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MY GARDEN ROSES, present #AbFav_LATE_SPRING_EARLY_SUMMER_👒
“There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted." – Henri Matisse
Same goes for photography...
Wishing you a lovely day, M, (*_*)
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Rose, red, pink, yellow, white, conceptual art, blooms, buds, colour, flower, garden, outdoors, daylight, "Nikon D7200”, square, "Magda indigo"
This is the first gift we received after announcing our engagement. This was also the third place winner in the 2007 Tacky Treasure Road Show.
A boneca ganhei da Marta o kit bolca e necessaires ganhei da Marli, a niqueleira da Cintia e as maçãs comprei no bazar da Sherry.Ameiiiiii!!!
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This was an advertisement for the Toyota Corona as it appeared in a passenger’s in-flight informational book published by Japan Air Lines (JAL). It shows three views of a red Corona 4-door sedan presumably with the 1500cc 2R engine.
The book was acquired on a flight returning from Tokyo (Haneda) to Los Angeles (LAX) in August of 1965.
I photographed this serene scene of the Buddha in late afternoon light while visiting Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, FL. It reminds me that our shadow is ever-present even in the darkness.
I got this in an email today and thought it would suit this photo.
A MUMS LETTER TO SANTA
Dear Santa,
I've been a good mum all year. I've fed, cleaned and cuddled my children on demand, visited the doctor's office more than my doctor, sold sixty-two cases of choc bars to raise money to plant a shade tree on the school playground. I was hoping you could spread my list out over several Christmases, since I had to write this letter with my son's red crayon, on the back of a receipt in the laundry room between cycles, and who knows when I'll find anymore free time in the next 18 years.
Here are my Christmas wishes:
I'd like a pair of legs that don't ache (in any colour, except purple, which I already have) and arms that don't hurt or flap in the breeze; but are strong enough to pull my screaming child out of the lolly aisle in the grocery store.
I'd also like a waist, since I lost mine somewhere in the seventh month of my last pregnancy.
If you're hauling big ticket items this year I'd like fingerprint resistant windows and a radio that only plays adult music; a television that doesn't broadcast any programs containing talking animals; and a refrigerator with a secret compartment behind the
crisper where I can hide to talk on the phone.
On the practical side, I could use a talking doll that says, "Yes, Mummy" to boost my parental confidence, along with two kids who don't fight and three pairs of jeans that will zip all the way up without the use of power tools.
I could also use a recording of Tibetan monks chanting "Don't eat in the living room" and "Take your hands off your brother," because my voice seems to be just out of my children's hearing range and can only be heard by the dog.
If it's too late to find any of these products, I'd settle for enough time to brush my teeth and comb my hair in the same morning, or the luxury of eating food warmer than room temperature without it being served in a Styrofoam container.
If you don't mind, I could also use a few Christmas miracles to brighten the holiday season. Would it be too much trouble to declare tomato sauce a vegetable? It will clear my conscience immensely. It would be helpful if you could coerce my children to help around the house without demanding payment as if they were the bosses of an organized crime family.
Well, Santa, the buzzer on the dryer is ringing and my son saw my feet under the laundry room door. I think he wants his crayon back.
Have a safe trip and remember to leave your wet boots by the door and come in and dry off so you don't catch cold.
Help yourself to cookies on the table but don't eat too many or leave crumbs on the carpet.
Yours Always, MUM...!
P.S. One more thing...you can cancel all my requests if you can keep my children happy, healthy and always believing.
This is a depiction of a blouse that is worn by women today. From the delicateness of the one's in past, today it is only about revealing. The dignified saree blouse has now been converted into something sexy and attractive.
Présentation de mode chez Elsa Schiaparelli
Oeuvre de Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)
Vers 1936
Gouache sur sur papier
Monaco, Collection E. Henrard
L'oeuvre de R. Dufy sur le site de la maison Schiaparelli
www.schiaparelli.com/fr/21-place-vendome/schiaparelli-et-...
Oeuvre présentée dans l'exposition « Shocking ! Les mondes surréalistes d’Elsa Schiaparelli », musée des arts décoratfs, Paris
"Le musée des Arts décoratifs met à l’honneur l’œuvre audacieuse et inspirante d’Elsa Schiaparelli, créatrice italienne, dont l’inspiration s’est nourrie d’une relation privilégiée avec les artistes du milieu de l’avant-garde parisienne des années 1920 et 1930..." Extrait du site de l'exposition : « Shocking ! Les mondes surréalistes d’Elsa Schiaparelli », musée des arts décoratifs, Paris
madparis.fr/Shocking-Les-mondes-surrealistes-d-Elsa-Schia...
adj. intimidated by the awareness that you’re in the present moment, right now, inhabiting the single fleeting second that exists, feeling like a surfer riding a cresting wave across an infinite sea, desperate to keep your balance, but unsure whether to lean forward or lean back.
Music: Another Life - Daniele Luppi & Greg Gonzalez (optional)
I colored my hair today, WOW, its so much darker, its almost BLACK. I'm hoping it will lighten up a bit. I put make up on and got my new gigantic Octobox set up and my backdrop and gel and everything, but alas, no new lens to go with my new Octobox and new hair color! (totally going to change my buddy icon to this, so look for my new buddy icon)
** Disclaimer ** I was not born with these beautiful eyelashes. Probably at birth my Mom said something like "she's not done yet, she's got no eyelashes, she needs to bake some more!" Free Photoshop paintbrushes and boom I have eyelashes!
Update on my new lens: its 6:45pm and the UPS guy has not shown up with my new lens that the tracking says is out for delivery :( ... ta-da now its 7:26pm and UPS just dropped it off!
Strobist:
Canon 40D
Canon 50 1.8 II lens
Alien Bees 1600 1/8 power in front and above of me. in a 60" Octobox
Canon 580ex II behind me with a blue green gel on 1/4 power 35mm zoom onto a black background
Cactus v5 triggers
I present you Brandy, our new dog. He is 9 weeks old, his weight right now is 1.9 pounds and he will reach 5 pounds. He is so intelligent, yesterday he learned to fetch his tennis ball. He has to continue practicing on his potty trainning, any advice?? :)
Have a nice week
Equator Club Philadelphia Martin Luther King Tribute First Annual Cultural Extravaganza Fashion Show Presented by Essence ENE Productions African Ethnic Wear Jan 17 1993
a post-processing artwork done for my flickr friend G.H.L.
Goerge i hope you enjoy your new selfportrait.
link to the flickr stream of G.H.L.:
"There's a lotta things about me you don't know anything about, Dottie. Things you wouldn't understand. Things you couldn't understand. Things you shouldn't understand."
This image is one of three pieces I created for a Pee-wee Herman themed art show. Initially I knew I wanted to make surreal shots with Pee-wee. When I started looking up locations and re-watching Pee Wee's Big Adventure over and over I stumped upon something deep n juicy.
-Present-
In the 1985 film Pee-wee's Big Adventure the address seen on Pee Wee's house is 1848. This is the address of the house in real life and the address seen on screen. The left side of Pee Wee's front yard is filled with Native Americans, a teepee, and a totem pole. Moving right you see domesticated animals, a SCUBA diver, and finally on the far right a rocket ship. Smack in the middle, above the front door is the address 1848. 1848 is the year gold was discovered in California.
At first gold nuggets were easily picked off the ground by independent prospectors. Later, gold was recovered from streams and riverbeds using panning techniques. The craving for gold led miners to develop more sophisticated methods. Technology advanced and soon gold prospecting reached a point where significant manpower was required, thus increasing the proportion of gold companies to individual miners.
Early in the film, while inside Chuck's Bike-O-Rama Pee-wee claims to be a "rebel" and a "loner" and it's after making these claims that Pee-wee loses his most valued possession.
-Past-
When Pee-wee's friends can't help him get a lead on his missing bike he turns to a fortune teller, Madam Ruby. Madam Ruby convinces Pee-wee his bike is in the basement of the Alamo.
The gold discovery of 1848 happened in January. Moving forward through the year we have another major event. In February 1848 the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed. This is the treaty that ended the Mexican-American war. The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution and a predecessor to the Mexican-American War. All Texians were slain. America got it's ass kicked. It was a loss that prompted soldiers to fight harder than ever for what they believed in.
After arriving at the Alamo Pee-wee takes the guided tour and finds there is no basement. His whole search is derailed. But why would Madam Ruby mislead him? She didn't. He misinterpreted.
What if I told you Morpheus was Cowboy Curtis on Pee-wee's Playhouse? Morpheus is the Greek god of dreams. The opening scene to Pee-wee's Big Adventure is a dream. Enroute to the Alamo Pee-wee has an intimate discussion about dreams with Simone, inside the mouth of a T-Rex.
In dream mythology the location of a basement represents our hidden motives, unconscious, unknown feelings, memories or past experiences, your biological past, and the place where your conscious mind contacts hidden powers, universal wisdom, and even other minds. It is from the basement, below, or within, that libido or life force arises. Fears and terrors sometimes come from downstairs. This is because it is the place we hide our old memories and hurts – in the unconscious. But it also holds the understanding of your wholeness.
Back to the movie. After his loss at the Alamo, Pee-wee goes to a bus station where he happens to run into a very excited Simone. Simone is on her way to France. She's following her dream. Going back to that opening scene to the film it was Pee-wee's dream to win the Tour de France.
Moving even further through the year 1848 we get to a wave of revolutions, a series of widespread struggles for more open-minded governments which spread as far as Latin American. And where did all these revolutions begin? France. When Pee-wee tells Simon the Alamo was built without a basement he says, "They don't tell you that stuff in school, it's something you just have to experience." Pee-wee is having an inner revolution.
Next he calls Dottie in the Bike-O-Rama and apologizes. He says he's learned something out there on the road, humility.
-Future-
Throughout his journey Pee-wee learns the power of making others happy. He inspires Simon to follow her dreams, entertains a crowd at a Texas Rodeo, and dances for the Satan's Helpers in a biker bar. All this before discovering his bike, his treasure, his gold is in California.
The revolutions of 1848 end in Austria. In December the Emperor, Ferdinand I willingly stepped down from the thrown. Remember the opening scene to the movie, Pee-wee is millimeters from being crowned (victor of tour de France) when his alarm clock wakes him, spiraling him into the most pivotal day of his life, the day he lost everything, an ass kicking that pushed him to fight harder than ever.
Pee-wee's Big Adventure ends with Pee Wee playing a bit part in the story of his life. During the premiere of his big movie Pee Wee gives back to all the people who've helped him in his journey. And at last, loner no more, selflessly he rides off with the real gold, eternal love.
Icing on the cake:
while inside the Magic Shop the last thing Mario offers Pee-wee is a blue boomerang bowtie, to which he responds: "Come in red?" Pee-wee took the red bowtie, he willingly chose to leave the slave world and see how deep the rabbit hole goes.
Double icing on the cake:
the first image of Pee-wee in waking life is him putting on rabbit slippers.
Triple icing on the cake:
Pee-wee leaps on the fireman pole in his house and slides down the hole.
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This one is in Inveraray from last year. It was one of the first proper photographs I had ever taken. My first attempt to see something worth being shot, framed:) and even now I love it and it states that photography was always part of me; I just had to open the door to it.
Here I Present my new style
I want something that they should know about me!
I now have time to be my own opinion but the others hate me for it
I also like the other stuff but you have to like me but do not hate it or?
Please do not hate me because I'm beautiful because I'm inside and outward from a divine beauty!
I hope they like me the way I am
XO XO Reginia
+++ DISCLAIMER +++
Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based on historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
The OV-10 Bronco was initially conceived in the early 1960s through an informal collaboration between W. H. Beckett and Colonel K. P. Rice, U.S. Marine Corps, who met at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, and who also happened to live near each other. The original concept was for a rugged, simple, close air support aircraft integrated with forward ground operations. At the time, the U.S. Army was still experimenting with armed helicopters, and the U.S. Air Force was not interested in close air support.
The concept aircraft was to operate from expedient forward air bases using roads as runways. Speed was to be from very slow to medium subsonic, with much longer loiter times than a pure jet. Efficient turboprop engines would give better performance than piston engines. Weapons were to be mounted on the centerline to get efficient aiming. The inventors favored strafing weapons such as self-loading recoilless rifles, which could deliver aimed explosive shells with less recoil than cannons, and a lower per-round weight than rockets. The airframe was to be designed to avoid the back blast.
Beckett and Rice developed a basic platform meeting these requirements, then attempted to build a fiberglass prototype in a garage. The effort produced enthusiastic supporters and an informal pamphlet describing the concept. W. H. Beckett, who had retired from the Marine Corps, went to work at North American Aviation to sell the aircraft.
The aircraft's design supported effective operations from forward bases. The OV-10 had a central nacelle containing a crew of two in tandem and space for cargo, and twin booms containing twin turboprop engines. The visually distinctive feature of the aircraft is the combination of the twin booms, with the horizontal stabilizer that connected them at the fin tips. The OV-10 could perform short takeoffs and landings, including on aircraft carriers and large-deck amphibious assault ships without using catapults or arresting wires. Further, the OV-10 was designed to take off and land on unimproved sites. Repairs could be made with ordinary tools. No ground equipment was required to start the engines. And, if necessary, the engines would operate on high-octane automobile fuel with only a slight loss of power.
The aircraft had responsive handling and could fly for up to 5½ hours with external fuel tanks. The cockpit had extremely good visibility for both pilot and co-pilot, provided by a wrap-around "greenhouse" that was wider than the fuselage. North American Rockwell custom ejection seats were standard, with many successful ejections during service. With the second seat removed, the OV-10 could carry 3,200 pounds (1,500 kg) of cargo, five paratroopers, or two litter patients and an attendant. Empty weight was 6,969 pounds (3,161 kg). Normal operating fueled weight with two crew was 9,908 pounds (4,494 kg). Maximum takeoff weight was 14,446 pounds (6,553 kg).
The bottom of the fuselage bore sponsons or "stub wings" that improved flight performance by decreasing aerodynamic drag underneath the fuselage. Normally, four 7.62 mm (.308 in) M60C machine guns were carried on the sponsons, accessed through large forward-opening hatches. The sponsons also had four racks to carry bombs, pods, or fuel. The wings outboard of the engines contained two additional hardpoints, one per side. Racked armament in the Vietnam War was usually seven-shot 2.75 in (70 mm) rocket pods with white phosphorus marker rounds or high-explosive rockets, or 5" (127 mm) four-shot Zuni rocket pods. Bombs, ADSIDS air-delivered/para-dropped unattended seismic sensors, Mk-6 battlefield illumination flares, and other stores were also carried.
Operational experience showed some weaknesses in the OV-10's design. It was significantly underpowered, which contributed to crashes in Vietnam in sloping terrain because the pilots could not climb fast enough. While specifications stated that the aircraft could reach 26,000 feet (7,900 m), in Vietnam the aircraft could reach only 18,000 feet (5,500 m). Also, no OV-10 pilot survived ditching the aircraft.
The OV-10 served in the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Navy, as well as in the service of a number of other countries. In U.S. military service, the Bronco was operated until the early Nineties, and obsoleted USAF OV-10s were passed on to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms for anti-drug operations. A number of OV-10As furthermore ended up in the hands of the California Department of Forestry (CDF) and were used for spotting fires and directing fire bombers onto hot spots.
This was not the end of the OV-10 in American military service, though: In 2012, the type gained new attention because of its unique qualities. A $20 million budget was allocated to activate an experimental USAF unit of two airworthy OV-10Gs, acquired from NASA and the State Department. These machines were retrofitted with military equipment and were, starting in May 2015, deployed overseas to support Operation “Inherent Resolve”, flying more than 120 combat sorties over 82 days over Iraq and Syria. Their concrete missions remained unclear, and it is speculated they provided close air support for Special Forces missions, esp. in confined urban environments where the Broncos’ loitering time and high agility at low speed and altitude made them highly effective and less vulnerable than helicopters.
Furthermore, these Broncos reputedly performed strikes with the experimental AGR-20A “Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS)”, a Hydra 70-millimeter rocket with a laser-seeking head as guidance - developed for precision strikes against small urban targets with little collateral damage. The experiment ended satisfactorily, but the machines were retired again, and the small unit was dissolved.
However, the machines had shown their worth in asymmetric warfare, and the U.S. Air Force decided to invest in reactivating the OV-10 on a regular basis, despite the overhead cost of operating an additional aircraft type in relatively small numbers – but development and production of a similar new type would have caused much higher costs, with an uncertain time until an operational aircraft would be ready for service. Re-activating a proven design and updating an existing airframe appeared more efficient.
The result became the MV-10H, suitably christened “Super Bronco” but also known as “Black Pony”, after the program's internal name. This aircraft was derived from the official OV-10X proposal by Boeing from 2009 for the USAF's Light Attack/Armed Reconnaissance requirement. Initially, Boeing proposed to re-start OV-10 manufacture, but this was deemed uneconomical, due to the expected small production number of new serial aircraft, so the “Black Pony” program became a modernization project. In consequence, all airframes for the "new" MV-10Hs were recovered OV-10s of various types from the "boneyard" at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona.
While the revamped aircraft would maintain much of its 1960s-vintage rugged external design, modernizations included a completely new, armored central fuselage with a highly modified cockpit section, ejection seats and a computerized glass cockpit. The “Black Pony” OV-10 had full dual controls, so that either crewmen could steer the aircraft while the other operated sensors and/or weapons. This feature would also improve survivability in case of incapacitation of a crew member as the result from a hit.
The cockpit armor protected the crew and many vital systems from 23mm shells and shrapnel (e. g. from MANPADS). The crew still sat in tandem under a common, generously glazed canopy with flat, bulletproof panels for reduced sun reflections, with the pilot in the front seat and an observer/WSO behind. The Bronco’s original cargo capacity and the rear door were retained, even though the extra armor and defensive measures like chaff/flare dispensers as well as an additional fuel cell in the central fuselage limited the capacity. However, it was still possible to carry and deploy personnel, e. g. small special ops teams of up to four when the aircraft flew in clean configuration.
Additional updates for the MV-10H included structural reinforcements for a higher AUW and higher g load maneuvers, similar to OV-10D+ standards. The landing gear was also reinforced, and the aircraft kept its ability to operate from short, improvised airstrips. A fixed refueling probe was added to improve range and loiter time.
Intelligence sensors and smart weapon capabilities included a FLIR sensor and a laser range finder/target designator, both mounted in a small turret on the aircraft’s nose. The MV-10H was also outfitted with a data link and the ability to carry an integrated targeting pod such as the Northrop Grumman LITENING or the Lockheed Martin Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP). Also included was the Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receiver (ROVER) to provide live sensor data and video recordings to personnel on the ground.
To improve overall performance and to better cope with the higher empty weight of the modified aircraft as well as with operations under hot-and-high conditions, the engines were beefed up. The new General Electric CT7-9D turboprop engines improved the Bronco's performance considerably: top speed increased by 100 mph (160 km/h), the climb rate was tripled (a weak point of early OV-10s despite the type’s good STOL capability) and both take-off as well as landing run were almost halved. The new engines called for longer nacelles, and their circular diameter markedly differed from the former Garrett T76-G-420/421 turboprop engines. To better exploit the additional power and reduce the aircraft’s audio signature, reversible contraprops, each with eight fiberglass blades, were fitted. These allowed a reduced number of revolutions per minute, resulting in less noise from the blades and their tips, while the engine responsiveness was greatly improved. The CT7-9Ds’ exhausts were fitted with muzzlers/air mixers to further reduce the aircraft's noise and heat signature.
Another novel and striking feature was the addition of so-called “tip sails” to the wings: each wingtip was elongated with a small, cigar-shaped fairing, each carrying three staggered, small “feather blade” winglets. Reputedly, this installation contributed ~10% to the higher climb rate and improved lift/drag ratio by ~6%, improving range and loiter time, too.
Drawing from the Iraq experience as well as from the USMC’s NOGS test program with a converted OV-10D as a night/all-weather gunship/reconnaissance platform, the MV-10H received a heavier gun armament: the original four light machine guns that were only good for strafing unarmored targets were deleted and their space in the sponsons replaced by avionics. Instead, the aircraft was outfitted with a lightweight M197 three-barrel 20mm gatling gun in a chin turret. This could be fixed in a forward position at high speed or when carrying forward-firing ordnance under the stub wings, or it could be deployed to cover a wide field of fire under the aircraft when it was flying slower, being either slaved to the FLIR or to a helmet sighting auto targeting system.
The original seven hardpoints were retained (1x ventral, 2x under each sponson, and another pair under the outer wings), but the total ordnance load was slightly increased and an additional pair of launch rails for AIM-9 Sidewinders or other light AAMs under the wing tips were added – not only as a defensive measure, but also with an anti-helicopter role in mind; four more Sidewinders could be carried on twin launchers under the outer wings against aerial targets. Other guided weapons cleared for the MV-10H were the light laser-guided AGR-20A and AGM-119 Hellfire missiles, the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System upgrade to the light Hydra 70 rockets, the new Laser Guided Zuni Rocket which had been cleared for service in 2010, TV-/IR-/laser-guided AGM-65 Maverick AGMs and AGM-122 Sidearm anti-radar missiles, plus a wide range of gun and missile pods, iron and cluster bombs, as well as ECM and flare/chaff pods, which were not only carried defensively, but also in order to disrupt enemy ground communication.
In this configuration, a contract for the conversion of twelve mothballed American Broncos to the new MV-10H standard was signed with Boeing in 2016, and the first MV-10H was handed over to the USAF in early 2018, with further deliveries lasting into early 2020. All machines were allocated to the newly founded 919th Special Operations Support Squadron at Duke Field (Florida). This unit was part of the 919th Special Operations Wing, an Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the United States Air Force. It was assigned to the Tenth Air Force of Air Force Reserve Command and an associate unit of the 1st Special Operations Wing, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). If mobilized the wing was gained by AFSOC (Air Force Special Operations Command) to support Special Tactics, the U.S. Air Force's special operations ground force. Similar in ability and employment to Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC), U.S. Army Special Forces and U.S. Navy SEALs, Air Force Special Tactics personnel were typically the first to enter combat and often found themselves deep behind enemy lines in demanding, austere conditions, usually with little or no support.
The MV-10Hs are expected to provide support for these ground units in the form of all-weather reconnaissance and observation, close air support and also forward air control duties for supporting ground units. Precision ground strikes and protection from enemy helicopters and low-flying aircraft were other, secondary missions for the modernized Broncos, which are expected to serve well into the 2040s. Exports or conversions of foreign OV-10s to the Black Pony standard are not planned, though.
General characteristics:
Crew: 2
Length: 42 ft 2½ in (12,88 m) incl. pitot
Wingspan: 45 ft 10½ in(14 m) incl. tip sails
Height: 15 ft 2 in (4.62 m)
Wing area: 290.95 sq ft (27.03 m²)
Airfoil: NACA 64A315
Empty weight: 9,090 lb (4,127 kg)
Gross weight: 13,068 lb (5,931 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 17,318 lb (7,862 kg)
Powerplant:
2× General Electric CT7-9D turboprop engines, 1,305 kW (1,750 hp) each,
driving 8-bladed Hamilton Standard 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) diameter constant-speed,
fully feathering, reversible contra-rotating propellers with metal hub and composite blades
Performance:
Maximum speed: 390 mph (340 kn, 625 km/h)
Combat range: 198 nmi (228 mi, 367 km)
Ferry range: 1,200 nmi (1,400 mi, 2,200 km) with auxiliary fuel
Maximum loiter time: 5.5 h with auxiliary fuel
Service ceiling: 32.750 ft (10,000 m)
13,500 ft (4.210 m) on one engine
Rate of climb: 17.400 ft/min (48 m/s) at sea level
Take-off run: 480 ft (150 m)
740 ft (227 m) to 50 ft (15 m)
1,870 ft (570 m) to 50 ft (15 m) at MTOW
Landing run: 490 ft (150 m)
785 ft (240 m) at MTOW
1,015 ft (310 m) from 50 ft (15 m)
Armament:
1x M197 3-barreled 20 mm Gatling cannon in a chin turret with 750 rounds ammo capacity
7x hardpoints for a total load of 5.000 lb (2,270 kg)
2x wingtip launch rails for AIM-9 Sidewinder AAMs
The kit and its assembly:
This fictional Bronco update/conversion was simply spawned by the idea: could it be possible to replace the original cockpit section with one from an AH-1 Cobra, for a kind of gunship version?
The basis is the Academy OV-10D kit, mated with the cockpit section from a Fujimi AH-1S TOW Cobra (Revell re-boxing, though), chosen because of its “boxy” cockpit section with flat glass panels – I think that it conveys the idea of an armored cockpit section best. Combining these parts was not easy, though, even though the plan sound simple. Initially, the Bronco’s twin booms, wings and stabilizer were built separately, because this made PSR on these sections easier than trying the same on a completed airframe. One of the initial challenges: the different engines. I wanted something uprated, and a different look, and I had a pair of (excellent!) 1:144 resin engines from the Russian company Kompakt Zip for a Tu-95 bomber at hand, which come together with movable(!) eight-blade contraprops that were an almost perfect size match for the original three-blade props. Biggest problem: the Tu-95 nacelles have a perfectly circular diameter, while the OV-10’s booms are square and rectangular. Combining these parts and shapes was already a messy PST affair, but it worked out quite well – even though the result rather reminds of some Chinese upgrade measure (anyone know the Tu-4 copies with turboprops? This here looks similar!). But while not pretty, I think that the beafier look works well and adds to the idea of a “revived” aircraft. And you can hardly beat the menacing look of contraprops on anything...
The exotic, so-called “tip sails” on the wings, mounted on short booms, are a detail borrowed from the Shijiazhuang Y-5B-100, an updated Chinese variant/copy of the Antonov An-2 biplane transporter. The booms are simple pieces of sprue from the Bronco kit, the winglets were cut from 0.5mm styrene sheet.
For the cockpit donor, the AH-1’s front section was roughly built, including the engine section (which is a separate module, so that the basic kit can be sold with different engine sections), and then the helicopter hull was cut and trimmed down to match the original Bronco pod and to fit under the wing. This became more complicated than expected, because a) the AH-1 cockpit and the nose are considerably shorter than the OV-10s, b) the AH-1 fuselage is markedly taller than the Bronco’s and c) the engine section, which would end up in the area of the wing, features major recesses, making the surface very uneven – calling for massive PSR to even this out. PSR was also necessary to hide the openings for the Fujimi AH-1’s stub wings. Other issues: the front landing gear (and its well) had to be added, as well as the OV-10 wing stubs. Furthermore, the new cockpit pod’s rear section needed an aerodynamical end/fairing, but I found a leftover Academy OV-10 section from a build/kitbashing many moons ago. Perfect match!
All these challenges could be tackled, even though the AH-1 cockpit looks surprisingly stout and massive on the Bronco’s airframe - the result looks stockier than expected, but it works well for the "Gunship" theme. Lots of PSR went into the new central fuselage section, though, even before it was mated with the OV-10 wing and the rest of the model.
Once cockpit and wing were finally mated, the seams had to disappear under even more PSR and a spinal extension of the canopy had to be sculpted across the upper wing surface, which would meld with the pod’s tail in a (more or less) harmonious shape. Not an easy task, and the fairing was eventually sculpted with 2C putty, plus even more PSR… Looks quite homogenous, though.
After this massive body work, other hardware challenges appeared like small distractions. The landing gear was another major issue because the deeper AH-1 section lowered the ground clearance, also because of the chin turret. To counter this, I raised the OV-10’s main landing gear by ~2mm – not much, but it was enough to create a credible stance, together with the front landing gear transplant under the cockpit, which received an internal console to match the main landing gear’s length. Due to the chin turret and the shorter nose, the front wheel retracts backwards now. But this looks quite plausible, thanks to the additional space under the cockpit tub, which also made a belt feed for the gun’s ammunition supply believable.
To enhance the menacing look I gave the model a fixed refueling boom, made from 1mm steel wire and a receptor adapter sculpted with white glue. The latter stuff was also used add some antenna fairings around the hull. Some antennae, chaff dispensers and an IR decoy were taken from the Academy kit.
The ordnance came from various sources. The Sidewinders under the wing tips were taken from an Italeri F-16C/D kit, they look better than the missiles from the Academy Bronco kit. Their launch rails came from an Italeri Bae Hawk 200. The quadruple Hellfire launchers on the underwing hardpoints were left over from an Italeri AH-1W, and they are a perfect load for this aircraft and its role. The LAU-10 and -19 missile pods on the stub wings were taken from the OV-10 kit.
Painting and markings:
Finding a suitable and somewhat interesting – but still plausible – paint scheme was not easy. Taking the A-10 as benchmark, an overall light grey livery (with focus on low contrast against the sky as protection against ground fire) would have been a likely choice – and in fact the last operational American OV-10s were painted in this fashion. But in order to provide a different look I used the contemporary USAF V-22Bs and Special Operations MC-130s as benchmark, which typically carry a darker paint scheme consisting of FS 36118 (suitably “Gunship Gray” :D) from above, FS 36375 underneath, with a low, wavy waterline, plus low-viz markings. Not spectacular, but plausible – and very similar to the late r/w Colombian OV-10s.
The cockpit tub became Dark Gull Grey (FS 36231, Humbrol 140) and the landing gear white (Revell 301).
The model received an overall black ink washing and some post-panel-shading, to liven up the dull all-grey livery. The decals were gathered from various sources, and I settled for black USAF low-viz markings. The “stars and bars” come from a late USAF F-4, the “IP” tail code was tailored from F-16 markings and the shark mouth was taken from an Academy AH-64. Most stencils came from another Academy OV-10 sheet and some other sources.
Decals were also used to create the trim on the propeller blades and markings on the ordnance.
Finally, the model was sealed with a coat of matt acrylic varnish (Italeri) and some exhaust soot stains were added with graphite along the tail boom flanks.
A successful transplantation – but is this still a modified Bronco or already a kitbashing? The result looks quite plausible and menacing, even though the TOW Cobra front section appears relatively massive. But thanks to the bigger engines and extended wing tips the proportions still work. The large low-pressure tires look a bit goofy under the aircraft, but they are original. The grey livery works IMHO well, too – a more colorful or garish scheme would certainly have distracted from the modified technical basis.
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El zorzal común (Turdus philomelos) es un ave de la familia Turdidae que habita buena parte de Eurasia. Presenta dorso marrón y vientre amarillento con manchas oscuras generalmente color café y se clasifica en tres subespecies. Su particular canto, que repite frases musicales, ha merecido frecuentes alusiones poéticas.
El ave se cría en los bosques, jardines y parques, y presenta una conducta migratoria parcial, ya que muchos ejemplares hibernan en el sur de Europa, norte de África y el Medio Oriente. Se lo ha introducido en Nueva Zelanda y Australia; y aunque no se encuentra bajo amenaza global, su población ha disminuido seriamente en varias partes de Europa probablemente a causa de modificaciones en las prácticas agrícolas.[cita requerida]
El zorzal construye un prolijo nido de barro sobre un árbol o arbusto, y empolla cuatro a cinco huevos azules con manchas oscuras. Es un animal omnívoro que tiene la costumbre de utilizar una determinada piedra a modo de yunque donde romper caracoles. De la misma forma que sucede con otros passeriformes, lo afectan parásitos externos e internos, y es víctima de predadores como gatos y aves de presa.
Nombre
Turdus philomelos fue descrito por primera vez por el ornitólogo alemán Christian Ludwig Brehm en 1831, y conserva su nombre científico original. El nombre genérico, «Turdus», es el término latino para Tordo, y «philomelos» refiere a un personaje de la mitología griega, Filomela, a quien le habían cortado la lengua, pero luego los dioses transformaron en un ruiseñor. El nombre deriva del griego antiguo philo- (amante) y melos (canto).
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I thought I posted this but I don't see it on any of my usual photo accounts...
Anyways, this is a surprise artwork I commissioned for Draculaura and Clay's one year anniversary back in October. It's an adorable picture from the lovely tsartastic (www.tsartastic.tumblr.com)! It's so cute! Draculaura was so surprised!
Every year I give my step-son a word upon which to base his Christmas present to me. This started way back when he was a teen. This year’s word was “lacy”. These delightful lacy cookies are only 24 calories each, and the lacy meditation journal is very timely, as I've nearly filled up the one I have. Previous word-gifts in comments.
Presenting the “Sia” Set consisting of the Sia Hoodie & Leggings. Available in 10 regulars and 7 fatpack exclusives. Paired with the Dreem Mini Crossbody & sneakers by Betrayal x Viet “Chace Sneakers” to complete this cozy set. Fitted for Legacy, Kupra, Reborn, Maitreya, Peach, & Waifa
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Le château de Rovorée, ancienne place forte médiévale, est mentionné pour la première fois en 1217. Il est bâti sur une motte artificielle dont la terre provient des fossés.
Sa position stratégique, situé sur une pointe, en fait un excellent poste de surveillance.
Sa destruction sera définitive en 1333 suite à la guerre entre les savoyards et les faucignerands.
La bâtisse actuelle date de 1926 et est l’œuvre de l'architecte genevois Maurice Turretini.