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"...Conventional can be so....boring."
It's entirely possible I was introduced to the Nomad through a trailer for Forza Horizon 3.
I can't think where else I'd have come across it.
I originally had no intention to build it, since I thought pipecars would be really hard. But after the Chenowth, I felt confident that I might be able to make the Nomad work. I built the whole thing in black, discovered that it didn't photograph very well, and then had to rebuild it in gray.
The hose pieces are from one of my childhood Technic sets. Turns out those are actually just about as old as I am.
This is the 40th vehicle in my 10-vehicle offroader series :)
Sharing a traditional tea with Tuareg men in one of their mud houses in the ancient city of Timbuktu. Located deep inside the Sahara desert, this Malian town is a door to the world of endless dunes. Created more than 900 years ago Timbuktu, as nomad settlement, flourished thanks to the trade of gold, ivory, salt and slaves linking west and north Africa.
1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Nomad
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
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Royal Flying Doctor Service N22C Nomad.
My latest addition to my collection of LEGO 1:40 Aircraft models : The Australian made N22C Nomad.
About this creation:
The Royal Flying Doctor Service was the subject of the TV drama series The Flying Doctors. The series followed the lives of an RFDS crew based in a fictional township called "Coopers Crossing" and the members of the local population that they served. My wife is following this series, and I couldn`t avoid noticing the N22 Nomad STOL plane. A very versatile plane able to land, and take off, in Australia's Outback.
At first glance it may look quite simple to build, with its straight wings and boxy fuselage. But I struggled a lot with various slope combinations to make the nose section look right. Also the tapering tail section wasn`t easy, but now I´m very happy with the result.
There aren`t any three-blade propeller in the right size. The 3-blade propeller Part #: 92842 is 2 studs too small in diameter. So in order to make the plane look right I made custom size propellers, based on the aforementioned, by extending the blades with printed paper.
I tried to make an all brickbuilt colorscheme, but it wasn`t possible, because of the stripe geometri, so the stripes are made with printed paper decals.
The model is a little tail heavy, and thus need a support to prevent it from tipping backwards.
This model has a wingspan of 52 studs, a length of 39 studs, and consists of 602 bricks.
Praise and criticism is always welcome
The GAF Nomad:
The GAF Nomad is a twin-engined turboprop, high-wing, short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft. It was designed and built by the Australian Government Aircraft Factories (GAF) at Fishermens Bend, Melbourne. Major users of the design have included the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, the Australian Army and the Australian Customs Service. The Nomad is to be reengineered and put back into production as the Gippsland GA18.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
General characteristic:
Crew: 1 or 2 pilot(s)
Length: 12,56 m
Wingspan: 16,52 m
Height: 5,52 m
Wing area: 31.10 m²
Empty weight: 2150kg
Max. takeoff weight: 4050kg
Powerplant: 2 × Allison 250-B17C Turbo-prop 313 kW)
Performance
Cruise speed: 311 km/h
Range: 1074 km
Service ceiling: 6400m
Nomad [noh-mad]
-noun
1. a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place
2. any wanderer; itinerant.
Driving down the highway yesterday, I saw a biker gang roar past me. I've always been in awe of these guys, these men who wander upon the open road, riding their bikes to wherever life leads them. They are free--free from the cares and worries that lie behind. They just ride, and live.
I've felt like a wanderer as well lately, but it has seemed the furthest thing from freedom. I don't know where I'm going or where life is taking me, and no matter how far I wander, I never seem to be able to escape my past. I don't feel like I have any place to call home, any place to rest my head in peace. I'm a nomad, wandering about in search of freedom.
This gang was made up of combat vets. I can't imagine how hard their pasts must have been. I wonder if they've yet found the freedom their looking for.
Inspired by Josh
Oh and by the way, I took this while going 70mph down the highway. :P
The road (partially seen) running diagonally from the bottom of the image to the mid-right, is the famous Madison Avenue, from 30th East Street to 25th East Street.
This is most of NoMad ("NOrth of MADison Square Park"), a neighbourhood centred on the Madison Square North Historic District in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The area is described on some websites as New York's hottest up-and-coming neighbourhood. Certainly some of the apartments advertised in those four blocks are enormous...
The name NoMad, which has been in use since 1999, is derived from the area’s location north of Madison Square Park. The neighborhood is bordered by East 25th Street to the south, East 29th or East 30th Street to the north, Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) to the west and Madison or Lexington Avenue to the east.
The building in the bottom left corner of the image is 79 Madison Avenue, a 17-storey, 250,000-square-foot Art Deco building with a beautiful entrance featuring a restored marble lobby, inspiring chandeliers and a gold leaf ceiling.
Dominating the mid-right of the image is the New York Life Insurance Building, located at 51 Madison Avenue, across from Madison Square Park. It is the headquarters of the New York Life Insurance Company. Designed in 1926 by Cass Gilbert, who also designed the landmark Woolworth Building, it was apparently inspired by Salisbury Cathedral in Wiltshire. It rises 40 stories to its pyramidal gilded roof and occupies the full block between 26th and 27th Streets, Madison Avenue and Park Avenue South, a rarity in Manhattan. The building is 187m tall and was the last significant Gilbert skyscraper in Manhattan.
Previously, from 1837–1889, the site was occupied by the Union Depot of the New York and Harlem and the New York and New Haven Railroads, a concert garden, and P T Barnum's Hippodrome. Until 1925, the site housed the first two Madison Square Gardens, the second one designed by architect Stanford White.
The building was completed in 1928 after two years of construction at the cost of $21 million. It combines streamlined Gothic details and distinctly Moderne massing. The gold pyramid at the top consists of 25,000 gold-leaf tiles. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
This image was take from atop the Empire State Building and is scanned from a negative.
Song: Elton John "Tiny Dancer"
Using NOMADS "Ballet Academy"
Wearing: S&P's Nutcracker
Pose by: Verocity "Zoe Ballet" Set 1
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For the Tibetan nomads, life is indeed a struggle in the harsh environment of the high plateau: A place where the ground and winds are in perpetual motion. It is a place where temperatures range from a low of -40 degrees Fahrenheit to around 60 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer. The yak is the key to survival on the Tibetan plateau. A visit to a nomad's tent illustrates this point. The tent itself is made from yak hair. Upon entering, the center of the tent is warmed by the fire of yak dung. The tent is illuminated by yak butter candles, and their blankets are made from yak hair. The principle diet includes tsampa and yak butter, dried yak cheese and sometimes yak meat. A poor family may have 20 yaks or fewer; wealthy families up to 500.
Settling nomads
Government policy aims to settle more and more nomads. It says that this is aimed at improving the economic viability of animal husbandry and lessening the effects of natural disasters on the livelihood of Tibetan herdsmen.
This allows the government to manage the nomadic population as it gives them fixed addresses.
Culture shock
For most nomads, the transition to a more urban lifestyle is difficult.
They are often settled in featureless blocks of housing by the side of roads or in newly created urban areas, and face the problem of creating an entirely new and sustainable livelihood.
Approximately 40% of the ethnic Tibetan population is nomadic or semi-nomadic.
This Nomad bee ( I think) was found near the solitary bees in the park again an id would be nice but realise this may not be good enough though I will be back.
1957 Chevrolet Nomad
Location: Zuerich, Switzerland
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