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I had never heard of Shiptember before, likely because I haven't been a part of many LEGO Communities until this year. I don't currently have the parts to create a proper SHIP, but here is my first futuristic fighter attempt in a while.
I present, the Wasp! I don't particularly like the name, so any new suggestions would be appreciated! I was inspired by the Corporate Alliance Tank Droid set to create a rounded looking fighter. I'm not completely happy with it, and it has many areas for improvement.
Comments and suggestions welcome!
Sebastian Pringle of Crystal Fighters before one of two sold-out shows in Madrid, Spain.
Read a blog about the experience of travelling with Crystal Fighters and to see more images at: joshuaporter.co.uk/blog/
See the official music video I filmed and edited for LA Calling here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tZSY6RRGlw
a dull grey day at Hawarden airport. SOOC jpeg with my new x100f. Looks a bit flat on Flickr, but looked fine in Lightroom.....
Type: Multi-role space-atmospheric fighter-interceptor
Crew: 1
Length/wingspan:
Engine(s): 2 Rolls Royce Omen Type 2 AG Generator, 1 Pratt & Whitney LG4 ion engine
Defense/Countermeasures: shield level 1.6, photon resistance microfilament coating/Advanced Detection and Deterrence System Type 2 (ADDS-2)
Speed: 3,716 mph
Restrictions: N/A
Range: 9,351 miles or 2-3 hours
Weaponry: typical load out consists of two 0.8in plasma cannons and eight AA/AS HEMW-3 Sonic Missile
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This is a much needed update/redo of an old (a much, much older) build.
"When I was in high school I got diagnosed with a stomach disease that ended up being very limiting in terms of physical ability. Being told that I couldn’t be active as I had before and I’d have to manage the condition for the rest of my life was debilitating. Especially as I was very athletic and used to do a lot; like swimming competitively for fifteen years. Afterwards, I’d miss school a lot and get frustrated that I couldn’t do anything. When I actually started doing physical activities again I noticed that I was super stubborn when I came across something I didn’t get straight away. I’d keep going, over and over again. In a way being told that I couldn’t do it made me fight even harder. I try to remember that moment in my life, and use it when I don’t feel like I can achieve something.”
The rarest of starfighter class, the Strike Fighter is equipped with the freedom of Faster-Than-Light travel, giving it a unique tactical advantage over most fightercraft.
With no need for a carrier, Strike Fighters can respond to threats quickly and independently. This capability has made them perfect for operations in the lawless Outer Rim territories, where various Sol governments have colonial and business interests but no military infrastructure to rely on.
They are better armed than their carrier-based counterparts, with heavier shields to boot. With such capability comes a hefty price tag and costly maintenance budgets. The loss of just one of these ships, as well as it's usually elite pilots, is seen as a grave event. Many a commander has been demoted for frivolous risk of their strike fighter assets. The protection afforded these ships and their crews has led to a irate rivalry from regular pilots.
The British Albacore is the better shielded, quickest of the three pictured. The Tomcat is the best armed and most nimble. The Caracan features better armour and a sturdy construction all around. Each class is operational in the Galactic Rim, though rarely seen by civilian traffic. The Black Moon Union pirate group once took down two Tomcats (at the cost of 26 of their own ships). They rarely shut up about it.
From left to right:
- The Commonwealth Albacore
- The American Tomcat
- The European Union Caracan
We landed and taxied to Terminal 3 at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) a little after 16:00. The walk from our Gate to our baggage took us past this SPAD XIII World War I French fighter. Comprised of parts from three original SPAD aircraft, this plane was restored with 80 percent original parts and 20% replicated parts. The plane was suspended dramatically from the ceiling over a set of long escalators that took you down to the arrivals level.
Nikon D700 | Nikon AFS 24-85mm 3.5-4.5G VR @ 24mm | ISO200 | 1/3 sec @ f7.1 | VR on.
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Foo Fighters
Broken Leg Tour 2015
Unipol Arena Bologna, Italy IT
13th november 2015
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The Manticore is my third SHIP. At 180 studs, it is significantly larger than my first two ships. I built the Manticore over an agonizingly long 10 1/2 months.
The Manticore is a heavily-armed orbital death machine with enough firepower to destroy nearly anything produced by humankind. It's main armament is one of the most powerful energy weapons ever produced, colloquially known as the Destructo Beam. The ship also carries two smaller but deadly laser turrets on the roof, a number of smaller turrets, and two fighters.
The fighter bays were an engineering nightmare, because the midsection of the ship has no wall on one side and very little interior support. Its strength comes from Technic frames in both the floor and ceiling, and three layers of solid brick beneath the floor.
The garage door leads to the maintenance area for the fighters.
This is a 720 part UCS TIE Fighter. Professional instruction for sale at www.techlug.fr or by email at setechnic-at-gmail-dot-com
The street fighter, Souillac, France, 2016
I was walking downtown Souillac (France), when I met this guy in one of the narrow streets of the city centre. He was coming out of a front door of one of the small houses.
This time he asked me to take a picture of him, and immediately he took this fighting position. I took my camera and focussed on his hands for a nice blurry effect.
After two photos he has enough of posing, so I shows the results to him. During this time I noticed he was really intoxicated and could barely speak. He also didn’t understand any English, so I went on and he disappeared in the house again.
100 Strangers Group
This picture is #43 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
The Human Family Group
This is portrait #16 in my Human Family project. To view more street portraits and stories visit The Human Family
Built in 1918, this is an original, airworthy, British Bristol F.2B two-seat biplane fighter and reconnaissance aircraft of WWI, flown by the Royal Flying Corps (RFC). It is often simply called the Bristol Fighter or popularly the "Brisfit" or "Biff".
Despite being a two-seater, the F.2B proved to be an agile aircraft, able to hold its own against single-seat scouts. It remained in military service into the 1930s and surplus aircraft were popular in civil aviation.
Only 52 F.2As were produced before production switched to what became the definitive Bristol Fighter, the Bristol Type 14 F.2B which had first flown on 25 October 1916. Most were equipped with the 275 hp Falcon III engine, reaching a maximum speed of 123 mph.
When initially deployed, F.2A aircrews were instructed to maintain formation and use the crossfire of the observers' guns to meet any threat from enemy fighters. This was standard procedure at the time, but for the Bristol these tactics were flawed and did not withstand the first contact with the enemy. In April 1917 during the Battle of Arras, the very first F.2A patrol of six aircraft from No. 48 Squadron RFC, led by Victoria Cross winner William Leefe Robinson, ran into five Albatros D.IIIs from Jasta 11 led by Manfred von Richthofen. Four out of the six F.2As were shot down, including Robinson who was captured, and a fifth was badly damaged.
More flexible, aggressive tactics soon proved that the new Bristol was by no means as ineffective in air-to-air combat as its first encounter with the enemy seemed to indicate. In fact it was eventually realised that the type was fast enough and manoeuvrable enough to be flown in combat more or less like a single-seat fighter; the pilot's fixed forward-firing gun serving as the principal weapon, with the observer's flexible gun serving mainly as a bonus "sting in the tail". Flown in this manner the Bristol Fighter was a formidable opponent for any German single-seater.
In September-October 1917, orders for 1,600 F.2Bs were placed and by the end of WWI, the RAF had 1,583 F.2Bs in operation. A total of 5,329 aircraft were eventually built, mostly by Bristol but also by the likes of Standard Motors, Armstrong Whitworth and even the Cunard Steamship Company.
After the war, F.2Bs continued to operate in army co-operation (close air support in modern terminology) and light bombing roles throughout the British Empire, in particular the Middle East, India and China. The F.2B also served with the New Zealand Permanent Air Force and RAAF as well as with the air forces of Belgium, Canada, Ireland, Greece, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Spain and Sweden. It was not until 1932 that the F.2B was finally withdrawn from RAF service, its last unit being No. 20 Squadron RAF stationed in India. The type lasted a further three years in New Zealand.
There remain three airworthy Bristol Fighters in 2015 (and several replicas). The Shuttleworth Collection contains the F.2B Fighter, identity D-8096, seen above before the Collection's 50th Anniversary Air Show, which still flies during the English summer. The Canada Aviation Museum owns a second, D-7889, while the New Zealand film director Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings, et al.) owns D-8040, which flies from the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre, which also holds a second original fuselage.
Info all from Wikipedia.