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I picked up a Plo for cheap at LEGO's Black Friday sale. Since I don't have him in mini-figure format, I decided to try my hand at removing the keychain.
The only tool I needed: A pair of needlenose pliers/snips. I cut off the top ring, then trimmed the screw down to the top of the torso's neck. There's a small divit on Plo's head where the screw went through it, of course, but you really don't notice it if you're not looking for it.
Rotel RA-931 MKII mods
This is part of a modification that can be found in the Rotel RA-01, RA-02 and RA-932.
This picture in particular is just to give you an idea of the resistors placement, since they were later moved to the down side of the board, because the filter capacitors (C905, C906) I'm using, are way to big and stood over the resistors, though I tried to move them away.
This picture may serve those that didn't change the original capacitors or are using others with similar physical size.
Modifications that can be seen in this picture:
Jumpers J48, J49 were replaced by 12k 1% MRS25 resistors.
R633, R634 had one terminal disconnect from the original connection to the output, and were reconnected to feed the base of Q605, Q606. Originally should be a 8k2 resistor (R635, R636) in the way, but they were replaced by jumpers (can be seen in another picture)
Chapter 68B-14.0036, FAC, (Recreational Bag Limits: Snapper, Grouper, Hogfish, Black Sea Bass, Red Porgy, Amberjacks, Tilefish, Exception, Wholesale/Retail Purchase Exemption) would be modified to eliminate language prohibiting captain and crew of for-hire vessels from retaining recreational bag limits of vermilion snapper, groupers, and golden tilefish in state waters of the Atlantic (including Monroe County for golden tilefish and groupers).
Removing this requirement would be beneficial because it would eliminate confusion about what species captain and crew of for-hire vessels can keep for personal consumption and make state rules consistent with federal rules.
If this proposed rule amendment is approved, this decision would be final and the rule will be filed without further hearing.
During the 1930s, most nations of the world began development of fast medium bombers that would be able to outrun defensive fighters, accepting a tradeoff of bombload for speed. In August 1935, the Reich Air Ministry (RLM) issued a requirement for a bomber that could carry 1000 kilograms of bombs for 2000 kilometers, would not need armament, and would have a maximum crew number of three. Junkers submitted a proposal that would become the Ju 88V-1.
During development, the RLM changed its requirements to add dive bombing to the fast bomber concept, which required modification of the Ju 88 prototypes: the wings and airframe were strengthened, the fuselage extended, and a fourth crewperson added. When the Ju 88V-1 had flown in December 1936, it had set speed records for bombers; by the time the Ju 88A-1 began production, top speed had been cut in half and drag and weight had dramatically increased. As a result, the Ju 88A-1 entered the war as a medium bomber; the only true “fast bomber” of the war was the deHavilland Mosquito.
Development problems plagued the Ju 88A-1, with only a handful available at the beginning of World War II. Production was also delayed: though Junkers had promised Reichsmarshall Hermann Goering that they could produce 300 Ju 88s a month, production was closer to one a week, due to the technical complexity of the bomber and use of outdated production techniques, with one bomber finished at a time, rather than the assembly-line process used in the United States. It also did not help that Heinkel He 111 crews were usually sent to Ju 88 units, and the flying characteristics were completely different. A catastrophic loss rate during the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain—both to accidents and enemy action—meant that the Ju 88 was in danger of being cancelled altogether.
Junkers instituted a crash program to modify the aircraft, resulting in the Ju 88A-4. This included uprated Jumo 211 engines, lengthened wingspan, and rounded wing tips, along with an increase in defensive armament. The resulting aircraft cured the problems of Ju 88A-1, and finally the design met—and exceeded—its initial promise.
Quickly, the Ju 88 became the backbone of German bomber units. While still something of a handful to fly, it was reliable and, like its often adversary the Mosquito, was very adaptable. As a dive bomber it was indifferent, but once pilots started using the Ju 88 in shallow dives rather than Stuka-style vertical dives, it became a very potent antishipping aircraft, accounting for more Allied ships in the European theater than any other type. As a horizontal bomber, the Ju 88 was best used at medium altitude: its lack of armor protection meant that low-level flak and fighters would take a terrible toll of Ju 88s, especially on the Eastern Front, though several were converted to Ju 88P antitank aircraft, armed with a variety of bombs, rockets, and even a 75mm Pak 40 antitank gun.
Ironically, the Ju 88 turned out to be its deadliest as a night fighter, though Goering had ordered Junkers not to attempt developing a Ju 88 heavy fighter and the subsequent Ju 88C was built in secret. The Ju 88C and subsequent Ju 88R were given solid noses with a 20mm cannon and three machine guns, along with radar. The ultimate Ju 88 nightfighter was the Ju 88G, which were purpose built rather than modifications of the Ju 88A bomber. The Ju 88G were streamlined considerably, and used the square tail of the Ju 188 dedicated nightfighter along with heavier multi-cannon armament. Ju 88Gs were also equipped with Schragemusik (Jazz Music) vertical cannon, which had proven devastating to British night bombers, which lacked ventral armament. One other interesting development was the Ju 88C-6 day fighter, which was used successfully to escort Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condors over the Bay of Biscay and intercept British antisubmarine patrols.
16,000 Ju 88s were built during the war and were popular with their crews, earning the nickname “Maid of All Work.” Those aircraft not shot down or expended as Mistel flying bombs were scrapped at the end of World War II, and only 15 survive to modern day—and only four as complete aircraft.
One of only two intact and restored Ju 88s in the world at present, this aircraft was built as Werknummer 430650 for the Royal Romanian Air Force, allied to Nazi Germany during World War II. On 22 July 1943, a Romanian pilot defected to the Allies with the aircraft by flying it to North Africa. As the RAF had already captured three intact Ju 88s by this time, it was handed over to the USAAF for testing. Nicknamed "Baksheesh," the Ju 88 was flown to Wright Field (now Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio) and used as a testbed and familiarization aircraft. It was luckily preserved and was placed on display at the National Museum of the USAF in 1960, after a long period of storage.
When I saw it back in 1977, it was still painted in Luftwaffe colors, but it was later restored back to more accurate Romanian markings of 5 Bomber Group. This was one of the aircraft I really wanted to see again and photograph when I visited the NMUSAF in 2017. Naturally, due to a wrong setting on my camera and the poor lighting in the NMUSAF, the picture blurred. Still, the viewer at least gets the idea of what a Ju 88 looked like.
The object just below the Ju 88's cockpit is a Fritz X guided antiship bomb, the first of its kind in the world and used operationally to significant effect during World War II. Though the Fritz X was usually carried by Dornier Do 217s or Heinkel He 111s, the Ju 88 was capable of carrying it. Fritz Xs sank the Italian battleship Roma, and nearly sank the British battleship Warspite and US Navy cruiser Savannah.
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Photographer: Ernest Pierre Henri Miguel Machard
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Map:
Ahlheim (Own Modifications have been made) - www.omnibussimulator.de/forum/index.php?page=Thread&t...
Vehicles:
Livery:
RATP/Pep's - bus-omsi.blogspot.co.uk/?m=0
“Last days of ‘Dadamachinima’ expo A’dam ends with Machinima Festival”
MMIF 2009
Ma Machinima International Festival 02-28-2009
PLANETART Wibautstraat 150 Amsterdam / SL: RastaOpen4 sim.
‘MMIF 2009′ is the first edition of an annual global film festival in cyberspace and simultaneously in Amsterdam (NL). In Amsterdam MMIF 2009 will happen at the very last day of the ‘Dadamachinima’ media-art exhibition by PLANETART about avant-garde videogame modification, started 18 December 2008.
MMIF 2009 is a celebration of machinima: a new cinematic art form, created with 3D virtual worlds and online computergames. All the actors (avatars) are individually operated real-time by real people while movie scenes are directed and recorded. On 3D web platforms like Second Life, directors can even build complete movie sets for relatively low costs. MMIF 2009 aims to bring machinima to a wider audience, online
and offline.
Over forty short machinima films are screened at MMIF 2009, from all over the world. Machinima created wih all 3D web platforms and online games are welcome.
At the MaMachinima Theatre in Second Life, the artists and directors from many countries will be present in real time to talk about their creations. And to meet other machinimatographers and an international audience online.
The audience in Amsterdam can view the machinima films live via Second Life on a big screen at the auditorium of the PLANETART artspace in the former Volkskrantbuilding, .
Free entrance. Free wireless internet and electricity provided for audience laptops.
DADAMACHINIMA exhibition by moddr_ Worm
Joan Leandre, Marc van Elburg, Julian Oliver, Gordan Savicic, Ludic Society, Gottfried Haider, JODI, Walter Langelaar, Aram Bartholl, Paul B. Davis, Friedrich Kirschner.
Thu-fri-sat: 14:00-17:00 CET
Extra: sat 28 feb. 22:00-03:00 CET
PLANETART Medialab Artspace
Wibautstraat 150
1091 GR Amsterdam (NL)
Photo taken by Richard Pyrker copyright richard.pyrker.com
Athènes. Panorama sud ouest avec la Voie Sacrée d'Eleusis. [légende d'origine]
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Photographer: Ernest Pierre Henri Miguel Machard
Image held by ECPAD/Defense.
Public Domain
The paracord loop allows a neck lanyard to be attached, or a Maxpedition Keyper for use as a dangler
A discussion on Mora sheaths:
Creating pockets with pieces of inner-tube allow me to carry a ferro rod.
Above the innertube, both sheaths are wrapped with tape.
A discussion on Mora sheaths:
This Modification allows me to tow the submarine and stand around the yard without damaging the stand.
Please excuse the crappy quality.
I plan to use this body for a character who's not particularly athletic. So I shaved off a bit of bulk from her shoulders. The tricky part was guessing when to stop before opening holes on her deltoids...
Another Matchbox Series No4 Dodge K Series Stake Bed Truck Modification. 1966 to 1968 - 1-75 Series my second restoration of a stake bed. I like this color and I think it shows pretty good in the photos. Here it is as a bob tail, I like how it looks. What to add?
Frame Modifications:
- QTY 1: New rear hose guide (zip-tie style) on bottom of NDS seat-stay.
- QTY 1: Add one barrel rear light mount halfway up NDS seat-stay
- QTY 3: Remove DT/CS hose guide braze-ons
Fork Modifications:
- Dynamo Wire management. QTY 4 External dynamo wiring guides up fork leg.
- Fix Tubus Duo Lowrider collisions with quick release skewer nuts and level out rack in the process. Tubus Duo Lowrider rack modification, remove tab. Remove QTY 4 rack eyelets around dropout, add QTY 2 barrel braze-ons up fork leg.
- Add QTY 2 fender eyelets halfway up fork leg away from rack and disc caliper.
Cyclefab Porteur Rack Modifications:
- Remove light mount, add permanent drop bracket with tapped hole.
- Dynamo wire guides up driveside rack stay. QTY 2
A waitress at a restaurant in Cumming GA. She had some ink showing, so I asked if I could see the whole thing. The funny thing was that the waitress just pulled up her skirt and said to take the picture. The person I was having supper with considered my asking to be rude.
My first modification to the central area of the UCS Falcon which originally contains a beige turret control seat and nothing else. I attached a more "realistic" seat connected on the other side of the bulkhead from the blaster turret (like it is in universe). I then added some computer lights and mechanics around the pilot inside the ship. By moving the seat to the new location you can now see the operator perfectly through the viewing window. Just behind this area I also installed the top section of a make-shift power core; which provides power to the rest of the ship; including the hyperdrive. As I get more hoses and cables and other fun power conduit type stuff I hope to add them running from the power core to other parts of the ship, disappearing behind panels. I'm also hoping to get a small LED light in the middle of the power core so it can glow blue. If anyone has any other ideas, please let me know.
Effort to add a hot shoe to my already highly modified Vivitar Ultrawide and slim. Luckily there is some room inside the case for wires and such. The synch system involved adding some weight to the shutter paddle, so I'm not sure if the sutter speed is the same...probably close enough.
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This is the continuous Ciclavia Meets The Hollywoods between East and West Hollywood Bike Route.
(Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department West Hollywood Division Sheriff’s Station Patrol Station Number 9, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisor Sheila Kuehl District 3, West Hollywood City Hall Government Administrative Offices with Mayors and City Councilmembers)
Anti-Gridlock Zone, Do Not Block Intersection, Minimum Fine Zone, Violators Cited and Photographed.
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I used half stud offsets to be able to fit two minifigs comfortably, and just revamped the interior in general.
Another Matchbox Series No4 Dodge K Series Stake Bed Truck Modification. 1966 to 1968 - 1-75 Series my second restoration of a stake bed. I like this color and I think it shows pretty good in the photos. Here it is as a bob tail, I like how it looks. What to add?
Modification to Stitch N Bitch Happy hooker Ruffle Corset Belt...see modifications on my blog thecrimsonowl.blogspot.com/2009/08/hooking-happily.html
At Lego shows in 2024, my Castle class would occasionally derail when there was a kink in the track, particularly when entering corners.
I put this down to the chassis setup I'd chosen, based on Carl Greatrix's previous Castle model, whereby the rear bogie wheels were fixed to the main chassis. In some cases, it seemed these wheels were getting raised off the track by the driving wheels behind.
I've now re-worked the chassis to have a more conventional pivoted bogie. There is still only 1 set of flanged drivers, to allow the bogie to not crash sideways into the cylinders. However now the bogie is on a single pivot, positioned above the rear bogie wheels.
This should help to 'steer' the loco into corners, and the little shoulder on the pin piece also helps to keep the weight on the bogie wheels.
Instead of the 6V-40mA bulb a LED with 1N4148 diode anti-parallel and a serial resistor on the 6V AC voltage.
This is a modification on the Ebay trigger (aka cactus wireless trigger).
I found that it will self trigger my Canon Speedlite 430EX and my Vivitar DF400MZ-C. that is very annoying so i decide to do a mod for it.
now, this mod works for me, does that mean it will work for you? no. not necessary.
Make sure u know what u are doing, and some soldering skills before u do it!
I will NOT hold any responsibility on any damage or injury. so don't message me if you burn your trigger, damage your flash, or burn your fingers!
After this mod, I no longer got self trigger problem. and my trigger rate is almost 100% when it is within range.
What i did is removed the opto-isolator, which is triggered by an SCR (weird). I don't know who designed this, but at least i won't do it this way! Now, for for those who know some electronic, you will notice my mod will remove any kind of isolation, and have a common ground with the flash. EMF from the flash might get back into to the trigger and reduce the life of it.. but hey .. this is cheap.
Parts needed: 1 resistor (50-100 ohm, i used 100). and 1 NPN Bipolar Transistor (2N3904 or 2N2222 will do the trick!)
NOTE! one thing i like to add, after the mod, the LED won't light up, that's because most of the current on the trigger signal will want to flow through the 100ohm and the transistor. (the LED path has a 200 ohm and the voltage drop across the led is about 1.4V. where the new path is only 100 ohm and 0.7 V across the transistor)
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The kit and its assembly:
Sweden is a prolific whiffing territory, and the Saab 29 offers some interesting options. This highly modified Tunnan, which is actually rather a kitbashing than a mere model kit modification, is/was a submission to the “More or less engines” group build at whatifmodelers.com in summer 2019.
I actually had the idea of a two-engine J29 in the back of my mind for a long time, spawned by a resin conversion set for the Hasegawa B-47 Stratojet kit that came with new intakes and exhaust sections for the four engine pods. The single engine pod parts had been spent a long time ago, but the twin engine parts were still waiting for a good use. Could the exhaust fit under/into a Tunnan…?
I even had a Matchbox J29 stashed away for this experiment long ago, as well as some donor parts like the wings, and the GB eventually offered the right motivation to put those things together that no one would expect to work.
So I pulled out all the stuff and started – a rather straightforward affair. Work started with the fuselage, which was, together with the (very nice) cockpit assembled OOB at first, the nose filled with as much lead as possible and with the lower rear section cut away, so the B-47 resin jet nozzles would end up at the same position as the original RM2B exhaust. Due to the pen nib fairing between them, though, the profile of the modified tail became (visually) more massive, and I had to fill some gaps under the tail boom (with styrene sheet and putty). The twin engines also turned out to be wider than expected – I had hoped for straight flanks, but the fuselage shape ended up with considerable bulges behind the landing gear wells. These were created with parts from drop tank halves and blended into the rest of the lower hill with PSR work. In the same wake the area under the fin was sculpted and re-created, too.
At that point it became clear that I had to do more on the fuselage, esp. the front end, in order to keep the aircraft visually balance. A convenient solution became an F-100 air intake, which I grafted onto the nose instead of the original circular and round-lipped orifice – with its sharp lip the Super Sabre piece was even a plausible change! The fuselage shapes and diameters differed considerably, though, more PSR became necessary.
Next came the wings: I had already set apart a pair of trapezoid wings with a 45° sweep angle – these were left over from a PM Model Ta 183 conversion some time ago. With their odd shape and size they were a perfect match for my project, even more so due to the fact that I could keep the original J29 wing attachment points, I just had to shorten and modify the trailing edge area on the fuselage. The result was very conclusive.
With the new nose and the wings in place, the overall proportions became clearer: still tail-heavy, but not unpleasant. At this time I was also certain that I had to modify the tail surfaces. The fin was too small and did not have enough sweep for the overall look, and the stabilizer, with its thick profile, rounded edges and the single, continuous rudder did not look supersonic at all. What followed was a long search in the donor banks for suitable replacements, and I eventually came up with a MiG-15 fin (Hobby Boss) which was later clipped at the top for a less recognizable profile. The stabilizers were more challenging, though. My solution eventually became a pair of modified stabilizers from a Matchbox Buccaneer(!), attached to the MiG-15 fin.
The design problems did not stop here, though: the landing gear caused some more headaches. I wanted to keep the OOB parts, but especially the main legs would leave the aircraft with a very goofy look through a short wheelbase and a rear axis position too much forward. In an attempt to save the situation I attached swing arms to the OOB struts, moving the axis maybe 5mm backwards and widening the track by 2mm at the same time. Not much in total, but it helped (a little, even though the aircraft is still very tail-heavy)
As a final addition – since the original, wing-mounted pitots of the J29 were gone now and would not go well with the wing-switching idea – I gave the P29G a large, nose-mounted pitot and sensor boom, placed on top of the nose. This part come, like the air intake, from an F-100.