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De nuevo la lente experimental ssh23x a escena. Sobre el fuelle nikon pb6 esta lente rinde desde los 2,5x hasta los 7x, estando este trabajo en una posición intermedia a 4,5x.
131 disparos en pasos de 0.02mm y apilados en zenere a pmax y dmap. No lleva recorte.
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Experimental lens ssh23x scene again . The bellows Nikon lens PB6 this yields from 2.5x to 7x , this work being in an intermediate position to 4.5x .
131 shots in steps of 0.02mm and stacked in Zenere to pmax and Dmap. No leads cut .
I am pleased to present to you my first (hopefully not last, but we'll see) entry for Marchitecture 2025, and indeed my first serious MOC ever shared publicly: a rendition of Christchurch Greyfriars, a ruined church designed by Sir Christopher Wren which sits in the heart of London! This is a digitally rendered model currently sitting at 1186 pieces; my intent is to also build it in real life somewhen soon. The subsequent pictures in this album go into detail about the construction of the model itself, so for now, let me instead begin by telling you about the building it depicts.
Christchurch (or in some sources 'Christ Church') Greyfriars has a somewhat turbulent history, having gone through several changes over the centuries. Initially, the site was home to a small mid-thirteenth century church, whose name derived from the grey habits of its Franciscan friars. This was soon replaced, however, by a larger building, which stood for just under two centuries until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1538 by Henry VIII, which saw the church plundered, defaced, and relegated to being used for storage. Records indicate that the alabaster and marble monuments from the church were sold in 1545 for £50 - equivalent to roughly £28,000 today! Eight years after the church's dissolution, Henry gave it to the City of London Corporation, ending this period of tumult and restoring the building to its original ecclesiastical use.
After 1546, the church stood undisturbed for 120 years, until it was entirely destroyed in the Great Fire of London. It then became one of the many such destroyed churches to be rebuilt according to designs by the esteemed Sir Christopher Wren, who after some deliberation settled on a smaller building than the original medieval one; the western part of the site became a simple churchyard, and remains as such today. From this point, the church saw its longest peaceful stretch, remaining unchanged from 1666 to 1940 other than the addition of a vestry house in 1760.
The German bombing campaign on the UK during World War II put a stop to that restful period; eight Christopher Wren churches were set aflame by firebombs on the night of December 29th, 1940, with Greyfriars being one of them. The interior of the church was fully destroyed; the tower and the exterior walls remained standing, albeit unstable and smoke-scarred. In 1960, the steeple was reassembled with modern construction methods to preserve it, and a new vestry house was constructed in imitation of the original in 1981 - the exterior walls, however, had no such luck, being partially demolished in 1962 in order to make room for the expansion of an adjoining road. The former interior of the church was converted to a public garden, whose arrangement was intended to mimic the building's layout: box hedges delineate the church pews, with wooden trellises standing where stone columns were originally set. Finally, in 2002, the road expansion which had led to the partial demolition of the building's walls was undone, allowing for the church's original footprint to be restored by way of a low wall with a commemorative plaque. This is the state one can find the site in today; the church no longer has any religious use, with the gardens being open to the public and the vestry housing a dental office. The tower hosts - bizarrely - a twelve-level private residence, which appears to be rather cramped, but which nevertheless sold for £3,675,000 in 2021!
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Church_Greyfriars
alondoninheritance.com/london-churches/christchurch-greyf...
www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflati...
themodernhouse.com/past-sales/the-church-tower
Note: for this render, I used the ImportLDraw plugin by TobyLobster to import the model into Blender, but LDraw library issues meant that a handful of parts were unavailable compared to in Studio, necessitating replacements. Other than these changes, the model is presented exactly as I built it in Studio, and should be entirely buildable in real life. The specific part replacements were:
- Part 5264 (Plate, Round 1 x 1 with Clip on Bottom) in Black was replaced with part 79194 (Plate, Round 1 x 1 with Bar Handle on Long Stem). This is visible on the traffic light in the bottom-right of the model; in the render, the round plate magically attaches seamlessly to the bar, whereas in reality this is a standard clip attachment.
- Part 5489 (Brick, Round 2 x 2 D. 45 degrees Elbow (27.7mm Standing Height)) in Reddish Brown was replaced with part 65473 (Brick, Round 2 x 2 D. 45 degrees Elbow (25.5mm Standing Height)). This is why the trunk of the large tree has a slight gap, as the old mould for this part is slightly smaller than the newer one.
- Part 5256 (Brick, Round 2 x 2 with 4 Roots / Feet and Axle Hole) in Reddish Brown was replaced with part 3941 (Brick, Round 2 x 2 with Axle Hole). All of the Animal Crossing villagers are very sad about this.
- Two instances of part 80497 (Elephant Tail / Trunk with Bar End - Long Straight Tip) in Reddish Brown were replaced with part 43892 (Elephant Tail / Trunk with Bar End - Short Curved Tip). This produces essentially no difference whatsoever.
"Description
Greyfriars Episcopal Church
Construction materials: Stone - Used for walls; Slate - Used for roof;
Greyfriars Episcopal Church stands as an irregular cruciform on the corner of St Cuthbert St. and Castle Bank in Kirkcudbright. Originally a late C15 Franciscan convent church, Greyfriars was taken over as a parish church in 1571 and rebuilt in 1730, only to be demolished laterl. It was converted back into a church in 1919, having served as a school since its demolition in 1838.
In its present form, Greyfriars' rubble-built exterior features simple gothic windows and urn fineals on the gables. The chancel, one of the only components not rebuilt in 1730, dates back to late C16 when it was added to the side of the convent as a laird's "aisle" by the MacLellans of Bombie. The other late C16 feature is the round-arched gateway in the screen wall to the east, its keystone decorated with a carved head.
While the interior transept and chancel walls are of exposed rubble, the nave walls are plastered. The round-headed chancel arch dates to late C16. A trefoil-headed piscine is now located near the south gable, and almost certainly came from the late C15 convent church. The 1921 three-light stained glass window in the chancel depicts the Adoration of the Magi. Gordon Webster's two 1961 windows depict St Francis and St Cuthbert and illuminate the east transept. The window at the nave's north end is dated 1951 and is signed by Isabella Douglas. The altar cross and beaten brass candle sticks with inlaid semi-precious stones date to c. 1925 and are by Mabel Braunton.
Probably the most striking aspect of Greyfriars is the monument on the east side of the chancel dedicated to Thomas MacLellan and his wife. Erected in 1635 by their son, the monument reminds churchgoers of their inescapable fate. It is not only adorned with symbols of mortality; skull, hourglass and crossbones, but also repeats messages such as "memento mori" and "respice finem" (look to your end) through its inscriptions. (Vera Schoeller, 14/09/05)".
www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/4819/name/Greyf...
this fella caught my eye as he seemed to be struggling and walked funny, then i realised his wings had not dried out as yet so he couldn't fly off,he was taking shelter in the dandelion
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