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Introducing the Palmira Tote Bag ✨ by Haus of FAUXBERRY, making its debut at the September round of WIP Event!
Designed with modern sophistication in mind, Palmira is a versatile statement piece sold as a fatpack. Each set includes 6 left and 6 right-handed BENTO holds, plus a decor version for display. Customize your look with a 30-color HUD for the main leather. Select details are PBR-ready with fallback textures included, ensuring Palmira shines no matter your viewer settings.
Elevate your wardrobe this season with a timeless tote that effortlessly blends fashion and function.
Available now at WIP Event and soon in our main store.
🔗 WIP Event LM: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/WIP/140/192/1502
🔗 Main Store LM: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Amani/225/65/22
💖 Social Media & Discord Links: hausoffauxberry.carrd.co/
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Lore Set by Madame Noir @Dubai
100% Original Mesh
PBR & Fallback
10 colors sold separately + 1 exclusive on Fatpack
Top & Pants sold separately
Rigged for: Reborn + Waifu, Legacy + Bombshell + Perky, Lara X + Lara Petite X & Nhumana/Nhuma
Available at Dubai Event from 20th
Taxi: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Horizon%20Beach/131/126/22
Taken on the last night of a long week that involved a lot of depression and some productivity - but not enough.
Mother died almost three months ago - February 1 - so May 1 is my official end of mourning. I'm going to go back to colors a few days early, next weekend, 'cause I've been invited to a couple parties and it will be good for me to see people.
But depression remains a thing. The slow realization that yes, I'm finally completely on my own and that there's no fallback position ever again is part of it. The unhappiness of my professional life is very much another part of it, and I am more and more resolutely convinced that =somehow= I have to be in a new job by Labor Day. (I want to run screaming from the building right now, but there's no way for that to happen. I can't leave my colleagues in the lurch.)
Early in the week I met with my coach to formulate a business plan to take my etiquette identity to the next level. He asked "What's holding you back?" And immediately I said "Stress, depression, and fear!"
This was taken Saturday night, and I'm writing this Sunday morning - Easter Sunday - the start of a new week, my last week of wearing mourning - a week of new possibilities! Wish me luck.
New for Sabbath, opening 10/21!
Why settle for a PSL when you can have a PSB?
The Spooky Battes come in 8 colors, and each has a version with white cream or black cream. A 1 LI decor version is included, along with 5 bento holds on menu for left and right hands.
The fatpack has a bonus special edition gold version as a thank you for supporting my work!
PBR and fallback included. Ad shows PBR under modified Midday lighting with reflection probe and ambient lighting.
Copy/Mod/Original mesh.
New for Wasteland, opening 9/30 at 6 PM!
It's fine. It says Swimming Allowed. Just take a lil dippy dip.
This 1 LI prank sign is available as a group gift during Wasteland's birthday round! You have to wear your Wasteland tag and just click the box by the booth!
PBR/fallback. PBR shown.
Copy/Mod/Original mesh.
NEW Halloween 2024 goodies are here! They are not exclusive to Shop & Hop but will be debuting there at 25-50% off! So make sure you swing by the LORE shop at the Halloween Shop & Hop, opening 10/4!
And remember to grab the Spooky Stepping Stones gift [shown on the wall in the pic]! Mix and match bat, spider, and skull stones for a spooky path through your dark woods, manor grounds, and cemeteries!
Also Shown: Ceramic Pumpkins, Ceramic Ghosties, Fall Signs, Black Cat Blep, Giant Candy Corn, Willow Vases, Halloween Balloons, Potted Tentacles, Cauldron Candles.
All items are 1-2 LI. Specific info is on the vendor ads at the event, and demos are out for you!
Items have PBR and fallback textures. Ad shows PBR under Midday lighting with ambient lights.
Copy/Mod/Original Mesh.
I went down to the Hudson River hoping to catch a sunrise but it was, despite the weather report, full cloud cover. So, the fallback plan was to shoot the Esopus Lighthouse from the Esopus Meadows Point.
· ▸ Storybook Forest Set single purchase is available in:
ㅤㅤ• Storybook Forest Set · PG version
ㅤㅤ• Storybook Forest Set · Adult version
ㅤㅤ• Storybook Forest Tree Pack A
ㅤㅤ• Storybook Forest Tree Pack B
ㅤㅤ• Storybook Forest Blanket · PG version
ㅤㅤ• Storybook Forest Blanket · Adult version
ㅤㅤ• Storybook Forest Pond · Decor Only
ㅤㅤ• Storybook Forest Crystals
ㅤㅤ• 7 Tarte Stepping Stone Path versions
ㅤㅤ• Tarte Garden Fireflies
· ▸ Storybook Forest Set includes:
ㅤㅤ• Storybook Forest Tree Pack A & B:
ㅤㅤ · 4 Tree color textures
ㅤㅤ• Storybook Forest Blanket PG & Adult:
ㅤㅤ · Texture HUD with 4 color textures
ㅤㅤ · Dark Fur option
ㅤㅤ · Light Fur option
ㅤㅤ · 170 Animations with Menus for MF/MM/FF couples
ㅤㅤ• Storybook Forest Pond:
ㅤㅤ · Twinkling Lights
ㅤㅤ · Swirling Leaves
ㅤㅤ• Storybook Forest Crystals:
ㅤㅤ · Fallback textures version
ㅤㅤ · PBR textures version
ㅤㅤ · 3 variations Purple & Green
ㅤㅤ• Tarte Garden Fireflies:
ㅤㅤ · 4 Animated Pieces
ㅤㅤ · Swirl Small
ㅤㅤ · Swirl Large
ㅤㅤ · Dance Small
ㅤㅤ · Dance Large
· ▸ Buy Full Set options are available
· ▸ Land Impacts:
ㅤㅤ · Storybook Forest Tree · 30
ㅤㅤ · Storybook Forest Blanket · 10
ㅤㅤ · Storybook Forest Pond · 12
ㅤㅤ · Storybook Forest Crystals · 1 each
ㅤㅤ · Tarte Stepping Stone Path · 1 per shape
ㅤㅤ · Tarte Garden Fireflies · 2 - 6 per piece
· ▸ Copy
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· ▸ No Transfer
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it's been rather humid and I've been too sluggish to take any photos. I dug Mr B out of the archives.
Coming for Wasteland opening September 30th!
Landmark: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mount%20Amore/231/39/2176
Get dressed for a night out with the Stygian Shrug. This combo comes with a tank top beneath a leather or latex shrug with straps. This item is PBR ONLY. There are NO fallback textures. Included on the HUD are 26 shirt options, 16 shrug and strap options, 5 metal options as well as tint options. You can manually alpha either the top part or the tank top if you want just one via the edit menu. This comes rigged to Jake, Legacy M and Anatomy. Please try the demo!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRhvkCn3B4s
Nature Palace Backdrop - The Bearded Guy
C/M/NT - 149 LI - (Build Sold as Backdrop - Doesn't have any physics) - PBR Materials
AVAILABLE AT MAINSTORE!!!
Check out the amazing selections of backdrops at the in-world store:
Taxi: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Moonwall/128/121/33
Socials
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/208779
www.flickr.com/photos/lichimoonwall
www.facebook.com/thebeardedguysl
www.instagram.com/thebeardedguy.sl/
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Grasshopper St Arched Hair Comb
A beautiful decorative hair comb with tortoiseshell, celluloid, wood, metal, faux marble texture options. PBR + Legacy Fallback.
25 Textures in 3 Areas
PBR & Legacy Fallback
Unisex
Resizable
Copy + Mod
Grasshopper St Edith Gown All Bodies
An 1893 evening gown with ruched sleeves and bust drape. In 8 shades of satin and cut velvet (PBR & Legacy textures).
Edith Gown has 8-9 colors in 6 Areas + Tinting
Toggle Bust Drape & Bows On/Off
PBR + Legacy Materials
Copy/Mod
Compatible: Maitreya Lara X/PetiteX/FlatX
Legacy/Perky/Petite, GenX Classic/Dainty,
GenX Curvy/Dainty, eBody Reborn/Waifu.
For a wonderful trip back in time check out the in-world store.
Taxi: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Gallimaufry/135/173/33
Socials:
marketplace.secondlife.com/en-US/stores/234586
www.primfeed.com/grasshopper-street
www.flickr.com/photos/grasshopper-st/
Worn~
eBody Reborn
Lelutka Billie
[coconut.]Chae Skin Icy Tone
The Tenth
I was trying to get a slightly different look but couldn't get quite the way I wanted. So I went with the easy fallback shot.
That's the beauty of these little side projects though isn't it? You can get a chance to learn new techniques and refresh your older skills without having the pressure of having to nail it.
It also helps to have a wife that doesn't mind getting in frame (occasionally).
Canon 5D Mark II | Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM
Strobist
Canon 580EX II | Camera Left | 1/32 | 1/4 CTO | 28" Softbox
Pixel King Triggers
A stunning new kit with SO much versatility! Find it for 20% off at Shop & Hop and WLRP!
The HUD includes 5 metal colors and 18 different rope color options to cover for any possible holiday or event you might need!
I included the pieces plus some ready-made prefabs to get you started.
It is PBR, but also has fallback textures.
Copy/Mod/Original mesh.
It's a love story .
Wearing the new Floral Headpiece by Stunner Originals .
The headpiece comes in four separate parts in three sizes for perfect fitting .
In a full fat pack including PBR and fallback options pack Floral Headpiece is 100% original mesh and is fitted for
lelutka EvoX heads
You can purchase Floral Headpiece at
Until December 20th , after which at
STUNNER Originals on marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/en-US/stores/199412
Socials
www.facebook.com/stunneroriginals/
www.facebook.com/patricia.bravitz
www.flickr.com/photos/stunneroriginals/
More credits on my blog
My socials
www.facebook.com/ember.tuqiri.3/
Disturbed Event Winter Rounds Open!
New Release / Duskrot Willow Tree
Black Vein Ichor Bark PBR + Fallback
This is the last in our Duskrot Series
Grab it 20% Off During The Event
Event // tinyurl.com/2cry9veh
· ▸ Jockdtober single purchase is available in:
ㅤㅤ• 2 versions
· ▸ Jockdtober includes:
ㅤㅤ• 2 color textures
ㅤㅤ• Fallback version
ㅤㅤ• PBR version
· ▸ Fatpack is available
· ▸ Jockdtober is fitted for:
ㅤㅤ• Meshbody Legacy Male
ㅤㅤ• Belleza Jake
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♡ 7 color packs and 1 full pack available
♡ rigged nails for : ebody | legacy | belleza genx | maitreya
♡ PBR + blinn-phong (fallback) textures
♡ animated
♡ CREDITS ♡
Amitie :: Autumn Scent Pergola ::
Available @ UBER!!
::AMITIE:: MAINSTORE
::AMITIE:: MARKETPLACE
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.:Tm:. Creations :: "The rustic wheel of potted flowers and pumpkins +PBR GP72 ::
Rustic wheel with potted flowers, with hanging plants and pumpkins
Optional PBR version with fallback legacy material included.
LI: 6 - Approx. sizes m. 1.1 wide x 0.4 deep x 1 height
Addon included: the 3 potted flowers
LI: 1 each - Approx. sizes m. 0.2 wide/deep each
Permission: Copy | Modify | No Transfer
You can unlink all the pieces and use them as you wish
*Also available with only flowers potted package*
Available @ DUBAI!!
.:Tm:. Creations Mainstore
.:Tm:. Creations Marketplace
Coming for the Abnormality's Trick or Treat Week opening October 7th!
Landmark: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Abnormality/121/129/17
Another entry into the Gentleman's Manicure line of nails we have the Starshine Nails which feature 30 different options for putting a bit of the galaxy into your everyday outfit! As always you can change each nail or all five at the same time!
These have been updated for PBR and now feature PBR and fallback textures! The other varieties of nails are being updated as well. Old HUDs will not be compatible with the new nails/HUDs but we are getting those converted over as well. Please see group notices in world for more information soon.
More info:
Captivating, polished nails for the discerning gentleman. These come with two options, a longer rounded nail or as lightly shorter and pointed dhampir claw. These are rigged for Belleza Jake, Legacy Male, CZ Slim, Anatomy and Gianni. Please try the demos!
Update: We've added three sizes for the ladies as well. Ebody Reborn, Legacy F and Maitreya. Please try the demos!
There is no fatpack for these, each set comes individually (with both nail style options).
Main nail ad: flic.kr/p/2p3WYcJ
#4342 - 2019 Day 324: Late grab in a shop window. It has been some time since I've resorted to that as a fallback, but at least they come easily.
Seems like ages since I've been back to the pier. It is my fallback option when I'm starting to get frustrated with the quality or volume of my work at any one time. I had meant to get up this morning and head over to get sunrise around Arundel and its castle but I slept for an hour through my phone alarms, only a foot away, and missed the chance. Feeling a bit sore over that, I was happy to see blue betwixt the clouds at sunset and, with a low tide coinciding, knew where I had to go.
This photo is a blend of two exposures, one for the sky and one for the foreground. My photoshop skills are gradually improving, I doubt I could have worked out how to do this a month ago.
#4392 - 2020 Day 9: Torrential rain for most of the day and my journey. So a connection between rain and cars seemed appropriate, if perhaps an oft-used fallback.
+++ 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 Hawker Typhoon was a British single-seat fighter-bomber, produced by Hawker Aircraft. It was intended to be a medium-high altitude interceptor, as a replacement for the Hawker Hurricane, but several design problems were encountered and it never completely satisfied this requirement.
Even before Hurricane production began in March 1937, Sydney Camm had embarked on designing its successor. Two preliminary designs were similar and were larger than the Hurricane. These later became known as the "N" and "R" (from the initial of the engine manufacturers), because they were designed for the newly developed Napier Sabre and Rolls-Royce Vulture engines respectively. Both engines used 24 cylinders and were designed for over 2,000 hp (1,500 kW); the difference between the two was primarily in the arrangement of the cylinders – an H-block in the Sabre and an X-block in the Vulture. Hawker submitted these preliminary designs in July 1937 but were advised to wait until a formal specification for a new fighter was issued.
In March 1938, Hawker received from the Air Ministry, Specification F.18/37 for a fighter which would be able to achieve at least 400 mph (640 km/h) at 15,000 feet (4,600 m) and specified a British engine with a two-speed supercharger. The armament fitted was to be twelve 0.303” Browning machine guns with 500 rounds per gun, with a provision for alternative combinations of weaponry. The basic design of the Typhoon was a combination of traditional Hawker construction, as used in the earlier Hawker Hurricane, and more modern construction techniques; the front fuselage structure, from the engine mountings to the rear of the cockpit, was made up of bolted and welded duralumin or steel tubes covered with skin panels, while the rear fuselage was a flush-riveted, semi-monocoque structure. The forward fuselage and cockpit skinning was made up of large, removable duralumin panels, allowing easy external access to the engine and engine accessories and most of the important hydraulic and electrical equipment.
The Typhoon’s service introduction in mid-1941 was plagued with problems and for several months the aircraft faced a doubtful future. When the Luftwaffe brought the new Focke-Wulf Fw 190 into service in 1941, the Typhoon was the only RAF fighter capable of catching it at low altitudes; as a result it secured a new role as a low-altitude interceptor.
By 1943, the RAF needed a ground attack fighter more than a "pure" fighter and the Typhoon was suited to the role (and less-suited to the pure fighter role than competing aircraft such as the Spitfire Mk IX). The powerful engine allowed the aircraft to carry a load of up to two 1,000 pounds (450 kg) bombs, equal to the light bombers of only a few years earlier. Furthermore, from early 1943 the wings were plumbed and adapted to carry cylindrical 45 imp gal (200 l; 54 US gal) drop tanks increasing the Typhoon's range from 690 miles (1,110 km) to up to 1,090 miles (1,750 km). This enabled Typhoons to range deep into France, the Netherlands and Belgium.
From September 1943, Typhoons were also armed with four "60 lb" RP-3 rockets under each wing. Although the rocket projectiles were inaccurate and took considerable skill to aim and allow for ballistic drop after firing, "the sheer firepower of just one Typhoon was equivalent to a destroyer's broadside".
By the end of 1943, eighteen rocket-equipped Typhoon squadrons formed the basis of the RAF Second Tactical Air Force (2nd TAF) ground attack arm in Europe. In theory, the rocket rails and bomb-racks were interchangeable; in practice, to simplify supply, some used the rockets only, while other squadrons were armed exclusively with bombs, what also allowed individual units to more finely hone their skills with their assigned weapons.
The Typhoon was initially exclusively operated in the European theatre of operations, but in 1944 it was clear that a dedicated variant might become useful for the RAF’s operations in South-East Asia. In the meantime, Hawker had also developed what was originally an improved Typhoon II, but the differences between it and the Mk I were so great that it was effectively a different aircraft, and it was renamed the Hawker Tempest. However, as a fallback option and as a stopgap filler for the SEAC, Hawker also developed the Typhoon Mk. IV, a tropicalized late Mk. I with a bubble canopy and powered by the new Bristol Centaurus radial engine that could better cope with high ambient temperatures than the original liquid-cooled Sabre engine. The Centaurus IV chosen for the Typhoon Mk. IV also offered slightly more power than the Sabre and the benefit of reduced vulnerability to small arms fire at low altitude, since the large and vulnerable chin cooler could be dispensed with.
3,518 Typhoons of all variants were eventually built, 201 of them late Mk. IVs, almost all by Gloster. Once the war in Europe was over Typhoons were quickly removed from front-line squadrons; by October 1945 the Typhoon was no longer in operational use, with many of the wartime Typhoon units such as 198 Squadron being either disbanded or renumbered.
The SEAC’s few operational Mk IVs soldiered on, however, were partly mothballed after 1945 and eventually in 1947 handed over or donated to regional nascent air forces after their countries’ independence like India, Pakistan or Burma, where they served as fighters and fighter bombers well into the Sixties.
The Burmese Air Force; initially only called “The military”, since there was no differentiation between the army’s nascent servies, was founded on 16 January 1947, while Burma (as Myanmar was known until 1989) was still under British rule. By 1948, the fleet of the new air force included 40 Airspeed Oxfords, 16 de Havilland Tiger Moths, four Austers, and eight Typhoon Mk. IVs as well as three Supermarine Spitfires transferred from the Royal Air Force and had a few hundred personnel.
The Mingaladon Air Base HQ, the main air base in the country, was formed on 16 June 1950. No.1 Squadron, Equipment Holding Unit and Air High Command - Burma Air Force, and the Flying Training School, were placed under the jurisdiction of the base. A few months later, on 18 December 1950, No. 2 Squadron was formed with nine Douglas Dakotas as a transport squadron. In 1953, the Advanced Flying Unit was formed under the Mingaladon Air Base with de Havilland Vampire T55s, and by the end of 1953 the Burmese Air Force had three main airbases, at Mingaladon, Hmawbi, and Meiktila, in central Burma.
In 1953, the Burmese Air Force bought 30 Supermarine Spitfires from Israel and 20 Supermarine Seafires as well as 22 more Typhoon Mk. IVs from the United Kingdom. In 1954 it bought 40 Percival Provost T-53s and 8 de Havilland Vampire Mark T55s from the United Kingdom and two years later, in 1956, the Burmese Air Force bought 10 Cessna 180 aircraft from the United States. The same year, 6 Kawasaki Bell 47Gs formed its first helicopter unit. The following year, the Burmese Air Force procured 21 Hawker Sea Fury aircraft from the United Kingdom and 9 de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otters from Canada. In 1958, it procured 7 additional Kawasaki Bell 47Gs and 12 Vertol H-21 Shawnees from the United States. Five years later, No. 503 Squadron Group was formed with No. 51 Squadron (de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otters and Cessna 180s) and No. 53 Squadron (Bell 47Gs, Kaman HH-43 Huskies, and Aérospatiale Alouettes) in Meiktila.
When the non-Burman ethnic groups pushed for autonomy or federalism, alongside having a weak civilian government at the center, the military leadership staged a coup d'état in 1962, and this was the only conflict in which the aging Burmese Typhoons became involved. On 2 March 1962, the military led by General Ne Win took control of Burma through a coup d'état, and the government had been under direct or indirect control by the military since then. Between 1962 and 1974, Myanmar was ruled by a revolutionary council headed by the general. Almost all aspects of society (business, media, production) were nationalized or brought under government control under the Burmese Way to Socialism, which combined Soviet-style nationalization and central planning, and also meant the end of operation of many aircraft of Western origin, including the last surviving Burmese Typhoons, which were probably retired by 1964. The last piston engine fighters in Burmese service, the Hawker Sea Furies, are believed to have been phased out in 1968.
General characteristics:
Crew: One
Length: 32 ft 6 in (9.93 m)
Wingspan: 41 ft 7 in (12.67 m)
Height: 15 ft 4 in (4.67 m)
Wing area: 279 sq ft (25.9 m²)
Airfoil: root: NACA 2219; tip: NACA 2213
Empty weight: 8,840 lb (4,010 kg)
Gross weight: 11,400 lb (5,171 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 13,250 lb (6,010 kg) with two 1,000 lb (450 kg) bombs
Powerplant:
1× Bristol Centaurus IV 18-cylinder air-cooled radial engine with 2,210 hp (1,648 kW) take-off
power, driving a 4-bladed Rotol constant-speed propeller
Performance:
Maximum speed: 412 mph (663 km/h, 358 kn) at 19,000 ft (5,800 m)
Stall speed: 88 mph (142 km/h, 76 kn)
Range: 510 mi (820 km, 440 nmi) with two 500 lb (230 kg) bombs;
690 mi (1,110 km) "clean";
1,090 mi (1,750 km) with two 45 imp gal (200 l; 54 US gal) drop tanks.[65]
Service ceiling: 35,200 ft (10,700 m)
Rate of climb: 2,740 ft/min (13.9 m/s)
Wing loading: 40.9 lb/sq ft (200 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.20 hp/lb (0.33 kW/kg)
Armament:
4× 20 mm (0.787 in) Hispano Mk II cannon in the outer wings with 200 rpg
Underwing hardpoints for 8× RP-3 unguided air-to-ground rockets,
or 2× 500 lb (230 kg) or 2× 1,000 lb (450 kg) bombs or a pair of drop tanks
The kit and its assembly:
The Hawker Typhoon is IMHO an overlooked WWII aircraft, and it’s also “underwiffed”. I have actually built no single Typhoon in my 45 years of model kit building - time to change that!
Inspiration was a lot of buzz in the model kit builder community after KP’s launch of several Hawker Tempest kits, with all major variants including the Sabre- and Centaurus-powered types. While the Tempest quickly outpaced the Typhoon in real life and took the glory, I wondered about a Centaurus-powered version for the SEA theatre of operations – similar to the Tempest Mk. II, which just came too late to become involved in the conflict against the Japanese forces. A similar Typhoon variant could have arrived a couple of months earlier, though.
Technically, this conversion is just an Academy Hawker Typhoon Mk Ib (a late variant without the “car door”, a strutless bubble canopy and a four-blade propeller) mated with the optional Centaurus front end from a Matchbox Hawker Tempest. Sounds simple, but there are subtle dimensional differences between the types/kits, and the wing roots of the Matchbox kit differ from the Academy kit, so that the engine/fuselage intersection as well as the wing roots called for some tailoring and PSR. However, the result of this transplantation stunt looked better and more natural than expected! Since I did not want to add extra fairings for air carburetor and oil cooler to the Wings (as on the Tempest), I gave the new creation a generous single fairing for both under the nose – the space between the wide landing gear wells offered a perfect location, and I used a former Spitfire radiator as donor part. The rest, including the unguided missiles under the wings was ordnance, was taken OOB, and the propeller (from the Academy kit) received an adapter consisting of styrene tubes to match it with the Matchbox kit’s engine and its opening for the propeller axis.
Painting and markings:
This was initially a challenge since the early Burmese aircraft were apparently kept in bare metal or painted in silver overall. This would certainly have looked interesting on a Typhoon, too – but then I found a picture of a Spitfire (UB 421) at Myanmar's Air Force Museum at Naypyidaw, which carries camouflage – I doubt that it is authentic, though, at least the colors, which markedly differ from RAF Dark Green/Dark Earth and the bright blue undersides also look rather fishy. But it was this paint scheme that I adapted for my Burmese Typhoon with Modelmaster 2027 (FS 34096, B-52 Dark Green, a rather greyish and light tone) and 2107 (French WWII Chestnut, a reddish, rich chocolate brown tone) from above and Humbrol 145 (FS 35237, USN Gray Blue) below – a less garish tone.
As usual, the model received a black ink washing and post-panel-shading for dramatic effect; the cockpit interior became very dark grey (Revell 06 Anthracite) while the landing gear became Medium Sea Grey (Humbrol 165), as a reminder of the former operator of the aircraft and its painting standards. The red spinner as well as the red-and-white-checkered rudder were inspired by Burmese Hawker Sea Furies, a nice contrast to the camouflage. It's also a decal, from a tabletop miniatures accessory sheet. This contrast was furthermore underlined through the bright and colorful national markings, which come from a Carpena decal sheet for exotic Spitfires, just the tactical code was changed.
After some signs of wear with dry-brushed silver and some graphite soot stains around the exhausts and the guns the model was sealed with matt acrylic varnish.
Voilà, a whiffy Hawker Typhoon – and it looks better than expected. Not only does the brawny Centaurus look good on the rather burly Typhoon, the transplantation worked out better than expected, too. However, with the radial engine the Typhoon looks even more like an Fw 190 on steroids?
New for We <3 Roleplay and 20% off at the event!
-Roadside Market Sign 3 LI at 2.5 m high.
-Ground Apples - 4 varieties with 3, 5, or 8 apple clusters for scattering through orchards or around market stalls. Each 1 LI.
-Apple Sacks - 4 varieties, 1 LI each.
-Apple Baskets - 4 varieties, 2 versions (handle up or down), plus wearable arm basket and hand apple for poisoning princesses...I mean sharing with friends. Decor baskets 1 LI each.
PBR plus fallback. Ad shows PBR under Midday lighting with ambient light plus reflection probe. Demos at event.
Copy/Mod/Original mesh.
MY BAGS by Mila Blauvelt @ ROCK YOUR RACK
MY BIRKA HAT 100% Original mesh exclusive to Rock your Rack.Each color sold separate Fallback available
In the summer of 1973, in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do, my sister and I would ride our bikes and see what we could see. We found this school, which was built in 1910, and we believed it was abandoned.
Behind the school was a swing set. We spent a lot of time there and never saw another soul.
There was a heavy kind of ghostly feel about the place, its age, its silence, its standing there alone by the side of a winding road, overlooking farmland hemmed in by high hills. It was hot that summer. There were grasshoppers in near-Biblical numbers and dry wells and long empty shapeless days we filled with movement - walking, biking, exploring and, at the school, swinging.
So there I was on Sunday, nearly 40 years later, outside the same school, in the same heavy heat, the silence broken only by grasshoppers, ravens and, now and then, a train. The swings were gone and the building had a nice new paint job, but all else was just as I remembered.
I was about to leave when... just for the hell of it... I tried the back door. It wasn't locked. And so I pushed it open and could not believe my luck.
Not just the one-room school itself but its ages old crispy-crunching carpet of dead flies, and the ancient piano, badly out of tune but glowing with its pearly inlay. And desks - desks of the period. With curlicued iron legs that screwed to the floor, and all else solid wood.
I was short on time; the sun was close to setting and I struggled to calm my excitement enough to plan and organize and shoot something other than the usual scenes of flies on window sills and close-ups of detailed iron work on desks. So yeah. When all else fails. Fall back on the old fallback.
I considered writing something on the blackboard, but that seemed somehow wrong. Like the piano, it is exactly as I found it.
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The Perspex that Chris gave me reflects the light from my laser to create some interesting patterns. I'm still feeling the effects from last nights over indulgence so a crt fallback shot it is. 8 way rotation of the pattern created by the laser reflection.
Sorry for lack of interaction over the last couple of days. I'll catch up with you all tomorrow.
This is number 236 of my 365.
♡ 6 color packs and 1 full pack available
♡ rigged nails for : ebody | legacy | belleza genx | maitreya
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The Garm AGDS' target identification, acquisition, prioritization and tracking systems consist of a passive electro-optical sensor retractable head containing FLIR, TV a laser rangefinder and a laser beam guidance sensor, the latter redundant with the new missile’s fire-and-forget capabilities though a viable secondary fallback option. Additionally there is a retractable dual-band pulse Doppler surveillance radar located behind the sensor head, ensuring rapid target detection, IFF interrogation, acquisition and tracking. The targeting radar for the twin auto cannons is located on the front left of the turret.
Joint upload with Matt's awesome Object 490 'Poplar' main battle tank.
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New for Sabbath, opening 10/21!
These are perfect for year round spooky home decor or for Halloween treat tables!
At sittable 'bistro' size, they are 2 LI; at side table size, they are 1 LI.
Antique Mahogany is shown, but there are 10 colors to choose from! Antique Dark coordinates with the Salvaged Sideboard/Coffin Mirror previously released. Gilded Cast Iron coordinates with the Occultist Altar and Gilded Stackin' Cauldrons.
The remaining colors are a sleek lacquer in solid and ombre hues.
PBR and fallback included. Ad shows PBR under modified Midday lighting with reflection probe and ambient lighting.
Copy/Mod/Original mesh.
BeSpoke @ Kawaii Event– New Release!
CUPID’S MALICE – Fantasy Mesh Add-On Mask
Unleash adorable terror with this hauntingly cute add-on mask – drool-dripping, gem-glowing, and lash-fluttering mischief!
A perfect match for your fantasy or demoncore looks.
Features:
• Animation options via HUD
• Non-rigged version included
• PBR & fallback textures
• Copy | Modify | No Transfer
• Available in 5 colors (each sold separately)
Exclusively at Kawaii Project
Opens: 4th at 00:00 SLT
Don’t miss it—this cutie bites.
Now Available at the Mainstore!
Cleaning out behind the blade. These have a 3/4 height blade with follower (visible in the next picture) and rarely have any fallback, at least doing trash. On recycling they manage 10t. On trash you can get 15t. 31 yard body including the hopper, but that really is 27-28 when you account for having to stow the Curotto Can in the hopper during transit.
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I can't remember when I bought this dress so I relied on my usual fallback ... check my flickrstream ... and still couldn't find it! It's a little lightweight for winter but having taken it out of the wardrobe I could hardly just put it back.
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Halloween Round New Release
The Duskrot Source Tree
This Tree Is A Monster, Standing 22 Meters Tall!
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Vivienne and Mirelle Part 9: Closure Is a Blade
Some things aren’t buried. They’re sheathed.
The packet she had received from Seraine contained manifest logs. Port Romanov transit data. Surveillance. A timestamp. A name:
Eliron Vex
Not a legend. Not even a ghost. Just a man who thought Vivienne owed him something.
He’d been the nephew of her first lieutenant—a connection Vivienne had once respected.
When a business deal with her soured, he decided he’d been wronged.
He was never sharp enough to understand why the terms turned the way they did—but loud enough to make himself a problem.
At first, his outbursts were petty: intercepted messages, poisoned rumors, low-level disruptions that didn’t touch her directly.
Then they got dangerous.
His aunt, seeing the direction he was headed, sent him off-world—a soft exile disguised as opportunity. A logistics contract on the edge of the Drift. Quiet. Far. Low stakes.
He didn’t stay there.
Vex came back with scars he probably paid someone else to give him, stories no one could verify, and a list of names that shouldn’t have included hers
He was back. In her port. In her airspace.
Testing the line he thought she wouldn’t cross.
She reached beneath her chair and unlocked the panel almost no one knew existed.
Inside: a blade. Familiar weight. The one she carried the night Mirelle—not yet Seraine—had bandaged her side in silence, after Vex came too close with a coward’s strike.
Vivienne stood. Unhurried. Certain.
She sent one message to her lieutenant:
“If I’m not back by dawn, lock down the sky.”
Then she slipped the knife into her coat.
Took one last glance at the vanishing message.
And said softly, with neither hate nor heat:
“You were never worth this much attention, Vex. But now you’ve earned it.”
And then she disappeared into the underbelly of Sky Port Bury.
Not to punish.
To finish.
Addendum to Part 9
What they say happened that night. No footage. No witnesses. Just echoes.
1. The Dockhand at Ring 12
“I heard shouting. But not loud. That kind that’s controlled—like someone angry enough to kill but too elegant to raise her voice.
“Then nothing. Just this heavy silence. Like the whole port was holding its breath. Next thing I know, there’s blood on the loading ramp and no one asking questions.”
2. A Crimson Alcove Girl
“Vex? I thought he was dead. Then again, so’s everyone who crosses Vivienne—eventually.
“Someone said she dragged him through the rain ducts. Alive. Just long enough for him to hear her say why.
“I hope it’s true. Bastard earned it.”
3. Guild Comms Technician (off the record)
“We caught a burst on a dead channel—some old Ravenwood fallback frequency. No encryption, just raw analog. Definitely her voice.
She said: ‘Vex. If you’re hearing this, you already lost.’
Then… a sound like metal dragging across metal. Slow. Heavy.
Cut off mid-transmission. Signal terminated from inside the ring vents.
We scrubbed the file. Some things aren’t meant to be documented.”
4. Bartender at Club Argent
“She walked into Club Argent alone.
No guards. No announcement. Just presence.
Sat at the bar. Ordered nothing.
Didn’t speak. Didn’t look at anyone.
Just watched the room like it owed her something.
We counted—seven minutes.
No one approached. No one dared.
At minute seven, she stood. Left without a word.
Later, someone asked what it meant. I didn’t answer.
But I haven’t let anyone sit on that stool since.”
5. One of the Girls Who Talks Too Much
“They say Vex was torn open from throat to thigh. Precision work. No mess.
They say Vivienne left a single token on his chest—an old coin. Something from New Victoria Township.
They say it means closure.
They’re wrong. It means warning.”
6. Omalley Dakota (in a private moment, to no one in particular)
“I never asked what happened. Never needed to.
But the next time I passed by the Ravenwood, I noticed a new flower on her balcony.
White. Delicate. From a planet that doesn’t exist anymore.
She’s not mourning. She’s marking territory.”
7. Seraine, Somewhere in the Drift
No words. Just a brief flicker on an off-grid signal.
A smile. Then gone again
The End
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Futuristic Potted Plants + mirror version with rocks, lights effects
Optional PBR version with fallback legacy material included
LI: 4 each
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Another somewhat last minute photo for today, was out and about today but for some reason I didn't get around to shooting anything while I was out. I hung out with a couple of my friends, I was planning on shooting one of them but we kind of ran out of time. Also the weather outside today was really screwed up, it was super windy all day so that instantly made me not want to shoot outside. It rained a fair bit, hailed and even snowed a bit, and at time it was nice and sunny, ridiculous I tell you. So I blame the weather for that, so when I came home I had no idea what to shoot for today. So I went with my usual fallback ideas, photographing a camera hahaha, since my brother left quite a few behind here.
Here we have the Pentax Auto 110, one of the smallest, interchangeable lens cameras ever made. To bad the camera only uses 110 film as the name suggests, so its a pretty small negative. Its fun and all but man dealing with 35mm film isn't the most fun just imagine working with something even smaller than that. Well behind the Pentax we have the Kodak DCS 760, this thing is huge its a 6mp DSLR with a 1.3x crop factor, one of the largest sensors made for consumer digital cameras at the time. Its pretty much and oversized digitalized Nikon F5. So I just wanted to show off the size difference in these two cameras, really shows you how small that Pentax Auto 110 is really.
Strobist Info
2x Nikon SB-800 camera left and right slightly behind the two cameras with a Phottix 2x3' soft box firing at 1/64 (it caused some light flare with adds to the low contrast look)
2x 20x30 sheets of white foam core camera left and right in front of the cameras as fill
"COMMENCING DISPERSAL OF CAPSULE 082."
Looks like Alfred's evaded capture for the moment. Thank god. Glad to know they've not managed to get their hands on him yet. He's begun to disperse capsule 82 so he's probably in the cave, quickest way there is through the old broom cupboard. The knockout gas will deal with the mercenaries I miss so I don't have to worry if I miss any. Especially since the house is on lock down. Before I proceed I remove my own gas mask from my belt and engage the filtration system. Being knocked out by this gas once is more than enough for me.
As I race to the broom cupboard I cross paths with a few mercenaries that are starting to lose consciousness and help them along without straying from my path. It's as I get closer to the broom cupboard that I start to hear an usual sound in the hallway. That's not the....
"Come on you cowards, I'm not done with you yet."
"Fallback! Fallba....."
Before he can finish his repeat of the order I deliver him a jump kick to him in his back sending him flying to the ground. It's then that I have my suspicions confirmed. It's the Kryptonian buster suit. Alfred you sly dog. What a brilliant idea, and a great way to compensate for his body being past its prime.
Rather than finish off the last mercenary in the hallway I leave his fate to Alfred who quickly lifts him up off the ground before smashing him through the nearby table. I'd hate to be that guy right now. As the poor man lets out cries of pain Alfred calls out any other mercy that haven't fallen victim to the knock out gas yet.
"Anyone else man enough to take on MI6!?"
Silence falls in the hallway and is only broken by me clapping my hands as I approach Alfred.
"Judging from that performance I may as well retire."
"Master Bruce! Good to see you're alright sir. Where's Master Timothy?"
"He's gone to help his father. We've been compromised Alfred."
"I gathered. How badly?"
"As far as I know, it's just Tim and I."
"So the others are safe."
"For the moment anyways."
Who knows?"
"As far as I know, just the Knight and his forces. But I can't be certain."
"Where is the Knight?"
"Tim and I had to leave him in the old church."
"Why on earth did you do that?"
"We had to protect you and Jack."
"Well...."
Alfred looks around at all the unconscious mercenaries laid out on the floor.
"I think I can handle myself."
"So I can see. Remind me to never get on the wrong side of you when that suit is out."
"Who knows, maybe you'll finally clean up after yourself for a change."
"You'll have to take that up with Bruce Wayne."
"...."
"Come on, we need to restrain this lot before they regain consciousness."
"Where should we put them?"
"The brig in the cave will have to do."
"Looks like they'll have to double up."
"I'm sure our guests won't mind."
"I couldn't careless if they did. After all the trouble this lot caused for us in Santa Prisca they can rot in the cells for all I care."
"I'm glad you're not a travel agent."
"As am I. Now come on, I don't know about you but I'd save the conversation for after they're behind bars."
Upon saying those words Alfred reaches over and lifts two of the unconscious mercenaries up on his shoulders and begin to carry them into the broom cupboard. I quickly follow behind him carrying two as well. With in the span of five minutes we manage to get all twelve of the mercenaries in the brig of the cave. We make sure to disarm them and remove their armour. When this is all over I want to know where they got this equipment from so I can shut it down once I'm done with the Knight.
"What now Master Bruce?"
"Send word to Lucius until further notice Bruce Wayne is on holiday and unavailable until he returns."
"Where shall we be supposedly holidaying?"
"Wherever you want. Have you heard from Tim at all yet?"
"Nothing. Communications are still down."
"That's it. I'm going out to find him."
"Don't bother."
"Master Timothy!"
New for We <3 Roleplay, opening 11/4!
My last "desert house" is from 2016, so well overdue for a new one!
The Oasis House has an approximate footprint of 10x12 m, and is 18 LI. The door, windows, and trapdoor to the roof have Kool Door scripts. There is a single spacious interior room with a hatch to the roof, a perfect spot for a rooftop garden or workshop!
The tones match the rest of the Oasis pieces previously released.
I also made some new pottery to coordinate. The Terra Pottery includes 3 models, each 1 LI at large size. It comes in natural or dark finish.
Includes PBR and fallback. Ad shows PBR. Landscaping and goat not included. Get your own goat.
Copy/Mod/Original mesh.
@ Abnormality: Y2K ~ February 7 - 28
When the clock strikes 12, it's all over baybee. Oh, fond memories of our first "end times." The late 90's / early 2000's had a lot of neat swag though, and I picked two things to make that I enjoyed myself!
EVIL EYE: 3D Illusion Book
First, a timeless classic crossover between 2D and 3D! This is a complete 21 page book that is functional in the home as a book prop. You can plop it down, flip through the pages and wobble your eyes around until you see the illusions in the patterns.
The book itself has PBR textures with fallbacks, and the cover only comes in the one color shown. What you see is what you get!
All patterns and 3D models are of my own creation as well! You may recognize some of these from past work and events I worked on~
Land impact: 3
MOOD RINGS
Second, I made some mood rings! They do a gradual shift to all the hues a mood ring would normally have, from yellows to greens, to blues and sometimes black.
These use PBR textures with fallbacks and are sold in two packs: Metals and Plastic
Fits:
• Legacy F
• Legacy M
• Reborn
• Jake
• Maitreya
Mod / Copy / No Trans
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Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based on historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
In the first years of the war, the Wehrmacht had only little interest in developing self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, but as the Allies developed air superiority and dedicated attack aircraft threatened the ground troops from above, the need for more mobile and better-armed self-propelled anti-aircraft guns increased. As a stopgap solution the Wehrmacht initially adapted a variety of wheeled, half-track and tracked vehicles to serve as mobile forward air defense positions. Their tasks were to protect armor and infantry units in the field, as well as to protect temporary forward area positions such as mobile headquarters and logistic points.
These vehicles were only lightly armored, if at all, and rather mobilized the anti-aircraft weapons. As Allied fighter bombers and other ground attack aircraft moved from machine gun armament and bombing to air-to-ground rockets and large-caliber cannons, the air defense positions were even more vulnerable. The answer was to adapt a tank chassis with a specialized turret that would protect the gun crews while they fired upon approaching Allied aircraft. Furthermore, the vehicle would have the same mobility as the battle tanks it protected.
Initial German AA-tank designs were the ‘Möbelwagen’ and the ‘Wirbelwind’, both conversions of refurbished Panzer IV combat tank chassis with open platforms or turrets with four 20mm cannon. Alternatively, a single 37mm AA gun was mounted, too – but all these vehicles were just a compromise and suffered from light armor, a high silhouette and lack of crew protection.
Further developments of more sophisticated anti-aircraft tank designs started in late 1943 and led into different directions. One development line was the ‘Kugelblitz’, another Panzer IV variant, but this time the ball-shaped turret, armed with very effective 30 mm MK 103 cannon, was fully integrated into the hull, resulting in a low silhouette and a protected crew. However, the ‘Kugelblitz’ only featured two of these guns and the tilting turret was very cramped and complicated. Venting and ammunition feed problems led to serious delays and a prolonged development stage.
The ‘Coelian’ family of bigger turrets with various weapon options for the Panzer V (the ‘Panther’) was another direction, especially as a response against the armored Il-2 attack aircraft at the Eastern front and against flying targets at medium altitude. Targets at high altitude, esp. Allied bombers, were to be countered with the very effective 8.8 cm Flak, and there were also several attempts to mount this weapon onto a fully armored hull.
The primary weapon for a new low/medium altitude anti-aircraft tank was to become the heavy automatic 55 mm MK 214. Like the 30 mm MK 103 it was a former aircraft weapon, belt-fed and adapted to continuous ground use. However, in early 1944, teething troubles with the ‘Kugelblitz’ suggested that a completely enclosed turret with one or (even better) two of these new weapons, mounted on a ‘Panther’ or the new E-50/75 tank chassis, would need considerable development time. Operational vehicles were not expected to enter service before mid-1945. In order to fill this operational gap, a more effective solution than the Panzer IV AA conversions, with more range and firepower than anything else currently in service, was direly needed.
This situation led to yet another hasty stopgap solution, the so-called ‘Ostwind II’ weapon system, which consisted primarily of a new turret, mated with a standard medium battle tank chassis. It was developed in a hurry in the course of 1944 and already introduced towards the end of the same year. The ‘Ostwind II’ was a compromise in the worst sense: even though it used two 37 mm FlaK 43 guns in a new twin mount and offered better firepower than any former German AA tank, it also retained many weaknesses from its predecessors: an open turret with only light armor and a high silhouette. But due to the lack of time and resources, the ‘Ostwind II’ was the best thing that could be realized on short notice, and with the perspective of more effective solutions within one year’s time it was rushed into production.
The ‘Ostwind II’ system was an open, roughly diamond-shaped, octagonal turret, very similar in design to the Panzer IV-based ‘Wirbelwind’ and ‘Ostwind’ (which was re-designated ‘Ostwind I’). As a novelty, in order to relieve the crew from work overload, traverse and elevation of the turret was hydraulic, allowing a full elevation (-4° to +90° was possible) in just over four seconds and a full 360° traverse in 15 seconds. This had become necessary because the new turret was bigger and heaver, both the weapons and their crews required more space, so that the Ostwind II complex could not be mounted onto the Panzer IV chassis anymore and movement by hand was just a fallback option.
In order to provide the ‘Ostwind II’ with a sufficiently large chassis, it was based on the SdKfz. 171 Panzer V medium battle tank, the ‘Panther’, exploiting its bigger turret ring, armor level and performance. The Panther chassis had, by late 1944, become available for conversions in considerable numbers through damaged and/or recovered combat tanks, and updated details like new turrets or simplified road wheels were gradually introduced into production and during refurbishments. Mounting the ‘Ostwind II’ turret on the Panzer VI (Tiger) battle tank chassis had been theoretically possible, too, but it never happened, because the Tiger lacked agility and its protection level and fuel consumption were considered impractical for an SPAAG that would typically protect battle tank groups.
The ‘Ostwind II’ turret was built around a motorized mount for the automatic 3.7 cm FlaK 43 twin guns. These proven weapons were very effective against aircraft flying at altitudes up to 4,200 m, but they also had devastating effect against ground targets. The FlaK 43’s armor penetration was considerable when using dedicated ammunition: at 100 m distance it could penetrate 36 mm of a 60°-sloped armor, and at 800 m distance correspondingly 24 mm. The FlaK 43’s theoretical maximum rate of fire was 250 shots/minute, but it was practically kept at ~120 rpm in order to save ammunition and prevent wear of the barrels. The resulting weight of fire was 76.8 kg (169 lb) per minute, but this was only theoretical, too, because the FlaK 43 could only be fed manually by 6-round clips – effectively, only single shots or short bursts could be fired, but a trained crew could maintain fire through using alternating gun use. A more practical belt feed was at the time of the Ostwind II's creation not available yet, even though such a mechanism was already under development for the fully enclosed Coelian turret, which could also take the FlaK 43 twin guns, but the armament was separated from the turret crew.
The new vehicle received the official designation ‘Sd.Kfz. 171/2 Flakpanzer V’, even though ‘Ostwind II’ was more common. When production actually began and how many were built is unclear. The conversion of Panther hulls could have started in late-1944 or early-1945, with sources disagreeing. The exact number of produced vehicles is difficult to determine, either. Beside the prototype, the number of produced vehicles goes from as little as 6 to over 40. The first completed Ostwind II SPAAGs were exclusively delivered to Eastern front units and reached them in spring 1945, where they were immediately thrown into action.
All Flakpanzer vehicles at that time were allocated to special anti-aircraft tank platoons (so-called Panzer Flak Züge). These were used primarily to equip Panzer Divisions, and in some cases given to special units. By the end of March 1945, there were plans to create mixed platoons equipped with the Ostwinds and other Flakpanzers. Depending on the source, they were either to be used in combination with six Kugelblitz, six Ostwinds and four Wirbelwinds or with eight Ostwinds and three Sd.Kfz. 7/1 half-tracks. Due to the war late stage and the low number of anti-aircraft tanks of all types built, this reorganization was never truly implemented, so that most vehicles were simply directly attached to combat units, primarily to the commanding staff.
The Ostwind II armament proved to be very effective, but the open turret (nicknamed ‘Keksdose’ = cookie tin) left the crews vulnerable. The crew conditions esp. during wintertime were abominable, and since aiming had to rely on vision the system's efficacy was limited, esp. against low-flying targets. The situation was slightly improved when the new mobile ‘Medusa’ and ‘Basilisk’ surveillance and target acquisition systems were introduced. These combined radar and powerful visual systems and guided the FlaK crews towards incoming potential targets, what markedly improved the FlaKs' first shot hit probability. However, the radar systems rarely functioned properly, the coordination of multiple SPAAGs in the heat of a low-level air attack was a challenging task, and - to make matters worse - the new mobile radar systems were even more rare than the new SPAAGs themselves.
All Ostwind II tanks were built from recovered ‘Panther’ battle tanks of various versions. The new Panther-based SPAAGs gradually replaced most of the outdated Panzer IV AA variants as well as the Ostwind I. Their production immediately stopped in the course of 1945 when the more sophisticated 'Coelian' family of anti-aircraft tanks with fully enclosed turrets became available. This system was based on Panzer V hulls, too, and it was soon followed by the first E-50 SPAAGs with the new, powerful twin-55 mm gun.
Specifications:
Crew: Six (commander, gunner, 2× loader, driver, radio-operator/hull machine gunner)
Weight: 43.8 tonnes (43.1 long tons; 48.3 short tons)
Length (hull only): 6.87 m (22 ft 6 in)
Width: 3.42 m (11 ft 3 in)
Height: 3.53 m (11 ft 6 3/4 in)
Suspension: Double torsion bar, interleaved road wheels
Fuel capacity: 720 litres (160 imp gal; 190 US gal)
Armor:
15–80 mm (0.6 – 3.15 in)
Performance:
Maximum road speed: 46 km/h (29 mph)
Operational range: 250 km (160 mi)
Power/weight: 15.39 PS (11.5 kW)/tonne (13.77 hp/ton)
Engine:
Maybach HL230 P30 V-12 petrol engine with 700 PS (690 hp, 515 kW)
ZF AK 7-200 gear; 7 forward 1 reverse
Armament:
2× 37 mm (1.46 in) FlaK 43 cannon in twin mount with 1.200 rounds
1× 7.92 mm MG 34 machine gun in the front glacis plate with 2.500 rounds
The kit and its assembly:
This was a spontaneous build, more or less the recycling of leftover parts from a 1:72 Revell Ostwind tank on a Panzer III chassis that I had actually bought primarily for the chassis (it became a fictional Aufklärungspanzer III). When I looked at the leftover turret, I wondered about a beefed-up/bigger version with two 37 mm guns. Such an 'Ostwind II' was actually on the German drawing boards, but never realized - but what-if modelling can certainly change that. However, such a heavy weapon would have to be mounted on a bigger/heavier chassis, so the natural choice became the Panzer V, the Panther medium battle tank. This way, my ‘Ostwind II’ interpretation was born.
The hull for this fictional AA tank is a Hasegawa ‘Panther Ausf. G’ kit, which stems from 1973 and clearly shows its age, at least from today’s point of view. While everything fits well, the details are rather simple, if not crude (e. g. the gratings on the engine deck or the cupola on the turret). However, only the lower hull and the original wheels were used since I wanted to portray a revamped former standard battle tank.
The turret was a more complicated affair. It had to be completely re-constructed, to accept the enlarged twin gun and to fit onto the Panther hull. The first step was the assembly of the twin gun mount, using parts from the original Ostwind kit and additional parts from a second one. In order to save space and not to make thing uber-complicated I added the second weapon to the right side of the original gun and changed some accessories.
This, together with the distance between the barrels, gave the benchmark for the turret's reconstruction. Since the weapon had not become longer, I decided to keep things as simple as possible and just widen the open turret - I simply took the OOB Ostwind hexagonal turret (which consists of an upper and lower half), cut it up vertically and glued them onto the Panther turret's OOB base, shifting the sides just as far to the outside that the twin gun barrels would fit between them - a distance of ~0.4 inch (1 cm). At the rear the gap was simply closed with styrene sheet, while the front used shield parts from the Revell Ostwind kit that come from a ground mount for the FlaK 43. Two parts from this shield were glued together and inserted into the front gap. While this is certainly not as elegant as e. g. the Wirbelwind turret, I think that this solution was easier to integrate.
Massive PSR was necessary to blend the turret walls with the Panther turret base, and as a late modification the opening for the sight had to be moved, too. To the left of the weapons, I also added a raised protective shield for the commander.
Inside of the turret, details from the Ostwind kit(s), e. g. crew seats and ammunition clips, were recycled, too.
Painting and markings:
Since the Ostwind II would be based on a repaired/modified former Panzer V medium battle tank, I settled upon a relatively simple livery. The kit received a uniform finish in Dunkelgelb (RAL 7028), with a network of greenish-grey thin stripes added on top, to break up the tank's outlines and reminiscent of the British ‘Malta’ scheme, but less elaborate. The model and its parts were initially primed with matt sand brown from the rattle can (more reddish than RAL 7028) and then received an overall treatment with thinned RAL 7028 from Modelmaster, for an uneven, dirty and worn look. The stripes were created with thinned Tamiya XF-65 (Field Grey).
Once dry, the whole surface received a dark brown wash, details were emphasized with dry-brushing in light grey and beige. Decals were puzzled together from various German tank sheets, and the kit finally sealed with matt acrylic varnish.
The black vinyl tracks were also painted/weathered, with a wet-in-wet mix of black, grey, iron and red brown (all acrylics). Once mounted into place, mud and dust were simulated around the running gear and the lower hull with a greyish-brown mix of artist mineral pigments.
A bit of recycling and less exotic than one would expect, but it’s still a whiffy tank model that fits well into the historic gap between the realized Panzer IV AA tanks and the unrealized E-50/75 projects. Quite subtle! Creating the enlarged turret was the biggest challenge, even, even more so because it was/is an open structure and the interior can be readily seen. But the new/bigger gun fits well into it, and it even remained movable!