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The Cybermen narrowly defeated the Daleks in the Void, then began searching for weak points in the fabric of reality so they could re-enter the universe. One group escaped into Victorian London on Earth, while another group escaped into an alien world in the 26th century.
Their numbers are few, and knowing that there are Cybermen native to this universe, they send out a signal to attract them so they can combine forces. They manage to attract a small ship that survived the recent Cyber Wars. This ship had been on a quest to locate "New Mondas", a planet that the organic Mondasians had set out to colonize as a way of ensuring their survival before turning to cybernetics as a last resort. The Mondasians left to colonize this planet aboard a huge "generation ship" created before warp drive had been invented, it would take centuries to reach their destination and many generations would live and die aboard the ship before it arrived. The Cybermen suspect that the ship would've reached it's destination by now as it was launched millennia ago.The Cybermen lost records on the location of "New Mondas" long ago. The Cybermen of our universe, having been virtually wiped out in the Cyber Wars are now desperate to locate this planet and its huge population of compatible humanoids to convert into Cybermen.
The two groups of Cybermen merge together and unite in this quest. They have just captured the captain of a small space ship in one of the sectors of the galaxy that they think might be a likely location for New Mondas. His crew was killed in the battle to capture his ship, and he is unwilling to give up any information. the Cyberleader commands the Captain's conversion into a Cyberman!
Cyberleader: Once you have become like us, we will know all your secrets.
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Kerala orders probe into religious conversion
By Indo Asian News Service | IANS – Sun 21 Dec, 2014
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 21 (IANS) A report about 35 people getting converted to Hinduism Sunday would be probed by a senior police official, Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said.
The conversion reportedly took place Sunday morning in Alappuzha and Kollam districts.
In Alappuzha, members of eight Christian families - a total of 30 people - reportedly embraced Hinduism at a temple function organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP).
In Kollam, there were five people who reportedly became Hindus.
Additional Director General of Police A. Hemachandran has been asked to probe the matter and submit a report, Chennithala told reporters here Sunday.
"He will look into whether any law was violated," he said.
The VHP, meanwhile, said all those who became Hindus Sunday decided to convert on their own, and all the organisation did was to prepare the stage for it.
Reports said another 300 people in Alappuzha have expressed their desire to embrace Hinduism, and the conversion ceremony was likely to take place on Christmas day.
Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah, who was in the state Saturday, said his party was against forced religious conversion.
Communist Party of India-Marxist state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan, who is currently in Delhi to take part in the politburo meeting, alleged that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was behind Sunday's conversions.
In Kerala, Hindus comprise more than 50 percent of the 32 million population, followed by Muslims with 24 percent while Christians occupy the third place with 22 percent.
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The Parish Church de Saint-Paul. in St. Paul de Vence, France was constructed at the highest point of the village and its bell tower can be seen for miles. It was built in the 13th century and modified in the 15th century. It became the Collégiale de la Conversion de Saint-Paul (Collegiate Church of the Conversion of Saint Paul) in 1666. It houses some wonderful artwork.
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Another beater out in the snow. 240,000 miles and still dragging the dirt bikes up north every summer.
Don't know what to do with this Ork. Buggy, adding some foldable Air Screws or build up as a gargbot... .
1/43 Code3 conversion of a BMW 330d xDrive Touring in Police Scotland livery. This vehicle is based upon a vehicle that is (or was) in service with the Roads Policing Unit. To my knowledge this is one of the only silver BMWs as most of the others are white.
The base model is a BMW dealership model (Jadi) which was factory-finished in silver.
Custom-made decals have been made by me, which are accurate to the real vehicle. Attention to detail includes: correct number plates, aerial, facebook/twitter logos, accurate light bar and rather unusual (and large) ANPR camera etc.
I was unable to find the roof code on this model, so had to make an educated guess (AB65) based upon a similar vehicle of the same age.
As with all of my models, it comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
This one has already been sold, as have the Audi A6 and A4 Avant(s) in Police Scotland livery.
Comments are welcomed and requests will be considered. Thanks
This Peugeot Partner L1 H1 was converted to a 0c chill van using our in house fibreglass lining conversion and our GAH Lance LC20S unit.
Gibson prewar tenor banjo style 00 neck + tab Grover tuners
Gibson prewar tenor banjo neck in very nice condition. Style 00. Heel cut for one piece flange. Includes a working set of Grover 2 tab banjo tuners and original truss rod cover. Neck is very nice Frets still have life although it does show signs of use.
Length from nut to end of neck: 15 3/16", 3/16" of wood beyond the last fret.
Width at nut: 1 3/16"
Gibson Style 00 custom conversion 5 string banjo neck. 26 1/4 scale length
CUSTOM CONVERSION 5 String banjo neck in a GIBSON STYLE 00. UNKNOWN MAKER.
Appears new but it was pulled from an existing banjo. My guess is recently made. Has a simple satin finish and correct coloration for a 00 banjo. Frets appear NEW AND UNUSED. Gibson logo is stenciled on headstock as per original prewar style 00 banjos. The neck has a thicker feel to it, like late 60s banjos and would probably suit a person with larger hands.
While nice and completely functional, with working truss rod, it is a much simpler style with a simpler finish and not nearly as much polish around the edges. That being said, it fits perfectly with the simpler entry level style of the original Prewar Style 00 banjos and makes a QUICK, EASY and completely functional conversion to your tenor. Neck was pulled from an existing banjo that played very easily, no fret problems and even with the simple brass hoop in the banjo, instead of a heavier tonering, the banjo had a lot of pop. The orange area in the middle of the neck shows the wood to be highly flamed and of excellent quality. Headstock holes drilled for modern planetary style tuners (5 Star tuners were installed). Please inquire about a $25 discount.
Length from nut to end of neck: 19 1/4", 1/4" of wood beyond the last fret.
Width at nut: 1 1/8"
Vintage prewar Gibson calf skin banjo head 11" low crown for Flathead. BEAUTY
11" banjo head pulled from mid 30s Gibson Style 00. This head is in very good condition, no holes or rips , LOW Crown. Perfect for a flathead banjo.
Gibson Prewar Style 00 banjo rim with wood bead at top. no need for brass hoop
One of the cleanest Gibson prewar style 00 rims I've seen. Has the wood bead at the top of the rim...no need for brass hoop. Appears unadulterated and finish is very beautiful. This is designed to accept the classic One Piece Flange and no... this is not the ultra rare thick rim version. It is the common thin rim version and COULD be cut down to properly accept an ARCHTOP tonering or a select few flathead tonerings including the Sullivan conversion tonering or the Blaylock or Hatfield tonerings specifically made to fit these rims. Please inquire about a $25 discount on this classic Gibson rim.
Genuine Gibson prewar brass banjo tone hoop. 11" diameter for flathead.
Genuine Gibson prewar brass tone hoop. Sits on top of rim to give banjo a flathead appearance. This is 11" in diameter and was pulled from a TB-00 banjo.
The T brackets did not fit properly, so I included a set of prewar rim hardware including 3 brackets, 6 screws and 3 thumbscrews.
00 OPF prewar gibson mark
00 coordinator rod with nuts, washers and tailpiece bracket prewar, 00 armrest prewar
grover presto prewar punched tailpiece, with hardware
prewar 24 hooks and nuts
prewar rim hardware including 3 brackets, 6 screws and 3 thumbscrews
Postwar tension hoop, this was on a 00. I have a prewar that is in for repair.
4 Postwar 5 star tuners
1 Postwar GOTOH tuner with an extra matching button.
1 set black diamond banjo strings
2 bridges, 5/8, .656
All 1950s conversions. Top - IIIa style shutter with IIIf sync. Middle - IIa style shutter with IIIf sync. Bottom - basic II shutter no sync. All have III style rangefinder
The kit and its assembly:
I had this Luft '46 project on the list for a while, and while waiting for parts for other projects I decided to dig a Revell "Flitzer" kit out of the pile and start a quick conversion.
Yes, this one is based on a real German project: Fact is that this one was a turboprop-powered derivative of the pure jet Flitzer, with swept surfaces and a conventional tail boom. And it was intended as an attack aircraft, not a fighter.
Its designation, be it internally or through the RLM, varies widely, though. Some sources call it "Project VIII" (because the Flitzer was Project VII), but that's doubtful because there were several iterations with twin and single boom arrangements, as well as different wing shapes (ranging from the Flitzer's clipped delta shape to swept, slender wings that remind of the F-86). Unicraft did a resin kit of this paper project, calling it "P.127" for whatever reason, and they also did a kit of its twin-boom predecessor - the latter being christened Fw 258 by Unicraft, even though this number had not been allocated by the RLM.
I took that idea up and gave my creation the fictional designation Fw 260 - the "260" was never used by the RLM, too, and it is even uncertain which number the Flitzer would have had, had it been built or accepted for Luftwaffe service.
Anyway, changing the Revell Flitzer into its successor was not an easy task. It started with a new nose that would not only carry the scratched propeller, it would also have to blend into the trapezoid diameter of the original "pod" fuselage. The solution was found through a rear drop tank end from a vintage Revell F4U that was cut in two pieces: the rear tip would become the propeller spinner (onto which single, deep blades from a vintage Frog Ta 152 were glued), while the rest replaced the original Flitzer nose and holds a 6x6mm, square styrene tube inside that carries the propeller on a round styrene axis. It's even spinning!
Because this scratched arrangement needed space, the original front landing gear well had to be cut away, as well as parts of the cockpit floor. Lots of putty created some new nose lines, and before the hull was glued together as much lead as possible was hidden behind the cockpit and even inside of the front landing gear well.
The cockpit was taken almost OOB: I just used a deeper seat - the original part looks tiny, but the cockpit is really cramped so that a replacement was not easy to fit in.
At the pod's rear end, a new tail had to be created. First measure was to "reverse" the original exhaust position, flipping it from top to bottom, and adding a tail boom as a spine extension. The boom is actually a tail from a Hobby Boss P-39, which was considerably modified and cut into shape. Again, lots of putty smoothed out the lines.
With the tail in place and the new, longer nose, the wings' position was not right anymore. Consequently, the wings were moved forward by 7mm - an easy task, thanks to the kit's construction. New stabilizers were scratched from the spares box, too.
Speaking of the wings: the Flitzer's toeholds for the twin tail booms had to disappear, too - done through cutting and putty inserts on/in the wings' trailing edges. Worked pretty well.
The landing gear was taken OOB from the original kit. The front wheel wa not inserted as deep as in the Flitzer (there's no space anymore, anyway...) and slightly offset - profile drawings from Focke Wulf suggest such an arrangements, probably due to the power shaft that had to run somewhere under the cockpit floor. Another issue became the new, forward position of the wings: this would push the tail even more down. So, I added a 3mm console at the main gear struts' bases - just enough to get the tail high enough for a plausible ground position. The real aircraft would have had a high nose, too, so the odd look is not as farfetched as it might seem.
Final touches included additional underwing hardpoints and a pair of 250 kg bombs (IIRC, from an Italeri Ju 188), outfitted with scratched fuze extensions for soggy ground, suitable ordnance for the intended ground attack role.
Painting and markings:
The late WWII canon for German aircraft leaves not much room for paint scheme experiments, but I did not want to repeat myself. So I was lucky to find a real Me 262 in the rather odd night paint scheme that I eventually used - and the result is... interesting.
Top cammo basically consists of RLM 81 and 82 (Braunviolett and Light Green enamels, from Modelmaster's Authentic line) in wavy, but sharply defined fields. On the fuselage flanks, RLM 81 and 82 also feature "counter-blotches" of the respective other tone. The undersides are painted black (RLM 22) - originally, this could also have been dark grey (RLM 66), but I found black more attractive, also as a contrast to the dark grey landing gear.
Markings were minimal on the Me 262 paradigm: all insignia in a simplified version, and even in black on the flanks. The only code was red number (outlined in white) - that's all! On the kit I added the heart emblems and the red spinner with a white spiral as a personal touch, but the aircraft still looks murky and purposeful - for night attack sorties.
The basic tones were shaded with lighter colors, including Humbrol 120, 155 and 32. Since the putty work on the fuselage made almost any engraving disappear, I added painted panel lines (with the help of some Tamiya "Smoke"). The exhaust area was painted with Modelmaster Metallizer and treated with grinded graphite, which was also used to add soot stains around the many gun nozzles.
The decals were puzzled together, stencils were taken over from the Flitzer Sheet - and these many red bits make the dark aircraft a bit more lively. Finally, everything was sealed under a coat of matt Revell Acrylics varnish.
Custom Italjet Dragster / Lambretta conversion by David Briggs.
Grimsby, UK.
Photo shoot for PETROL Scooter Magazine.
The pointing hand is greenstuff, the torso from the tau tank commander. The head, arms and legs come from the fire warrior kit. The honour blade is a bit of clear plastic cut from a juice bottle held to a nail by greenstuff.
fictional conversion form bolt-action to semi-auto.
Credit to Shockwave a.k.a. Wouter Kroon for some parts (charging handle) and kinda guide to body(made by myself). and to benjoo for idea of muzzle brake (also made by myself)
seat tube: 53cm, top tube 56cm
frame, fork, custom front rack, seatpost, brakes, and honjo fenders only!!
fenders set up for 650 wheels, will sqeeze in a 42mm tire
(frame designed for 700x28c)
rear spacing 135mm
holes for internal light wiring
inside of frame has been treated with frame saver
crown race cut down to 26.4mm (current int'l standard)
I loved the duality of the official model's face, so set out to take that further.
The other half of the face is blank, which is based on a bit of a theory I have about how Eldar perceive death. If you say 'picture the face of death' to a human, they'll probably look at you strangely and go and find another seat on the bus. If you press the matter, they'll probably say 'a skull'. My theory is that if you ask the same of an Eldar, they'll picture a face that's blank. It's a strong motif for Wraith units and Spiritseers and the like, and the blank facemasks you get on Dark Eldar Reavers and Wyches are the equivalent of a skull-mask.
Perhaps a skull represents death of the body, and a blank face represents death of the soul. For a race as psychically attuned as the Eldar, perhaps the first thing they notice when they see a body is the blankness where they should sense a soul.
43003 sits in the relative sunshine at Old Oak awaiting tripping to Loughborough for MTU conversion on 28th July 2007.
I had gotten a #660 conversion kit with this camera that lets you shoot 100 ASA Type 40 with the J66. The J66 normally used 3000 ASA Type 40 film. I misplaced the adapter, but I remember that it only covered most of the photo cell, so I made this with some black cardstock and rubber cement (for when I finally find the adapter).
Next on my Desk. The Avatar of Khaine. I changed the proportions of this figure by extending the arms, legs and torso. I also created a display base for it.
Part of my Eldar "Army in a Year" Project
Rattus Technologius?
Trying to keep the cool techno-ratty bits and get rid of things that annoyed me, like the baroque armour that was spoiling the rat ogre silhouette. I also removed the middle ratling gun (where does the breech go??) and replaced it with a warpstone boiler/reactor thingy.
Mostly bits from the Stormfiend box, indeed mostly from this Stormfiend's sprue, plus a random Skaven wheel I found in my bitz collection.
The Velo Orange Pass Hunter Frontrack with integrated Decaleur had to be modified. The original mounting to the fork crown did not fit, since my fork was too long after the conversion to 650B wheels.
My frame builder (Vogel Rahmenbau, Bamberg) brazed for me that modification.
Anaglyph 2D/3D conversion of an old paper cutting of a Post Office advertisement from the 1970s. The original is in my advert set. Use red/cyan glasses. Paul Sample can be found here:
Crushing win against the Dee
by Roger Corbett
In a keenly anticipated local derby, Donaghadee briefly took the lead by 3-8, until Bangor produced what is becoming something of a trademark in turning the game around, and responded with a further 53 unanswered points to win convincingly by 56-8.
The sun certainly shone on Upritchard Park on Saturday – our final corporate lunch of the season, glorious playing conditions, the earlier loss to Donaghadee avenged with style, and the 6 Nations secured in Paris. Also among the large crowd of spectators who lined the touchlines were Ulster stars Craig Gilroy and Mike McComish. With the pitch in perfect condition, and the weather conditions glorious, the scene was set for a great afternoon’s sport.
Like Bangor the week before, Donaghadee were catching up with their fixtures, and this marked their third game in 8 days. However, nobody would have thought it as they took the game to Bangor straight from the kick-off. Within a couple of minutes, they had forced a penalty in front of Bangor’s posts, which was successfully converted. However, this was soon cancelled out when the Dee conceded a penalty which Mark Thompson kicked to level the scores at 3-3 after just 6 minutes.
Worryingly for Bangor, the Dee back line were working well together and finding gaps through the centre of play. With 16 minutes gone, the Dee continued to press forward having once again broken through the Bangor line. Some slick passing from right to left found the Dee winger who ran in to score the first try of the day in the left hand corner and, with the conversion missed, re-take the lead by 3-8.
Having let the earlier game at Donaldson Park get too far away from them, Bangor knew that a quick response was needed. Most of the following play was in the Donaghadee twenty two, with Bangor patiently building their attacking platform. Although several waves were repelled by a stubborn Dee defence, persistence finally paid off when Andrew Jackson was driven over the line to score and level the scores once again.
Another successful penalty, this time by Neil Cuthbertson, put Bangor narrowly in front by 11-8 as the first half drew to a close.
One often wonders what magic words (or otherwise) are conjured up in the team huddle at half time. It may sound simple, but when play resumes Bangor appear to have identified the problems of the first half, and put together a plan to correct these in the second. As the Dee re-started the game, it is unlikely that their half time talk prepared them for what was to come.
Having immediately raised the tempo, an early Bangor attack was halted by the Dee centre killing the ball, and earning a yellow card as a result. From the penalty and subsequent line-out that followed, the well-proven ‘catch and drive’ was put to good effect, with Jamie Clegg getting the ball down in the right hand corner. The kick was missed, making the score 16-8.
At this early stage in the second half, the game was still wide open. Donaghadee’s big forwards worked hard in both the set pieces and rucks, but the positional kicking was not always as effective. On one such occasion, the high ball was safely taken in the Bangor twenty two by Richard Corbett who brought play infield before passing to Jason Morgan in the centre. Having then split the Dee back line with a great injection of pace, Morgan passed to full back Josh Devitt who had the simplest of runs to score under the posts. With Cuthbertson adding the extras, Bangor’s lead had stretched to 23-8.
It took just another 3 minutes to add a fourth try, and with it the bonus point. Once again, the move started deep in Bangor territory, with Mark Widdowson jinking his way towards the 10 metre line. Although well tackled, he managed to off-load to Morgan who advanced the move towards the Dee twenty two. Although Morgan’s path to the line was blocked, he made a well-timed pass outside to Curtis Stewart who came steaming up the left wing to score. The conversion was missed, but in the space of 10 minutes, Bangor had secured the bonus point and taken complete control as their lead was now 28-8.
As some Dee heads started to drop, and with a quarter of the game remaining, Bangor now went for the jugular. Another good combination of ball-handling and support play saw Morgan rewarded for his hard work, gathering a pop pass by Mike Weir to score under the posts. Jackson recorded his second try of the day 5 minutes later, rounding off a great move started by Ricky Armstrong, and then powerfully taken on by James Henly, before rounding the last defender to score. A further 5 minutes elapsed before Morgan got his second try, courtesy of an excellent run down the left wing by prop Phil Whyte. The rout was completed by Devitt who intercepted a loose Dee pass in his own twenty two before running the length of the pitch to top off a sparkling performance. With Cuthbertson converting all these tries, the final score had leapt to a comprehensive 56-8 victory.
This was another great Bangor performance that completely justified the final result. For the Dee, this may just have been a game too far in such a short period. However, on current form, Bangor have shown themselves to be a force to contend with, and with just 2 more league games remaining, will want to maintain this form and finish hard on Portadown’s heels. For Donaghadee’s part, their recent run of good results has placed them safely in the middle of the table, and their focus now will be on a testing Towns Cup semi-final at Ballynahinch. It would be fair to say that despite our close rivalry, we at Bangor wish them every success.
Bangor side: P Whyte, A Jackson, J Harrison, C Stewart (F Black), R Corbett, R Latimer, J Henly (P Dornan), J Clegg (c), R Armstrong, M Thompson, M Widdowson, J Morgan, M Weir, N Cuthbertson, J Devitt
Subs: F Black, P Dornan
Bangor scores: A Jackson (2T), J Clegg (1T), J Devitt (2T), C Stewart (1T), J Morgan (2T), N Cuthbertson (1P, 5C), M Thompson (1P)