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Le dieu-singe hindou Hanuman au Palais royal de Phnom Penh (Cambodge)
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Hanoi (Vietnam)
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Arriva Thameside (NF)
SN17 MXH (4109)
ADL Enviro200 MMC
New to Kent & Surrey at Gillingham, before transferring to Northfleet via Maidstone for a repaint and modifications for Fastrack to be installed.
Designed by Issei Yoshino (with modifications)
Folded by Gabriel Cojea
Massive thanks to Mariano Zavala B. for making the tutorial.
Link to his channel:
Well, here we are, two years after Masterbuilder Marshal Banana released the first photos of his magnificent Millennium Falcon design.
It took me almost two years to reverse engineer this build. I am currently taking the final pictures. And this is one of it.
I have tried to reproduce the original design as accurately as possible, with some small modifications here and there,
and a lot of guessing and trial-and-error for the inner frame.
I used more than 7500 bricks, spend more than 500 hours, and published more than 2100 pictures, documenting the progress.
Thanks everybody for following and for all your remarks!
While driving around the Topeka, KS shops recently, I found the unique(ish) 2931, a GP39E with a recently-installed "Thomas Brow" numberboard/PTC assembly, and nose headlight. Sigh... Unfortunately, a number of the units that have received these modifications have gone straight to the paint shop, so this one may turn orange soon.
Sickest Ferrari 458 I've ever seen!
This Spider is my first, really my FIRST white 458 and I just love this colour (Bianco Fuji). There were some modifications such as Novitec-light-package or Novitec-rear-spoiler-lip.
The owner also has an SL Black! :O
Got it in combo with a yellow Cali and a silver R8 Spyder!
Very same location: www.flickr.com/photos/frankenspotter/5973263295/
A3-21's plasma rifle from Fallout 3. This is the unique Plasma Rifle variant that you get from certain endings of The Replicated Man quest.
Materials: Brickarms Lewis Gun, scrap styrene, paper clips, guitar strings, and brass wire.
Shown here under a blacklight. The bits that should glow green, do. That glow-in-the-dark paint is really neat.
as you can see....I add some stuff to make them looks better
space batman : I add a little pad on it to make it looks more like the Lego Batman 3 version
Green Lantern : I put an green stud on his right hand and I pant the legs like....four sides and it looks pretty nice :)
Sinestro : same as the Green Lantern but the stud is in the left hand :)
Really loving this new dragon from Ninjago the Stormbringer. Gave it some of my own modifications :D Mod process is on youtube youtu.be/25tk0wNlqA0
Baas, a cyberpunk ninja who serves the Samtek Squad under the orders of King Liu.
Based off the bignicle frame with many modifications.
Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland.
Konstanz es una ciudad alemana del estado federado de Baden-Wurtemberg ubicada en la orilla sur del lago de Constanza (Bodensee en alemán) y fronteriza con Suiza. Es la ciudad más grande y de mayor densidad poblacional de este gran lago, el más extenso de Alemania, alimentado por el río Rin y que comparte con dos países más: Suiza y Austria. La ciudad de Constanza forma un solo casco urbano real junto con la localidad suiza de Kreuzlingen, sobrepasando entre ambas los 100.000 habitantes.
Hay un puente que divide la ciudad en dos zonas, bajo el cual el Rin alimenta el lago de Constanza.
A pesar de ser una ciudad pequeña, su climatología la convierte en destino turístico e incrementa notablemente sus habitantes estacionales.
El casco antiguo y, por lo tanto, lugar de máximo interés de la ciudad se encuentra en la orilla sur del Rin, donde sólo existe esta porción de tierra alemana rodeada por territorio suizo. Desde el mismo puente sobre el Rin (Rheinbrücke) que accede al casco antiguo desde el norte de la ciudad, se observan dos de los monumentos más característicos de la ciudad: las torres de Pulverturm y Rheintorturm, de origen medieval.
Más hacia el centro de la ciudad antigua destacan las plazas más importantes, la Markstätte y la Münsterplatz, donde, como indica su nombre, se halla la catedral de Nuestra Señora. Dentro de la misma es destacable la cripta románica primigenia, construida entre los años 1052 y 1089 y situada bajo el altar actual. En los meses de verano, la torre de 76 metros del edificio está abierta al público y permite unas espléndidas vistas del lago. Como cabe esperar en todo edificio europeo de estas características, el edificio románico original tiene importantes elementos y modificaciones góticas y barrocas posteriores.
También en la Münsterplatz se encuentran los restos de una fortaleza romana, los cuales son perfectamente visibles por medio de una pirámide acristalada en el suelo de la plaza, a los pies mismos de la catedral.
La puerta "Schnetztor" desde el interior de la muralla de Constanza.
Numerosas calles del centro histórico de la ciudad, como la Wessenbergstrasse o la Rosgartenstrasse, poseen gran cantidad de edificios medievales con bonitos balcones y pinturas en las que se puede leer la fecha de su construcción, nombre o gremio. Muchas de ellas son anteriores al siglo XV y entre las posteriores destacan también interesantes edificios barrocos.
La Wessenbergstrasse, una de las arterias principales del casco antiguo de la ciudad, desemboca en la Hussenstrasse y esta a su vez en la torre Schnetztor, puerta principal de la muralla antigua de la ciudad, parte de la cual todavía se conserva, y salida directa hacia la ciudad de Kreuzlingen, ya en Suiza, pero completamente integrada con Constanza, con la que forma un mismo núcleo urbano.
Konstanz is a German city in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg located on the southern shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee in German) and bordering Switzerland. It is the largest and most densely populated city of this great lake, the largest in Germany, fed by the Rhine River and shared with two other countries: Switzerland and Austria. The city of Constanza forms a single real urban area together with the Swiss town of Kreuzlingen, surpassing both 100,000 inhabitants.
There is a bridge that divides the city into two zones, under which the Rhine feeds Lake Constance.
In spite of being a small city, its climatology turns it into a tourist destination and it increases remarkably its seasonal inhabitants.
The old town and, therefore, place of maximum interest of the city is on the southern bank of the Rhine, where only this portion of German land surrounded by Swiss territory exists. From the same bridge over the Rhine (Rheinbrücke) that accesses the old town from the north of the city, there are two of the most characteristic monuments of the city: the Pulverturm and Rheintorturm towers, of medieval origin.
More towards the center of the old city, the most important squares stand out, the Markstätte and the Münsterplatz, where, as its name indicates, there is the Cathedral of Our Lady. Inside it is remarkable the original Romanesque crypt, built between 1052 and 1089 and located under the current altar. In the summer months, the 76-meter tower of the building is open to the public and allows a splendid view of the lake. As expected in any European building of these characteristics, the original Romanesque building has important elements and subsequent Gothic and Baroque modifications.
Also on the Münsterplatz are the remains of a Roman fortress, which are perfectly visible by means of a glass pyramid on the floor of the square, at the very foot of the cathedral.
The "Schnetztor" door from inside the wall of Constance.
Numerous streets in the historic center of the city, such as the Wessenbergstrasse or the Rosgartenstrasse, have a large number of medieval buildings with beautiful balconies and paintings in which you can read the date of its construction, name or guild. Many of them date from before the 15th century and interesting baroque buildings also stand out among the later ones.
The Wessenbergstrasse, one of the main arteries of the old part of the city, flows into the Hussenstrasse and this in turn into the Schnetztor tower, the main gate of the old city wall, part of which is still preserved, and direct exit towards the city of Kreuzlingen, already in Switzerland, but completely integrated with Constance, with which it forms the same urban nucleus.
I took a middle of the road approach to cleanup the blacksmith model and changed about 8 to 10 aspects. Can you find them all?
Note: missing dog isn't one of them. :)
Modifications to the Lego Ideas set 21109 Exo-Suit, original design by by Peter Reid & Mark Stafford
See Peter Reid's amazing MOCs and designs here: www.flickr.com/photos/legoloverman/
Right place, right time as 47727 + 92043 and 47749 pause at Crewe after working 0Z81 Brush Loughborough to Crewe HS, dropping off 92043 after modifications
Le quiero dedicar estas fotos a Yuffie, que se que tiene muchisimo curro y que esta agotadisima te mandamos muchos mimitos desde aqui cosiiiii ^0^
Ya se que las fotos son un poco cutres u.u'
I wanted to create a mohawk
and the rest was only waste
but then I notice that you can use it
as a hairline for helmets
Tada it looks Awesome ....
I just felt like making you cringe. You're welcome.
I made these about 3 years ago for a long-ago destroyed Hoth diorama on my build table, which was never meant for the internet. But I still think these are pretty cool.
These represent a E-11 with collapsible stock, DL-44, and A280 from Star Wars.
Here are a pair of modified right-hand switches, with the 2nd-half of the "S" curve removed and the connector-end-section (1x8) glued back on. So, a single section of LEGO Flex track inserted between the two now makes up the perfect distance for a crossover, to separate the two lines by the standard 8-studs-between-sleepers (ties).
Alternatively, the curve I've left remaining on the switch is 33.75° (or 1.5 pieces of R40), so I can use a section of ME Models R88 or R104 to bring it up to 45°, or down to 22.5°. It was the most future-proof and option-friendly way of modifying the switches I could think of.
Did this thing. Sawed the elbow nugget in half, inserted a piece of copper pipe inside and done: the joint rotates!
Now I'll need to figure out what to do to the legs and Iria will be even better. Though, I might not do anything at all.
A view from the window of the S3 bus in Oxford. It occurs to me, in writing this, that this would have been substantially improved by being taken by a Pentax S3 rather than a SP II, but never mind ... I am preferring this combination, Delta 400 and 510 Pyro, to the last (3200 and Pyro): there is a lot of residual detail in both highlights and shadows, and the grain does not feel displeasing, despite a semi-stand development. Well, more a quarter-stand - a modification of Rudiger Hartung's semi stand method, agitating with two turns every five minutes rather than one every ten. I really wanted to avoid bromide drag on this roll, and seem to have (mainly) succeeded.
From the S3, Oxford, March 2022, ish. Pentax Spotmatic SPII, Super Takumar 28mm, Ilford Delta 400 in 510 Pyro.
Et voilà!
Originally, I wanted him to be human. But like I said, his previous ears were already so beautiful, they just had to be refined! :D
Presenting; Feeple65 Roke, Elf version.
Modifications by the talented J&CEntangled. :)
Mass Production Prototype WR-01 (MPPWR-01)
Medium reFrame (unclassified modifications)
Effective range: Medium to short
Classification: Experimental assault unit
Armaments: In-built SA-X385 Quorus cannon
Hailing from the largest colony from the remains of the Australiasian region, this ReFrame is the prototype build of a mass production unit. Limited Quorus resources have led to engineers developing or leaving the crystals in an unstable state. Whilst yielding much more power, the instability of the crystals leave a need for a constant cooling of its generators. The experimental arm cannon channels excess Quorus energy to fire a fast-moving projectile of Quorus energy.
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Man this set up looks REAL cheap. Best for lighting was like, two lamps and the backdrops are two A3 pieces of paper >.<
Quite a basic build actually, not much spooky black magic construction mostly due to my collection of parts being based on sets I've bought or from my childhood so alot of the design is pretty simple but it came out pretty cool-looking.
I guess you'va all heard of evil people doing bad things to innocent bricks. Cutting bits off with a fretsaw, poking holes, or grinding and sanding just for the fun of it.
This is nothing like that. Here we see Mike making careful modifications to two 1x1 bricks to imitate corrugated steel, because Lego doesn't make them like this - yet.
Addition to Toy Project Day 3559
V100
This car, designed by the Frenchman Paul Bracq, did not undergo a single modification during its 18-year career, undoubtedly due to its modern styling. It is equipped with air conditioning and a hydraulic system that controls, among other things, power steering, braking and the hydraulic windows. Production began in 1964, and more than 600 variants were built until 1972. Afterwards, production continued at a slower pace until 1981. In total, 2.677 units were produced of which 487 Pullmans. This long-wheelbase "Pullman" limousine (6.240 mm) existed in a 4-door version with 2 folding seats and a chauffeur partition, or in a 6-door version. The car shown has always served the Belgian Court and is known as the "King Baudouin".
6.332 cc
V8
250 hp
Mercedes - The Story of the Star
19/09/2025 - 22/02/2026
Autoworld
Brussels - Belgium
February 2026
La Catedral de Mérida (Ciudad de los caballeros), posee en su interior una belleza muy particular, característica de las iglesias clásicas con predominio de los elementos estructurales.
Se trata de la sede de la Arquidiócesis de Mérida. Fue construida a partir de 1803 con diversas modificaciones hasta 1960. Posee numerosos vitrales y objetos religiosos de gran valor histórico.
Fue construida cerca de la Plaza Bolívar de Mérida y del Palacio Arzobispal y Museo Arquidiósesano.
The Cathedral of Mérida (City Knights), has within a very particular beauty characteristic of the classical churches, predominantly structural elements.
It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mérida. It was built from 1803 with various modifications until 1960. It has numerous stained glass and religious objects of great historical value.
It was built near the Plaza Bolivar in Merida and the Archbishop's Palace and Museum Arquidiósesano.
Mérida, Estado Mérida, Venezuela.
A few changes since the last fold including a modification to the wings and elytra. I kept the abdomen almost the same, so much simpler than that of the Kabutomushi... The wings are a bit more orange with photography doing funny things.
Previous version: www.flickr.com/photos/origami-artist-galen/3034354192/
Designed by: Shuki Kato
Folded from: one 17" (43 cm) square of O-gami
Size: 4 1/2" long
Time Spent folding: ~7 hours
"Little cloud"
(COTE D'OR 2018)
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I designed a couple of easy modifications for adding a clasp back onto the Pop-Up Book.
Video tutorial (also showing some other mods I made): youtu.be/5UuEjmbY8jU
More info: jkbrickworks.com/pop-up-book-mods
"The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit is the main church of the Hradec Králové Diocese and therefore also the seat of its bishop. The Gothic brick pseudo-basilica with two towers in the southwest corner of the Great Square has formed the characteristic panorama of Hradec Králové for more than seven centuries. The external dimensions of the cathedral are: length 56 m, width 25 m, height of the towers 48 m. The length of the interior is 50 m. The width of the walls ranges from 1.12 m (naves) to 2.12 m (towers).
It is sometimes said that the church was founded in 1307 by the widow of the Czech king Wenceslas II queen Eliška Rejček, however, according to more recent research, a parish church stood here already in the second half of the 13th century, which burned down in 1339. The current presbytery was built in 1339–1342, and the construction of the nave was completed in the 1460s under Queen Elizabeth of Pomerania. Jan Žižka from Trocnov is said to have been buried here in 1424. During the repairs after the Hussite Wars, which ended in 1463, an extensive crucifix was built. A fire in 1484 mainly damaged the towers, which were then raised by one floor and given new bells. The oldest of the four bells, Leopold (Dominik) is from 1485. The largest of the bells is Michael (Eagle) from 1496, which weighs 3847 kg. The pastoforium on the left side of the presbytery also dates from 1497. The church was repaired several times, looted and burned by Swedish soldiers in 1639. In 1664, with the founding of the bishopric, the church became a cathedral and was then modified in the Baroque style, further modifications followed at the end of the 18th century. In the years 1864–1876, the church was radically renovated by František Schmoranz and the towers in 1901 by L. Lábler. In the years 1980–1990, the church received a copper roof, and in 1997 for the jubilee of St. Vojtěch was visited by Pope John Paul II.
Hradec Králové (Königgrätz in German) is a statutory city in eastern Bohemia, located at the confluence of the Elbe and Orlica. It has approximately 94 thousand inhabitants and is the capital of the Hradec Králové region. Together with nearby Pardubice, it forms a metropolitan area with 340,000 inhabitants.
Due to its favorable characteristics, the territory of Hradec was already inhabited in prehistoric times. In the Middle Ages, it was the dowry city of Czech queens, and it is to this period that the Gothic cathedral of St. Ducha on its Great Square, which today, alongside the White Tower and the Old Town Hall, is one of the city's landmarks. In the years 1766 to 1857, the city served as a military fortress, due to the lack of interest of the city, it was restored and abolished only in 1884. The city administration made full use of the possibility of complete management of urban development. This literally freed up space for the golden era of Hradec Králové architecture at the beginning of the 20th century, from which, thanks to the buildings of Gočár and Kotěra, the city earned the title Salon of the Republic.
When looking at this landmark of Hradec Králové, observers will be particularly impressed by the contrast between the red brickwork and the white sandstone of the portals, windows and cornices of the temple. At the time of construction, sandstone was commonly used as the main building material in East Bohemian cities, which was absent in the vicinity of Hradec Králové. The builders of the cathedral therefore chose less common bricks as the main building material. The three-nave basilica church has a raised nave and a long east choir, through which the cathedral faces the square. In the axis of the choir, there is a cross in front of the church and two symmetrical towers on the sides. The baroque chapter sacristy adjoins the north side of the cathedral, the dean's sacristy and the Royal vestibule on the south side. Several Renaissance tombstones can be found on the outer walls of the church. Massive supporting pillars divided into three parts are prescribed for the exterior.
Hradec Králové is a university town, the University of Hradec Králové, some faculties of Charles University and the University of Defense teach here. For example, the regional court or the bishops of the Royal Hradec Catholic and Czechoslovak Hussite dioceses are based here. Klicper's theater is a recognized scene that has won the award "Theatre of the Year" four times, artkino Central is proud of the award "Best European cinema for young audiences" from 2008. Hradec Králové Park 360, which was created in part of the area of the former military airport, provides space, among other things, for the summer of the Rock for People festival.
Bohemia (Latin Bohemia, German Böhmen, Polish Czechy) is a region in the west of the Czech Republic. Previously, as a kingdom, they were the center of the Czech Crown. The root of the word Czech probably corresponds to the meaning of man. The Latin equivalent of Bohemia, originally Boiohaemum (literally "land of Battles"), which over time also influenced the names in other languages, is derived from the Celtic tribe of the Boios, who lived in this area from the 4th to the 1st century BC Bohemia on it borders Germany in the west, Austria in the south, Moravia in the east and Poland in the north. Geographically, they are bounded from the north, west and south by a chain of mountains, the highest of which are the Krkonoše Mountains, in which the highest mountain of Bohemia, Sněžka, is also located. The most important rivers are the Elbe and the Vltava, with the fertile Polabean Plain extending around the Elbe. The capital and largest city of Bohemia is Prague, other important cities include, for example, Pilsen, Karlovy Vary, Kladno, Ústí nad Labem, Liberec, Hradec Králové, Pardubice and České Budějovice, Jihlava also lies partly on the historical territory of Bohemia." - 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.
Modification of the original #75182 and #7679 Lego sets.
The colour scheme has been adapted to urban conflicts by mixing light and dark blueish greys.
Additional details have been added in multiple places. Most studs have been hidden.
Some bricks were changed and the global shape has been slightly adapted to match available parts and become smoother.
Look at the size difference.
No Bothan died bringing you this information.
See more photos of this, and the Wikipedia article.
Details, quoting from Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Curtiss P-40E Warhawk (Kittyhawk IA):
Whether known as the Warhawk, Tomahawk, or Kittyhawk, the Curtiss P-40 proved to be a successful, versatile fighter during the first half of World War II. The shark-mouthed Tomahawks that Gen. Claire Chennault's "Flying Tigers" flew in China against the Japanese remain among the most popular airplanes of the war. P-40E pilot Lt. Boyd D. Wagner became the first American ace of World War II when he shot down six Japanese aircraft in the Philippines in mid-December 1941.
Curtiss-Wright built this airplane as Model 87-A3 and delivered it to Canada as a Kittyhawk I in 1941. It served until 1946 in No. 111 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. U.S. Air Force personnel at Andrews Air Force Base restored it in 1975 to represent an aircraft of the 75th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, 14th Air Force.
Donated by the Exchange Club in Memory of Kellis Forbes.
Manufacturer:
Date:
1939
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Dimensions:
Overall: 330 x 970cm, 2686kg, 1140cm (10ft 9 15/16in. x 31ft 9 7/8in., 5921.6lb., 37ft 4 13/16in.)
Materials:
All-metal, semi-monocoque
Physical Description:
Single engine, single seat, fighter aircraft.
Long Description:
Whether it was the Tomahawk, Warhawk, or Kittyhawk, the Curtiss P-40 was a successful and versatile fighter aircraft during the first half of World War II. The shark-mouthed Tomahawks that General Claire Chennault led against the Japanese remain among the most popular airplanes of the war. In the Phillipines, Lt. Boyd D. Wagner became the first American ace of World War II while flying a P-40E when he shot down six Japanese aircraft during mid-December 1941. P-40s were first-line Army Air Corps fighters at the start of the war but they soon gave way to more advanced designs such as the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and the Lockheed P-38 Lightning (see NASM collection for both aircraft). The P-40 is not ranked among the best overall fighters of the war but it was a rugged, effective design available in large numbers early in the war when America and her allies urgently required them. The P-40 remained in production from 1939 to the end of 1944 and a total of 13, 737 were built.
Design engineer Dr. Donovan R. Berlin layed the foundation for the P-40 in 1935 when he designed the agile, but lightly-armed, P-36 fighter equipped with a radial, air-cooled engine. The Curtiss-Wright Corporation won a production contract for 210 P-36 airplanes in 1937-the largest Army airplane contract awarded since World War I. Worldwide, fighter aircraft designs matured rapidly during the late 1930s and it was soon obvious that the P-36 was no match for newer European designs. High altitude performance in particular became a priceless commodity. Berlin attempted to improve the P-36 by redesigning it in to accommodate a turbo-supercharged Allison V-1710-11 inline, liquid-cooled engine. The new aircraft was designated the XP-37 but proved unpopular with pilots. The turbo-supercharger was not reliable and Berlin had placed the cockpit too far back on the fuselage, restricting the view to the front of the fighter. Nonetheless, when the engine was not giving trouble, the more-streamlined XP-37 was much faster than the P-36.
Curtiss tried again in 1938. Berlin had modified another P-36 with a new Allison V-1710-19 engine. It was designated the XP-40 and first flew on October 14, 1938. The XP-40 looked promising and Curtiss offered it to Army Air Corps leaders who evaluated the airplane at Wright Field, Ohio, in 1939, along with several other fighter proposals. The P-40 won the competition, after some modifications, and Curtiss received an order for 540. At this time, the armament package consisted of two .50 caliber machine guns in the fuselage and four .30 caliber machine guns in the wings.
After production began in March 1940, France ordered 140 P-40s but the British took delivery of these airplanes when Paris surrendered. The British named the aircraft Tomahawks but found they performed poorly in high-altitude combat over northern Europe and relegated them to low-altitude operations in North Africa. The Russians bought more than 2,000 P-40s but details of their operational history remain obscure.
When the United States declared war, P-40s equipped many of the Army Air Corps's front line fighter units. The plucky fighter eventually saw combat in almost every theater of operations being the most effective in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater. Of all the CBI groups that gained the most notoriety of the entire war, and remains to this day synonymous with the P-40, is the American Volunteer Group (AVG) or the Flying Tigers. The unit was organized after the Chinese gave former U. S. Army Air Corps Captain Claire Lee Chennault almost 9 million dollars in 1940 to buy aircraft and recruit pilots to fly against the Japanese. Chennault's most important support within the Chinese government came from Madam Chiang Kai-shek, a Lt. Colonel in the Chinese Air Force and for a time, the service's overall commander.
The money from China diverted an order placed by the British Royal Air Force for 100 Curtiss-Wright P-40B Tomahawks but buying airplanes was only one important step in creating a fighting air unit. Trained pilots were needed, and quickly, as tensions across the Pacific escalated. On April 15, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt quietly signed an Executive Order permitting Chennault to recruit directly from the ranks of American military reserve pilots. Within a few months, 350 flyers joined from pursuit (fighter), bomber, and patrol squadrons. In all, about half the pilots in the Flying Tigers came from the U. S. Navy and Marine Corps while the Army Air Corps supplied one-third. Factory test pilots at Bell, Consolidated, and other companies, and commercial airline pilots, filled the remaining slots.
The Flying Tigers flew their first mission on December 20. The unit's name was derived from the ferocious fangs and teeth painted on the nose of AVG P-40s at either side of the distinctive, large radiator air intake. The idea is said to originate from pictures in a magazine that showed Royal Air Force Tomahawks of No. 112 Squadron, operating in the western desert of North Africa, adorned with fangs and teeth painted around their air intakes. The Flying Tigers were the first real opposition the Japanese military encountered. In less than 7 months of action, AVG pilots destroyed about 115 Japanese aircraft and lost only 11 planes in air-to-air combat. The AVG disbanded on July 4, 1942, and its assets, including a few pilots, became a part of the U. S. Army Air Forces (AAF) 23rd Fighter Group in the newly activated 14th Air Force. Chennault, now a Brigadier General, assumed command of the 14th AF and by war's end, the 23rd was one of the highest-scoring Army fighter groups.
As wartime experience in the P-40 mounted, Curtiss made many modifications. Engineers added armor plate, better self-sealing fuel tanks, and more powerful engines. They modified the cockpit to improve visibility and changed the armament package to six, wing-mounted, .50 caliber machine guns. The P-40E Kittyhawk was the first model with this gun package and it entered service in time to serve in the AVG. The last model produced in quantity was the P-40N, the lightest P-40 built in quantity, and much faster than previous models. Curtiss built a single P-40Q. It was the fastest P-40 to fly (679 kph/422 mph) but it could not match the performance of the P-47 Thunderbolt and the P-51 Mustang so Curtiss ended development of the P-40 series with this model. In addition to the AAF, many Allied nations bought and flew P-40s including England, France, China, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, and Turkey.
The Smithsonian P-40E did not serve in the U. S. military. Curtiss-Wright built it in Buffalo, New York, as Model 87-A3 and delivered it to Canada as a Kittyhawk IA on March 11, 1941. It served in No. 111 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). When the Japanese navy moved to attack Midway, they sent a diversionary battle group to menace the Aleutian Islands. Canada moved No. 111 Squadron to Alaska to help defend the region. After the Japanese threat diminished, the unit returned to Canada and eventually transferred to England without its P-40s. The RCAF declared the NASM Kittyhawk IA surplus on July 27, 1946, and the aircraft eventually returned to the United States. It had several owners before ending up with the Explorer Scouts youth group in Meridian, Mississippi. During the early 1960s, the Smithsonian began searching for a P-40 with a documented history of service in the AVG but found none. In 1964, the Exchange Club in Meridian donated the Kittyhawk IA to the National Aeronautical Collection, in memory of Mr. Kellis Forbes, a local man devoted to Boys Club activities. A U. S. Air Force Reserve crew airlifted the fighter to Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, on March 13, 1964. Andrews personnel restored the airplane in 1975 and painted it to represent an aircraft of the 75th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, 14th Air Force.
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Quoting from Wikipedia | Curtiss P-40 Warhawk:
The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was an American single-engine, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. It was used by the air forces of 28 nations, including those of most Allied powers during World War II, and remained in front line service until the end of the war. It was the third most-produced American fighter, after the P-51 and P-47; by November 1944, when production of the P-40 ceased, 13,738 had been built, all at Curtiss-Wright Corporation's main production facility at Buffalo, New York.
The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36; this reduced development time and enabled a rapid entry into production and operational service.
Warhawk was the name the United States Army Air Corps adopted for all models, making it the official name in the United States for all P-40s. The British Commonwealth and Soviet air forces used the name Tomahawk for models equivalent to the P-40B and P-40C, and the name Kittyhawk for models equivalent to the P-40D and all later variants.
The P-40's lack of a two-stage supercharger made it inferior to Luftwaffe fighters such as the Messerschmitt Bf 109 or the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in high-altitude combat and it was rarely used in operations in Northwest Europe. Between 1941 and 1944, however, the P-40 played a critical role with Allied air forces in three major theaters: North Africa, the Southwest Pacific and China. It also had a significant role in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, Alaska and Italy. The P-40's performance at high altitudes was not as critical in those theaters, where it served as an air superiority fighter, bomber escort and fighter bomber.
P-40s first saw combat with the British Commonwealth squadrons of the Desert Air Force (DAF) in the Middle East and North African campaigns, during June 1941. The Royal Air Force's No. 112 Squadron was among the first to operate Tomahawks, in North Africa, and the unit was the first to feature the "shark mouth" logo, copying similar markings on some Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 110 twin-engine fighters. [N 1]
Although it gained a post-war reputation as a mediocre design, suitable only for close air support, more recent research including scrutiny of the records of individual Allied squadrons indicates that the P-40 performed surprisingly well as an air superiority fighter, at times suffering severe losses, but also taking a very heavy toll on enemy aircraft. The P-40 offered the additional advantage of low cost, which kept it in production as a ground-attack fighter long after it was obsolete in the air superiority role.
As of 2008, 19 P-40s were airworthy.
Modified version of the LEGO Brick Bank (#10251).
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This is a modification of the official Paris skyline set (21044).
The main modification was removing the Grand Palais and substituting in the Panthéon and Notre Dame. I have also made slight modifications to the other already included icons except for the Eiffel Tower.
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