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I do not suppose an infidel or any such person will ever be chosen to any office unless the people themselves be of the same opinion.
Spaight, Elliot’s Debates, as quoted in The Making of America by Cleon Skousen, 1985, pg. 668
Rasiglia è una frazione montana del comune di Foligno (PG).Il paese è situato a 648 m s.l.m., a circa 18 km da Foligno.
Rasiglia conta 38 abitanti.
Il paese conserva l'aspetto tipico di borgo medievale umbro, raccogliendosi in una struttura ad anfiteatro.
Nella prima metà del Seicento, Rasiglia si affermò per le attività artigianali (mulini, opifici) grazie alla forza idrica proveniente dal fiume Menotre.
Importante la risorsa idrica ed il turismo estivo. La grande abbondanza d'acqua del canale interno fu sfruttata per sviluppare l'economia e determinò il formarsi, lungo il suo corso, di numerosi opifici: gualchiere, mulini a grano, lanifici e tintorie che eseguivano la lavorazione di stoffe pregiate. Tali opifici rimasero attivi per tutto l'Ottocento e la prima metà del Novecento; dopo la seconda guerra mondiale,i lanifici si trasferirono in città.
Rasiglia is a mountain hamlet of Foligno (PG) .The village is located 648 m s.l.m., about 18 km from Foligno.
Rasiglia counts 38 inhabitants.
The town retains the typical appearance of Umbrian medieval town, collecting in an amphitheater.
In the first half of the seventeenth century, Rasiglia established himself as for craft activities (mills, factories) thanks to the water power from the river Menotre.
Important water resources and the summer tourism. The abundance of the internal canal water was used to develop the economy and determined the formation, along its course, the numerous factories: fulling mills, grain mills, woolen mills and dry cleaners who performed the processing of fine fabrics. These factories remained active throughout the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century; after World War II, the woolen mills moved into town.
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Foto presa amb una Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta 531/2, fabricada cap al 1936; objectiu Carl Zeiss Tessar f3.8 / 105mm; Ilford Delta 400 revelat amb HC110.
In my hometown, Sabadell (but in other towns in Catalonia, too), the typical later XIX Century to early XX Century working people housing are called "cases angleses", english houses. They usually have door and window in the floor level, and a small balcony on the first floor; a garden in the back and in most cases, a hut there. Some have double doors, being two different flats, like this one.
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Picture taken with a Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta 531/2 medium format camera, made c.1936; Carl Zeiss Tessar f.38 / 105mm lens; Ilford Delta 400 developed in HC110.
A Sabadell, les cases de finals del s. XIX i principis del XX, amb porta i finestra reixada, així com balcó al primer pis, de sempre s'han anomenat "cases angleses". Algunes tenen doble porta per a dos domicilis separats, a cada pis, com aquesta.
www.diaridesabadell.com/2022/02/10/historia-cases-anglese...
With apologies for my previous post which was not of a Passion Fruit but of a Clematis. Taken at home in Malvern Link on 30-6-22.
Ref: IMG_4262 30-6-22
Canon AE1-Program
Canon FD 50mm, f1.4
Kodak Vision3 50D
Tetenal Colortec C41 kit
Reflecta RPS 10M
Colorperfect, Photoshop, Lightroom.
+++ 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:
The Saab 35 Draken ('The Kite' or 'The Dragon') was a Swedish fighter-interceptor developed and manufactured by Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget (SAAB) between 1955 and 1974. Development of the Saab 35 Draken started in 1948 as the Swedish air force future replacement for the then also in development Saab 29 Tunnan dayfighter and Saab 32B Lansen night fighter. It featured an innovative but unproven double delta wing, which led to the creation of a sub-scale test aircraft, the Saab 210, which was produced and flown to test this previously unexplored aerodynamic feature. The full-scale production version entered service with frontline squadrons of the Swedish Air Force on 8 March 1960. It received the designation Flygplan 35 (Fpl 35; 'Aeroplane 35') and was produced in several variants and types, most commonly as a fighter type with the prefix J (J 35), standing for Jaktflygplan (Pursuit-aircraft), the Swedish term for fighter aircraft.
The Saab 35 Draken was known for, among other things, its many "firsts" within aviation. It was the first Western European-built combat aircraft with true supersonic capability to enter service and the first fully supersonic aircraft to be deployed in Western Europe. Design-wise it was one of, if not the first, combat aircraft designed with double delta wings, being drawn up by early 1950. The unconventional wing design also had the side effect of making it the first known aircraft to perform and be capable of the Cobra maneuver. It was also one of the first Western-European-built aircraft to exceed Mach 2 in level flight, reaching it on 14 January 1960.
The Draken functioned as an effective supersonic fighter aircraft of the Cold War period. Even though the type was designed and intended as an interceptor, the Draken was considered to be a very capable dogfighter for the era, and its large wing area allowed the compact Saab 35 to carry a relatively high payload, too. In Swedish service, it underwent several upgrades, the ultimate of these being the J 35 J model which served until 1999. The Draken was also exported to several countries and remained operational in Austria until 2005.
In Swedish service, the Saab 35 was replaced by the Saab 37 “Viggen”. Development work on the new type was already initiated at Saab in 1952 and, following the selection of a radical canard delta wing configuration, the resulting aircraft performed its first flight on 8 February 1967 and entered service on 21 June 1971. However, being a radical and new design, the service introduction of the Viggen – esp. of its initial version, the AJ 37 fighter-bomber – was not without teething troubles, and in the late Sixties the Swedish Air Force expected an attack aircraft gap in its line-up. The former A 32 A Lansen attack aircraft were reaching the end of their airframe lifetime and were simply outdated, even though it was still needed as an anti-ship attack platform for the indigenous Rb 04 guided missile, so that Saab suggested an interim solution: the conversion of seventy of the 120 produced J 35 D fighters into dedicated attack aircraft, with the designation A 35 G (Gustav).
The Saab A 35 G was heavily modified to make it into a fighter bomber aircraft. Compared to the fighter versions the outer wings where completely redesigned and the aircraft featured 9 hardpoints in total. Airframe and landing gear were strengthened to cope with an increased payload of 10,000 lb (4,540 kg) vs. the fighters’ usual 6,393 lb (2,900 kg). Several airframe components were restored or replaced to extend the life of the aircraft, and the landing gear featured low-pressure tires for a better field performance on improvised/dispersed airfields.
A wide array of ordnance could be carried, such as bombs of up to 1.000 lb (454 kg) caliber, MERs with up to six 100 kg (220 lb) bombs each, pods with unguided 75 mm or 135 mm rockets, single 14.5 cm psrak m49/56 high-explosive anti-tank rockets and, as a new weapon, the indigenous guided Rb 05 air-to-ground missile. This had been developed for the AJ 37 "Viggen in 1967 and was roughly comparable with the American AGM-12 Bullpup, but had some unique features. The Rb 05’s supersonic speed was deemed necessary to reduce the threat of surface-to-air missiles, and it allowed the missile to be deployed against slow/large aerial targets, too, making it a dual-purpose weapon. Consequently, the Rb 05’s fuze could be set by the pilot to impact mode for ground targets, or proximity mode for attacking air targets such as bombers.
The missile had a maximum range of 9 km (5.6 ml) and would usually be launched after a high-speed attack run on very low altitude and a climb to 400m for launch. Since the RB 05 was roll-stabilized, the aircraft did not need to be aimed straight at the target when launching and could immediately descend into terrain cover again, and this also made it possible to attack aerial targets from unusual angles and flight paths. Tracking the flares on the missile, the pilot would then visually guide the missile (the missile's engine was smokeless as to not obscure the view) with a small manual joystick towards the target. Guidance commands were transmitted to the missile via a jam-proof radio transmission link.
The A 35 G kept the J 35 D’s two 30 mm ADEN cannons, and a limited air defense capability was retained, too: the Gustav could carry up to four IR-guided Rb 24 (AIM-9B Sidewinder) AAMs, in addition to the Rb 05 in air-to-air mode. However, the aircraft lacked any air intercept radar, and had instead a Ferranti LRMTS (laser rangefinder and marked target seeker) and a counterweight installed in the nose, which resembled the S 35 E photo reconnaissance version’s nose, just without the windows for the side-looking cameras. For its attack role, the A 35 G received a new inertial navigation system, new altimeters and a ballistic computer from Saab called BT-9Rm, which worked with both bombs and rockets and even allowed for toss bombing. The Gustav Draken was furthermore fitted with electronic countermeasure (ECM) systems, a RHAWS and chaff and flare dispensers in their tail cones to improve its survivability over the battlefield.
The Gustav conversion program was accepted by the Swedish government in 1968. Work started in early 1969, the first revamped aircraft reached the operational units in late 1971. However, since production of the AJ 37 was starting at the same time, only 61 aircraft were eventually re-built from existing J 35 D airframes (one prototype and sixty production aircraft). Västgöta Wing (F 6) at Karlsborg was the first squadron to receive the A 35 G, replacing its A 32 A fighter bombers, the other unit to operate the type was Skaraborg Wing (F 7) at Såtenäs.
Among Sweden’s Draken fleet the Gustav was easy to recognize because it was the only version that carried the new “Fields & Meadows” splinter camouflage as standard livery. Service of the A 35 G lasted only until the early Eighties, though: as more and more AJ 37 all-weather fighter bombers reached the Swedish frontline units during the Seventies, the interim attack Draken, which was only effective under daylight and more or less good weather conditions, was withdrawn and either used for spares in the running J 35 J modernization program or directly scrapped, because many airframes had, suffering from the special stress of low-level flight operations, reached the end of their lifespan.
Another factor for the quick withdrawal was the disappointing performance of the type’s primary weapon, the Rb 05 missile: Its manual joystick steering in the cramped Draken cockpit (to be operated while the pilot was expected to fly at low altitude and evade enemy fire!) presented a number of problems, and the Rb 05’s ultimate accuracy was, even under ideal conditions, on the order of just 10 meters (33 ft), greater than desired. Targets like tanks or even ships were hard to hit with this level of scattering, combined with imminent danger for the pilot, and the air-to-air mode was even less effective. On the more modern Saab 37 the Rb 05 was therefore replaced by the Rb 75, a license-produced version of the American TV-guided AGM-65 Maverick “fire and forget” weapon. TV and laser seeker heads for the Rb 05 to improve the weapon’s accuracy and handling had been planned since the early Seventies, but were never realized.
General characteristics:
Crew: 1
Length: 15.35 m (50 ft 4 in)
Wingspan: 9.42 m (30 ft 11 in)
Height: 3.89 m (12 ft 9 in)
Wing area: 49.2 m² (530 ft²)
Airfoil: 5%
Empty weight: 8,175 kg (18,006 lb)
Gross weight: 11,500 kg (25,330 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 13,554 kg (29,845 lb)
Powerplant:
1× Svenska Flygmotor RM6C (license-built Rolls Royce Avon with Swedish EBK67 afterburner)
turbojet engine, 56.5 kN (12,700 lbf) thrust dry, 77.3 kN (17,240 lbf) with afterburner
Performance:
Maximum speed: 2,150 km/h (1,335 mph, 1,168 kn) at 11,000 m (36,089 ft), clean
1,430 km/h (888 mph, 777 kn) w. two dop tanks and two 454 kg (1.00 lb) bombs
Range: 1.120 km (605 nmi; 696 mi); clean, internal fuel only
Ferry range: 2,750 km (1,480 nmi; 1,710 mi) with four external 500 l drop tanks
Service ceiling: 20,000 m (66,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 199 m/s (39,200 ft/min)
Wing loading: 231.6 kg/m² (47.4 lb/ft²)
Thrust/weight: 0.7
Takeoff roll: 800 m (2,625 ft)
Armament:
2× 30 mm akan m/55 ADEN cannon with 100 rounds per gun
9× hardpoints with a total capacity of 4,500 kg (10.000 lb)
The kit and its assembly:
Even though the model depicts a what-if aircraft, the Draken’s proposed “Gustav” attack variant based on the J 35 D interceptor was real – even though I could not find much detail information about it. So, I took some inspiration from the contemporary Danish Saab 35XD export version, which probably had similar features to the Gustav? Another inspiring factor was a pair of Rb 05 missiles (from an Airfix Viggen) that I had bought with a spare parts lot some time ago – and an attack Draken would be the perfect carrier for these exotic (and unsuccessful) missiles.
For a low-budget build I used one of Mistercraft’s many recent re-boxings of the vintage Revell Draken from 1957(!), and this kit is nothing for those who are faint at heart. It is horrible.
The kit probably depicts a late J 35 A (already with a long tail section), but even for this variant it lacks details like the air scoops for the afterburner or a proper landing gear. The Draken’s characteristic tail wheel is also missing completely. Worst pitfall, however: there is NO interior at all, not even a lumpy seat! The canopy, the early model with struts, is disturbingly clean and crisp, though. The overall fit is mediocre at best, too – there are only a few visible seams, but any of them calls for filling and PSR. It’s a very toyish kit, even though the general outlines are O.K.
And the Mistercraft instructions are really audacious: they show all the parts that are actually NOT there at all. Suddenly a seat appears in the cockpit, a fin fairing from a J 35 D or later, or the tail wheel… And the decal sheets only roughly meet the aircraft you see in the painting instructions - there are three sheets, totally puzzled together, including material for aircraft not mentioned in the instructions, but that’s a common feature of most Mistercraft kits. But: how much can you taunt your disappointed customers?
So, this leaves lots of room for improvements, and calls for a lot of scratching and improvisation, too. First measure was to open both the air intakes (which end after 2mm in vertical walls) and the exhaust, which received an afterburner dummy deep inside to create depth. Next, I implanted a complete cockpit, consisting of s scratched dashboard (styrene sheet), the tub from an Italeri Bae Hawk trainer’s rear cockpit (which comes with neat side consoles and fits quite well) plus a shallow vintage ejection seat, probably left over from an early MiG from a KP kit or one of its many later reincarnations. As an alternative, there’s a Quickboost resin aftermarket set with a complete cockpit interior (even including side walls, IIRC intended to be used with the Hasegawa Draken) available but using it on this crappy kit would have been a waste of resources – it’s more expensive than the kit itself, and even with a fine cockpit the exterior would still remain sh!t.
Since I could not find any detail about the Gustav Draken’s equipment I gave it a laser rangefinder in a poor-fitting S 35 E (or is it a Danish export F-35?) nose that comes as an optional part with the vintage Revell mold – which is weird, because the recce Draken was built between 1963 and 1968 in 2 series, several years after the kit’s launch? Maybe the Mistercraft kit is based on the 1989 Revell re-boxing? But that kit also features an all-in-one pilot/seat part and a two-piece canopy… Weird!
Once the hull was closed many surface details had to be added. The afterburner air scoops were created from plastic profiles, which are aftermarket roof rails in H0 scale. Styrene profile material was also used to create the intakes behind the cockpit, better than nothing. The OOB pitot on the fin was very robust, and since it would be wrong on a J 35 D I cut it off and added a fairing to the fin tip, a shortened/modified ACMI pod, which bears a better pitot alternative at its tip. The pitot on the nose was scratched from heated styrene, since the kit offers no part at all.
Under the rear fuselage the whole tail wheel arrangement had to be scratched. The shallow fairing consists of a section from a Matchbox EA-6B drop tank, the wheel and its strut were tinkered together with bits from the scrap box and profile material. Not stellar, but better than OOB (= nothing!).
The landing gear struts were taken from the kit but beefed up with some details. The main wheels had to be replaced, the new ones come from a KP MiG-21, IIRC.
The ordnance consists of a pair of Rb 05’s from an Airfix Viggen, a pair of OOB drop tanks and MERs from a Matchbox A-7D, together with fourteen streamlined bombs from the same kit – twelve on the MERs and single bombs on the outer pylons. AFAIK, Sweden never used MERs on their aircraft, but the bombs come pretty close to some small bombs that I have seen as AJ 37 ordnance. Most pylons are OOB, I just added a single ventral station and two outer hardpoints under the wings. The Rb 05s received a prominent place under the air intakes on Sidewinder launch rails.
Painting and markings:
Finally a good excuse to apply the famous and complex “Fields & Meadows” paint scheme to a Draken model! However, this “combo” actually existed in real life, but only on a single aircraft: around 1980 a J 35 B (s/n 35520), aircraft “20” of F18, was painted in this fashion, but AFAIK it was only an instructional airframe. You find some pictures of this aircraft online but getting a clear three-side view (esp. from above!) as a reliable painting benchmark is impossible. However, a complete paint scheme of this aircraft is provided with one of Mistercraft’s Revell Draken re-boxings (not the one I bought, though), even though it is mismarked as a J 35 F of F10 in the instructions. One of the common Mistercraft errors, err, “surprises” (*sigh*).
Finding suitable model paints for the elaborate scheme is not easy, either, and after having applied it several times I stuck to my favorites: Humbrol 150 (Forest Green, FS 34127), 75 (Bronze Green), 118 (US Light Tan, FS 30219, a bit light but RAF Dark Earth is too somber) and Revell 06 (Tar Black, RAL 9021) on the upper surfaces and Humbrol 247 (RLM76) underneath.
A large ventral section was, typical for the J 35, left in bare metal, since leaking fuel and oil would frequently eat away any paint there. The section was painted with Revell 91 (Iron) and later treated with Matt Aluminum Metallizer (Humbrol). As per usual, the model received an overall light black ink washing and some post-shading in order to emphasize the panels, correct the splinter camouflage and dramatize the surface. Some extra weathering was done around the gun ports and the jet nozzle with graphite.
Internal details like the cockpit and the landing gear were painted with the help of Swedish Saab 35 reference pictures. The cockpit tub was painted in a dark, bluish green (Humbrol 76) with grey-green (Revell 67) side walls.
The landing gear and its respective wells were painted in a bluish grey (Revell 57), parts of the struts were painted in a bright turquoise (a mix of Humbrol 89 and 80; looks quite weird, but I like such details!). The wheel hubs became medium grey (Revell 47). The Rb 05 missiles were painted in white as live weapons, so that they stand out well from the airframe. The drop tanks received the same blue-grey as the underside (Humbrol 247). MERs and launch rails were painted in a neutral grey (RAL 7001) and the bombs became olive drab (RAL 6014, Gelboliv) with yellow rings and golden fuzes.
Decals/markings were puzzled together from a Moose Republic Saab 32 sheet (unit code number and emblem) and the spares box, including the red tactical tail code from an Italeri 1:72 Gripen and roundels from a Hasegawa Draken. Stencils were taken from the kit’s OOB sheet and also from the Hasegawa Draken sheet. Finally, the model was sealed with matt acrylic varnish (Italeri).
What a horror trip! The paint scheme itself was/is challenging enough, but modding the crappy vintage Revell kit into something more presentable was already a fight in itself. However, I like the outcome. “Fields & Meadows” suits the Draken with its huge and flat upper surface well, and while the Gustav conversion did not take much effort the “mud mover” ordnance under this Mach 2 fighter really looks strange and makes you wonder what this is. A nice what-if model, despite its blurriness!
Film: Rollei Retro 80S @ 80 ISO | Develop: Caffenol C-H (Stock), 15 mins @ 20°C | Scan: Plustek OpticFilm 8200i
A series taken before the old village hall is knocked down and replaced. Was build in 1952.
Taken on a Pentax 67 with the 55 F3.5 lens on Fan F developed in 510 Pyro at 1:500
Another lighthouse during Photostock 2016. One of the nicest lighthouses to visit in the U.P. of Michigan.
Taken with a Speed Graphic and a 210mm Industar-51 barrel lens. I have used this lens a few times now and really like it, and the prices of these Soviet lenses can't be beat. I also have a 300mm Industar-37 I want to try, but I first have to mount it on a Speed Graphic lens board.
Taken 6/14/16 during Photostock 2016
Pacemaker Speed Graphic
KMZ 210mm Industar-51 f/4.5 lens
f/11
1/500
Ilford HP5+ 4x5 sheet film
Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+1
Negative scanned with Epson V500
Dunedin.
The Scottish City.
Although Dunedin began as a strictly Scottish settlement hence the building of the First Church – a Presbyterian Church – it still remains a Scottish influenced city. The town street plan mimics the romantic layout of Edinburgh after which it was named. The city streetscapes have many solid stone buildings reminiscent of Edinburgh itself. In the 1850s over 12,000 Scots landed in Dunedin. But the gold rushes of 1861 near Dunedin and further inland in Otago diluted the Scottish influence but did not diminish the power of the Scots in the city. The diggers from England, Australia, Italy, France and Jewish communities of Europe flocked to the city. By the mid-1860s the city had Anglican, Methodist (1869), Congregational (1864), Baptist (1863) and other churches. It even had a synagogue, the first built in NZ in 1864. By 1865 Dunedin was the largest city in NZ. New suburbs with Scottish names were developed- St Kilda, Leith Valley, Kenmure, Shiel Hill, MacAndrew Bay etc. Its links with Scotland were difficult as Dunedin is the world’s furthest city from London and Edinburgh, even further than Invercargill. The early political leader of the city was Captain William Cargill who was the Superintendent of Otago Province and a member of parliament for Dunedin. He died in 1860 as the city’s Scottish influence was waning. Mount Cargill overlooks the city, there is a Cargill road intersection near his old house and there is also a fine stone memorial to William Cargill in Princes Street near the Octagon which was erected in 1864. Most of his children stayed on living in Dunedin or Christchurch. One son Edward became a business leader of Dunedin and called his mansion Cargill’s Castle but it is now in ruins. The Caledonian Society of Otago was formed in 1862 and the first Highlands Games were held that year too. Dunedin still has an annual Highland Games event. Dunedin tartan was registered in Scotland in 1988.
The city prospered after the gold rushes and business boomed as the Art Gallery (1884), the first in NZ was established, the University of Otago (1869) was also the first university in NZ, the Otago Girls High School (1871) was the first public/state girls’ high school in the world etc. Dunedin was also one of the first cities in the world to have cable trams (1881), which were needed because of the steepness of some streets. William Hodgkins the “father of art” in NZ lived in Dunedin and he was the man who established the Art Gallery in 1884 but was also a well-known water colourist and one of the first to paint the Southern Alps and the Canterbury Plains. One of his daughters, Francis went on to become NZ’s best known artist and England’s too by the time of her death in 1947. Dunedin had the first daily newspaper in NZ and it was the first place in NZ to export frozen meat to England in 1881. But the city of firsts and the leading city of NZ was bypassed by Auckland in 1900 and has declined in economic but not cultural importance since. Many of the early NZ companies, which were founded in Dunedin, moved out or established bigger factories and branches in Auckland including Shacklock the iron foundry and implement maker who became Fisher and Paykel in Auckland, Kempthorne Prosser the fertiliser and drugs manufacturer, Fletcher Construction Company, Methven the tap makers, Mosgiel Woollen Mills etc. The stationers Coulls who also began in Dunedin later became Whitcoulls which still operates across NZ. Several insurance companies which had been founded in Dunedin also moved to Auckland and began national operations from there. Dunedin began to decline industrially but not culturally. The University is the largest single employer of the South Island and most, but not all, of its operations are based in Dunedin. Even exports of frozen meat and wool have declined in recent decades but NZ lamb is still well known in Britain. Today with a lively arts, music and literature scene, the university and with tourism Dunedin has slow but steady population growth again. It is considered a “nice” place to live and work because of its size, and its many charming Victorian buildings and houses. Dunedin has 218 buildings on the NZ Heritage Register. The city now has about 125,000 inhabitants many still with Scottish origins.
The Edinburgh of the South was surveyed and laid out with its distinctive Octagon Park and surrounding streets by Charles Kettle who wanted to emulate the “Romantic” design of Edinburgh. He succeeded. He selected a fine site of rising ground just at the top of Otago Harbour. Here were built the early important buildings- the First Church of Otago - the major Presbyterian Church of NZ built in weatherboard in 1848, then replaced with a stone church in 1850, and the impressive Gothic masterpiece of today was erected in 1873 with the 177 feet high tower and spire. The architect who is credited with designing the First Church and so many of Dunedin’s fine stone buildigns was Robert Lawson ( 1833-1902) a Scot who emigrated to Australia in 1854 and then on to Dunedin in 1862. Robert Lawson also designed Larnach Castle (the only castle in NZ, 1871), the Knox Presbyterian Church (1876), the Dunedin Wesleyan Methodist Church – now the Fortune Theatre (1869), the Otago Boys High School (1885), the ANZ Bank 319 Princes St.(1874), the Hanover Street Baptist Church (1865 now demolished and replaced 1912) and the Municipal Chambers (1880). Many of Lawson’s buildings are built of white Oamaru limestone.
Other significant and heritage listed city buildings include: The Octagon is the centre, Moray Place surrounds it.
Around The Octagon:- Dunedin Athenaeum and Mechanics' Institute 1870, 22 The Octagon; Regent Theatre 1904, 17 The Octagon; St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral 1914, 36 Moray Place; Municipal Chambers 1880, 38 The Octagon;
Moray Place :- First Church of Otago 1873, 410 Moray Place; former Dunedin Synagogue dating from 1864 is NZ’s oldest synagogue – extended 1872 and sold 1881 to the Masonic Lodge but now a residence, 29 Moray Place; Moray Terrace building about 1910, 63 Moray Place; Moray Place Congregational Church (former) 1865, 81 Moray Place; former Dunedin Public Library built around 1905, 110 Moray Place; Dunedin Town Hall 1929 in neo-classical style;
Princes Street:- Cargill’s Monument 1864; ; Wains Hotel 1878, 310 Princes St – with carved figures of Neptune and other gods above the doors; Bank of NZ 1879, 205 Princes St; Dunedin Chief Post Office 1937, 283 Princes St; the National Bank of NZ 1911, 193 Princes St;
Queens Gardens:- NZ Insurance Building 1897, 49 Queens Gardens; Union Bank 1874, 319 Queens Gardens;
Dowling Street:- Imperial Building Dunedin’s answer to the Flatiron building of NY – about 1910, corner Cowling and Lower High St; ; Garrison Hall 1872 (former) 8 Dowling St;
Stuart Street:- Dunedin Law Courts 1902, 1 Stuart St; Wesleyan Church now Fortune Theatre 1869, 231 Stuart St;
Other locations:- All Saints Anglican Church 1865, 786 Cumberland St; the Otago Museum 1877, 419 King St; St Joseph’s Catholic Cathedral 1878-86 and St Dominic’s Priory 1877, 288 Rattray St; Dunedin Police Station 1898 (former), 21 Dunbar St; the Otago Girls High School 1910, 41 Tennyson St; Dunedin Prison 1898 (former), 2 Castle St; the Southern Cross Hotel 118 High St (former) 1883; the Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance Building, 7 Liverpool St 1882; the Otago Boys High School 1885, 18 Arthur St; and many fine mansions line High Street numbered 400 onwards. It is a bit of a climb but gives you good views across Otago Harbour towards St Kilda too. Buses go along the street so take a bus out and walk back down the hill!
University of Otago. This first university in NZ was established in 1869 opening with students in 1871. (The University of Adelaide began teaching in 1876). It began in a city building before transferring to the main tower building in 1878. The architect Maxwell Bury worked in conjunction with Mountford in Christchurch but he moved to Dunedin for a few years after he won a public competition for the design of the new university. Many of Bury’s other buildings have been demolished and this is his finest. From its early days it has had several residential colleges which has grown to 14 colleges now and today it has around 21,000 students in attendance. Apart from Dunedin it has a major medical school campus attached to Christchurch hospital in Canterbury. The medical school is still one of only two in NZ and it is the earliest being founded in 1875. It is the only university in NZ to provide dentistry education. The University employs almost 4,000 staff and is the major employer in Dunedin. It teaches science, medical science, arts, law, education (since 2007) and business. Around 10% of its students are Maori and Pacific Islanders. From its inception it taught law and Otago was the first university in Australasia to allow women to enrol in law degrees. Its first female student graduated in 1897. In terms of research and academic reputation it is the second university of NZ after the University of Auckland. Some of the most prestigious and gothic style boarding colleges are Knox College, Presbyterian founded in 1909, by the Botanic Gardens; Selwyn, the Anglican College established in 1893 on Cumberland Street by All Saints Anglican Church; and St Margaret’s College, Presbyterian founded in 1911 in Leith Street. If you walk around the campus you will find a group of buildings around the Clock Tower building all in a similar style. The Clock Tower building is the Registry; of the same dimensions and behind it is the Geology building; to the north of these are the professional houses; to the south of the Clock Tower are the Hall, the Staff Club, the Theatre and the School of Mines. This complex of Gothic buildings was completed in 1883. With corbels, towers, oriel windows and gables the style is often referred to as Scottish Baronial. No wonder Maxwell Bury’s design won the competition in such a Scottish city! The theatre and some other buildings were completed in 1914 with the last of the group finished in 1923.Look for the oriel widow and Gothic towers on the Hall (Marama Hall) which is a superb structure and the beautiful Archway Building. All these buildings were completed in Otago bluestone with white Oamaru limestone quoins.
Until the end of 2013, Etna's recent eruptive activity was mainly focused on the latest creation of the volcano, the new cone of the Southeast Crater, which was the site of 21 episodes of intense Strombolian activity and - in all cases except the latest two - lava fountaining accompanied by the emission of copious loose volcanic rock material, called tephra. The latest - and weakest - of these episodes took place between 29 and 31 December 2013, although minor lava outflow continued through the two first days of the year 2014, ending altogether during the night of 2-3 January 2014.
For some time, though, we've seen some activity also at the Northeast Crater, the tallest - and since many years, least violently active - of Etna's four summit craters. On 26 October 2013, when the new cone of the Southeast Crater was the site of the first episode of lava fountaining for six months, spectacular ash emissions started also from the Northeast Crater, where the latest significant visible activity had occurred during the summer of 2002. Strangely enough, the conduit of this crater has remained open - possibly down to 1000 or even more meters below the summit - and it has been the source of the most intense and continuous gas emissions of Etna over the past decade.
As the new cone of the Southeast Crater continued to make its eruptive episodes through the fall of 2013, we often saw some sympathetic minor ash emissions at the Northeast Crater, but over the past few days they have become virtually continuous. Today, 9 January 2014, the weather conditions are particularly favorable, with clear skies and a virtually complete absence of wind at Etna's summit, and the plume of ash is rising straight to a few hundred meters above the peak of the mountain. This phenomenon is also well visible from Catania, and from the roof of the INGV building in the center of town, from where I took this photograph on the early afternoon of 9 January 2014 (I admit that I deleted the metal thread of an antenna out of the right upper part of the image).
This is something different, and now everybody is wondering whether old Northeast Crater, after many years of steaming and producing rumbling sounds from deep within its conduit is feeling the drive to return on the scene on a grander scene. The signals that are constantly monitored by the INGV - seismic activity, gas emissions, ground deformation - do not presently indicate that something big is on the move. But Etna, after all, is an active volcano. So we should not be surprised if she gave us another surprise, after all the surprises she's unleashed on us over the years ...
Finally had some activity at El Franco Lee this past week and this huge cloud began to catch a bit of the setting sun. Photo was taken with my old venerable Sony A700 at the park.
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Developed in ACR with CC24-based matrix linear DCP profile.
Color graded in Dehancer plugin for Adobe Photoshop with "Fujifilm 3513 Print Film" profile and film simulation effects.
Additional color tweaks made in Adobe Photoshop
Rollei 35 LED Triotar 2.8 40 mm
ORWO WOLFEN NC500
Film was exposed at normal 400 ISO
Negativ self-developed with Adox C-41 Kit
Negative photographed with Pentax KP + SMC Macro Limited 28 mm 2.8
Post harvest scene in Furebetsu, Furano, Hokkaido. 10 days ago. Back is Mt.Furano.
Mamiya Press Super 23, Sekor 250mm F5.0, negative ISO 160 expired, developed normally.
Bigger sizes: www.flickr.com/photos/threepinner/15630698776/sizes/l
Fiat had bought Unic from Simca. In that Simca period a new advanced cabine was developed. It was designed by the French coachwork company Pelpel (Genève), and appeared in 1960. This cabin style was implemented across the entire Unic truck range.
In 1966 tilting cabines became available.
This P6A was one of the last Unic truck versions as a semi-independent truck brand, and were from the last series cabins developed in-house.
In 1975 Unic merged with Fiat, OM, Lancia and Magirus-Duetz in the new founded truck company Iveco.
After 1975 all trucks still had the individual Fiat, OM, Unic or Magirus emblems beside the common Iveco badge.
In 1982, the IVECO name appeared in full on the front of the trucks; the UNIC name remained until 1984 in the lower right corner of the grilles.
By 1985, the UNIC brand name no longer appeared on any truck grille.
5383 cc L4 Diesel engine.
Performance: 135 bhp.
Production Unic this cabins: early 1960-1974.
New French reg. number: Jan. 1992 (41, Loir-et-Cher).
Number seen: 1.
Scan from analog photo.
Film roll: 05-36.
Cour Cheverny (Loir-et-Cher, Central France), Aug. 19, 2005.
© 2005 Sander Toonen Amsterdam/Halfweg | All Rights Reserved.
Canon A640, developed in Lightroom.
"The Basilica di Santa Croce [...] is situated on the Piazza di Santa Croce, about 800m southeast of the Duomo. [...] It is the burial place of some of the most illustrious Italians, such as Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, the poet Foscolo, the philosopher Gentile and the composer Rossini, thus it is known also as the Temple of the Italian Glories." (Wikipedia)
The construction took centuries. Started in 1294, consecration was in 1442CE.
"Santa Croce ist die größte und eine der bedeutendsten Franziskanerkirchen Italiens. [...] Zusammen mit dem Dom und Santa Maria Novella, der Kirche des Dominikanerordens in Florenz, bildet Santa Croce den großartigen Dreiklang gotischer Sakralarchitektur in Florenz, die sich – im Vergleich mit der Gotik in Frankreich – durch eine andere Raumauffassung auszeichnet: weite Arkadenöffnungen zu den Seitenschiffen, darüber eine niedrige Lichtgadenzone, die in Santa Croce allerdings nicht durch ein Steingewölbe, sondern – das Stilideal der franziskanischen Einfachheit mehr zitierend als ihm entsprechend – durch ein offenes Sparrendach abgeschlossen wird. Das durchlaufende kräftige Konsolgesims betont den Eindruck der Lagerung, obwohl die lichte Höhe des Mittelschiffs mit 34,5 Meter größer ist als die von Notre-Dame in Paris und fast so groß wie die von Chartres und Reims." (Wikipedia)
"In 1866, the complex became public property, as a part of government suppression of most religious houses, following the wars that gained Italian independence and unity." (Wikipedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Croce,_Florence
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Croce_(Florenz)
san francisco, ca
taken 9 selptember 2024
rolleiflex 3.5f
zeiss planar 75mm/ 3.5
kodak portra 800
Scanned with dslr
Home developed
cinestill cs41
3 min 30 sec
Developed specifically for the World Sportswear Championship, the 936 ranks among the most successful Porsche racing cars, with 3 Le Mans victories to its credit.
In 1976, it was the first Porsche with a turbo engine to win in Le Mans. In 1977, Jacky Ickx, Jürgen Barth & Hurley Halewood defeat the Renault factory armada of 6 racing cars.
In 1981, the 936 makes a sensational comeback at Le Mans with yet another overall victory.
2.142 cc
6 Cylinder Boxer Turbo
540 PS
Vmax : 360 km/h
Sonderausstellung : 24 Stunden für die Ewigkeit
Special exhibition : 24 Hours for Eternity
Le Mans
26/03/2014 - 31/08/2014
Porsche Museum
Zuffenhausen - Stuttgart
Germany
Juli 2014
The Ferrari F12berlinetta (also unofficially referred to as the F12 Berlinetta or the F12) is a front mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive grand tourer produced by Italian sports car manufacturer Ferrari. The F12berlinetta, debuted at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, replaces the 599 series grand tourers.
Specifications
Engine
The F12berlinetta uses a 6,262 cc (382 cu in), naturally aspirated 65° V12 engine of the Ferrari F140 engine family. Engine displacement is shared with the FF, but the F140 FC version installed on the F12 produces 740 PS (544 kW; 730 hp) at 8250 rpm and 690 N·m (509 lb·ft) of torque at 6000 rpm, making it the most powerful Ferrari roadcar to date, only surpassed by LaFerrari. This allows the F12berlinetta to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in an officially reported 3.1 seconds, 0 to 200 km/h (120 mph) in 8.5 seconds and a top speed of over 350 km/h (220 mph).
The engine of the F12berlinetta has been designed to be more efficient than that of the 599, as well as more powerful. The engine management system is fitted with Ferrari's HELE start-stop system to reduce fuel consumption when idling. Ferrari reports that the F12berlinetta can achieve 18 mpg-imp (15.7 L/100 km; 15.0 mpg-US) – a 30% improvement over the 599 – and produces CO2 emissions of 350 g/km.
Transmission
Similar to the California, 458 Italia, FF and LaFerrari, the F12berlinetta transmits power through a 7-speed dual-clutch automated semi-automatic gearbox operated by the driver using paddle shifters behind the steering wheel. Compared to similar models, the F12berlinetta uses shortened gear ratios to match the power of the engine.
Chassis
The F12berlinetta is built around an aluminium space frame chassis co-developed with Scaglietti. The chassis is made up of 12 different aluminium alloys and improves structural rigidity by 20% over the 599, whilst reducing weight by 70 kg (150 lb). The centre of gravity has been lowered by around 25 mm (1 in). The F12berlinetta's weight distribution is 48% front, 52% rear.
Similar to other contemporary Ferrari models, the F12berlinetta uses Ferrari's third generation CCM3 carbon ceramic disc brakes with ABS, SCM-E magnetorheological suspension, an electronic LSD, ESP Premium stability control and F1-Trac traction control. The car's stability and traction control, suspension and other settings are controlled by the Manettino dial mounted on the steering wheel.
Tires
The F12berlinetta is fitted with Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires, with the tyre codes 255/35ZR20 at the front and 315/35ZR20 at the rear.
Aerodynamics
The F12berlinetta makes use of aerodynamic techniques based on Ferrari's 599XX and Formula One programmes, developed with wind tunnel and CFD testing. A notable feature is the Aero Bridge, an air channel running from the bonnet, through the flanks and along the sides of the vehicle, creating an effect that increases downforce. Another feature is Active Brake Cooling ducts, which open to direct cooling air only when the brakes are hot, keeping them closed at other times to reduce aerodynamic drag. The F12berlinetta produces 200 kg (440 lb) of downforce at 200 km/h (120 mph) – an increase of 76% over the 599 GTB – and has a drag coefficient of 0.299.
Performance
Ferrari reports that the F12berlinetta is capable of lapping the Fiorano test circuit in 1 minute, 23 seconds; three seconds slower than LaFerrari, a full second faster than the 599 GTO, two seconds faster than the Enzo, two seconds faster than the 458 Italia, two seconds faster than the 430 Scuderia and three and a half seconds faster than the 599 GTB.
Design
The body of the F12berlinetta is designed by the Ferrari Styling Centre and Pininfarina, and shares some styling elements with other recent Ferrari models. This includes a front grille similar to the FF and headlights shared with the FF and 458 Italia. The interior, based on the FF, features new "Frau leather" upholstery with aluminium, Alutex, and carbon fibre trim, and has increased luggage space compared to the 599.
[Text from Wikipedia]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_F12berlinetta
This miniland-scale Lego Ferrari F12 Berlinetta (2012) has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 91st Build Challenge, - "Anger Management", - all about cars with some link to being angry.
Developed in Rodinal. Scanned from the negative.
Nothing too fancy - orange filter and a lens hood. Exposed for highlights. Nice old uncoated Tessar lens.
Rolleiflex K4B
Carl Zeiss Jenna Tessar 75mm f.3.5
Rollei Retro 80S
samuelpayne.weebly.com/the-camera
Develop: Pyrocat HD
Planfilm: X-ray Fuji HR-U (green)
Zeiss Ikon Donata 9x12, Tessar 1:4,5/135 ( 1928 )
camera: Hasselblad 500 CM
objective: Zeiss Planar 80mm f2,8
light: natural light
light meter: Sekonic L-308B reading the incident light
exposure: f2,8 - 1/125
film: Kodak Tmax 100 pull 50
film developing: Kodak Xtol Dev 1+3 - 20C° - 15 min
scanned with CanoScan 8600f with SilverFast SE Plus 8
Developed in tandem with the Continental GT road car. A mostly aluminum structure reduces weight. The engine is a development of the race-proven 4.0 twin-turbo V8 with dry sump and special intake and exhaust systems. This art car is the work of artist Jean Boghossian for the benefit of the 'Sports Association of the Center for Rehabilitation and Traumatology'.
4.000 cc
V8
+ 550 hp
565 Nm
Vmax : + 300 m/h
1.300 kg
Expo : Supercars 2 - Road vs Race Edition
09/12/2022 - 29/01/2023
Autoworld
Brussels - Belgium
December 2022 / January 2023
While browsing through old family photos recently, I came across two old photo-related items that one could find at the Wal-Mart 1-Hour Photo lab in the mid-'90s.