ABC Z642 with Wheeling power snakes past "AY" on the north side of Akron on the evening of 8/29/18. What was once a busy junction with B&O, PRR, and Erie, now just features the former B&O Chicago-Pittsburgh main and a mostly abandoned former B&O Valley line and adjoining AY yard.

Bummer. This was just features on Explore and somehow I think I pocket deleted it. :( lol Oh well, still a flattering memory. Thanks Explore! Didn't do it on purpose.

i feel like this is weird and random and completely different from the stuff I usually do

meh, i might delete it

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yall are sweet :) this one stays for now

Elli<3

Finally got around to building this hauler I made in LDD a while back. Changed a few things here and there, mainly just features. The trailer I changed quite a bit. This version is actually A LOT stronger than the previous LDD version. THe trailer can hold up to a 10-wide vehicle or tank. The truck itself can seat 6 total like the real deal, 4 inside, 2 out back. Austin is planning a scene with this big boy as soon as we get the last few pieces ready.

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This is a variation on the shot I shared last week. I wondered if the barn and the rail line together cluttered the composition up too much. So this alternative just features the rails. Still not sure which I like better. But I love the flexibility in composition I get from the drone. I can experiment with all kinds of angles and perspectives from the same location.

Sorry for the slight absence the past week, I have been really busy working on Breaking Bad figures, and I went to Brickworld: Chicago too! But now I have some time, so here is the second figure in my Infinity Squad, Sergeant Edge, who is the Heavy Weapons Specialist of the squad!

Before I get into details, this figures were designed by AndrewVxtc, and the helmet decals were applied by him, so a humongous thanks goes to him!

Starting off, Edge's legs (like all of Infinity) are very unique and detailed! He features filled black knee pads which wrap around the legs, blue outlining, and blue triangles near the bottom, which continue onto the side of the leg. The thigh area has some blue lines on the sides, which do not continue anywhere else.

The torso design is also very unique to Edge. It features a blue chest plate, four black rank dots on one side and black scratch marks on the other. In the center, a red diamond continues to the stomach portion and on the sides, there are 2 blue curved lines. The stomach are just features 2 blue curved lines. The back has a blue collar area, as well as four blue curved lines.

Edge's arms are pretty basic: a blue stripe, blue outlined shoulder pads with the Infinity logo in the center. However, the right wrist has a communicator.

As always, the helmet is my favorite part of the figure. With all of these figures, they have the Phase I visor. Edge's helmet has blue cheeks, blue outline above his visor, blue semi-circles on the sides with a light grey line in the center, and large black lines which continue across the helmet and also connect to the blue semi-circle.

Edge also has a special backpack which has a rocket storage unit and a clip on the sides.

He is equipped with a CloneArmyCustoms Z-6 Rotary Cannon and a Rocket Launcher.

Again, sorry for the recent inactivity, I'll try to get back into the game with my first three completed Breaking Bad figures which will be posted soon!

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✰ This photo was featured on The Epic Global Showcase here: ift.tt/24kBxWd

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Björk, residential house, Belatchew Arkitekter

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🌰 Cuando se echa en falta las puestas de sol español y la oportunidad de ver un espectacular uno cuando visita el casco con un amigo especial del corazón. 😀

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Couple of night shots on the walk home last night 🌚🌝📷❤️🌃

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Couple of night shots on the walk home last night 🌚🌝📷❤️🌃

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I wanted to create something beautiful and cinematic. Something like a nice establishing shot. Hope you like it. Please read the description in german and english below.

Schleswig-Holstein hat mehr zu bieten als Strand und Meer. Der doch eher durchwachsene Sommer hat im Norden mit seinem Spiel von Sonne und Wolken über endlosen Feldern seinen ganz eigenen Reiz. Und entgegen der landläufigen Meinung ist Schleswig-Holstein zudem alles andere als nur Flach. Aufnahmen entstanden im Bereich des Naturpak Westensees. Dieses Video ist eher ein Test, der in Zukunft vielleicht mehr Videos nach sich ziehen wird ;)

Musik: Slow Motion - Bensound.com

Schleswig-Holstein has more to offer then just Beaches and Sea. The changeable weather this summer has it's nice Faces, too. Sun and Clouds changing above wide fields of Grain. Despite the widespread Opinion that Schleswig-Holstein is wide and flat there are many Hills here, too. Recorded in the Naturpark Westensee in Northern Germany. This Video just features some Test footage I quickly recorded today. Maybe there will be more in the future ;)

Music: Slow Motion - Bensound.com

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🌰 Hagas lo que hagas esta noche, la víspera de Navidad, espero que estés teniendo una buena noche de amor y luz 🌲

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Thanks to @igerslondon and @britishlandplc for the opprtunity to go up 😃 #igerslondon #mylife_mychoice_myfeed #ig_shutterbugs_member #uvmembersclub #bts_member #shotsofresh #loves_britain #just_features #britains_talent #grittyprettylondon #loves_london #visitlondonofficial #capturingbritain_city #splendid_urban #loves_united_kingdom #loves_united_england #icu_britain #loves_england #london_enthusiast #sunchasersldn #metropolisldn #photosofbritain #prettylittlelondon #london_masters #ig_hiddenearth #hq_uk #icu_britain #london4all #metropolisldn #broadgatecityscape

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Anybody else remember getting one of these VHS tapes in the mail around 2002 ish? My dad got one way back then from Lego, and strange thing is- it's not on Bricklink at all. It just features a newscast of Jack's exploits saving the city, and so on. He even gets presented with the key to the city by the mayor! Anybody remember this or receive it too?

🌰 Sentado en la playa mirando la salida del sol a las 7.30 de la mañana siempre se siente tan fresco y nuevo y que el nuevo día traerá diversión y aventuras 😀 Y hoy tiene ahora jeje

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🌰 'Fighting Fire with ice-ceam' del artista británico Alex Chinneck. 🌰 Alex creó el espectacular árbol de Navidad suspendido en un cubo de hielo de 7 metros que se derrite en las fuentes de Granary Square.

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+++ 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 North American F-86D Sabre (sometimes called the "Sabre Dog") was a transonic jet all-weather interceptor conceived for the United States Air Force, but found use in many other air forces, too. Originally designated YF-95, work began in March 1949 and the first, unarmed prototype made its m,aiden flight on 22 December 1949. It was the first U.S. Air Force night fighter design with only a single crewman and a single engine, a J47-GE-17 with afterburner rated at 5,425 lbf (24.1 kN) static thrust. Gun armament was completely eliminated in favor of a retractable under-fuselage tray carrying 24 unguided Mk. 4 HVAR rockets, then considered a more effective weapon against incoming enemy bomber groups at high altitude than a barrage of short-ranged cannon fire. The YF-95 nomenclature was short-lived, though, as the design was subsequently re-designated YF-86D – even though the new aircraft had only a 25% commonality with the F-86 day fighter.

In the all-weather interceptor role, the F-86Ks were replaced by the Swedish state-of-the-art Saab 35BS Draken, while the MiG-21Fs soldiered on until the Eighties and were augmented and replaced by the MiG-21bis, which were also all-weather-capable.

General characteristics:

Crew: one

Length: 40 ft 11 in (12,50 m)

Wingspan: 37 ft 1.5 in (11.31 m)

Height: 15 ft 1 in (4.60 m)

Empty weight: 14,200 lb (6.447 kg)

Gross weight: 20,430 lb (9.276 kg)

Powerplant:

1× General Electric J47-GE-17B turbojet,

delivering 5,425 lbf (24.1 kN) dry thrust and 7,500 lbf (33.4 kN) with afterburner

Performance:

Maximum speed: 691 mph (1,112 km/h)

Maximum speed: Mach .91

Maxium range with internal fuel: 740 ml (1.190 km)

Service ceiling: 49,130 ft (15,000 m)

Rate of climb: 12,150 ft/min (61.7 m/s)

Armament:

4× 20 mm M24A1 cannon with 132 rounds per gun in the forward fuselage

4× underwing hardpoints for two IR-guided K-13/AA-2 ‘Atoll’ (alternatively AIM9B

Sidewinder) AAMs, unguided missile pods, bombs of up to 1.000 lb (454 kg) caliber,

and a pair of drop tanks

The kit and its assembly:

Another entry for the “Old Kit” Group Build at whatifmodelers.com in late 2016. Inspiration for this one actually came from a flight simulator screenshot, posted in the WWW: someone had mated an F-86 daylight fighter with a skin from/for a camouflaged Finnish MiG-21MF – and the classic, green camouflage scheme with the roundels under the cockpit looked interesting, to say the least.

Anyway, I could not find a good historical slot or justification for the daytime Sabre in Finnish service, because this role was filled out through the much more capable MiG-21F. A contemporary all-weather fighter was lacking, though, and so I realized the concept through a Sabre Dog, for which I dug out an 1:72 Airfix F-86D from 1975 from the kit pile.

I could have built the D variant with its missile tray OOB, but, with the non-NATO Ilmavoimat as intended operator, I’d rather deem the simpler K version with guns and a less sophisticated radar a more plausible option. But this would result in some mods to the basic kit…

Adding holes and fairings for the four guns on the air intake flanks was the easiest part (including hollow steel needles as gun muzzles). More complicated was the addition of two fuselage plugs: the F-86K had a slightly longer fuselage than the original D variant, for CG reasons. That difference was just 20cm (8 inches) in real life, which means a mere 3mm in 1:72 scale, added behind the wings.

It’s minimal, yes, but I decided to add this extra length and chose a very simple method: once the fuselage had been finished/closed, I made a Z-shaped vertical/horizontal cut above and behind the wings and added two “bulkhead plugs” of oversized styrene sheet (actually a 2× 1.5mm sandwich) between them. Simple, but effective, and once the fuselage had been put back together again, the sheet be easily trimmed and hidden under relatively little PSR work, since the old Airfix kit comes with raised, relatively delicate surface details.

Integrating the air intake turned out to be a little tricky: Basically the intake duct fits well into the fuselage opening, but the many styrene layers look very thick and massive, so I tried to take away as much material as possible. The intake lip still looks rather round, though, and the tight space does not make thing easy.

The “short” OOB wings of the F-86D were kept; I could have exchanged them for “6-3” wings from an F-86F-40, but early production F-86Ks still had the short D variant wings.

While working on the fuselage, though, I decided to modify the canopy for an open position. OOB, the kit just features a single clear piece; the canopy frame is an integral part of the fuselage, so a closed cockpit is the only option. The latter was cut out and some interior details added; the canopy was cut into two pieces. Inside, a new seat replaces the rather simple OOB part, and I added side consoles that fill the otherwise rather empty cockpit.

Other additions are the inner pylons (from an Academy MiG-23) and the pair of launch rails and K-13 AAMs, taken from a MasterCraft Soviet aircraft weapon set. I also used different (757 l) drop tanks – taken from a Revell G.91. I guess these are actually F-86 drop tanks, but they are slightly bigger than the Airfix OOB parts, have simply a better shape and the fins are more complex, including small end plates. Around the hull, some air scoops, antennae as well as a pitot on the bow side wing were added.

Painting and markings:

As mentioned above, this build was inspired by a CG simulation. The scheme on my Sabre Dog interpretation of the topic was inspired by a Finnish MiG-21U trainer, but, effectively, the pattern is based on an early Finnish Bae Hawk 51 trainer: a vivid olive green and “another murky color”, combined with pale grey undersides and a rather wavy waterline and the grey partly extended upwards on the flanks.

There is much debate concerning the colors to use. While FS 34096 is IMHO a good option for the lighter green (at least for WWII aircraft, even though there seem to be wide variations, too), too, the “murky color” remains obscure – the recommendations range from pure black though dark olive drab or Forest Green (FS 34079) to a chocolate brown. Obviously, light and weathering have a huge impact and the paints and how they appear.

According to a trustful source (fellow modeler Snowtrooper at whatifmodelers.com), here's some additional information: "The "light" green is the (in)famous Kimmo Kenttävihreä (Kim the Field Green) which according to the official standard is roughly FS 34151 or BS381c 222 aka US Interior Green (or British Light Bronze Green) which is just about nonstandard as hues get, and as it gets weathered (which it does very quickly) it gets a more yellowish hue. The official name is very descriptively "Vihreä" (green).

The "dark" green, supposedly about FS34064/BS381c 437 can be approximated with just about anything ranging from Schwartzgrün to Helo Drab - a very dark green that weathers to a brownish hue and gets progressively lighter. The official name calls it "Mustavihreä" (black green).

The light gray (Vaaleanharmaa) is variously approximated either as FS36440 or RAF Aircraft Grey BS381c 627.

A complicate subject, and I relied upon pictures of real world aircraft for guesstimates, and tried to avoid FS tones for a more individual look. As basic upper colors I settled upon simple Light Olive Green (Humbrol 86) and a 1:1:1 mix of Humbrol 173 (Scenic Track Color), 242 (RLM71, Dunkelgrün, a pretty murky and bluish variant, though) and 108 (WWI Green, a very dark olive tone) for an “Extra Dark Braunviolett”, or - how I’d affectionately call it - “Breen”. Simple RAF Aircraft Grey (Humbrol 166) was used for the undersides.

Before the basic enamels were applied, some acrylic Aluminum was also added as a primer under the leading edges and the rear fuselage where the afterburner is located: some chipping is to simulate some wear and tear after almost 10 years of service under harsh climatic conditions. For the same reason I painted some areas in slightly different colors, simulating repairs and replacement parts.

The upper colors were, after a light black ink wash, thoroughly lightened through dry-brushed panel shading with Humbrol 226, 150, 159 and 80 (for a deep, grass green look) as well as 173, 10 and some 251 (in order to preserve the rather brownish hue of the dark tone).

Interior surfaces remained authentic: a grey (Humbrol 140) cockpit interior, interior green (Humbrol 226) landing gear wells, and landing gear struts and covers in dull Aluminum (Humbrol 56). The air intake duct became bright Aluminum (Revell Acrylics 99).

Roundels and squadron markings come from an Italeri 1:72 Bf 109G kit; the “Bat & Moon” emblem belonged to 2./HävLLv 31 when it was a night fighter squadron in the early Fifties, but it disappeared with the Finnish Bf 109s. The fictional all-weather F-86K appeared like an appropriate carrier, and, otherwise, the well-known lynx emblem would have been the alternative.

The individual tactical code was puzzled together from single black letters and digits (TL Modellbau), while most stencils come from the OOB sheet and some other sources. “SD” was chosen (“Sabre Dog”, maybe? ;-)) since “SB” had already been used in WWII and other letter combinations carried some unwanted political connotations. After all, it’s a whif, and the Finnish tactical code system is very flexible, if not creative.

A model with more work involved than visible at first glance. One can argue whether the addition of the two fuselage plugs was actually worthwhile?