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Maisto 1:18-scale '56 Chrysler 300B and many, many 1:64 cars from a variety of companies. Racing Champions, Johnny Lightning, Hot Wheels and Winner's Circle.
with a dog, who refused to get on the bench. though, frankly, i can hardly blame him. it is a fairly rickety glider bench.
{also, i honestly just happened to be wearing that scarf today. though i pretty much just happen to be wearing it everyday}
Some background:
The ASV-99 Boxer was a third-generation construction labor manufactured by Shinohara Heavy Industries, being manufactured and rolled out in March of 1999. It was one of the most advanced construction labors of the time. Shinohara Heavy Industries, a leader in the industry, opened the door to the third generation of Labor with the AV-98 “Ingram”. The ASV-99 "Boxer" was Shinohara's long-awaited civil market machine, using the police Labor’s systems and state-of-the-art technology. It had been hailed as the "highest performance'' model for a long time and was the standard-bearer of a new era of labor.
However, the secret that made users say it has the highest performance could be said to lie in the "Shinohara Precision'' inherited from the “Ingram”. This was an innovative joint mechanism that connected a spherical joint to three cylinder-type actuators. By providing a wide range of motion for the hip joints, ankle joints, and shoulder joints, and the actuator itself also functioning as a shock damper, the vehicle's "holding" had been significantly improved, making it possible to maneuver the vehicle closer to human movements than previous models, what highly improved the ASV-99’s effectiveness.
Like other labors of the same generation the ASV-99 was equipped with a VVVF-controlled PMS actuator with excellent controllability and a lightweight, high-output lithium-ion battery. Furthermore, the impact energy absorbed by the actuator was returned to the battery via a regeneration system after being converted into heat, slightly extending operating time.
Since advanced VR projection for the pilot was not standard yet and quite costly, so that this feature was limited to military Labor models, the ASV-99 still featured transparent cockpit windows to allow the driver a good field of view, augmented by small cameras that added side and back views. Climate control and a pressurized cabin that prevented water, dust, or even gas from entering the pilot’s cabin was a standard feature. A LIDAR system controlled the Labor’s close-range environment, preventing crashes and even making it possible to maneuver the Labor in total darkness.
Several interchangeable manipulators and construction tools were available, so that the ASV-99 was easily adaptable to a wide range of tasks, including a drill, a mechanical chisel, and a number of graspers/pincers, tailored to specific loads.
Due to its high visibility and frequent use in construction projects, the Boxer was frequently abused for labor crime. In 1999, many Boxer units were upgraded with Shinohara’s new hyper operating system. When the Tokyo police’s SV2 labor unit deployed to the Ark factory to thwart a plan to cause all the city’s labors to go berserk, many Boxer units activated on their own and attacked the police.
Specifications:
Accommodation: pilot only, in canopy style cockpit in torso with front access
Overall height 7.19 meters
Overall width 4.12 meters
Minimum revolving radius: 5.0 meters
Standard weight: 8.25 tons
Full equipment weight: 9.0 tons
Maximum weight lifting capacity: 3.1 tons
Armor materials: None, hull consists of fiber-reinforced plastic and aluminum
Armament: none
The kit and its assembly:
Some time ago I got my hands on a “reasonably priced” Patlabor IP kit set from Good Smile Company/Moderoid. The company recently created molds/kits for a wide range of Labors that appear in the original TV series and the movies, thankfully in the old Bandai kits’ rather esoteric 1:60 scale.
This range also included a lot of civil Labors, which were formerly only available as dubious vinyl kits, if at all, so that modelers would have to scratch any model of them. The kit set I got was the HL-98 “Hercules” and ASV 99 “Boxer” combo, two civil construction Labors that shortly appear in supporting roles in the early Nineties movies. I did not have concrete plans for the kits upon purchase, but the Hercules eventually became a JGSDF military variant, but the remaining Boxer was intended to remain a commercial/civil vehicle, due to its glazed cockpit.
Basically, the Boxer was built OOB, but as with the Hercules before, this also had inherent reasons. After initial enthusiasm I was a bit disappointed by both kits. While they look flashy and crisp in the box, molded in color and with some dark grey details on alternative sprues (that are partly shared by BOTH kits, beware not to throw them away!), the kits revealed the designers’ niggardliness. First of all the kits had been designed to be a rather simple snap-fit models. This is per se not a bad thing, many recent Bandai mecha kits are designed this way to appeal to newbie modelers who can put the model together, put stickers on it, and have a functional action figure within 15 minutes. However, Bandai’s designers still have the advanced modeler in mind and typically offer an alternative water slide decal sheet, and the kit is designed in segments that can be built and painted separately, to be assembled in a final step, e. g. thanks to vinyl caps and clever detail solutions that might require one or two parts more, but that pays out elsewhere.
The Good Smile Company kits lack this thought altogether. The number of pieces has been reduced to a point that some parts, which would normally require 2 halves, have been molded and cast with “holes” or as a single piece only, in the Boxer’s case, for instance, some joint parts of the arms which I filled with putty. This might not be an issue, if this would remain invisible – but it isn’t, and that’s really disappointing for such a “modern” and not truly cheap kit!
Additionally, where a Bandai kit would offer a separate flexible vinyl cap in a joint, half of that joint is in the Good Smile Company kits’ case completely molded in an ABS-esque material that is quite soft and poorly accepts any paint – the toy aspect seemed to have priority during the molds’ design process! Sure, you can work with this basis, but I feel painfully reminded of the early IP robot kits from the Eighties which did not offer ANY vinyl caps at all and a very cumbersome, not well thought-through matryoshka layout for arms, legs, and torso, so that building separate modules and assembling them as a final step would be impossible or require thorough mods. IMHO not really convincing and the material thickness as well as some details are rather “chunky” and toy-like.
However, I tried to do my best and made some small mods and upgrades. What’s nice about the Boxer is the glazed cockpit which even comes with a decent interior – even though the clear part that covers both cockpit windows as well as the searchlight at the top of the hull is very thick and, due to its curved shape, blurry, so that you cannot tell any details. To make the whole thing a bit more interesting I procured a suitable driver figure – not an easy task in the exotic 1:60 scale! I was eventually lucky to find a provider for 3D-printed civil figures in various scales, and they were so kind to print a suitable seating figure in the kit’s exact scale. To make it fit into the seat, however, I had to chop the lower legs off and modify the clear part for enough head space. But I think the effort was worth it.
The searchlights were changed, too. The original set has a round shape and reminded me so much of Mickey Mouse ears that OI had to do something about them, even more so because they lack IMHO depth and are clumsily molded into the hull. I simply cut them off and instead scratched new searchlights from 1:72 AH-1 exhaust diffusors, now bigger, deeper and with an oval shape, and mounted on styrene holders so that they stand off from the hull.
A final mod concerns the hands/manipulators: OOB the Boxer comes with two different “hands”, or rather claws, one with three and the other with four “fingers”, arranged in a circle. I really wonder how and what should be grasped by these? I rather went for pincer-style manipulators, transplanted from a tabletop figure of a Power Loader from the Aliens movie (32mm/1:50 scale, made by Prodos Games). They look a bit delicate for the chunky Boxer, but I found their shape to be much more practical for delicate and secure handling work, and they are nicely detailed, too.
Painting and markings:
I stuck to the bright blue OOB livery. First, the blue plastic in which the kit is molded makes it easy, I like the color, and it’s also a frequent color of Japanese construction vehicles. I used Revell 50 (RAL 5012 “Lichtblau”) as basic color, a tone which comes close to the IP material, but is a bit less bright. The joints and some other parts are molded in a very dark brown, and I repainted these with a very dark grey (Revell 6, Anthracite) instead – what was also necessary to cover up the many filled “holes” (see above).
The cockpit interior was painted in a greyish green, with brown seat upholstery. The operating levers became white with black tips – gleaned from a close-up screenshot of a Boxer cockpit from the Patlabor TV series. The pilot was secured in the seat with grey safety belts, made from adhesive tape. The driver himself received a white t-shirt and jeans, for a “mundane” look.
After separate assembly of arms, legs, torso and waist and their basic painting the parts received a black ink washing to work out the few details like air intakes and louvres, and then everything received an overall dry-brushing treatment with slightly more greyish blue tones to make the Boxer look worn and a bit sun-bleached, and then another dry-brushing turn with light grey to emphasize edges.
The new headlights were “filled” with chrome silver, and their covers were created with ClearFix – which was a bit messy, because the openings are probably at the limit of what you can cover with the gooey stuff.
The kit (unfortunately) only comes with stickers, and not decals, so I had to improvise a little – even though OOB there are only small emblems and yellow-and-black warning stripes on the lower arms to be applied. The stripes were replaced with decal alternatives from the scrap box, and I added some suitable stencils from an Ma.K. aftermarket sheet. To break up the uniform blue livery I gave the vehicle an individual number, taken from leftover Macross Destroid sheets (IIRC from Spartans). Additionally, I printed authentic medium-sized Japanese license plates for commercial vehicles from the Tokyo area (green with white letters) and mounted them to the front and rear of the mecha.
Finally, the model was sealed with matt acrylic varnish (from the rattle can) and some mineral pigments were dusted onto the feet for a more realistic look.
For presentation I also created a small base, using a 4x4” medium-density fiberboard and creating some construction site rubble with plaster/putty, some shell shards, a few brush hair bushels and green tuft fibers as dry grass, plus some leftover 1:35 resin bricks from another project. Not a diorama, but something that supports the overall mood and purpose of this mecha.
Compared with the Hercules Labor from the kit set, the Boxer is simpler in construction, and it’s also smaller. Both share the same weaknesses, but it’s still nice to have an IP kit of this obscure Patlabor mecha at all. It builds – with some extra effort – into a neat model, even though it rather looks and feels like an action figure. Leaving it in a bright blue civil livery was the right move, I think, also because of the glazed cockpit, even though the interior is, due to the material’s thick- und blurriness, hard to see. Therefore, the simple, improvised pilot figure does its intended job well and adds to a lively look.
It's been easy summer time living in fernie the last few days, with warm weather and no clouds it sure is hard to beat this time of year!
Wide Bokeh (218/365)
So FYI it was my birthday on the 5th and I decided to buy myself a gift of a new Nex7 lens. So I got the sigma 19mm f2.8 wide angle. I can say that I'm simply stunned by it. Sharp wide open and when you force it to make bokeh it has a bit of a jitter but it's not bad. The number one feature though has to be it's weight and price. the lens literally feels like nothing and the price is 200USD. It's a bargain!
Camera: Sony Nex7 with 19mm f2.8 Sigma (Shot wide open)
Check out the rest of the 365 here.
www.flickr.com/photos/28858399@N06/sets/72157628652975149/
Also check out my stuff on Etsy www.etsy.com/listing/91292830/square-instant-holga-camera...
It was cold, but worth the time outdoors to get this shot! This was taken in Manhattan, Kansas.
Sorry for the lack of EXIF: Canon EOS 30D, Canon 300mm f/4 and 1.4x TC, 1/250, f/8, ISO 400, no flash, handheld
It All Ends - HP7 - Harry Potter Seven PT2 AD Movie Billboard - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 movie film poster billboards advertisement transportation Theatre 42nd Street and 8th Avenue in New York City 07/25/2011 AD Advertisement pop popular art mural tile two Harry - Emma Watson as Hermione Granger Times Square NYC
It is a zoo in this area when university is in session. Was completely quiet when I took photos in this area. August 9, 2015.
Hopefully not completely . I plan to leave it up and add to it ; perhaps more as an act of imagination than of science . It's a deep subject .
Hopefully (again) my 'fine' Photon Conjecture posts, (C-F of 2012), have validity .
© All Rights Reserved - No Usage Allowed in Any Form Without the Written Consent of Connie Lemperle/ lemperleconnie or the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Link to Cincinnati Zoo's Web Site ..............
"Link to the Cincinnati Zoo's Flickr photostream".
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Malayan Tiger ... male
Panthera tigris jacksoni
The Malayan tiger wears the characteristic striping pattern of black stripes on orange and white that provides excellent camouflage in the forest. Using its quiet stalking ability, a tiger will ambush large prey, often pouncing on it from the rear. Other than females with their young, tigers are solitary and come together only to mate. Each tiger defends its own territory from others of the same gender. Territories must be large to provide enough prey for a tiger to eat. A tiger may travel up to 20 miles a night in search of prey. As more and more forests disappear, tigers struggle to maintain a territory with sufficient prey.
Fact File
Where to see them: Tiger Canyon
Length: 7.6 to 9.3 ft
Weight: 220 to 400 lbs
Lifespan: 15 yrs in wild
Habitat: Forest
Diet: Deer, wild pigs, and cattle
Risk Status: Species at Risk (IUCN—Endangered)
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This is a very old picture of one of the male cubs that was born at our zoo. Year is 2010.
We have been getting a fair amount of snow here even though it isn't officially winter so I decided to look to the past for some of my snowy day photos taken at my zoo. I haven't even tried to visit my zoo with the snowy weather because it is just too cold for me. I'm hoping that by next weekend it will warm up some so I can go for a little while before Christmas. In the meantime I hope you enjoy these snow pictures from the past.
Have a nice day everyone!
what kind of week have you had??
a great one i hope!
BUT if it hasn't, then take heart my friend, things are gonna get better.
my title says so!
It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog
It's been a hard day's night, I should be sleeping like a log
But when I get home to you I find the things that you do
Will make me feel alright . . .
Just wanted to say hello to everyone and sorry I've not really been on here for a while.
Life has been rather busy as I've started college again and I'm hoping to get into a teaching course in the next year or two! I really want to be a teacher... nearly as much as I want to travel. But I've got to start looking towards the future and that's what I'm about to do now.
I'll hopefully post more often tho as I've really been shite at this!
Love, V.
Calshot is a coastal village in Hampshire, England at the west corner of Southampton Water where it joins the Solent. The first thing passengers on the ships that approach Southampton Waters notice is the tall tower which is the Coastguard Tower which stands proudly next to Calshot Castle. Calshot was first mentioned in history in 495 AD when it was related in the Saxon Chronicles that a Saxon chieftain had landed somewhere between Lepe and present day Calshot with five ships, this was believed to have been Cericesora, the landing place of Cerdic, a name similar to that used in the manorial roll for the site in 980 AD. Henry VIII was famous for his dissolving of the monasteries and being excommunicated by the Pope so he decided that Couldshore would be a perfect place to construct a castle, which would govern the approaches to Southampton, which during the 15th and 16th centuries deemed to be the third largest Port in England, and it was believed that the French and Spanish were ready to invade England and this seemed a likely place, and this castle would link in well with the other castles at Netley and St Andrew's on the common at Hamble.
Calshot Castle was built in a strategic location at Calshot Spit to protect the entry to Southampton Water and the third largest port of the time. Calshot Castle was constructed from Portland Stone and stones quarried from the former Beaulieu Abbey in 1539. It was designed with a three storey keep and a circular structure to counter new and improved cannon fire. During the reign of Elizabeth I, Calshot Castle was damaged in a fire and required some 130 oak trees for its repairs. In 1585 the start of the 80 years war, an artillery garrison comprising seven gunners and one master gunner were stationed at Calshot. Two years later with the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, Roman Catholics across the world were outraged. Her claim to the throne was passed to Philip II of Spain who was granted Papal authority to overthrow Elizabeth I. Repairs at Calshot were ended in 1588 in time for the threat of the Spanish Armada. Despite this rebuilding, Calshot Castle survives in much the same state as that in which it was first built.
Calshot is notable for its role in the development of aircraft and flying boats. In 1913 the Royal Flying Corps established Calshot Naval Air Station ( later known as RNAS Calshot and RAF Calshot ) at the end of Calshot Spit. It was also at one point home to Lawrence of Arabia. At the outbreak of WWI, the Schneider Race went on hold. The defence of the English Channel would be headed by Calshot and Dover. Calshot Castle now housed the officers' mess and it was from here that new recruits were trained. Calshot had now become an important base with new buildings of offices, hangars and workshops. In 1927, Flight Lieutenant Webster won the Schneider Cup Competition clocking in a speed of 281.65 mph in a Supermarine S5. The win also granted England the right to hold the next Schneider Competition. The 1929 race took place in the Solent while the teams were based at Calshot. So far, Britain and Italy had taken the title three times, America won twice and France once. This time it would be won by flying officer, H.R.D. Waghorn who flew a Supermarine 6 at a speed of 328 mph.
The original hangar from the World War II flying boats remains as an activity centre for water sports ( including kite-surfing ), climbing, snowboarding and track cycling. There is a small velodrome for the cycling, a small practice slope for practising board tricks, and recently improved facilities for climbing and bouldering. The centre offers residential and visitor courses. Next to the hangar is a dinghy marina. The approach road passes on the landward side of the spit and there are many beach huts. The spit comprises a flint pebble structure more than one km long. Between it and the main shore is a salt marshy area with a wealth of wildlife and birds. The nearby Fawley Power Station discharges cooling water into the shallow waters around Calshot beach and this has led to some reports of warm water species being attracted into the Solent. There are spectacular views at night of the Fawley refinery and Fawley Power Station lit up. On a clear day, the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth can be seen to the east, and the Hamble estuary, to the north. Fawley Power Station is a large oil-fired power station, built on the southwestern shore of Southampton Water in 1964 and 1965.
It was a matter of time a few people around our building told about this guy. An eccentric one who has single activity in a whole daylight: sweeping streets and parking lot. Some whisper that he has problem with his mind, make him doing repetitive works, sweeping. Even there is a story that he was ever given enough money as compensation of his works, and all he did was buying sweeper.
I am not laughing at his condition, never. I only think that perhaps our country needs more "crazy people" to act, to work, to implement any great ideas, for example about street cleanliness. Either you are a good and strong person, or you have various problems around, craziness is needed to start acting and showing your works and commitments.
That way, he has no problem with his mind, but – again – eccentric.
May God bless him, amen.
For the last few months I've been tarting around using all sorts of pretentious £5 a roll film and almost none of them render colour as nicely as this 95p a roll Fuji Superia 400. There's a lesson there somewhere.
I always thought of the Leica as a camera for B&W film too, but I think the results I'm getting with colour recently kind of suggest I was wrong about that too.
When we told people we wanted to spend three months in Taiwan, they frequently asked "Why?" This album is why: amazing national parks, delicious noodles, bubble milk tea, neon night markets, friendly people, Buddhist temples and shrines, winding trains, green mountains and tea plantations, and much, much more. Here are our travels in the isle Formosa.
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It is very difficult to comprehend - perhaps the war will come to my part of Europe - we must show resilience and form resilient neighbourhoods ... and resilient friendships and bonds
Meet Raquelle, my second LITD doll.
Oh how I love this chick. I know that I lot of you don't like her smirk because it looks "strange," but I personally like it. It makes her look so sassy and devious! As for the clothes, I really like her style. If I was a girl you're dang right, I'd wear something like this! The jacket is really nice and the leggings – oh, the leggings – they're really well-made. Her lashes don't have a gap and they point upward (Midge's lashes point forward). Her hair is nice and it's smoother and more manageable compared to Midge's hair. She also has the best shoes. They make her feet look bigger, but that's okay because in the webisodes she doesn't have "Barbie-sized feet."
Now for the cons. First off if you have this Raquelle, I'd advise you to be careful with the tulle skirt. The material easily attaches to the Velcro on the back of her dress and if you're not careful, you could end up destroying the skirt. I also don't like the material used white bodice on the dress because it's kinda see-through (if you look closely). The necklace is very stiff and most of the time it looks like it's hovering above Raquelle's neck. But other than those things, she's pretty awesome.
Summer and Teresa are on their way and I'm expecting them in 2 to 3 weeks.
“…Look around, the grass is high
The fields are ripe, it's the springtime of my life…”
~Hazy Shade Of Winter-Simon and Garfunkel
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