Commission alien. Modification. Work in progress.

I love having a sewing machine. When I bought this skirt, it was a rather generously proportioned size 14 (I can never tell if I'm a 12 or a 14); now it's much tighter...

Here's another mod (modifying) process I promised to photograph for friends in various doll collecting groups: Putting an Elfdoll Tiny head onto a Picco Neemo "S" body.

Here I'm showing an Elfdoll "Hiro" head on the more mature Tiny body. The other head is "Adel."

Someone on DoA (Den of Angels) said that all you would have to do is stick the Picco's neck-plug onto the tiny's head, and the post would stick out of the neck-hole and then insert into the the Picco's neck, just like you'd do for a vinyl head-swap.

Unfortunately it doesn't work for either of my heads, simply because the post of the neck knob isn't long enough! (This hasn't been a problem for people with other heads that were manufactured in the last two years, though.) I tried to use one of the extra knob pieces provided in a repair kit (see previous posts for more about the kit) and a toothpick to replace the post, but the toothpick is too narrow. The posts are all about 3mm thick. I think I will have to use one of the bars from the kit's framework and cut it to the right length; They seem to be the same width when I use my jewelry calipers. I just wanted to get some pictures before I took the kit any further to pieces.

Updates to come…

Ear lobe modification

Grade I listed structure originally constructed 1415-26 with modifications in 1716. The town of St Ives is in the background.

"Previously called Slepe, its name was changed to St Ives after the body of Saint Ivo (claimed to have been a Persian bishop; not to be confused with Ivo of Kermartin) was found buried in the town in about 1001/2. St Ivo's Priory was built on the site where the body was discovered.

St Ives was listed as Slepe in the Hundred of Hurstingstone in Huntingdonshire in the Domesday Book. In 1086 there was one manor and 64 households, 29. 5[clarification needed] ploughlands, 60 acres (24 hectares) of meadows and 1,892 acres (766 hectares) of woodland.

For the past 1,000 years St Ives has been home to some of the biggest markets in the country, and in the 13th century it was an important entrepôt. Today it remains an important market in East Anglia.

Built on the banks of the wide River Great Ouse between Huntingdon and Ely, St Ives has a famous chapel on its bridge. In the Anglo-Saxon era, St Ives's position on the Great Ouse was strategic, as it controlled the last natural crossing point or ford on the river, 80 kilometres (50 mi) from the sea. The flint reef in the bed of the river at this point gave rise to a ford, which then provided the foundations for the celebrated bridge.

During the 18th and 19th centuries, St Ives was a hub of trade and navigation, and the town had dozens of inns and many bawdy houses[citation needed]. Goods were brought into the town on barges, and livestock rested on the last fattening grounds before delivery to London's Smithfield Market. As the railway network expanded and roads improved, the use of the River Great Ouse declined. It is now mostly used for leisure boats and recreation.

The river Great Ouse at St Ives flooded in 1947, and some parts suffered seriously again at Easter 1998 and in January 2003. Extensive flood protection works were carried out on both sides of the river in 2006-07 at a cost of nearly £9 million. 500 metres (1,600 ft) of brick-clad steel-piling was put into place to protect the town, most noticeably at the Waits, where a plaza has also been created. A further 750 metres (2,460 ft) on the other side of the river protects Hemingford Grey, reducing the yearly risk of flooding from 10% to 1%. Building on the flood plain at St Ives is now discouraged.

Original historical documents relating to St Ives, including the original parish church registers, local government records, maps and photographs, are held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies at the County Record Office in Huntingdon." - info from Wikipedia.

Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.

Now on Instagram.

288 has made it out of Rio and is coming up on Doylestown. I intercept him at Long Crossing Road, where a Milwaukee Road-era WRRS crossing setup still remains.

Both the lead engine and the crossing set up are very old, but have upgrades to make them useable. 6306 is an SD60-3, rather than an SD60, so it has newer software and electrical equipment. The old WRRS setup still retains the original gate mast and base, however a WCH E-Bell and LED lights are in place of the mechanical bell and incandescent lights that once ruled the Milwaukee.

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“OV-102 roll into new OPF Bay 3 fit checks. 1st spot. OPF.”

There I assume in preparation for the following:

“Columbia was the first on-line orbiter to undergo the scheduled inspection and retrofit program. It was transported August 10, 1991, after its completion of mission STS-40, to prime Shuttle contractor Rockwell International's Palmdale, California assembly plant. The oldest orbiter in the fleet underwent approximately 50 modifications, including the addition of carbon brakes, drag chute, improved nose wheel steering, removal of development flight instrumentation and an enhancement of its thermal protection system. The orbiter returned to KSC February 9, 1992 to begin processing for mission STS-50 in June of that year.”

Above at/from:

data.esa.int/esado/en/page/?uri=https://gcmd.earthdata.na...

Credit: “ESA Data Ontology” website

I'm sure it's addressed online, somewhere, but I don't have the gumption to search for it; however, note the obvious 'non-functional' Forward Reaction Control System (FRCS) module covering, which I've seen used on other orbiter vehicles during processing...and possibly during transport. To prevent contamination/foreign object entry?

Or…OR…is this more than just a cover and is actually a ‘filler’ FRCS module, installed while the flight FRCS module is serviced/refurbished/repaired between flights? If so, is it of the same mass as the actual flight module…for center-of-gravity purposes, like during STA ferrying?

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Obviously having way too much time on my hands, I've also wondered if the visual mimicking of the orbiter's actual FRCS module is merely for aesthetics, or does it have a functional purpose?

Finally, as further confirmation of way way too much time on my hands, the tug/tractor (bottom foreground) is manufactured by Ingersoll-Rand. Apparently, the logo seen was discontinued at some point.

modifications made to refit the design for the hoop wheels. I've also made improvements to the shaping of the cockpit and rear section.

My modyfication of LEGO set 60002.

Crystaline to Savannah

® Eyemech Modification by Sheryl Designs

+ Eyedesign chip

Special Photo with Shin and Eleuriel dedicated to Savannah.

Thank you for your love my little girl! :*

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Journal of Doctor S. Finnigan – Leading doctor of Project B27

After three months of the modification project, we are finally starting the last phase. The subject’s immune system is no longer fighting the medication and his muscles have been dissolved from the bones. According to Professor Rosenfeld’s calculations, they will easily reattach to the carbon skeleton after the procedure. Our head engineer Mr. Gordon and his team finished the prototype ten days ago and produced the first usable version. We are now making the final calibrations. The subject has been sedated and the observation team has arrived. The insertion procedure will start at 3pm, after the gouvernment‘s permission is given.

As you might noticed, this small but IMO really cool Vignette was built by N-11 Ordo, Mr Grievous and me together in the year 2011. But we never uploaded it for some reason so we came up with the idea of doing it now. I hope you enjoy it as much as I still do. Old School ftw!

Sol

This was more of an exercise rather than an updated version because I still prefer the old one. It's not obvious, but there are some significant changes for this version, among them:

-larger head (perhaps to large?)

-longer tail

-longer arms (yes!)

-obviously a spiky sail achieved by adding two more pleats

-and the biggest difference is this one uses a 10 x 10 grid rather than a 9 x 9 one!

Designed by Shuki Kato

14" square Tant paper

~4 hours to fold

Custom decal for boombox

Detailed cockpit with custom decals and display panels and two seats in front

Picture of my girlfriend Valérie. Probably one of my favorite out there. Making of video coming soon!

As per request, I ran the Auto Correct first to see if the image was first worth restoring. I see too much in the way of blown out highlights but it does improve things overall. Still somewhat hazy looking.

The modifications were too many to list... from the dash on out this wagon was jaw dropping. Here's the quick specs; motor is a 1985 chevy 292 , with a '62 chevy truck bell housing and a 86 - T5 trans, the carbs are su 's and the body has been channeled 2 inches.

Everything in the engine compartment has been smoothed out and filled, and a lot of hand made parts were fabricated. The hood tilt and gauge pop up panel are a work of art.

Owner: Cody Walls of Dover, Delaware.

292 Cu. In. Straight Six

BASF Glasurit Water Based Paint

Playing Now: Redneck Girl - The Bellamy Brothers

Photographed @ the 2014 17th Annual Goodguys PPG Nationals in Columbus, Ohio.

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These are my three latest mods before the modding began. Total break-down.

The RPK was the hardest one, seeing as I drilled a few pieces (stock, handle), although it was a great adventure. :P

Oh, and that M4-type mod's red dot is not backwards. I took it straight off of a vector, hince it's whatever side it was before. Don't hate.

Thanks for viewing and all of the positive feedback! My last currently done mod will be up shortly.

Refurbishment of an old 4x5 Graflex camera for the Kodak Aero Ektar Lens

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A new track layout and platform modifications at Lime Street have thrown up the possibility of a nice approach shot into platform 5.

I have waited until high summer where more light in the afternoon is funnelled down into the sandstone cutting. Northern 319365 glides into the Turner & Fairburn elegant 1867 trainshed on time with the 14.03 Blackpool North - Liverpool Lime Street.

Finished modifications for our Miyu-san ♥

I will strive to making a good face!

42043 crane modifications in LDD.

There have been quick some remarks about the crane arm not being able to become straight. I wasn't to satisfied with it either.

So I started working on improving that. This is the best I could do with in this design.

I also made a simple modification to get the full extension of the crane arm. Yes it is bulky. You can choose for yourself if you want looks of functionality.

I also lowered the height of the crane by 2 studs in the base, just to make it look better sitting behind the cabin.

Here is the LDD-file

www.brickshelf.com/gallery/barman/MOC/42043_crane_mod.lxf

Well he is kinda finished. I see a lot of things I could've done better. But I will alter him when I have time again.

I will sand his eyes a tad better for example. They are a tad bit grainy now. So it needs to be smoother.

But in the end I am happy with the result. He is the little snarling guy I wanted him to be, haha.

Fun project ^^

TSF-TSCI

Bus No: n/a

Year released: 1994

Capacity: 56; 2x3 seating configuration

Route: Tarlac City-City of San Fernando, Pampanga via San Miguel/Capas/Bamban/Mabalacat City/Dau/NLEX

Body: Pilipinas Hino Bus Body (rebodied)

Previous Model: 1994 SR-AKR FE Series

Chassis: Nissan Diesel CPB87N

Engine: Nissan Diesel FE6B

Fare: Ordinary Fare

Transmission System: M/T

Suspension: Leaf-Spring Suspension

Previous Operator: Fermina Express Corp.

Taken On: October 16, 2018

Location: McArthur Highway, Brgy. San Sebastian, Tarlac City, Tarlac

This is a very simple manipulation, but I am recently beginning to figure out that sometimes, less is more. I kind of wish I added more to this, but whenever I tried, it just didn't look the way I wanted it to. So this is what I settled with and I am very happy with how it turned out.

Model is the beautiful doll-faced Nina, with the hands (literally) of Mikolaj and Nina's twin sister, Emily. Also, a big thank-you to my friend Allie for letting me use her syringe.

*quick note: no model/hands were harmed in the making of this photograph. :)

(If It Ain't Got That Swing)

+++ DISCLAIMER +++

Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!

Some background:

The Reno Air Races, officially known as the National Championship Air Races, is a multi-day event tailored to the aviation community that takes place each September at the Reno Stead Airport a few miles north of Reno, Nevada. Air racing is billed as "the world's fastest motor sport" and Reno is one of the few remaining venues. The event includes races in 6 classes and demonstrations by airshow pilots.

After racing for several years with limited success, the aircraft was sold in 1983 to Wiley Sanders of Sanders Truck Lines, and it lost its characteristic blue and orange livery. After frequent participations in various air races, the aircraft was sold again in late 1989 and moved to the United Kingdom, not to return to the United States again until 1995. Since then, the aircraft has not made any public appearance yet.

General characteristics:

Crew: 1

Length: 32 ft 3 in (9.83 m)

Wingspan: 32 ft 6½ in (9.93 m)

Height: 13 ft 5 in (4.10 m; tail wheel on ground, vertical propeller blade.)

Wing area: 197.6 sq ft (18.42 m²)

Empty weight: 7,030 lb (3,194) kg

Loaded weight: 8,750 lb (3,972 kg)

Max. take-off weight: 11,450 lb (5,200 kg)

Powerplant:

1× modified Rolls Royce Griffon 65 supercharged V12,

with a race output of ~3,000 hp (2,160 kW) at low altitude

Performance:

Maximum speed: 473 mph (763 km/h) at 25,000 ft (7,600 m)

Stall speed: 100 mph (160 km/h)

Mach limit 0.82

The kit and its assembly:

This is another group build submission, this time the topic was “Racing and Competition” – and what’s more obvious than a (fictional) Reno Racer? The Mustang is a classic choice for the Unlimited Class, with many warbirds and some exotic, dedicated constructions with high-volume piston engines. I wanted something plausible, though, that perfectly blends into the class’ pedigree, so I took inspiration from different real P-51 racers and modified my build with whatever I considered plausible.

The basic kit is Academy’s P-51D, which I like because of its good fit, surface structure and nice details like the good cockpit and landing gear, as well as the option to build the model with lowered flaps. Just the tail wheel is IMHO a little short and needs an extension at its base for a proper stance of the model.

However, in order to turn the Mustang into a mutated Reno Racer and high speed aircraft, I gave it the following modifications – everything gathered from real-world Mustang modifications throughout the years:

Clipped wings, a traditional way to reduce drag and improve low altitude handling. I cut away about 1cm from each wing – and there have been more radical modifications in real life, even including the transplantation of swept wings from a Learjet! The original wing tips were retained, though, and slightly extended so that they would match with the slightly deeper, shortened wing.

The ventral radiator was cut away and faired over; instead, two smaller radiators were integrated into the wings where the machine gun bays had been, scratched from styrene sheet material. This was inspired by Anson Johnson’s Mustang N13Y, as flown in 1949.

The spacious bubble canopy was replaced by a much smaller hood. At first, I wanted to use a Spitfire or Typhoon bubble canopy, but, after some dry fitting tests, these were still too big for a radical racer. Eventually I came up with a weird combo: the cockpit glazing from an 1:100 Tamiya Il-28 bomber (which, unfortunately, turned out to be quite thick), extended rearwards with the rear section of an 1:72 Academy Fw 190 cockpit canopy/fairing. Both had to be tailored to match each other, as well as the Mustang’s different fuselage shape, and the cockpit opening itself in the fuselage had to be drastically made smaller, with the help of styrene sheet and lots of PSR.

The engine was upgraded from a V-1710/Merlin to a Griffon engine; this was pretty easy, thanks to the transplantation of conformal rocker cam fairings from a Special Hobby Spitfire kit: they almost match the cowling shape perfectly!

In order to create a more Griffon-esque look (using the Griffon-powered RB-51 “Red Baron” Mustang as benchmark), I made the original carburetor air intake under the propeller disappear and modified the lower cowling. A new carburetor intake was scratched from a piece of a small drop tank and placed further back, just in front of the landing gear wells. Looks very Spitfire-like now!

Additionally, a different propeller with more blade area was incorporated, a one-piece five-blade propeller from a Frog Spitfire Mk. XIV. The new piece was mounted onto a metal axis and a styrene tube adapter was inserted into the Mustang’s nose. Since the new propeller’s spinner came with a slight increase in diameter (overall maybe just 1mm, but it would be recognizable), the cowling was adjusted accordingly, realized through some PSR work.

As a visual counterbalance to the bigger nose section, the fin tip was slightly extended (maybe by 2mm) through the integration of a piece from a Special Hobby He 100.

Finally, the OOB pitot under the wing was replaced by a more delicate alternative made from thin wire, and no other antennae were fitted, for a sleek and clean look.

In the end, a lot of changes - but the overall effect is IMHO still subtle, and the whole thing looks quite plausible. And there had been more radical conversions in real life!

Painting and markings:

This started as a tough challenge, since I wanted a simple livery, yet something well-known from the Seventies. One option was a black “JPS Special” livery, but I eventually came across a very nice “Gulf Racing” sponsor markings set from A.C.B.-Shop, a German car model specialist. The team’s light blue and orange cars are still iconic and popular today, and why should Gulf Oil not even have sponsored a Reno Racer…?

Painting started with an overall coat of pastel blue from the rattle can – a generic tone from Duplicolor, which comes close to RAL 5024, but it’s less saturated. Initially I thought that the blue tone was just too pale, but things became more convincing once I added orange bands (Humbrol 18, it comes very close to the decals’ tone) to the wings and the fuselage, as well as to the nose section and the spinner. The latter received a chrome silver tip, created with Humbrol’s Polished Aluminum metallizer, which was also used on the blades’ front side. Their back side became black. Black was also used for a narrow anti-glare panel in front of the windscreen.

The cockpit interior became dark grey while the landing gear wells and covers were painted in zinc chromate yellow (Humbrol 81) – an ugly but deliberate contrast to the colorful exterior. The struts were painted in aluminum (Humbrol 56). As another color highlight, the wheel discs were painted in bright red – seen on a WWII Mustang, probably a personal addition of the pilot?

Once dry, the kit received a light black ink wash, in order to emphasize the engraved panel lines. Then orange sections received black rims, created with generic 2mm decal stripe material from TL Modellbau. The lowered flaps were a bit problematic, but the curved trim under the nose posed serious problems because the straight decal stripes had to be bent into curves. Thanks to some Gunze decal softener, this eventually worked – not perfect, but O.K. for what I wanted to achieve.

Next came the major sponsor markings and the race numbers. The Gulf logos came from the aforementioned decal set while the number was puzzled together with white decal circles from a Hasegawa Ki-61 (actually foundations for hinomaru with white borders!) and single numerals, which actually belong to contemporary Russian Air Force aircraft, from a Begemot sheet with generic tactical codes in various sizes.

In the scrap box I also found some sponsor decals (from a Heller 1:43 Lancia Delta), and some stencils were taken from an Academy P-47D sheet.

Finally, after some finishing touches, the kit was sealed with semi-gloss acrylic varnish from Italeri.

Well, the “Gulf-Mirage” looks simple and plausible, but in the end a lot of modifications were integrated that shift the Reno Racer away from the standard warbird. I am actually quite pleased with the outcome, because neither the technical modifications, nor the fictional/adapted Gulf Racing livery look out of place. The combo works well!

A 12M air suspension Asiad from Vasai neatly modified by divisional workshop. It was on its way to Swargate

今日アップした写真はすべて「ややフワ」加工をしています

So, gonna try to mod a fig. It's gonna be big...

Refurbishment of an old 4x5 Graflex camera for the Kodak Aero Ektar Lens www.spillerphoto.com/the-monster-graflex-a-camera-for-the...

Although I am not a big Star Wars enthusiast, the design of the Quadjumper really caught my attention. It just happened that it comes in a Lego set 'Jakku Quadjumper 75178', so I bought one built for fun.

Later I realised that it has lots of potential for interesting modification, and would like to make it into Rey's very own personal craft. As we know Rey is a junk dealer so she has the knowledge to make her own upgrades on her craft. And the Quadjumper's power, maneuverability and ability allow it to turn into a potent weapon.

I have no intention to completely change the original design because it is very interesting already, so I only made some minor adjustments and modifications to enhance the craft:

1). The Quadjumper has 4 massive engines, so I used this advantage to modify the bottom half to be a separable craft. The upper half is a Gunship with a pair of swing wings. The bottom half is a fighter that looks similar to a pad racer, that performs in atmospheric flight, so that Finn can pilot it as well.

2). The rather dull "blow up" function for kids play was removed, so that there are more space available for modification.

3). The ugly belly of the lego craft was removed (this is the worst part of this lego design in my opinion), and replaced with retractable landing gears, that look similar to the gears in the actual design, so the craft looks cooler as it stands on the ground.

4). The upper engines were extended so that the craft doesn't look that flat in the front and rear (my personal preference). A pair of guns were added next to pilot seat, and extended the walls surrounding the pilot seat in order to eliminate the gap between it & the window in the original lego design.

5). Addition of a crew space for BB-8 on top of the craft, just like the X-wing. So that it gives a more Rey' s personal touch feel to the craft.

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