also fictional, there is no 'Boulevard des Lumières' in Paris, but its spirit is highly Parisian.

⛧⛧ Summer Wind & Hinata For Happy Weekend Sale!!! ⛧⛧ by Cult/ocult The Darker Alternative

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Hi Spookies & Culties, Here is your "must have these Cult Items" Weekend Shopping List!!

★ Item ★ The Summer Wind sneakers are adorable and ready for happy summer days! The Hinata sandals are stacked and strapped and ready for you!

★ Rigged For ★ Reborn ★ Maitreya-X ★ Legacy F ★ Lara ★ Kupra ★

★ Featuring Color Hud w/ 10 light colors & 10 dark colors & 3 metal colors!

★ Remember to always try the DEMOS!★ Check for Body Type & Body MOD Compatibility ★

★ Cult LM ★ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cult%20Coven/129/75/337

★ Cult's Social Media Links ★

I'm Ready for this ... by Zenzous

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HER Couture

PRIDE BIKINI

☰ Items Included: 1 Color

☰ Compatibility with:

☑ Maitreya (All) ☑ Legacy + Perky ☑ Belleza (Freya, Isis) ☑ Slink (All) ☑ Kupra (All) ☑ Tonic (Curvy) ☑ Signature ☑ Altamura ☑ Ebody (Curvy) ☑ Star Body

LM

maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Morenci/95/51/24

The Family Tree by John de Souza

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A conversation forms the start

Of two separate beings, two souls, two minds,

Probing for knowlege of each other's hearts,

Looking for bridges of compatibility,

To spark into love that binds

And unites them for eternity.

That love ignites itself to seed

And like the constellations of the stars

Explodes like fire, wild and freed

Into planes of endless generations.

So grows a family tree which starts

And seeds from just one conversation.

John de Souza 28/07/2015

House of U.F.O by HäschenliebeSchweinchen

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飛碟屋 View On Black

IF-63 Roc by CAep19

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Aircraft designers in the early '60s were enamored with the cult of speed. Higher and faster was the name of the game and the original IF-53G excelled at both when it was introduced. However, its avionics were already getting long in the tooth upon its introduction and its inability to conduct air-to-ground strikes made it a one trick pony.

So was born the IF-63. Developed from the stretched trainer version of the IF-53, both crew stations feature flight controls but the backseater is formally the Weapons Operator-Navigator, WON. The Roc replaces the pure delta of its forebear with a variable geometry wing. This allows it to excel in a wider range of flight profiles and significantly lowers the landing speed. The developers decided that the increase in maneuverability, handling and survivability made up for the reduction in top speed.

The Roc incorporated a wide range of further changes: reduction to a single 20mm rotary cannon rather than two 30mm cannons, an omnidirectional RWR in the vacated cannon bay, compatibility with a wide range of air-to-ground munitions, and a new radar.

Thanks to Awe for the render and Centurion for the background.

⛧⛧ Orelia For Saturday Sale!!! ⛧⛧ by Cult/ocult The Darker Alternative

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Hi Spookies & Culties, Here is your "must have these Cult Items" Weekend Shopping List!!

★ Item ★ The Orelia boots come with skull, spikes, and some badass details to add to your boot collection!

★ Rigged For ★ Reborn ★ Maitreya-X ★ Kupra ★ GEN-X ★ Legacy ★

★ Featuring Color Hud w/ 10 light colors & 10 dark colors & 3 metal colors!

★ Remember to always try the DEMOS!★ Check for Body Type & Body MOD Compatibility ★

★ Cult LM ★ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Champ/189/200/17

★ Cult's Social Media Links ★

⛧⛧ Melissa for Crafty Weekend & Samira for HotDrop Weekend !!! ⛧⛧ by Cult/ocult The Darker Alternative

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Hi Culties & Spookies, More Weekly Sales for your shopping pleasure!

For Crafty Weekend Sale ★ Melissa ★ ★ For Hot Drop Weekend ★ Samira ★

★ Rigged For ★ Legacy F ★ MaitreyaX ★ Reborn ★ Kupra ★ Lara ★

★ Remember to always try the DEMOS!★Check for Body Type & Body MOD Compatibility★

★ Comes with a Color Control HUD for changeable color options

★ Cult LM ★ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cult%20Coven/129/75/33

★ Cult's Social Media Links ★

JIMMY AD by Reshade

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🔥 Meet Jimmy – A Masterpiece of Elegance & Style! 🔥

Experience perfection with Eight Tones, crafted to elevate your avatar's realism. These limited edition body appliers by Bodysurgeon are a game-changer – designed exclusively for the Eli Head by LV, fully Evo X compatible, and worn with Y-3 body appliers for the ultimate look!

✨ Features:

BOM-Ready Perfection

Evo X Compatibility for seamless integration

Rich Details & Unmatched Quality

Limited Copies – Be Unique!

📌 Marketplace Exclusive – Available only on Marketplace.

Shape sold separately. Don’t miss your chance to stand out – Jimmy’s got you covered!

marketplace.secondlife.com/en-US/stores/205049

. Temptation . by ♡ Sienna Grace ♡

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- TRIGGERED - Amora Set FATPACK

♥ 16 Color Textures + 4 Animal Patterns for Cropped Fur Shirt ( Main & Sleeves) / Bra Straps / Bra Hearts / Panties Straps / & Panties Hearts.