Sienna Evans' original Alex body on the right (unmodified), and modified Tonner Antoinette body on the left.

I filed and sanded the Antoinette body neck to match the contour of the Alex body's neck. There was plenty of material in the Antoinette neck to do this without the neck becoming too thin. I also had to make the neck peg gap smaller to secure the Sienna head, and I did this by taping around the neck peg and squirting polyurethane resin onto the underside, essentially casting a space-filling washer in place. I used Smooth-On Smooth Cast 300Q.

Probably my last modification of one of my weapon designs into Xanatos2010's style. This is my .50 AE Grendel PDW modified and dressed up to fit the style.

Features:

Adjustable recoil reduction stock

Fire Selector: Safe, Semi-Auto, 3 round burst, Full-auto, Discharge*

Ammo indicator

Mag detector

Blue light laser

Flashlight with two levels of intensity and infrared

Flip up rear sight & pop up front Electronic sight

Holographic green dot sight

Ambidextrous charging handle and ejector ports

Hinged mag release

.50 Automatic Colt Pistol Uranium Core rounds

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*Discharge Mode: In this mode a single trigger pull initiates a discharge of the entire remaining magazine, RPM is slightly higher in discharge mode but the chances of jamming increase. Is nicknamed 'desperation mode'.

Kreissieg exhaust. That's all i know about this particular Gallardo.

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Chronodex Mods by Folks at Fountain Pen Network

Here's an update of the Chronodex Weekly Planner for 2012.

I'm very happy to find like minded people who love the Chronodex idea. Although it was first designed for the Midori Traveler's Notebook format, folks at Fountain Pen Network really took it to the next level.

Coronado took the time to modify it into a more popular portrait format and in half letter size for his Levenger Circa. He also changed the grid background into dots so it is less intrusive. You can download Coronado's version of the Chronodex here.

Coronado also made a Levenger Circa version of the bookmark I portrayed. Like minded.

jsButterfly, who has just started a new blog called Paper Spaces, made Chronodex her 2012 diary too, also following Coronado's bookmark hack.

If you are into radial thinking for heightened creativity, or simply want to have a little change of your scheduling method, please do try Chronodex and share with us fans here on Scription or the Chronodex Flickr group.

Lastly, Boris from Russia, how do you find using Chronodex? I'm yet to receive any comments from people from Hong Kong and Japan. どのようにスケジューリングのChronodex方法が好きですか？

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So...what did I do to this EAH body?

Long story short:

After I shortened the neck and upper arms, I put the bits that were cut off in an acetone resistent lidded jar and added pure acetone ( don't smell the stuff! Work in a well ventilated area!). Once the plastic had melted to the right consistency, I used it to thicken the neck, glue back together the upper arms and to elongate the knees, then once the plastic was solid again I used sandpaper to make everything smooth.

I also cut a little bit of lenght from the bottom of her forearms, and slimmed down the calves ( her forearms and lower legs are made from different types of plastic and won't melt with acetone)

Short story long:

Like people who repaint dolls know well, acetone won't damage a doll's vinyl head, but it will melt its plastic body. In the past I used this fact to my advantage to remove the kind of copyright information that's molded ( insted of printed ) on some dolls and to glue back some doll torsos that I had cracked open and limbs that I had shortened.

When I had to modify this EAH body to fit my custom mini unoa head, I first thought about thickening the neck with epoxy putty, but then I would have had to use paint to cover the mods, and paint chips and it's difficult to match anyway. That's when I remembered the plastic melting properties of acetone, and after a quick internet search which returned a lot of results about car repairs... AND this tutorial www.flickr.com/photos/6_6tina/albums/72157646135456221 I was finally able to obtain my ideal closest equivalent to a 1/6 scale Unoa body... that's not a resin fluorite Unoa light *cries*

By the way:

Almost a year ago, when I posted the first pictures of this body, I included a brief "how to" underneath a pic of the naked body, hybridized with the head of Barbie's little sister Chelsea. That photo gained thousands of views in a suspiciously very short time.

Now... I'm not bothered -AT ALL- by doll nudity, but somehow, the fact that what was basically a child's head on a fairly realistically sculpted naked body was gaininig so many views so fast made me a bit uneasy, lol :| so I deleted the picture... totally forgetting about the tutorial underneath it, so here it is again :P

Modification of set #10220 (VW T1 Camper Van) with different colours and a slightly different interior.

From out at sea, the 63-meter tall spire of St. Paul's Cathedral in Valletta blends in with the dome of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.

St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral, was the first Protestant church built in Malta. The project was conceived in 1838 by Queen Adelaide, Dowager Queen of King William IV, who at the time was convalescing in Malta due to a serious illness.

The site of the church was formerly occupied by the Auberge of Germany, which was dismantled to make room for the new structure. Queen Adelaide contributed the sum of 10,000 pounds, and the first stone was laid in March 1839. The plans were drawn by a British architect, who also supervised the works. When structural defects started to develop, the architect committed suicide.

The works stopped for some time and resumed in 1842, under the direction of Frank Scamp, another British engineer who happened to be in Malta, engaged on the construction of the first drydock. The Cathedral was completed in 1844 at a total cost of 20,000 pounds.

The skyline of Valletta is dominated by the dome of the Carmelite Church (Our Lady of Mount Carmel), which was the first functional church in Valletta. Its doors were opened in 1570, soon after the Carmolite Friars had been granted a piece of land by Grand Master Pietro del Monte.

The church was designed by Gerolamo Cassar, but underwent many susequent modifications and additions (the facade was rebuilt in 1852 to the design Giuseppe Bonavia). Unfortunately, the building suffered extensive damage during World War II because of the Italian and German air raids.

The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church was rebuilt in the years 1958-1981 and today it is by far the most prominent building of the Valletta's skyline. Its dome is supported by twelve Corinthian columns of a rusty red marble (the dome’s structure is made of concrete, and covered in native Maltese stone).

Custom gun, made with TLC parts and other custom parts.

Before modification and after it is all done.

Head: Zenith Souldoll Swinte and Zenith Souldoll Justitia in NS resin. Body: modified Iplehouse nYID girl in NS resin.

Modification of an old set, shown in its natural environment (my back patio). Roll on, good buddy, roll on.

+++ DISCLAIMER +++

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

The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground-attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36 Hawk which reduced development time and enabled a rapid entry into production and operational service. The Warhawk was used by most Allied powers during World War II, and remained in frontline service until the end of the war. It was the third most-produced American fighter, after the P-51 and P-47.

Additional units were formed and PAF organizational structures were enhanced in response to the equipment and air assets provided by U.S. Military Aid. In the early years of the PAF, the Command was instrumentally engaged in anti-HUK and anti-Kamlon insurgency campaigns. The PAF then had established Sulu Air Task Group (SATAG), with an initial force of P-51 “Mustangs”, PBY “Catalina” amphibian planes and L-5 “Sentinel” liaison aircraft to intensify the campaign against Hadji Kamlon, who eventually surrendered in 1955 - and at the same time the last P-40E was eventually retired from PAF service.

General characteristics:

Crew: 1

Length: 31.67 ft (9.66 m)

Wingspan: 37.33 ft (11.38 m)

Height: 12.33 ft (3.76 m)

Wing area: 235.94 ft² (21.92 m²)

Airfoil: NACA2215 / NACA2209

Empty weight: 6,070 lb (2,753 kg)

Loaded weight: 8,280 lb (3,760 kg)

Max. takeoff weight: 8,810 lb (4,000 kg)

Rachel McAdams à partir du Nouvel An avec les modifications

Quand elle a son teint en Janvier 2015, nous ne pouvions pas obtenir nos yeux que les couleurs de cheveux dynamiques. Rachel a commencé à laisser ses jours d’une chevelure rouge dans le passé et maintenant, elle est en face de no...

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This is a modification of my hot rod pickup. It still has everything that you might like (motorized/remotely controlled driving/steering, lights, turn signals, working steering wheel, working V8 and radiator fan, working door handles, gearbox…) and some new features (wheels, suspension, engine, roof, front lights, interior, fuel tank, movable license plate, chrome details…). Like the old one, it is 50 studs long and 28 studs wide but it is heavier - it weighs 1285g.

VIDEO: youtu.be/jR0rCEck7_0

Characteristics:

-Leaf spring suspension with height-adjustable rear

-License plate with simple mechanism to hide it (manual)

-Lights (front and rear) manually controlled with a lever connected to a speed dial of 8878 battery (which allows you to switch between low and high beam)

-Turn signals (front and rear) connected to a servo motor via coupled PF switches (2 switches)

-Working steering wheel

-Manual gearbox – 4 gears (5:1, 3:1, 5:3, 1:1)

-Suicide doors with working door handles

-It is powered by two L motors and 7.4 V (8878) rechargeable battery box.

-Servo motor for steering

-Working V8 fake engine with some details to make it resemble real V8 engine, connected directly to the driving motors so it works at the same speed no matter what gear you choose (in neutral also)

-Working radiator fan, connected directly to a V8 engine

-Rear doors can be opened.

-Roof window, fire extinguisher, fuel tank…

-Front tires from 8070 supercar, and rear from 42000 Grand Prix Racer.

I hope you like it, feel free to comment…

p.s. it has been blogged: thelegocarblog.com/2014/07/03/rod-mod/

So, here's another modification of the Green Grocer (#10185).

Actually the plan was to dismantle the Green Grocer to make some space for other MOCs, but instead I ended up rebuilding it for the second time.

Now I really like it, I guess.

Added another floor, rebuilt the roof and stairs again and added some more furnishings.

Credits for the kitchen and the sunbed: Sarah Beyer

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This is a small modification for the BB 8 set from Lego. I've replaced all the orange parts with medium green ones. That's why I call this color combination BB 6.

The history of St. Patrick Church goes back to September 1905 when ground was broken for the present church. The cornerstone was layed by Bishop Lenihan on August 12, 1906 and the solemn dedication wasn’t until March 1, 1908. Fr. Cyril Pauwelyn became pastor in 1910 and immediately saw the need for a school, which he built in the old St. Joachim Church. Following the death of Kate Fratt, wife of cattleman David Fratt, money from her will was designated for the construction of a new school. In February 1919 the new school opened with 170 students. In 1954, the first extensive renovation was undertaken at St. Patrick. In the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s modifications were made to the Sanctuary to accommodate the changes of Vatican ll. Because of the population growth in Yellowstone County, Vatican permission was received to change the name of the Diocese in 1980 to The Diocese of Great Falls-Billings. Soon after, St. Patrick was named the Co-Cathedral.

Modification for LEGO® Technic set 8258 Crane Truck (default build). It gives set 8258 an added fifth wheel (coupler) and power supply to connect/attach trailers realistically. A (semi-)trailer has a so called king pin. This pin is at the front of the trailer and connects to the tractor or semi-truck which set 8258 is.

These modifications are in building instructions and a inventory/parts list is available for you to add this to your own 8258. By modifying 8258 with this you enable the ability to connect to soon to be released lowboy trailers!

This kingpin at the front of the trailer makes a pivoting connection with the tractor's fifth wheel. It forces the fifth wheel to open up and as soon as the kingpin is in place rubber belts forces the fifth wheel to close again. It stays there until it is manually released. By moving two levers manually the trailer can be released and thus uncoupled.

The pictures show two lowboy trailers. Both are so called detachable gooseneck trailers. The Yellow version has a liftable third axle. The Blue one a so called flip axle where a part of the frame holding the third axle is flipped on top of the second axle.

With this type of lowboy trailer the gooseneck is removed to make the deck accessible. Because the front part of the trailer rests on the surface the truck with the gooseneck still attached can drive off. In order to keep the gooseneck elevated at the correct hight is as a support. This support rests on the trucks frame.

Instructions for both shown lowboy trailer will be available soon, the first one in December 2014, the second one hopefully the 1st half of 2015.

Both lowboy trailers can perfectly be combined with LEGO® Technic set 8043 Motorized Excavator as well as with LEGO® Technic set 8275 Motorized Bulldozer. Obviously you can combine it with any of your MOCs as well.

Joint modifications

The Chin tattooed women live in the Chin, Rakhine and Arakan states in northwestern Myanmar. The origin of facial tattoos in the region is unknown. Some believe that the practice began during the reigns of Kings long ago. The royalty used to come to the villages to capture young women. The men from the tribe may have tattooed their women to make them ugly, thereby saving them from a life of slavery. Interestingly, I heard a similar origin for body modification among the Mursi tribe in Ethiopia. As legend has it, the tribeswomen began wearing giant lip plates to make them uglier to would-be kidnappers. Now, the bigger the lip plate the higher the bride price.

For years, access to the tribal Mindat area was restricted by the burmese government. It was opened just two years ago. Only about 700 tourists visit per year. Most of them only visit the bucolic Mount Victoria by bus, never meeting the tattooed women who remain isolated, hours away by foot. Those who do wish to meet them better pack good walking shoes and be prepared to sleep in smoke-filled local houses complete with rats.

There are a few different face tattoo patterns. The spiderweb tattoo is popular in the Mrauk U region. It takes a three hour long tail boat ride to reach this remote area. This tattoo is usually accompanied by a circle in the center of the forehead which represents the sun or lines under the nose symbolizing tiger whiskers.

Another design, known as the bee pattern, is common in the Mindat area. It is composed of dots, lines and occasionally circles. It is worn by the Muun tribe who inhabit the hills of the Arakan state.

The Magan tribeswomen wear huge earrings made of beads and calabashes. They can also play the flute with their noses.

I ventured to Kanpelet village in search of the women from the U Pu tribe who have the incredibly rare whole face tattoo. This is one of the most impressive styles: the entire face is inked up. Rumors had it that only three women in this area had the tattoo. After hours of off roading, I arrive in the village only to learn that one died recently and another was very ill. I was lucky enough to meet Pa Late. At 85, she is nearly deaf but still works hard with her family in a small house on the top of a little hill.

Pa Late said that a completely black face had become a symbol of beauty in the past. The few women who refused to do it looked ugly to the men. The tattoo took three days but the pain lasted over a month.

There are two ways to make the tattoo needle. The first consists of tying three pieces of bamboo together and the second uses thorns. The ink is a mixture of cow bile, soot, plants, and pig fat. It usually took one day to complete the standard tattoo and a few more for the totally black one. The tattoo artist was a specialist or in some cases a parent. Infection was a common problem as the girls had blood all over their face.

Everything, including the eyelids, was tattooed. Many women say that the neck was the most sensitive area.

Ma Aung Seim shared her memories of the tattoo sessions : “I was 10 years old. The day before the tattoo ceremony, I only ate sugarcane and drank tea. It was forbidden to eat meat or peanuts. During the tattoo session, I cried a lot, but I could not move at all. After the session, my face bled for 3 days. It was very painful. My mother put fresh beans leaves on my face to alleviate the pain. I had no choice if i wanted to get married. Men wanted women with tattoos at this time. My mother told me that without a tattoo on my face, i would look like... a man! The web drawn on my face attracted the men like a spiderweb catches insects!”

Not all the tattooed women live in remote areas deep in the mountains. Some have integrated into modern society. Miss Heu, 67, lives in Kanpelet. Her grandmother forced her to get tattooed. She lives in a modern house and even has TV (when electricity is not out). Chin people have maintained their modesty and shyness: when a movie showspeople kissing or making love, most of them still fast forward the scene.

As a leader in the local community, Miss Heu had the chance to meet Aung San Suu Kyi when she came in the area for a meeting. She is very aware of the tattooed women and the ethnicities that are forgotten by the central government. She says she and Aung San Suu Kyi are friends now. Heu’s daughter has graduated and works in Singapore.

The Chin culture is threatened by the government as their teachers are usually not Chin. For a long time, they fought for independence, but since the country began to democratize, things have calmed down.

“I am old. Soon I will die” says to me a Chin woman from Pan Baung village, while she does the gesture of drying tears from her eyes. In her village, only 6 tattooed woman remain alive. Those women are the last of their kind…

© Eric Lafforgue

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ED4 (Electric train Demikhovskiy 4-th modification) is a series of Russian DC electric trainsets, developed in Russia after USSR breakage (before it all design and production were run on the RVR in Soviet Latvia) and built since 1996 to 2016 yy by the Demikhovo machine-building plant (Демиховский машиностроительный завод, ДМЗ, DMZ). In production they replaced trainsets of the ED2T project that still had many import electric components. For 1997-2016 yy were produced 500 trainsets that are currently in service on Russian Railways and in many former USSR states.

The railway of current "Priozersk direction" (to former finnish Käkisalmi; Swedish: Kexholm and old Russia Korela fortresses) was built during WW1 to 1917 as a strategic way to Russian Grand Duchy of Finland and conncted St Petersburg to finnish Khiytola in Karelia.

The internal engine modification serves to strengthen the structure by connecting the inner walls. Also added the essential life support system - katchup and mustard.

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I stripped out the adhesive on the light strips and put in some 3M Dual Lock velcros so to allow more options for light positioning

Modification d'un requin de N.Terry (dont le modèle original est à gauche) avec la queue dans le bon sens, pour le Challenge interpretation du forum français.

My entry for the "interpretation challenge" on the french forum. Original model from N. Terry (on the left).

+++ 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 Martin B-26 Marauder was a World War II twin-engine medium bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company. First used in the Pacific Theater in early 1942, it was also used in the Mediterranean Theater and in Western Europe.

By that time the civil aircraft industry had undergone a major recovery and new models like the turboprop-driven Fokker F.27 Friendship entered the scene - faster, with bigger passenger capacities and more efficient, and the P.26 could not keep up anymore. Another big weakness was the lack of a pressurized cabin, so that the P.26 could only operate at medium altitude. Until 1960 all remaining P.26 were withdrawn and scrapped, most of them had reached their service life, anyway, but operational costs had become prohibitive.

General characteristics:

Crew: 4 (pilot, navigator/radio operator, two service)

Capacity: 21–32 passengers

Length: 58 ft 3 in (17.8 m)

Wingspan: 79 ft 3 in (24.20 m)

Height: 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)

Wing area: 734 ft² (66 m²)

Empty weight: 24.000 lb (11.000 kg)

Loaded weight: 37.000 lb (17.000 kg)

Powerplant:

2× Wright R-3350-745C18BA-1 radial, each rated at 2.200 hp (1.640 kW),

driving four-bladed propellers

Performance:

Maximum speed: 287 mph (250 knots, 460 km/h) at 5.000 feet (1.500 m)

Cruise speed: 225 mph (195 knots, 362 km/h)

Landing speed: 100 mph (79 knots, 161 km/h)

Range: 3.420 mi (2.975 nmi; 5.500 km)

Service ceiling: 21.000 ft (6.400 m)

Wing loading: 46,4 lb/ft² (228 kg/m²)

The kit and its assembly:

Another Group Build entry, this time for the 2015 "De-/Militarize it" GB at whatifmodelers.com that ran from June through August. I am not 100% certain how the idea of converting a B-26 bomber into a 50ies airliner came up - I have modified the aircraft before, and maybe handling with resin R-3350s for the Supermarine Stalwart flying boat had a subtle influence. However, it was a suitable idea, and I quickly got hands on a vintage Matchbox kit of the Marauder.

This one was chose because of the simplicity of the kit (e .g. without an open bomb bay) and its relatively clean surface. When I got it, though, I had to cope with missing parts: the complete cockpit was missing. The seller did not mention it, I did notice it too late, so I had to create the interior from scratch, as well as the civil pilot figures which were puzzled together, too.

Anyway, conversion was rather straightforward. All guns and turrets were closed/faired over. The dorsal turret received a plug, the nose is the OOB clear part hidden under a coat of putty and the new tail cone is actually a nose from a Frog Supermarine Attacker.

Additionally, some of the original windows were hidden (including the ventral entry hatch) while new round windows, esp. for the passenger cabin under the wing spar, were drilled. They were later filled with Clearfix, after all paint work was done.

The wing tips were enlarged with donations from a Hobby Boss La-7 pistion fighter, leftover from a former conversion project. Even though I did not expect much from this addition I think that the bigger wingspan (the total extension is less than 2", though) and the more pointed tips subtly change the look and the proportions of the B-26?

The OOB engines were replaced by resin R-3350 from Contrails: a perfect match, just the OOB nacelles had to be shortened because the R-3350s come with a complete exhaust section, they are pretty long compared to the R-2800s. Actually, this option was real: AFAIK the R-3350 was a high power alternative for the B-26, but I think that at the time of the aircraft's design it was not available yet, and when it came into production the B-29 received anything that rolled off of the production lines. But in this post WWII case it's a good and plausible modification, since airliners from that era (e .g. the Lockheed Constellation) were powered by this engine type, too.

Further mods include new wheels (just for a modernized look, instead of the WWII grass runway balloon tires) and the passengers received a retractable boarding staircase. This addition was originally intended as a display trick, because the B-26 kit is prone to tip over on its tail. But it turned out that the resin engines weigh so much that the kit even stands without extra weight inside now! Well, the scratched stair was fitted, anyway...

Painting and markings:

This was a bit complicated, because I wanted a 50ies livery, yet a colorful option. One early choice had been Belgian airline Sabena in dark blue and white, or the Netherland's KLM, but then I stumbled across a limited decal sheet from airliner specialist TwoSix Decals for a 1:72 Fokker F.27 in Aer Lingus service, upon the type's introduction in 1955. Perfect match, and since I like green and I could avoid white as far as possible, this was the winning design! :D

From that, things were again straightforward: the paint scheme remains close to the benchmark. The dark green on the upper fuselage is Humbrol 3 (Brunswick Green), the fin was sprayed in white and the metallic undersides were painted with different aluminum shades, including Revell Acrylics, Modelmaster 'Aluminum Plate' Metallizer and simple Aluminum paint, plus some Humbrol 56 for fake panel lines and the fabric-covered ailerons.

Panel lines on the upper fuselage and some dirt were painted with Humbrol 91 (Black Green). On top of that a very light black ink wash was applied in order to emphasize engravings, esp. on the wings and the white fin.

The decals came next (wonderfully printed, dead sharp, very thin carrier film), and they posed less problems than expected. The window openings on the white cheatline were simply covered and punched through, and after final cosmetic touch-ups incl. light soot stains behind the engine exhausts. I also added de-icing leading edges and some walking areas on the wings, cut from black and grey decals sheet (from TL Modellbau).

Finally the kit received a coat of glossy acrylic varnish from the rattle can (which did not turn out as evenly as expected, I guess to due to the age of the paint… The aircraft looks somewhat dirty now), et voilà, the Irish Marauder Commuter was ready for take-off!

I am really happy how this conversion turned out. I have seen pics of civilized B-26s (yes, this was actually done, but only in a few cases), and without all the lumps and bumps and with a decent paint job the aircraft looks really sleek and elegant. The classic, early Aer Lingus livery confirms this, a pretty and unusual bird!

Modifications have begun!

Modification to remove ugly wedge plates

Very rare modification of the Sd.Kfz. 250 carrying a 5cm anti-tank gun. Only 2 exemplars of this vehicle have been identified in service in former Yugoslavia. I've represented it with a winter paint scheme applied on top of its grey painting.

This MOC is loosely based on the 2046 BrickMania set from 2014. Many details were added, gun was rebuilt, and decals are custom.

Minifigs are mix of custom and official heads (say "hello" to Dengar)

Modification of set #10220 (VW T1 Camper Van) with different colours and a slightly different interior.

Is that going to leave a scar?

Remaking the new TIE Crawler.

History of these wartime modifications:

By the spring of 1940 Britains railway companies had supplied 25 ambulance trains for use both at home and abroad. In September 1942 the government ordered a further 27 ambulance trains, of which the GWR was to supply 4. By September 1943 Swindon Works had completed ambulance trains No. 32 and 33, and by January 1944 the subsequent two trains were ready. This official image taken in July 1943 shows ward car No. 3209 from overseas ambulance train No. 32, just prior to the whole of the train being completed. The car was converted from a Siphon G wagon and the wording Westinghouse Brake painted on the end of the body confirms that this braking system had been fitted to the vehicle especially for its use overseas. STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway.

Modification for LEGO® Technic set 8258 Crane Truck (default build). It gives set 8258 an added fifth wheel (coupler) and power supply to connect/attach trailers realistically. A (semi-)trailer has a so called king pin. This pin is at the front of the trailer and connects to the tractor or semi-truck which set 8258 is.

These modifications are in building instructions and a inventory/parts list is available for you to add this to your own 8258. By modifying 8258 with this you enable the ability to connect to soon to be released lowboy trailers!

This kingpin at the front of the trailer makes a pivoting connection with the tractor's fifth wheel. It forces the fifth wheel to open up and as soon as the kingpin is in place rubber belts forces the fifth wheel to close again. It stays there until it is manually released. By moving two levers manually the trailer can be released and thus uncoupled.

The pictures show two lowboy trailers. Both are so called detachable gooseneck trailers. The Yellow version has a liftable third axle. The Blue one a so called flip axle where a part of the frame holding the third axle is flipped on top of the second axle.

With this type of lowboy trailer the gooseneck is removed to make the deck accessible. Because the front part of the trailer rests on the surface the truck with the gooseneck still attached can drive off. In order to keep the gooseneck elevated at the correct hight is as a support. This support rests on the trucks frame.

Instructions for both shown lowboy trailer will be available soon, the first one in December 2014, the second one hopefully the 1st half of 2015.

Both lowboy trailers can perfectly be combined with LEGO® Technic set 8043 Motorized Excavator as well as with LEGO® Technic set 8275 Motorized Bulldozer. Obviously you can combine it with any of your MOCs as well.

não gostei MUUIITO muito, não... ficou bem falso...mas vale, né?

ТЭМ2 (TEM2) diesel-electric switcher was developed in 1959 by the Bryansk Machine-Building Plant as an upgrade of the TEM1 switcher with some modifications were made including improved 1200 hp diesel PD1M (ПД1М; Diesel of Pensa#1 modernized) - further development of the 1000 hp 2D50 diesel, further modernized bogies with additional coiled springs included etc. TEM2 shunting locomotives were built routinely at 1960-90 yy primarily by the Bryansk Machine-Building Plant (JSC BMZ located in Bryansk, Russia; Брянский машиностроительный завод). With 6225 total production, 1000 were built in Soviet Ukraine by the Voroshilovgrad Locomotive works, (Ворошиловградский тепловозостроительный завод, ВЗОР, now the Luhansk Locomotive works).

The long story of TEM1-2 shunting locomotives started when a small number of the ALCO RSD-1 switchers were obtained by USSR as the Lend-Lease shipments during WW2 from USA. They were designated as Da20 (Да20) type of locomotives of Soviet Railways. www.flickr.com/photos/cetus13/50992848521/in/album-721577...

The ALCO RSD-1 was hastily developed version of the ALCO RS-1 switcher with 2-axle bogie replaced by 3-axle for the poor Iranian railtracks that were used for shipment of Soviet Russia during war with Nazi Germany and Allies. By Jerry Pinkepank opinion this engine saved Soviet Russia during WW2 as it provided shipment of a bigger half of the lend-lease supplies (4 160 000 gross long tons) across Iran to USSR.

TE1 (ТЭ1), the first Soviet diesel locomotive built in big series at 1947-50 (298 ones) was in fact the non-lycensed copy of the american ALCO RSD-1 locomotive but in metric scale. www.flickr.com/photos/cetus13/47941920187/in/album-721577... TE1 were not excellent as the mainline locomotives, so its next variation, TEM1, were intended to use as shunting locomotives.

TEM1 shunting locomotive was designed under P. Aronow on the base of TE1 locomotive that was localised metric copy of ALCO RSD-1 diesel-electric locomotive and still had many elements of original design, but with modifications - bogies were significantly improved, also the D50 diesel (metric variant of the ALCO 539T used in TE1 and TE2) was modified to 2D50 (2Д50) version derived from the TE3 mainline locomotive. General layout of the locomotive also was changed: the diesel engine was moved to the center of the locomotive, redesigned driver's cabin was placed closer to the rear of the locomotive. The Seria of switchers received the designation TEM1 (T – diesel engine, E – with electric transmission, M – maneuvering). The mass production started on the Bryansk Machine Plant (Brianskij maszynostroitielnyj zawod – BMZ). It was the very first diesel locomotive produced by this plant that had a long history of steam locomotive production. The first TEM1 unit was produced on 19 July 1958. Over the course of their production, these locomotives were subject to minor mechanical changes. Starting with locomotive number TEM1-0270, the driver's cabins were upgraded to include more vertical room near the upper windows to improve visibility.

TEM18 (ТЭМ18) diesel-electric shunting locomotives are produced in Russia from 1992 y by the Bryansk Machine-Building Plant (JSC BMZ located in Bryansk, Russia; Брянский машиностроительный завод) there they succeeded long produced switchers of the TEM2 (ТЭМ2) family. Today more than 2175 of TEM18 were built in different modifications. It preserved main dimensions of TEM2 predecessor. TEM2 of later series built by the BMZ from 1982 had new design of hood and cab (from improved model TEM2U) but preserved old type bogies. Used in TEM18 new bogies without horn guides with radial arm suspension were taken from 2TE116 mainline locomotives and adopted to appropriate dimension of minimum 80 m curves (bogie model ТЭМ18.35.01.001-04,-05). New bogies were tested from 1979 on new test model TEM3 having all other equipment same as in TEM2U.

Versions of TEM18 produced from 2004 (TEM18D) and 2007 yy (TEM18DM) are equipped with improved 1-ПД4Д (1-PD4D) diesel ("D" in TEM18 and the diesel's name means improved), new cab and more. 1200 hp (882 kW) 1-PD4D diesel is the improved version of the D50 family of diesels developed at the end of 1940 yy on the base of american ALCO 539T diesel. In the rare "В(V)" variant, built at 2011-14 yy in short series of 39 ones, the Finnish Wartsila diesel (882 kW Wärtsilä W6L20LA) replaced classic but problem 1-4PDD diesel built in Pensa. TEM18V have a clear visual distinction to standard TEM18DM models - the exhaust stack on long hood is situated more distantly from cab. The idea to replace the domestically produced diesel engine with a Finnish one turned out to be counterproductive - fuel consumption only increased.

Nevertheless, Kat Dennings bra size is great and it is due to her natural boobs no modifications or augmentations, but only with her breasts as far as her lips are concerned you can see the change. plasticsurgerybeforeafter.net/kat-dennings-bra-size/

Black locust thorn.

There's a new owner of the Cafe Corner. The previous proprietor allowed the building to fall into disrepair. So it was time for renovation and restoration: a new facade and completely redecorated and refurnished hotel rooms (and an additional floor). Only the cafe on the ground floor is still the same.

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Almost two years ago I built my version of the Cafe Corner (#10182) with a slightly different colour scheme and some modifications, basically because the original building was already too expensive. I also added some interiors and replaced the stairwell by an elevator.

I didn't like the colours anymore and the building didn't match my other modulars anymore. Since my town still needs a hotel and I didn't want to destroy the old version completely I came up with this one.

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See all photos of the new and the old Cafe Corner here.

i'm not sure that they actually do & I am not sure that believing in supernatural stuff is a recipe for a more harmonious world (if that is what it even means)

....but I suppose it is a more wholesome message than the initial graffiti

someone has written "IRA" in black and someone else has modified it.

Or maybe it is a reference to the Good Friday Agreement and peace process? That would be a better interpretation to my mind.

As i walked along (dog walking) I thought about alternative modifications that could have been made. I like "inspIRAtion is everywhere" but will probably think of something better next time I walk the dogs here.

Modified version of the LEGO Brick Bank (#10251).

There's now an ATM and the additional floor provides room for an insurance agent, who might not be the most respectable one.