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70810 with a fairly short consist on 27th March 2025 at Morpeth working 6S31 Doncaster Up Decoy to Millerhill engineers service.
first load done. 3 layout in my life. other 2 took months.. lol hope 2 page layouts are ok. at first i was stumped but then i ran across these pictures
journaling reads
Ohio State Fair 2010
Every year since my daughter Karilee was little. we shared one common passion. Fair Food!! every year we try to go to at least one. just to enjoy the food
club ruby January kit
cricut- summer vacation
imagine- yummy
From PhC.184 Massengill Postcard Collection, initial donation, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC.
Samantha Freida and Jeffery Harvey!!!
I was so excited when my mom got me my 2 cabbage patch kids. I loved their smell, dimples and I especially loved the diapers that came with them. I spent hours playing with them...a favorite memory!!!
Leading Seaman Kevin Graham installs the loading unit for the Close In Weapon System (CWIS) on the hangar top during Operation PROJECTON in the Pacific Ocean on December 3, 2018.
Photo: Leading Seaman Mike Goluboff, MARPAC Imaging Services
©2018 DND-MDN CANADA
ET11-2018-0476-072
Loading up the rolled bales of hay.
Lots of hay produced since Covid started. Probably not as much going to the users...
+++ DISCLAIMER +++
Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!
Some backgorund:
The Corps d'Aviation d'Haïti was formed in 1943 with some aircraft from the United States. Its main task was transport and communication. Headquarters were at Bowen Field, Port-au-Prince, a former U.S. Marine Corps airfield, which was the main air base of the Haïtian Air Force until 1994. During the 1940s Haiti received small quantities of training aircraft. The first combat aircraft, six F-51D Mustang and four F-47D-40, arrived in country in 1950 - just in time when things turned rough.
Haiti elected a legislature in May 1946, and after two rounds of voting, Dumarsais Estimé, a black cabinet minister, was elected president. He operated under a new constitution which expanded schools, established rural farming cooperatives, and raised salaries of civil servants. These early successes, however, were undermined by his personal ambition, and his alienation of the military and elite led to a coup in 1950, which reinstalled the military junta.
This was just the moment when the ex USAF aircraft arrived. The Mustangs were reserved for the fighter role, ground attack being just a secondary option. The Thunderbolts were primarily intended against ground and sea targets, and they were equipped to carry HVARs under the wings.
The Republic F-47 Thunderbolt (P-47 until 1948) was one of the largest and heaviest fighter aircraft in history to be powered by a single piston engine. It was heavily armed with eight .50-caliber machine guns, four per wing. When fully loaded, the P-47 weighed up to eight tons, and in the fighter-bomber ground-attack roles could carry up to ten five-inch rockets or a significant bomb load, for a total of up to 2.500 pounds of external ordnance.
After WWII the USAAF Strategic Air Command had P-47 Thunderbolts in service from 1946 through 1947, as escort fighter for heavy bombers, but they were quickly retired until 1953. The four Haïtian aircraft were taken from this overstock, and unlike the Mustangs, which had to be modernized and made airworthy by Cavalier in the USA, the F-47s could be put into service immediately.
When Haiti announced that its first direct elections (all men twenty-one or over were allowed to vote) would be held on October 8, 1950, Paul Magloire resigned from the junta and declared himself a candidate for president. In contrast to the chaotic political climate of 1946, the campaign of 1950 proceeded under the implicit understanding that only a strong candidate backed by both the army and the elite would be able to take power. During that uncertain phase, all the Haïtian Air Force aircraft were kept in store and were disarmed, for fear that they’d be abused in another coup d’état.
Facing only token opposition, Magloire won the election and assumed office on December 6th 1950. Magloire restored the elite to prominence, and the Haïtian Air Force resumed its duties. The business community and the government benefited from favorable economic conditions until Hurricane Hazel hit the island in 1954. Hazel devastated the nation's freshly renovated infrastructure and economy. Hurricane relief was inadequately distributed and misspent, and Magloire jailed opponents and shut down newspapers.
After refusing to step down after his term ended, a general strike shut down Port-au-Prince's economy, and Magloire fled, leaving the government in a state of chaos. When elections were finally organized, François Duvalier, a rural doctor, was elected, on a platform of activism on behalf of Haiti's poor.
Both Mustang and Thunderbolts were superseded in October 1973 with T-28D Trojan from France, which were replace by O-2A Skymaster in 1975. It was also in 1973 that Haiti got its first helicopters from the United States.
Eventually, the Haitian Air Force was disbanded in 1994, after United Nation sponsored forces came to Haiti to reinstall president Aristide.
General characteristics:
Crew: 1
Length: 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Wingspan: 40 ft 9 in (12.42 m)
Height: 14 ft 8 in (4.47 m)
Wing area: 300 ft² (27.87 m²)
Empty weight: 10,000 lb (4,535 kg)
Loaded weight: 13,300 lb (6,032 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 17,500 lb (7,938 kg)
Powerplant:
1× Pratt & Whitney R-2800-59 twin-row radial engine, 2,535 hp (1,890 kW)
Performance
Maximum speed: 433 mph at 30,000 ft (697 km/h at 9,145 m)
Range: 800 mi combat, 1,800 mi ferry (1,290 km / 2,900 km)
Service ceiling: 43,000 ft (13,100 m)
Rate of climb: 3,120 ft/min (15.9 m/s)
Wing loading: 44.33 lb/ft² ()
Power/mass: 0.19 hp/lb (238 W/kg)
Armament:
8× 0.50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns (w. 3.400 rounds total)
Up to 2,500 lb (1,134 kg) of bombs or10× 5 in (127 mm) unguided rockets/HVARs
The kit and its assembly:
An exotic topic, since I suppose that hardly anyone could imagine what a Haïtian Air Force aircraft (much like a Nepalese one) is or would look like? I found a profile of a Haïtian F-51 in a book and was… inspired. Building a model of the real aircraft could have been an option, but doing a whiffy alternative appeared more entertaining.
My choice finally fell on the P-47 Thunderbolt. The kit is the Hobby Boss P-47D (bubble canopy version), but the ordnance was replaced – instead of WWII drop tanks or iron bombs I settled for a rather anachronistic load of two LAU-68 launchers for 2.75” FFARs on the wing hardpoints.
Otherwise the kit was only marginally modified: I added a dashboard and a respective cover with a gun sight inside of the cockpit, the canopy was cut in two parts so that it could be presented in an open position, and I added a scratched antenna fairing on the P-47's back – similar to an installment that Haïtian F-51s carried in their late career.
Painting an markings:
The Haïtian P-51s were originally delivered in bare metal finish, but during their modifications at Cavalier painted all-gray, with some red trim on spinner, fin and wing tips. Except for the roundels only a three digit tactical code on the fin was carried – all very basic, but with potential.
I just transplanted this concept on the P-47. The red spinner became a red ring around the engine opening, and in order to make the aircraft not look too uniform I layered the paint, with an aluminum basis coat (Revell Acrylics) over which a thin and cloudy coat of light gray (IJN Gray from Modelmaster) was brushed. This was, after a light black ink wash, wet sanded in order to achieve an uneven, worn and even bleached look, esp. on the upper surfaces.
The anti glare panel in front of the cockpit was painted with matt olive drab (Humbrol 66 & 155), also inspired by the real Haïtian P-51s, and some small panels and trim tabs were painted in shades of gray.
The roundels were completely scratched with separate white circles and bars, plus RAF Type B roundels – the circles are actually blank start numbers for slot cars and the RAF roundels belong to a British F-4 Phantom! The tactical code actually belongs to an IAI Kfir in Israeli service.
After having dried, the roundels also received a light sanding treatment, as well as some dry painting to blend them into the overall look of the aircraft.
There actually is an aftermarket decal sheet for Haïtian P-51s in 1:72, but its sports the later roundel which shows a circle in a red and a blue half – but I wanted the earlier variant.
Some more wear was done with dry-brushed Polished Aluminum and silver, as well as grinded graphite for soot and exhaust stains. The aircraft was supposed to look used and worn.
Finally, everything was sealed under coat of matt varnish.
A rather simple project, concerning both the build and the livery (expect for the special weathering effects, maybe), but the result looks convincing and has a certain exotic charm. Nothing you'll often come across.
Load area from Horizons at EPCOT Center. This image was taken with a Canon EOS Rebel 2000 and the negative was scanned using an Epson Perfection V600 photo scanner.
U.S. Marines with India Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practice loading ordnance onto an MV-22B Osprey aboard the USS Essex (LDH 2) during Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) aboard Naval Base San Diego March 17, 2015. The Marines must work together to properly align the ATV with the ramp to successfully load on the ordnance - COMPTUEX is designed to integrate and train the PHIBRON and ship staff as they prepare for deployment later this spring. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Elize McKelvey/Released)
Day Seven
Doodling...I don't often think of myself as a doodler, but I tried.
It might be dumb to scrap about how I scrap, but I thought it was interesting considering the topic.
Journaling reads:
"I don't very often use sketches to help design my pages. Usually, I just have an idea & I go with it. This time however, I wanted some uniformity. I've used the same sketch for all my pages about my summer concert series & I've loved the way the pages have turned out! 10-11"
Supplies Used:
Cardstock: Georgia Pacific [white]
Patterned Paper: Doodlebug
Letter stickers: American Crafts
Rub-Ons: Doodlebug
Stamps: Autumn Leaves
Ink: Versafine, Versamark
Pen: Staedtler [black], Signo [white], Sakura [glitter]
Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives, Scotch
Thanks for looking!
Loading goods, just purchased at the local flea market, in a 1985 Renault R4 GTL.
1108cc.
Presentation basic R4: July 1961, overall production 1961-92.
Presentation R4 GTL: Jan. 1978, production 1978-92.
For 1983 the rear door received smaller hinges, like the ones here.
Original first reg. number: May 1985.
New French reg. number: 2002 (Loir-et-Cher).
Number seen: about 8.
Nouan-la-Fuzelier (Fr.), Rue des Varennes, April 23, 2017.
© 2017 Sander Toonen Amsterdam | All Rights Reserved
Topping up with cattle in Freemantle courtesy of two Leeds Cattle Company Kenworths and a Hampton subbie 604.
Quickly made. My pages are typically basic (which helps) and I usually think about what I want to do prior to sitting down at my computer. I think this is the first LOAD that I've actually followed the prompts! So Proud!
Supplies: CZ Life Basics Minimal 01 Templates
font - Bariol
Loading camels. 1896.
Name of Expedition: Africa Expedition
Participants: D.G. Elliot and Carl Akeley
Expedition Date: 1896
Purpose or Aims: Zoology Mammals
Location: Africa, Somalia
Original material: Hand-colored glass lantern slide
Digital Identifier: CSZ5957_LS
A few more lorries are need before this barge sets of for London , seen at Park Head, Dudley during a Timeline Events photo shoot.
...outside the coach station in Llandudno after a successful visit to the Transport Festival yesterday. The good weather forecast had boosted numbers travelling aboard the 'old DOG', which performed faultlessly. Her recently fitted heating system wasn't required but with the great British weather, it was better to be safe than sorry! This was 104's second visit to the annual festival, last year's being her debut outing after major restoration at Reliance Bus Works.
Bristol Olympian GFM 104X Crosville DOG104/PMT DOG763/First30039