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The Volkswagen Type 14A (commonly known as the Hebmüller Cabriolet or simply Heb) is a German car produced after the Second World War.
At the request of Volkswagen managing director Heinz Nordhoff, Hebmüller and Karmann would build cabriolets for Volkswagen, with as many Type 1 parts, such as chassis, engines, and body panels, as possible. Hebmüller was to build the 2+2 cabriolet, and Karmann the four-seat cabriolet. By contrast with the Karmann, the Heb was intended as a sporting model.
Hebmüller started production in June 1949, mechanically the Type 14A was the same as the Beetle saloon with mechanical brakes, and the Type 1's' 19-kilowatt (26 PS; 25 bhp) petrol engine. It also shared the Type 1's crank starting, and the cabriolet's icowl-mounted semaphore turn signals and its pushbutton Telefunken radio. The Heb differed in having the decklid and trunk lid being of a similar size and shape.
Retailing for 7.500 Deutsch Marks, the Hebmüller Cabriolet was available in a variety of colours, options were black, red and white in single tone, in two-tone combinations black and red, black and ivory, black and yellow and red and ivory was available, for extra charge buyers could choose their own combination.
A fire broke out on 23 July 1949 in the factory's paint department, and made its way to the production line. After the fire, Hebmüller did manage to produce later, but later became financially ruined in the early 1950s.
Production ended in 1953 with a total of 696 units produced, including 3 prototypes and 1 pre-production model. Around 100 are thought to survive.
Today a replica of the Type 14A is produced by the Brazilian convertible company Trocar.
Dodge Dart (1st Gen) 2 d Hardtop (1959-61) Engine 318 cu in (5200cc) B8
Registration Number ASJ 536 (Bute, first registered in the UK 1997 on an age related number)
DODGE SET
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Introduced in 1959 for the 1960 model year, the first generation Dodge Dart was a downsized large cars developed to replace the Plymouth in the standard, low-priced car segment.
The Dart sedans and coupes were based on the unibody Plymouth platform with a 118 in (2,997 mm) wheelbase, while the Estate version rode a 122 inch wheelbase shared with the Polara.Estates.The Dart line was offered in three trim levels: the basic Seneca, mid-range Pioneer, and premium Phoenix. The new Dart came standard with a new engine, the 225 cu in (3.7 L) slant-six. The 318 cu in (5.2 L) (standard equipment on certain Phoenix and Pioneer body styles) and 361 cu in (5.9 L) V8s were optional with two-barrel or four-barrel carburetors, and with single or dual exhaust. The Dodge 383 cu in (6.3 L) V8 was added in 1961
For the 1961 model year, the Dart continued as the smallest full-size Dodge. It retained the 118 in (2,997 mm) wheelbase, and was restyled to emulate the larger Polara. The same three trim levels were available: Darts in all series were equipped as standard with three-speed, column-shifted manual transmissions. Chrysler's pushbutton-shifted TorqueFlite automatic was available at extra cost.. Virgil Exner's 1961 styling with its reverse fins, rear fender scalloping (the headlights were widely referred to as "ingrown toenails") and concave grille was highly unpopular with consumers
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Shot at the American Car Show Tatton Park, Manchester 4th July 2015 Re 107-320
Demonstration video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_xyQyoIves
Using the polyphonic sound code from my electronic Dry Bones sprites along with the structural functionality of my illuminated mosaic Link portrait, I’ve combined both concepts. In this new portrait, I use a grid of flat LED panels fastened on to the rear door, with a 16 Ohm speaker attached as well. Controlling the whole circuit is a homemade circuit board with an Atmel ATmega328P as the central brain, containing an Arduino code for playing the music and activating the lights. The biggest technological feat for this project is how I successfully managed to control the 12V LED panels through a small 5.5V AVR, through the help of transistors.
In layman’s terms, a small microcontroller like the ATmega328 is only capable of controlling circuits between 3-5.5V; anything else will burn out the chip. By using transistors attached to the digital outputs of the ATmega, I can control much larger loads, with the overall 12V input power being directed into the circuit via a voltage regulator. This new method allows me to control larger lights than simple LEDs, which opens new doors for potentially building more LEGO traffic lights and whatnot.
The physical LEGO portion was rather straightforward and didn’t have a lot of flaws. Towards the end of the construction, I had to slightly rebuild the project to use a small tactile button to activate the circuit. Originally I had a large momentary pushbutton installed near the bottom of the rear door: the button required too much pressure to push, which caused the structure to wobble and almost fall over when pressed.
Creating the circuit board and wiring the Arduino code was also rather simple, since I used the same functionality of the Dry Bones model. Unfortunately, when I was testing out the method of using transistors for controlling the LED panels, I accidentally loaded the 12V power into my Arduino Uno’s 5.5V input — thus frying it. After purchasing a new Arduino, I successfully did some breadboard experiments with TIP120 transistors to control the LED panels.
The LEGO structure opens like a book, and on the rear door are eight white SMD LED panels connected in parallel to three digital output pins of the ATmega — cathode to cathode, with the red positive wires being channeled into the positive terminal of the 12V power supply. For sound output, I created some makeshift speaker holes on the top right orange brick sprite: this was achieved by placing LEGO grille tiles over headlight pieces.
and i'll sing... ♫ ♪ the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs ♫ ♪
~ Jolie Holland, Frazey Ford, Trish Klein, and Sam Parton (The Be Good Tanyas)
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1949 Hudson
Headin' south to a "virtual" front porch party in Kansas!
Good tunes on the radio - Suitcase and banjo in the trunk
And the DJ says, "this goes to a few special ladies, out there in radio-land".
As regular viewers of my photostream may remember, a few weeks ago, I made a USB remote shutter trigger that would work with any Canon PowerShot S-series camera (including the S5 IS). I was recently contacted by someone who has limited manual dexterity. Mitch has an S5 IS, but finds it difficult to work the shutter button and asked if I would be willing to build a trigger for him. He also introduced me to the Juciphox build of the Canon Hacker’s Development Kit (CHDK) firmware hack, which no longer requires scripting in order to use a USB remote. The USB remote was a bit of a chore to use with the original GrAnd build of CHDK, but the Juciphox build has made things much, much easier.
This remote differs from my original one in three ways. First, it uses a much larger button. I hope that this will make it easier for someone with limited manual dexterity to use. It is also an inch longer, which should make it a bit easier for him to hold onto, plus it allowed me to use AAA batteries instead of the expensive, exotic batteries in the original. Finally, at his request, I built it with a USB Mini-B connector instead of the Type-A receptacle on my original. This made testing and debugging more difficult. If I build any more of these in the future, they will have receptacles on them. All of the materials used in this project cost a total of about $8 USD, not including the cable or batteries.
Before you read any further, please note that while most things that you can do with CHDK cannot harm your camera, applying too much power to the USB port on your camera can cause major damage that Canon will charge you an enormous amount of money to repair. This is a fairly easy hack if you own a multimeter and a soldering iron, but if the thought of wiring a homemade device into your beautiful little camera and risking the possibility of causing it go KABLOOEY makes you feel uneasy, then this may not be the project for you. IF YOU FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK.
The first row (1-4) shows the parts required to build thetrigger. Row two (5-8)
shows the modifications to the project box and testing the USB cable. Row three (9-12) shows how to assemble and wire the trigger. Row four (13-14) shows the completed trigger and a comparison of this trigger with the original.
1. This is a 4x2x1 inch project enclosure from Radio Shack (270-1802). This box is one inch longer than the one that I used on the original trigger to accommodate more reasonable batteries (see #2).
2. This is a three AAA battery holder from Radio Shack (270-412).
3. These momentary pushbutton switches were chosen for this project because they are larger, and hopefully easier for someone with limited dexterity to press than the ones I used on the original shutter. We only need one, but these are sold as pairs (Radio Shack 275-609).
4. Instead of a USB Type-A receptacle, he requested that this trigger just had the mini-B connector that plugs directly into the camera.
5. A one-half inch hole must be drilled centered on one end (I used a drill press, but it isn’t a requirement). A Dremel tool makes it easy to cut a small slot for the USB cable.
6. The slot for the USB cable should fit the cable somewhat snugly. It’s probably best to cut a slot in the flange on the lid as well.
7. For some reason, there are ridges inside the box. The two of these nearest the hole for the switch get in the way when the switch is tightened in place. It’s easiest to cut them out. I used a wood chisel for this, but they could be cut out with a sharp knife, or ground away.
8. Unlike the Type-A USB cable, the Mini-B plug has five pins. When viewed with the wider part of the plug at the top, pin one is on the right. We need pins one and five. The voltage in on pin one and the ground is on pin five. It was while using the multimeter to figure out which wires went to which pins that I realized why wiring directly to a mini-B plug is a bad idea. The plug is almost too small to get to. I had to use a paperclip to test the pins. Trust me here, type-A receptacles are the way to go here.
9. First, trim the wires on the battery holder to a more reasonable length. Then solder the red wire to one of the leads on the switch. Solder the scrap of red wire that was trimmed earlier to the other lead on the switch. (Make sure that you have the switch on the outside of the case, but its washer and nut, and the battery holder on the inside of the case when you connect them.)
10. I attached the battery holder to the bottom of the project box using clear aquarium silicone.
11. Make sure that pin one on the USB connector is connected to the positive (red) wire of the battery case, and pin five of the mini-B (or pin four of a type-A receptacle) is attached to the ground (black) wire of the battery cabinet. On this cable, that meant connecting the cable’s black wire to the batty holder’s red wire, and the cable’s red wire to the battery holder’s black wire.
12. Once the wires are all connected up, tape every thing up to protect it. I wrapped blue electrical tape around the USB cable just inside the slot in the project box to make it harder to pull the cable out of the box. I wrapped red electrical tape just outside of the project box to keep it from sliding further into the box as well.
13. This is the completed trigger.
14. This is a photo to show the comparative size difference between the new trigger and my original trigger. The new one (top) is one inch longer.
Manufactured from 1985 to 1988 by Minolta Camera Co. of Osaka, Japan. While other manufactures were all entrenched working on autofocus lenses for their line of 35mm SLRs, Minolta quietly rocked the industry back on it’s heels with the introduction of the first in-body autofocus system for 35mm SLRs. It was a bold and risky move—Minolta changed from their beloved MC/MD lens mount to an mechanical/electronic “A” mount. The camera featured many other “firsts” other than the autofocus that today we think of as standards. It had an in-body winder providing film advance and motorized rewind. To make room for the needed battery power, they made use of a grip on the right side of the camera—today, most cameras have a grip of this type whether the batteries are there or not! It featured pushbutton controls instead of dials and had a large, external LCD display.
What’s in a name? More correctly, what’s in how you write that name? In Europe it was called the “7000 AF” and in Japan the “Alpha 7000” (and you thought Sony came up with that all by themselves!). In North America, Minolta chose to market it with the Maxxum name. In spelling the name on the body of the camera, the decision was made to use an interlocking double “x” (as this example has—see picture). Looks nice until Exxon sees it in a print ad. The interlocking double “X” had been an Exxon trademark for some time. While Exxon did sue, they and Minolta came to a gentlemen’s agreement on the problem. Minolta apologized and agreed to change the logo-type to strait “xx”. And Exxon allowed Minolta to leave what had been sold by that point out there and only change new and undistributed stock. I wonder if it would have been settled the same way today…
The unique in-camera autofocus system relied on a semi-silvered pattern on the mirror (shown here) that allowed a portion of the image to transmit thru the viewing mirror onto a smaller “piggy back” mirror that reflected that broken image down into the bottom of the mirror box to a set of beam splitters and CCD devices. Basically, it focuses by looking for an area of contrast and focusing it to the finest detail (i.e. a hard edge) and the focus point of the lens. Very cool—works with ANY lens on the camera. The “A” mount also provided data to the camera about focal length, zoom position and aperture settings. Seems another company decided this was too close to their patent and sued. And let’s just say they we’re not as nice as Exxon. Unfortunately for Minolta, its autofocus design was found to infringe on the patents of Honeywell and in 1991, Minolta was ordered to pay Honeywell damages, penalties, trial costs and other expenses in a final amount of $127.6 million.
On a personal note, I’m very fond of this camera. As a younger man, I worked in a camera shop. This was the last “new” camera I sold as I went into a different career path in mid 1985….
See also: www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Minolta_7000
What if Jolly Roger LTD. Jolly Roger'fied the Jimbo and the Jet-Set rides in possibly 2017?
Custom JR description:
Jimbo is flying into town! From the classic BBC series, Jimbo and the Jet-Set. With realistic Jimbo phrases and music from the show, this will delight Jimbo fans!
Like the original version, this ride is based around Jimbo from Jimbo and the Jet-Set and features the theme tune from the show and four Jimbo phrases.
The following phrases are:
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"I'm stuck here at Birmingham Airport, surrounded by swirling, smelly fog."
"Oh, that's fantastic! I don't believe it, the fog's been blown away!"
The following messages are:
Thank you!
You must add more coins!
When you're ready, press the START button!
Hold on tight, here we go!
Bye for now, I hope to hear from you again soon!
If you're wondering what the attract mode and pushbutton sound could be, they are:
Attract mode: Laughing children.
Pushbutton sound: Stand by, everybody! All planes off the runway! Jimbo, you'd better get airborne!
However, this is just for fun. JR never Jolly Roger'fied a Jimbo soundchip.
Specifications
Engine
• VR-series twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter V6.
• 480 hp @ 6,800 rpm. 430 lb-ft torque @ 3,200–5,200 rpm.
• Dual overhead camshafts with variable intake-valve timing.
• Cast aluminum cylinder block with high-endurance/low-friction plasma-sprayed bores.
• IHI twin turbochargers, one per cylinder bank.
• Pressurized lubrication system with thermostatically controlled cooling.
Drivetrain
• ATTESA ET-S All-Wheel Drive (AWD) with independent rear-mounted transaxle integrating transmission, differential and AWD transfer case.
• Rigid, lightweight carbon-composite driveshaft between engine and transaxle.
• Electronic traction control plus 1.5-way mechanically locking rear differential.
• Vehicle Dynamics Control (VDC-R) with three driver-selectable settings: Normal (for daily driving, controls brakes and engine output), R-Mode (for ultimate performance, utilizes AWD torque distribution for additional vehicle stability) and Off (driver does not want the help of the system).
• Hill Start Assist prevents rollback when starting on an incline.
DisclaimerVDC-R cannot prevent accidents due to abrupt steering, carelessness, or dangerous driving techniques. Always drive safely.
Transmission
• 6-speed Dual Clutch Transmission with three driver-selectable modes: Normal (for maximum smoothness and efficiency), Snow (for gentler starting and shifting on slippery surfaces), and R mode (for maximum performance with fastest shifts).
• Fully automatic shifting or full sequential manual control via gearshift or steering wheel-mounted paddle shifters.
• Dual clutch design changes gears in less than 0.5 second (0.2 second in R mode).
• Downshift Rev Matching (DRM).
• Predictive pre-shift control (in R mode) based on throttle position, vehicle speed, braking and other information.
Wheels and Tires
• 20 x 9.5" (front) and 20 x 10.5" (rear) super-lightweight forged-aluminum wheels with Gunmetal Gray finish.
• Exclusively developed nitrogen-filled Bridgestone® RE070A high-capacity run-flat summer tires, 255/40R20 front and 285/35R20 rear.
• Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS).
• Optional exclusively developed nitrogen-filled Dunlop® run-flat all-season tires, 255/40R20 front and 285/35R20 rear (includes Bright Silver wheels).
Brakes
• Brembo® 4-wheel disc brakes with 4-wheel Antilock Braking System (ABS), Brake Assist, Electronic Brakeforce Distribution and Preview Braking.
• Two-piece floating-rotor 15-inch front and rear discs with diamond-pattern internal ventilation.
• 6-piston front/4-piston rear monoblock calipers.
Steering
• Rack-and-pinion steering with vehicle-speed-sensitive power assist.
• 2.6 steering-wheel turns lock-to-lock.
Suspension
• 4-wheel independent suspension with Bilstein® DampTronic system with three driver-selectable modes: Normal/Sport (for automatic electronic control of damping), Comfort (for maximum ride comfort), and R mode (engages maximum damping rate for high-performance cornering).
• Electronically controlled variable-rate shock absorbers. High-accuracy progressive-rate coil springs.
• Front double-wishbone/rear multi-link configuration with aluminum members and rigid aluminum subframes.
• Hollow front and rear stabilizer bars.
Body/Chassis
• Exclusive Premium Midship platform with jig-welded hybrid unibody.
• Aluminum hood, trunk and door skins. Die-cast aluminum door structures.
• Carbon-reinforced front crossmember/radiator support.
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Standard Features
Exterior
• Wide-beam headlights with High Intensity Discharge (HID) low beams.
• LED taillights and brake lights.
• Dual heated power mirrors.
• Flush-mounted aluminum door handles.
• Body-color rear spoiler with integrated center high-mounted stop light.
• UV-reducing tinted glass.
Audio/Navigation/Performance Monitor
• Digital Bose® audio system with AM/FM/in-dash 6-CD changer and 11 speakers including dual subwoofers.
• HDD Music Box system, including hard drive with 9.4 GB for audio storage.
• MP3, WMA and DVD audio capable. In-dash Compact Flash card reader.
• HDD-based GPS navigation with touch screen.
• Driver-configurable performance monitor, developed with Sony® Polyphony, with graphical readouts of vehicle data and driving data displayed on a total of 11 screens.
• 7-inch WVGA high-resolution color-LCD display for audio, navigation and performance monitor.
Interior
• Automatic Temperature Control (ATC).
• Electronic analog instrument cluster with multi-function trip computer and digital gear indicator.
• Power front windows with one-touch auto-up/down feature.
• Intelligent Key system with pushbutton start. Power door locks.
• Cruise control.
• Tilt/telescoping steering column.
• Bluetooth® Hands-free phone system with voice recognition.
Seating/Appointments
• Leather upholstered front seats with perforated Alcantara inserts.
• 8-way power front seats with entry/exit switch for rear-seat passengers.
• Driver-shaped bucket seat.
• Dual individual rear seats.
• Heated front seats.
• Leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob.
• Drilled aluminum pedals.
Safety/Security
• Nissan Advanced Air Bag System (AABS) with dual-stage supplemental front air bags, seat belt sensors and occupant-classification sensor.
• Driver and front-passenger side-impact supplemental air bags and roof-mounted curtain supplemental air bags.
• Front seat belts with pretensioners and load limiters.
• Nissan Vehicle Immobilizer System.
• Vehicle Security System.
For the ODC theme Classic
This Amp we have estimated has to be 20+ years old so I think it makes it to the 'Old Classic' status...I tell the OH that it is a dinosaur and we need to modernise as it is still going strong and currently hooked up to the iMac to listen to Internet radio, but it has sentimental value so it stays....I do kinda like it as it is so old with the old style twiddly nobs...clearly needing a good dust too but with all the house renovations going on it has been neglected. This is also SOOK as even with a Sepia finnish I preferred the untouched version.
Thanks for views, comments and faves, all are very much appreciated :)
"Superstar of over 600 Subaru showrooms coast-to-coast. Sportscar luxury which includes 4-speed transmission, tachometer, clock, AM pushbutton radio, heater, electric rear window defogger, reclining bucket seats, rack and pinion steering, radial tires."
What if Jolly Roger LTD made a Little Robots ride in 2004 under license from Create TV & Film Limited?
Description:
Under a pile of scrap, there laid this little chap! Jolly Roger is proud to announce that the official Little Robots ride is coming to town! This ride features cool characters from the show, the well-known theme tune and fun sound effects and will sure become popular with any Little Robots fan. This ride is also available with a video screen where you can meet your favourite Little Robots.
This ride is based around a normal car with a Little Robots design and features Tiny and the Sparky Twins, the theme tune from the show and four sound effects. It will be released with or without a video screen (released in 2007; similar video screen as Underground Ernie, Noddy, Rupert and Thomas) and features more sound effects.
The following sounds are:
1. Hoooooooonk!
2. BeeBeep!
3. Prrp Prrp!
4. "Wow-wee!"
If you're wondering what the attract mode and pushbutton sound could be, they are:
Attract mode: "There's Tiny, Messy, Sporty, Stretchy, Rusty, Stripy, Noisy, Spotty, Scary, "Boo!" Flappy the Bat, the Sparky Twins! "That's us!" And that's that." (also on video option)
Pushbutton sound: "I'm sure I can fix it, but I'll probably need a new lever!"
However, this is just for fun. JR never made a Little Robots ride.
Rickie Lee Jones | Danny's All-Star Joint | 1979
Downstairs at Danny's all-star joint
They got a juke box that goes doyt-doyt
I was a high school intern at WCMF, a local radio station in Rochester, when this album was released in 1979. Using their record library was one of the perks. Rickie Lee Jones has been a favorite singer/songwriter ever since. This, her self-titled debut release, is one of my all-time favorite recordings.
1955 Seeburg VL200 Jukebox
Brockport, New York
December 2010
This is the 3rd sound effect and pushbutton sound for Roary.
"When I grow up, I'm going to be a real racing car!"
See more car pics on my facebook page!
Ford unveiled the Thunderbird at the Detroit Auto Show on February 20, 1954. The first production car came off the line on September 9, 1954, and went on sale on October 22, 1954 as a 1955 model, and sold briskly; 3,500 orders were placed in the first ten days of sale. While only 10,000 were planned, 16,155 were sold in 1955.
As standard, the 1955 Ford Thunderbird included a removable fiberglass top; a fabric convertible top was an option, although commonly specified. The engine was a 292 Y-block V8, which got 18MPG. The car had fender skirts. The exhaust pipes exited through twin bumper guards, which are bolted to the rear bumper.
Created to act as a retort to the Chevrolet Corvette, it was also the first mass-produced edition of all the Ford Thunderbird models. A total of 53,166 units were produced for the three model years 1955-1957. It was produced with a Fordomaticautomatic or manual overdrive transmissions, and featured four-way powered seats and pushbutton interior door handles. Other unique features were a telescoping steering wheel[5] and a tachometer.
Equipped with a V8 engine, the Thunderbird could hit 110-120 mph. It was a smaller two-seat "personal luxury car", compared to many other much larger cars that were on the road in the 1950s. It was designed to be a brisk luxury tourer, and not a sports car.
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... created with Michael Doret’s | Alphabet Soup outstandingly beautiful script face »Dynascript«.
Typography enters the Space Age! Dynascript brings the ease of “Pushbutton Automatic” to your typesetting experience. Dynascript is actually Two fonts in One–without switching fonts you can instantly change from Dynascript’s connecting font to the non-connecting italic with the simple push of a button. For more details download “The Dynascript Manual” from the Gallery Section.
What is Dynascript? Dynascript is the slanted script cousin of Dynatype. It shares many of the characteristics of it’s sibling, but is drawn entirely from scratch and has it’s own unique character.
To some it may be reminiscent of various mid-century neon signage, and of sign writing, Speedball alphabets and even baseball scripts. The design of Dynascript also takes some cues from a historical typographic curiosity that began in Germany in the ‘20s and which lasted into the ‘60s—when Photo-Lettering gave it the name "Zip-Top". Basically it was believed to be the wave of the future—that by weighting an alphabet heavier in its top half, one could increase legibility and reading speed. The jury’s still out on whether or not there’s any validity to this claim, but I think you’ll agree that in the context of this design, the heavier weighting at the top of the letters helps to create some uniquely pleasing forms, and a script unlike any other.
Typesetters across the planet will also be able to set copy in their language of choice. Dynascript’s 694 glyphs can be used to set copy in: Albanian, Basque, Catalan, Cornish, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Kalaallisut, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Maltese, Manx, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Oromo, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, and Welsh—and of course English. Sorry! Off-world languages not yet supported.
Pcb layout, measuring approx 75x65mm. The successor to this board is here: www.flickr.com/photos/reallysmall/14346062007/
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Stackduino SMD is the next step from the original Stackduino (reallysmall.github.io/Stackduino/). Stackduino is an open source motion controller, designed primarily for focus stacking, which interfaces with a stepper motor, limit switches and a camera shutter.
Key development targets for Stackduino SMD are:
1/ A smaller footprint
2/ More efficient use of battery power
3/ Provision for future expansion of functionality
Power
Automatic switchover between ac adapter and batteries is supported by an LTC4412 and Mosfet at a much lower forward voltage drop than using diode ORing for greater efficiency of battery use.
Step-down to 5v is handled with a LM2675 buck converter for considerable efficiency improvement over the standard linear regulator used in Stackduino 1.
Power on/ off is supported by the LTC2950 pushbutton controller. This also interfaces with the micro-controller to allow the system to switch itself off.
Core functions
MCP23017 port expander allows software control over most stepper driver functions, power monitoring and system switch-off.
FT232RL interfaces microcontroller with onboard usb port for simple reprogramming.
16x2 parallel lcd replaced with 128x64 OLED, which is more feature rich, smaller, uses less pins and less power.
I/O
Stackduino 1's DB9 port replaced with a DB15 port, supporting signals for:
Ground (3)
Stepper motor (4)
Limit switches (2)
Focus and shutter (2)
Digital pin (2 - currently unused, to support future functionality)
Analogue pin (2 - currently unused, to support future functionality)
The Amtrak conductor from a few cars back is getting back on board after reversing the pushbutton switch. They will ride in the cab until the lead BNSF locomotive is pulled off at the Midway Platform.
This edition of the 8 was even later than the previous day's which also featured a heritage unit, number 822.
H-Bridge made with 4 2N2222 NPN transistors
an arduino
More info and tutorial on Instructables
This will be the chemical dispacher. during the developping process I'll have to refill 6 bottles with one draining pipe.
For more on the machine see : diyautolab.blogspot.com/
(in french for now)
And others pictures will be published on this account : diy-effixe on Flickr
1941 Ford
The Ford car was thoroughly updated in 1941, in preparation for a time of unpredictability surrounding World War II. The 1941 design would continue in an aborted 1942 model year and would be restarted in 1946 and produced until the more modern 1949 Fords were ready. During the initial year of this car, it evolved considerably. The front fenders came in three pieces, the theory being that small damage could be replaced easily. During the year, it evolved into two pieces with the lower front and back sections being joined. The hood risers changed, the early ones being the same as 1940 Fords, changing during the year to the better later version. The 1941 Convertible had no rear side windows, the only side windows being in the doors; in 1942, quarter windows were added so the rear occupants could see out. Five different coil/distributor arrangements were used during 1941, causing confusion for mechanics. Other variations were: two different positions for the generator, and three for the cooling fan — front of the crankshaft, front of the generator (rare) and on a bracket. This is thought to be the first Ford to offer an oil filter. The two interior heaters were a "Southwind" gasoline burner, which had the advantage of keeping one warm in winter at drive-in movies (provided a small electric fuel pump was used), and a more ordinary hot-water type. Both had window defrosters. It had an excellent radio, which could consume the battery in about two hours. Electric windshield wipers were available in addition to the vacuum-powered wipers. Three different convertible power top mechanisms (vacuum, electric screw, and hydraulic) and two different header bar latching systems were used. Rear suspensions sometimes had a sway bar, most did not. It had excellent brakes for the time, and the best handling of an ordinary car at the time. It was a very transitional car.
The two previous Ford car lines, Standard and De Luxe, had blossomed into three, Special, De Luxe, and Super De Luxe. This time, the entry-level 136 CID (2.2 L) V8 was deleted in favor of a new 226 CID (3.7 L) L-head straight-6, the first Ford six since the 1906 Model K. The popular 221 CID (3.6 L) V8 remained as the top-line engine and was standard in De Luxe models. Both engines were rated at 90 hp. The 239 CID engine, introduced in 1939 for Mercury and trucks, was continued in the Mercury models. The chassis was longer, with a 114-in (2.9-m) wheelbase.
The "ignition key" for these cars was actually used to operate a bolt lock which, on one end, unlocked the steering column (a feature destined to return, mandated, decades later), and on the other end unblocked the ignition switch, allowing it to be operated. Starting the car was then accomplished by pressing a pushbutton on the dashboard, another feature destined to return with the advent of "smart keys".
Although starting cranks had been replaced by electric starters for decades, Ford cars included a manual starting feature until 1948 as an antidote to dead-battery syndrome. The wheel-lug wrench served as a handle (also for the jack) and the jack shaft with bayonet-coupling pins could be inserted through a small hole in the grille to engage a bayonet socket on the forward end of the engine crankshaft. A quick-and-easy twist of the handle was sufficient to start the flat head V8, and the bayonet coupling was self-disengaging for safety.
1946 - 1948
Civilian production resumed in July 1945, with an early start to the 1946 model year filling the public's thirst for new cars. The 1946 Ford was identical to the 1942 model under the skin, though a heavy new grille with horizontal bars and red accents modernized the car somewhat. The hood was widened by adding a center strip. One notable change was to use the 239 CID engine which since 1939 had been used in Mercurys and trucks, and capable of 100 hp (75 kW) for the first time. With steel in short supply, Ford produced a distinctive "Sportsman" convertible with wood side panels. The convertible had an electric top instead of manual one.
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This Lego miniland-scale Ford 1946 V8 Coupe has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 103rd Build Challenge, titled - 'The Fabulous Forties!' - a challenge for any vehicle produced through the decade of the 1940s.
There are two pushbuttons. One is a START button and the other is for sound effects from the show. Also, this ride doesn't take coins and.......WHAT?! Did Peppa Pig and her family get lost in Sunflower Valley?
Bob is wobbling and there is no sound on this!!! (on both Scoop rides here!!)
DJ Bobo Concert
Miniatur Wunderland (German for 'miniature wonderland') is a model railway and miniature airport attraction in Hamburg, Germany, the largest of its kind in the world. The railway is located in the historic Speicherstadt neighbourhood of the city.
In December 2021 the railway consisted of 16,138 m (52,946 ft) of track in H0 scale, divided into nine sections: Harz mountains, the fictitious town of Knuffingen, the Alps and Austria, Hamburg, America, Scandinavia, Switzerland, a replica of Hamburg Airport, Italy and South America. Of the 7,000 m2 (75,347 sq ft) of floorspace, the model occupies 1,545 m2 (16,630 sq ft).
The exhibit includes 1,300 trains made up of over 10,000 carriages, over 100,000 vehicles, approx. 500,000 lights, 130,000 trees, and 400,000 human figurines. Planning is also in progress for the construction of sections for Central America and the Caribbean, Asia, England, Africa and The Netherlands.
Prehistory
In the summer of 2000, Frederik Braun, one of the two founders of Miniatur Wunderland, was on vacation in Zurich. In a local model train store he came up with the idea for the world's largest model railway. Back in Hamburg he searched for email addresses online and started a survey on the popularity of real and fictional sights of the city. In the process, the Miniatur Wunderland, which did not yet exist, was ranked 3 by male respondents.
According to the twin brothers Gerrit and Frederik Braun, the idea for Miniatur Wunderland, including the business plan, fitted on just two pages. The financial backer was Hamburger Sparkasse.
Construction and expansion
After construction began in December 2000, the first three sections (Knuffingen, Central Germany and Austria) opened on August 16, 2001. Since then, new sections have been added. With the completion of the Hamburg, German Coast section in November 2002, Wunderland became the largest model railroad in Europe. Expansions in December 2003 with the USA and with Scandinavia in July 2005 followed. On September 10, 2015, Gerrit and Frederik Braun added the missing piece of track between the Switzerland section and a new Italy section. In doing so, they extended the track length from 13,000 to 15,400 meters. This was recorded by a Guinness judge, who then presented the certificate for the newly established world record. The 190 sq m Bella Italia section was opened on 28 September 2016 after four years under construction, involving 180,000 man hours and costing around four million euros. Work on the Monaco / Provence section started in August 2019 and, when completed, will mean the addition of another 315 meters. The total length of currently 15,715 meters therefore corresponds to 1,367.21 km in real length, so this is now also the largest model railway layout in the world across all scales.
System
Visitors walk back and forth between different rooms in a long corridor. Trains run along the walls of the rooms and on peninsula-like protrusions. The layout consists (as of September 2016) of nine completed sections of 60 to 300 m2 Model area:
The first three sections were created simultaneously. They show central and southern Germany with the Harz mountains, it also has a long ICE-high speed train track.
The fictional town of Knuffingen was given a road system with moving cars as a special feature.
The Austria section involved the implementation of the Alps theme, including a multi-level helix from which trains from the other sections change corridor sides above the heads of visitors.
The next stage of expansion includes the section with the theme Hamburg, German Coast.
The USA section includes Las Vegas, Miami, some Wild West, again a system with moving cars and a spaceport.
The Scandinavia section has a real water area: in the future, computer-controlled ships will operate in the 30,000 liter "North Sea" sea tub. At present, they are still controlled manually. Tides are also simulated here.
The Swiss Alps, extending over two floors, are modeled on the landscapes of the cantons of Ticino, Grisons and Wallis and were completed in November 2007. Through a hole in the ceiling on a total area of 100 m2 the mountains reach almost six meters in height. Visitors reach this new level via stairs, while trains negotiate the height differences in concealed switchbacks and in a locomotive lift.
The Knuffingen Airport section was opened in May 2011 after around six years in construction and development and an investment of 3.5 million euros. On display is a 150 m2 airport with a globally unique airport control system.
A small section forms the Hamburg HafenCity with the Elbphilharmonie concert hall. Planning began in May 2012 and construction began in August of the same year. A total of nine square meters (m2) were available, and 10 selected houses were built on this area. The opening was on November 13, 2013.
In 2014, a trip was made to Italy to gain lots of impressions of the country. These were brought into the 9th construction section Italy. In this section, some sights of Rome as well as landscapes like Tuscany or the lava-spewing Vesuvius can be seen. The construction section was presented in a specially created blog and opened in September 2016.
In February 2018, the Venice section was opened at only 9 m2 in size. Involving around 35,000 man hours, it is the most elaborate section – in relation to its size.
Special features
Special features include a simulated daily routine where twilight, night and day repeat every 15 minutes. This includes an automatic lighting control system that activates more than 300,000 lights to match the time of day.
The 120-square-meter fantasy town of Knuffingen, with a population of about 6,000, is equipped with more than 100 moving model cars, including numerous fire engines, which are used to simulate a firefighting operation in Knuffingen every 15 minutes on average. Traffic simulation is made possible by a modified car system that is also used in the USA, Scandinavia and Knuffingen Airport sections. In the America section, even an Interstate Highway is equipped with a dynamic Traffic Control System, which controls traffic through four different speed limits as well as permanent light signs and a variable text display.
The layout is considered to be rich in detail, examples include a changing scoreboard in the Volkspark Stadium or a crashed cheese wheel truck. There is also a Jet gas station there, displaying the real current gasoline prices of its prototype in Hamburg's Amsinck street.
Visitors can control operations on the system through ca. 200 pushbuttons. These buttons are highlights for many visitors. For example, a mine train starts, wind turbines turn, the next goal falls in the football stadium, a Space Shuttle takes off, a helicopter takes off or Pinocchio's nose begins to grow. A push button even allows visitors to watch the simulated production of a small bar of chocolate in a factory and taste the real product for themselves.
Certain tours also include a behind-the-scenes look at detailed figures that cannot be seen from the normal public area.
Knuffingen Airport
After six years in planning and under construction, Knuffingen airport was officially opened to visitors on May 4, 2011, as a special section of the facility. Its buildings resemble Hamburg Airport. As in the fictional main town of Knuffingen, there is also a simulation of a fire department with a large fleet of vehicles, including four airfield fire engines. On the 14 meter long runway, aircraft models can be accelerated to scale realistically on an invisible sled, and by means of two guide rods can also seemingly lift off the ground and disappear into a (cloud) wall. Depending on the launch phase, the guide rods allow a horizontal tilt of the aircraft that approximates reality.
There is also a wide variety of standard commercial aircraft including Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 in the liveries of many airlines around the world. Even models of the still relatively new Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" aircraft take off and land at Knuffingen. There is also a Concorde in British Airways livery, a Space Shuttle, a bee and the "Millennium Falcon" spaceship known from Star Wars.
The movement of the aircraft on the ground is realized with the help of technology based on the car system. The vehicles in the airport tell their own little stories with coordinated refueling, loading and unloading before and after landing starting from the aircraft parking positions.
Unlike the other landscapes, the railroad at the airport is hardly visible. There is only an airport station underground.
According to the operators, the 150-square-meter space has cost around 3.5 million euros, in addition to 150,000 man hours. The area is equipped not only with many rolling aircraft models, but also with hundreds of cars, passenger boarding bridges, parking garages, airport hotels, a subway and individual figures.
Visitors
On December 5, 2012, the ten millionth visitor came to Miniatur Wunderland, on December 2, 2016, the fifteen millionth. Around three quarters of visitors come from Germany, the remaining quarter from abroad, mainly from Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, England, the US and China.
Awards
In 2010, company founders Frederik and Gerrit Braun and Stephan Hertz were awarded the Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for their social commitment. The Miniatur Wunderland also holds the Guinness World Record for "Longest melody played by a model train."
Presence in the media
Several times following completion of the various expansion stages, the Hamburg section was visited by a team of reporters from Eisenbahn-Romantik from SWR. They were also give a look behind the scenes. Numerous television stations, magazines and newspapers have already reported on Miniatur Wunderland.
In May 2009, rapper Samy Deluxe filmed the video clip for his socially critical song Stumm in Miniatur Wunderland. Within just one night, about 100 sequences were recorded in which a miniature figure "runs" (stop-motion) through the layout.
On December 5, 2009, the outdoor betting section of the German television show Wetten, dass..? took place at Miniatur Wunderland.
The plot of several episodes of the Hamburg crime series Großstadtrevier took place at Miniatur Wunderland.
In 2015, together with singer Helene Fischer, a campaign for Ein Herz für Kinder was launched, in which over 450,000 euros (as of 01/2016) were collected. The campaign was presented, among others, in the Ein Herz für Kinder Gala.
In January 2016, Miniatur Wunderland partnered with Google MiniView – a miniature version of Google Street View.
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Das Miniatur Wunderland (Eigenschreibweise) in Hamburg ist die laut Guinness World Records größte Modelleisenbahnanlage der Welt. Sie befindet sich in der historischen Speicherstadt und wird von der Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg GmbH betrieben. Auf der 1.545 Quadratmeter großen Anlagenfläche liegen insgesamt 16.138 Meter Gleise (Stand: 2. Dezember 2021 nach der Erweiterung „Welt von oben“ und Rio de Janeiro) im Maßstab 1:87 (Nenngröße H0; entspricht etwa 1367 Gleiskilometern in Originalgröße), auf denen rund 1.120 digital gesteuerte Züge verkehren.
Vorgeschichte
Im Sommer 2000 war Frederik Braun, einer der vier Gründer des Miniatur Wunderlands, in Zürich im Urlaub. Dort kam ihm in einem Modellbahngeschäft die Idee zur größten Modelleisenbahn der Welt. Zurück in Hamburg suchte Frederik E-Mail-Adressen aus dem Internet und startete eine Umfrage zur Beliebtheit echter und fiktiver Sehenswürdigkeiten der Stadt. Dabei wurde das noch nicht existierende Miniatur Wunderland von den männlichen Befragten auf Platz 3 gewählt.
Nach Angaben der Zwillingsbrüder Gerrit und Frederik Braun passte die Idee für das Miniatur Wunderland inklusive Finanzierungsplan auf lediglich zwei Seiten. Geldgeber war die Hamburger Sparkasse mit einem Kredit von zwei Millionen DM, unterstützt durch Bürgschaften der Eigentümer und der Bürgschaftsgemeinschaft Hamburg. Die Anlage wurde ohne öffentliche Gelder finanziert.
Auf- und Ausbau
Nach dem Baubeginn im Dezember 2000 gingen am 16. August 2001 die ersten drei Abschnitte (Knuffingen, Mitteldeutschland und Österreich) in Betrieb. Seither wurden neue Bereiche angefügt. Mit der Fertigstellung des Abschnitts Hamburg, deutsche Küste im November 2002 wurde das Wunderland die größte Modelleisenbahn in Europa. Erweiterungen im Dezember 2003 mit dem Thema USA und Juli 2005 mit Skandinavien folgten. Am 10. September 2015 setzten Gerrit und Frederik Braun das fehlende Gleisstück zwischen dem Abschnitt Schweiz und einem neuen Italien-Abschnitt. Damit erweiterten sie die Gleislänge von 13000 auf 15400 Meter. Dies wurde von einem Guinness-Richter festgehalten, der anschließend die Urkunde für den neu aufgestellten Weltrekord überreichte. Mit dem im August 2019 begonnenen Bauabschnitt Monaco / Provence sollen weitere 315 Meter hinzugefügt werden. Die Gesamtlänge von zur Zeit 16.138 Meter entspricht damit 1.367,21 Kilometer in Originalgröße, so dass dies nun auch die größte Modelleisenbahnanlage der Welt über alle Maßstäbe hinweg darstellt.
Derzeit (Stand: Dezember 2021) gibt es 16.138 Meter Gleise, 289.000 Figuren, 1.120 Züge, über 250 fahrende Autos, mehrere Schiffe im 30.000 Liter-Echtwasserbecken, den größten Miniatur-Flughafen der Welt. Insgesamt wurden 990.000 Arbeitsstunden und 37 Millionen Euro Baukosten investiert.
Anlage
Die Besucher gehen in einem langen Flur zwischen verschiedenen Räumen hin und her. Die Züge fahren an den Raumwänden und auf halbinselartigen Ausbuchtungen. Die Anlage besteht (Stand: September 2016) aus neun fertiggestellten Abschnitten von jeweils 60 bis 300 m² Modellfläche:
Die ersten drei Abschnitte wurden parallel erstellt. Sie zeigen Mittel- und Süddeutschland mit dem Harz, außerdem verfügt es über eine lange ICE-Hochgeschwindigkeitstrasse.
Die fiktive Stadt Knuffingen erhielt als Besonderheit ein Straßensystem mit fahrenden Autos.
Im Abschnitt Österreich ging es um die Umsetzung des Themas Alpen, unter anderem durch eine vielstöckige Wendel, von der aus Züge aus den übrigen Abschnitten die Flurseite über den Köpfen der Besucher wechseln.
Die nächste Ausbaustufe umfasst den Abschnitt mit dem Thema Hamburg, deutsche Küste.
Der USA-Abschnitt enthält unter anderem Las Vegas, Miami, etwas Wilden Westen, wieder ein System mit fahrenden Autos und einen Weltraumbahnhof.
Der Abschnitt Skandinavien setzt den Schwerpunkt mit einer echten Wasserfläche: In der 30.000 Liter großen „Nord-Ostsee“-Meereswanne sollen in Zukunft computergesteuerte Schiffe verkehren. Zurzeit wird noch manuell gesteuert. Auch Ebbe und Flut werden hier simuliert. Eine Miniatur-Storebeltbrücke überquert das „Meer“. Ein Bergwerksbetrieb erinnert an Kiruna.
Die über zwei Etagen reichenden Schweizer Alpen sind den Landschaften der Kantone Tessin, Graubünden und Wallis nachempfunden und wurden im November 2007 fertiggestellt. Durch einen Deckendurchbruch auf einer Gesamtfläche von 100 Quadratmeter erreichen die Berge fast sechs Meter Höhe. Die Besucher erreichen diese neue Ebene über Treppen, während die Züge in verdeckten Kehren und in einem Loklift die Höhenunterschiede überwinden.
Der Abschnitt „Knuffingen Airport“ wurde im Mai 2011 nach rund sechs Jahren Bau und Entwicklungszeit und 3,5 Millionen Euro Investitionen eröffnet. Zu sehen ist ein 150 Quadratmeter großer Flughafen mit einer weltweit einzigartigen Flughafensteuerung.
Ein kleiner Abschnitt bildet die Hamburger HafenCity mit der Elbphilharmonie nach. Im Mai 2012 wurde mit der Planung begonnen und im August desselben Jahres mit dem Bau. Insgesamt neun Quadratmeter standen zur Verfügung, auf dieser Fläche wurden zehn ausgewählte Häuser aufgebaut. Die Eröffnung war am 13. November 2013 und wurde direkt übertragen.
Im Jahr 2014 wurde ein Ausflug nach Italien gemacht, um viele Eindrücke des Landes zu sammeln. Diese wurden in den 9. Bauabschnitt Italien eingebracht. In diesem Abschnitt sind einige Sehenswürdigkeiten Roms sowie Landschaften wie die Toskana oder der lavaspeiende Vesuv zu sehen. Der Bauabschnitt wurde in einem extra angelegten Blog vorgestellt und im September 2016 eröffnet. Der 190 Quadratmeter große Abschnitt Bella Italia wurde nach vier Jahren Bauzeit mit 180.000 Arbeitsstunden und Kosten von rund vier Millionen Euro am 28. September 2016 eröffnet.
Im Februar 2018 wurde der Teilabschnitt Venedig mit nur neun Quadratmeter eröffnet. Mit rund 35.000 Arbeitsstunden ist es der – im Verhältnis zur Größe – aufwändigste Abschnitt.
Am 2. Dezember 2021 wurde auf der neuen 25-Meter-Brücke, die die beiden Speicher in 16 Metern Höhe miteinander verbindet, der Teilabschnitt „Welt von oben“ eröffnet. Die 25 Meter lange Brücke verbindet den alten Speicher, in dem sich der größte Teil der Ausstellungsfläche befindet, mit dem neuen Speicher. Diese wurde am 15. Juli 2020 eingebaut. Die „Draufsicht“ verschiedener Landschaften der Welt hat eine Modellfläche von 13,75 m² und kostete 100.000 Euro. Auf zwei Schienensträngen fahren nun Züge auf insgesamt 25 Metern Gleisen.
Am 2. Dezember 2021 wurde der Teilabschnitt Südamerika nach vier Jahren Bauzeit und 60.000 Arbeitsstunden eröffnet. Südamerika ist 46 Quadratmeter groß und die Baukosten belaufen sich auf über 1,5 Millionen Euro. Alleine in diesem Abschnitt gibt es 20.000 Figuren und 18.000 LED-Lämpchen. Große Teile des neuen Bauabschnitts wurden in Südamerika produziert und nach Hamburg verschifft. Südamerika ist der erste Teilabschnitt im „neuen“ Speicher.
Besonderheiten
Zu den Besonderheiten gehört ein simulierter Tagesablauf, bei dem sich alle 15 Minuten Dämmerung, Nacht und Tag wiederholen. Dazu gehört eine automatische Lichtsteuerung, die die über 400.000 Lampen zur Tageszeit passend schaltet.
Die 120 Quadratmeter große Fantasiestadt Knuffingen mit rund 6.000 Einwohnern ist mit über 100 beweglichen Modellautos ausgestattet, darunter auch zahlreiche Feuerwehrfahrzeuge, mit denen in Knuffingen im Schnitt alle 15 Minuten ein Feuerwehreinsatz simuliert wird. Die Verkehrssimulation wird durch ein modifiziertes Car-System ermöglicht, das auch in den Abschnitten USA, Skandinavien und Knuffingen Airport eingesetzt wird. Im Abschnitt Amerika ist sogar ein Interstate Highway mit einem dynamischen Verkehrsleitsystem ausgestattet, welches durch vier verschiedene Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzungen sowie Dauerlichtzeichen und eine variable Textanzeige den Verkehr regelt. Pkw sind nicht beweglich, weil die Wartung der Mechanik zu häufig nötig wäre und die Akkukapazität zu gering ist, sodass sehr viele Ladestation erforderlich wären.
Die Anlage gilt als detailreich, als Beispiele gelten eine sich verändernde Spielstandsanzeige im Volksparkstadion und eine magnetisch gesteuerte Kuh in einem Kuhfladen-Bingo-Spiel, ein verunglückter Käserad-Laster sowie ein Miniatur-Blinkenlights im Hamburg-Teil. Auch gibt es dort eine Jet-Tankstelle, die die realen aktuellen Benzinpreise ihres Vorbildes in der Hamburger Amsinckstraße anzeigt.
Im Volksparkstadion spielen an jedem simulierten Tag der HSV und der FC St. Pauli gegeneinander. Alle Spiele enden mit 4:3 für den HSV.
Durch rund 200 Taster können die Besucher Vorgänge auf der Anlage steuern. Diese sogenannten Knopfdruckaktionen sind für viele Besucher ein Highlight. Zum Beispiel startet ein Bergwerkszug, Windräder drehen sich, im Volksparkstadion fällt das nächste Tor, ein Space Shuttle startet, ein Hubschrauber hebt ab oder Pinocchios Nase beginnt zu wachsen. Ein Taster ermöglicht es dem Besucher sogar, die simulierte Produktion einer kleinen Tafel Schokolade in einer Fabrik zu beobachten und das reale Produkt selbst zu probieren.
Bei bestimmten Führungen ist auch ein Blick hinter die Kulissen möglich, wo sich auch detaillierte Figuren befinden, die vom normalen Publikumsbereich aus nicht eingesehen werden können.
Knuffingen Airport
Nach sechsjähriger Planungs- und Bauzeit ist am 4. Mai 2011 als besonderer Anlagen-Abschnitt der Modellflughafen „Knuffingen Airport“ für die Besucher offiziell in Betrieb genommen worden. Seine Gebäude ähneln dem Hamburger Flughafen. Wie im fiktiven Hauptort Knuffingen gibt es auch hier eine Simulation einer Feuerwehr mit großem Fuhrpark, unter anderem vier Flugfeldlöschfahrzeugen. Auf der 14 Meter langen Startbahn können Flugzeugmodelle auf einem unsichtbaren Schlitten maßstäblich realistisch beschleunigt werden und mittels zweier Führungsstangen auch scheinbar vom Boden abheben und in einer (Wolken-)Wand verschwinden. Durch die Führungsstangen ist je nach Startphase eine horizontale Neigung der Flugzeuge der Wirklichkeit angenähert möglich.
Anzutreffen sind hier die verschiedensten gängigen Verkehrsflugzeuge einschließlich Boeing 747 und Airbus A380, in den Lackierungen vieler Fluggesellschaften auf der ganzen Welt. Sogar Modelle der noch relativ neuen Flugzeuge Airbus A350 und Boeing 787 „Dreamliner“ starten und landen in Knuffingen. Außerdem gibt es eine Concorde in British-Airways-Lackierung, ein Space Shuttle, eine Biene und das aus Star Wars bekannte Raumschiff „Millennium Falcon“.
Die Bewegung der Flugzeuge am Boden ist mit Hilfe einer an das Car-System angelehnten Technik realisiert. Die Fahrzeuge im Flughafen erzählen eigene kleine Geschichten mit aufeinander abgestimmten auftanken, be- und entladen vor und nach der Landung beginnend von den Flugzeugparkpositionen.
Im Unterschied zu den anderen Landschaften ist die Eisenbahn am Flughafen kaum sichtbar. Nur unterirdisch gibt es einen Airport-Bahnhof, an dessen Bahnsteigen nicht nur S-Bahnen, sondern auch Fernverkehrszüge halten.
Nach Angaben der Betreiber stecken in den 150 Quadratmetern neben 150.000 Arbeitsstunden auch rund 3,5 Millionen Euro an Kosten. Die Fläche ist nicht nur mit vielen rollenden Flugzeugmodellen, sondern auch mit hunderten Autos, Fluggastbrücken, Parkhaus, Flughafenhotel, U-Bahn und Einzelfiguren ausgestattet.
Maßstabstreue
Einige der Wirklichkeit ganz oder teilweise nachempfundene Bauwerke entsprechen nicht dem der Anlage zugrunde liegenden Generalmaßstab der verwendeten Nenngröße H0 von 1:87, sondern sind teils deutlich verkleinert dargestellt. So misst die Start- und Landebahn des Verkehrsflughafens in der Länge etwa 14 Meter statt der maßstäblich angezeigten 30 bis 45 Meter sowie in der Breite deutlich weniger als die verhältnismäßigen 50 bis 70 cm. Die Nachbildungen des Heinrich-Hertz-Turms und der Michaeliskirche sind jeweils deutlich niedriger als die geforderten Höhen von 3,20 Meter beziehungsweise 1,50 m. Der Fußballplatz in der Hamburger Arena ist mit einer dem Maßstab 1:150 entsprechenden Länge von 70 cm ebenfalls kürzer als die der Spurweite entsprechenden 1,20 Meter und auch entsprechend schmaler. Die Anstiegswinkel der Deiche sind gegenüber der Wirklichkeit deutlich überspitzt, um eine geringere Breite zu erfordern. Das Schloss Neuschwanstein ist im Maßstab 1:120 gebaut. In dem neuen „Abschnitt Hafencity und Elbphilharmonie“ wurde ebenfalls ein anderer Maßstab verwendet. Die Gebäude sind alle auf einem Grundriss von 1:120, deshalb mussten sie gestaucht und einige Stockwerke sogar ganz weggelassen werden, damit die Figuren (welche auch dort im Maßstab 1:87 sind) in die Gebäude passen. Die Elbphilharmonie selbst wird im Maßstab 1:130 nochmals etwas kleiner. Wenn man sich Gebäude von unten nach oben ansieht, wirken sie viel größer als von oben herab betrachtet. Auch der „Zuckerhut“-Berg in Rio de Janeiro ist deutlich gestaucht.
Besucherzahlen
Am 5. Dezember 2012 kam der zehnmillionste Besucher in das Miniatur Wunderland, am 2. Dezember 2016 der fünfzehnmillionste.[33] Im Jahr 2019 verzeichnete das Miniatur Wunderland rund 1,4 Millionen Besucher, 35 % davon kamen aus dem Ausland. Nachdem die Ausstellung im Zuge der Coronavirus-Pandemie den größten Teil des Jahres 2020 für Besucher geschlossen oder nur mit geringer Auslastung geöffnet war, reduzierte sich die Gesamtzahl der Besucher im Jahr 2020 um rund 1 Million.
Auszeichnungen
2010 erhielten die Unternehmensgründer Frederik und Gerrit Braun sowie Stephan Hertz für ihr soziales Engagement das Verdienstkreuz am Bande des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. 2012 wurde das Miniatur Wunderland für den europäischen Museumspreis Luigi Michelleti Award in der Kategorie „bestes Technik- und Industriemuseum Europas“ nominiert, der in Augsburg verliehen wurde.
Weltrekorde
Im November 2013 zogen 200 Modellloks der Spurweite H0 eine Elektrolok der DB-Baureihe 101 (84 t) über 10 m weit.
Mit 15.715 m (Stand: August 2019) ist das Miniaturwunderland die größte Modelleisenbahnanlage weltweit. Zugleich ist „Knuffingen Airport“ der größte Modellflughafen weltweit.
Im April 2021 wurde im Miniaturwunderland das längste Medley klassischer Musik von einer Modellbahn gespielt. Dafür fuhr eine Rangierlok mit mehreren Schlagstangen an mit Wasser gefüllten Gläsern vorbei.
Präsenz in den Medien
Der 106-minütige Spiegel-TV-Dokumentarfilm Miniatur Wunderland – Hinter den Kulissen der größten digitalen Modelleisenbahn der Welt aus dem Jahr 2004 gibt Einblicke in die Planungen, den Aufbau und den Alltag des Miniatur Wunderlandes.
Mehrfach wurden die Hamburger nach Fertigstellung der verschiedenen Ausbaustufen von einem Reporterteam der Eisenbahn-Romantik vom SWR besucht. Auch ihnen wurde ein Blick hinter die Kulissen gewährt. Zahlreiche Fernsehsender, Zeitschriften und Zeitungen berichteten bereits über das Miniatur Wunderland.
Im Mai 2009 drehte der Rapper Samy Deluxe den Videoclip zu seinem gesellschaftskritischen Lied Stumm im Miniatur Wunderland. Innerhalb von nur einer Nacht wurden ungefähr 100 Sequenzen aufgenommen, in denen eine Miniaturfigur durch die Anlage „läuft“ (Stop-Motion).
Am 5. Dezember 2009 fand die Außenwette der Fernsehsendung Wetten, dass..? im Miniatur Wunderland statt.
Die Handlung mehrerer Folgen der Hamburger Krimiserie Großstadtrevier spielte im Miniatur Wunderland.
Unter lebhaftem Medieninteresse wurde 2013 nach einjähriger Bauzeit ein Modell der Elbphilharmonie noch vor der Fertigstellung des Originalbauwerks eröffnet. Das markante Wellen-Dach über dem Großen Konzertsaal kann per Knopfdruck entlang der Längsachse aufgeklappt werden, woraufhin ein bewegliches Miniatur-Orchester zu sehen ist.
Im Mai 2014 wurde in Kooperation mit dem Rapper Das Bo ein Musikvideo anlässlich der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2014 gedreht.
Im Jahr 2015 wurde gemeinsam mit der Sängerin Helene Fischer eine Aktion für Ein Herz für Kinder gestartet, bei der über 450.000 Euro (Stand 01/2016) gesammelt wurden. Die Aktion wurde unter anderem in der Ein Herz für Kinder Gala präsentiert.
Im Januar 2016 brachte das Miniatur Wunderland gemeinsam mit Google MiniView heraus – eine Miniaturversion von Google Street View. Die Aktion fand weltweit Anklang.
Ende April 2018 besuchte der Unterhaltungskünstler und Comiczeichner Otto Waalkes die neue „Knopfdruck“-Anlage seines Bühnenauftritts mit beweglichen Figuren, originalem Otto-Video auf einem Miniatur-Großbildschirm und hüpfenden Ottifanten im Publikum.
Seit 2020 gibt es außerdem eine Sendung bei DMAX über das Miniatur Wunderland namens „Die Modellbauer – Das Miniatur Wunderland“. Im Jahr 2021 lief die Sendung „Deutschlands beste Miniaturbauer“ auf Kabel 1, in der fünf Modellbauerteams gegeneinander antraten und neben 10000 Euro auch einen Platz in einer Sonderausstellung des Miniatur Wunderlands gewinnen konnten.
Einmal im Jahr gibt es die „Ich kann es mir nicht leisten“-Aktion. Wer während dieser Tage an der Kasse sagt, dass er sich den Eintritt nicht leisten kann, kann die Anlage ohne Nachfrage kostenlos besichtigen. Während dieser Aktion kann es zu längeren Wartezeiten kommen. Die Aktion wird nach Angaben der Gründer nicht finanziell spürbar von Trittbrettfahrern ausgenutzt, da die Gastronomieumsätze im selben Zeitraum unverändert sind.
Auf Youtube veröffentlichen die Brüder regelmäßig – derzeit sonntags – etwa viertelstündige Updates und Hintergrundinformationen.
(Wikipedia)
Gold plated unit with a rotating carrying handle at the top, which was also used for locking the unit on the Lunar Rover.
Built by the Instrumentation Laboratory at MIT, the purpose of the gravimeter was to measure the moon's gravitational field using a precise Vibrating String Accelerometer (VSA). The central sphere is the gimbal which housed the VSA sensor. While on the Moon, astronauts would drive the device to different locations and take readings of the gravitational force. Packaged as part of Apollo 17’s ALSEP package, the gravimeter was housed on the geopallet of the lunar rover. The TGE had a nine-digit display to read out gravity and internal temperature.
Only three other gravimeters are in existence, one left on the lunar surface by Apollo 17, the mission’s back-up at the Smithsonian, and one other at Columbia University. Here is a video clip of it on a rotating stand from the 2013 auction.
Details from NASA: ”The primary sensor which formed the heart of the system was a Bosch Arma D4E Vibrating String Accelerometer (VSA), which consisted of a pair of strings mounted inside an apparatus which very precisely measured their vibrations when an electric current was passed through them. The VSA assembly was in turn mounted inside a two-axis gimbal system which served to level the system inside the TGE housing before the measurements were taken.
The system was simple to use and operate by the crew. It could be operated both on and off the back of the LRV. First, the crewman ensured that the system was level within 15 degrees of vertical. He then pushed the "GRAV" button on the front of the housing. After approximately three minutes, during which time the system was required to be undisturbed, a nine-digit readout would appear on the display panel. These numbers were then read down to the ground by the crewmen. Another pushbutton, labeled "READ" was on the front face of the housing. It allowed the crewmen to read the display after it went out, as it was designed to remain illuminated for only 20 seconds, to conserve battery power. The third button was labeled "BIAS" which was used to obtain calibration readings when the system was "inverted".
The TGE was operated a total of 26 times during the three EVAs on Apollo 17, with excellent results. The results suggest that the basalt layer filling the valley is about a kilometer thick.”
I also have a spare Beryllium gear housing, gold-plated phase lock loop, serial numbers 010 and 011, and the plated spare battery pack assembly, serial number 010.
Part of the Future Ventures’ 🚀 Space Collection.
The Nash Rambler was introduced on April 13, 1950; in the middle of the model year. The new Rambler was available only as an upmarket two-door convertible — designated the "Landau". Without the weight of a roof, and with a low wind resistance body design for the time, the inline 6-cylinder engine could deliver solid performance and deliver fuel economy up to 30 mpg‑US (7.8 L/100 km; 36 mpg‑imp).
Several factors were incorporated into the compact Nash Rambler's marketing mix that included making the most from the limited steel supplies during the Korean War, as well as the automaker selecting a strategy for profit maximization from the new Rambler line. The new Nash Rambler came only in a convertible body, a style that had a higher price in the marketplace and incorporating more standard features that make the open top models suitable more for leisure-type use than ordinary transportation.
The Nash Rambler was well equipped compared to the competition and included numerous items as standard equipment such as whitewall tires, full wheel covers, electric clock, and even a pushbutton AM radio that were available at extra cost on all other cars at that time.
In 1951, the Nash Rambler line was enlarged to include a two-door station wagon.
I love the tack sharp focus point on the steering wheel and gear shift in this car. Edsel - 1958 or 1959.
Taken at Simpson's Farm in Talmo, GA.
Voigtländer Bessa 66 with Heliar 3.5/75 in Compur Rapid shutter
The camera is also called "Baby Bessa" (or "Klein-Bessa" in German), there is a version for the 4.5x6 format too. It was sold with different lenses like "Skopar", "Voigtar" and different shutters like "Prontor II" or a plain Compur. This one with Heliar/Compur-outfit was probably top of the range.
The Heliar is an "extended" Cooke-triplet, designed by Hans Harting for Voigtländer in 1900. It has 5 elements in 3 groups and a characteristic rendering, often discribed as soft or "creamy".
The lens is uncoated and not called "Color-Heliar", so I think the camera is a pre-war version.
It seems that it wasn't in use for a long time, inside I found a take-up spool with a wooden core labelled with "Adox". And it is not in the best condition: the bellow is vamped up, the hinged filter is missing, the leather on the door has been replaced, the release lever (yes, it's a lever) is slack and the 1 second takes .., yes, less then 2 seconds. But all in all: you can load a film and start taking pictures.
The Bessa 66 is remarkable small, clearly smaller than an Agfa Isolette, it has nearly the size of an Ikonta 520, which is a 4.5x6 format camera. And it has some smart details: if you want to close the camera again, you don't have to reach into the struts, therefore there is a kind of pushbutton at the front between the lens and the door. The lever which locks the back door serves also as a stand. The shutter is released with a lever outside the door, a really unique design. And, a longer story, the camera above features a real frame counter.
Normally the film transport of an old folder is controlled by a small red window on its back, this Bessa 66 has this window too, but the number of the present frame is also displayed in the tiny loophole on top. After taking a picture, you have to trip the small slider next to the frame counter, then the number of the frame is increased by one and the wheel for the film advance is unlocked. Now you can advance the film and after winding forward one frame the wheel is locked automatically. When the frame counter shows 12 and the slider is tripped, it changes to zero again and the film advance wheel is unlocked completely, so it is possible to wind up the rest of the film roll. (I've read about other versions of the Bessa, where that slider is missing, there the frame counter is coupled with the shutter release lever directly instead.)
Now, to load a new film can be somewhat tricky. A precondition is, that the frame counter shows zero. (If not, you have to trip the slider at the front and then turn the arbor in the film chamber next to the viewfinder until the slider springs back. Repeat this procedure until zero appears.) Now you can put a film into the camera like on usual other folders, changing the spools, etc., closing the door. Remember, when the frame counter is set to zero, the locking mechanism of the film advance wheel is not activ, so you can wind up the film until [1] appears in the red window on the back. If the red window shows an "X", it is covered, to uncover it turn the black button beside it rightwards. Important: now you have to activate the locking mechanism again, for this trip that second slider on the back and the frame counter will spring from zero to 1.
Example pictures:
A river, another river and a graffiti.
ODC=Black
ODC= Things that are easily lost
Vintage push button car radio /cassette player, we used to have both nobs but alas one is now lost
One of the ex Reserve Mining SD38-2's painted up in the LLPX paint scheme that I thought was rather attractive. Too bad we have an open door policy and a pushbutton switch stand in the way.
We were running 4 unit sets of these on the M-NTWBRC and M-BRCNTW trains fairly frequently, but since I worked the night shift...I never go photos of them running on the mainline. Stupid.
Filmed at Fantasy Island in Canvey Island.
Made by Jolly Roger LTD in 1995 under license from Mrs. Roger Hargreaves and Copyright Promotions Ltd.
QUESTION: Is this a V1, a V2, or a V3? I do not know much about the Mr. Funny ride. There were three versions: one had a green rectangle START button and a red rectangle pushbutton, the other (this version) had two red circle pushbuttons and a red rectangle START button, and the other had the same horn sound as a later creation and a different version of Scoop.
"Bittersweet are the memories of great people who weren't good for you"
Seattle, Washington.
Urbexposure
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Ford unveiled the Thunderbird at the Detroit Auto Show on February 20, 1954. The first production car came off the line on September 9, 1954, and went on sale on October 22, 1954 as a 1955 model, and sold briskly; 3,500 orders were placed in the first ten days of sale. While only 10,000 were planned, 16,155 were sold in 1955.
As standard, the 1955 Ford Thunderbird included a removable fiberglass top; a fabric convertible top was an option, although commonly specified. The engine was a 292 Y-block V8, which got 18MPG. The car had fender skirts. The exhaust pipes exited through twin bumper guards, which are bolted to the rear bumper.
Created to act as a retort to the Chevrolet Corvette, it was also the first mass-produced edition of all the Ford Thunderbird models. A total of 53,166 units were produced for the three model years 1955-1957. It was produced with a Fordomaticautomatic or manual overdrive transmissions, and featured four-way powered seats and pushbutton interior door handles. Other unique features were a telescoping steering wheel[5] and a tachometer.
Equipped with a V8 engine, the Thunderbird could hit 110-120 mph. It was a smaller two-seat "personal luxury car", compared to many other much larger cars that were on the road in the 1950s. It was designed to be a brisk luxury tourer, and not a sports car.
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This is a remote shutter release I built for my Canon PowerShot S5 IS. It uses the "remote" capability of the CHDK firmware mod. See chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK for info on CHDK.
Parts:
- Radio Shack Project Enclosure (3x2x1") Model: 270-1801 $2.29
- Radio Shack Mini SPST 1.5-Amp Momentary Pushbutton Switch (2-Pack) Model: 275-1556 $2.99
- Radio Shack "AA" Battery Holder Model: 270-401 $.99
- Batteries Plus 4.5 Volt alkaline battery Model: DAN TR133A $12.99
- USB A fem to A male extention cable (only the A fem end is needed, with a few inches of cable). Purchased online for about $4.00
- Small piece of aluminum foil Priceless
Construction:
(I would have used a larger project box, but the local Radio Shack didn't have one when I went in.)
- Cut the female connector from the USB cable, leaving two or three inches of the red and black wires. Cut off the other two wires. They will not be used. Do not throw away the rest of the cable. It makes a good test cable.
- Drill a hole for the momentary switch.
- Drill and file a rectangular hole for the female end of the USB cable. Test fit the USB while drilling it so it just fits in the hole.
- Make sure pieces will fit in the enclosure.
- Place battery in holder. It is a tight fit. Make sure you put it in correctly. The flat end has a + on it. Use aluminum foil to make sure there is good electrical contact between the + end of the battery and the battery holder.
- Insert and fasten the momentary switch.
- Solder the black wire from the USB connector to the black wire (-) of the battery case.
- Solder the red wire from the USB connector to the momentary switch.
- Solder the red wire (+) from the battery case to the other side of the monentary switch.
- Use a volt meter to make sure you are putting 4.5 volt on the red USB wire compared to ground on the black USB wire. Do not skip this step. Reversed polarity could damage your camera. If you plug the leftover USB cable into the connector on the remote, you can measure the voltage (and polarity) on the bare red and black wires.
- Test fit USB connector and battery case. Make sure the cover will fit.
- Epoxy USB connector in place.
- Place battery holder and battery in box. If the cover will not hold the battery in place use spacers. Do not permanently secure battery holder. It would make changing the battery difficult.
- Place cover on box and screw in place.
Usage:
- Set your CHDK enabled Canon point and shoot camera to Enable Remote. (You only need to do this once.)
- Take the USB cable that came with your camera. Insert the small connector into the recepticle on the camera. Insert the large connector to the remote.
- Press and hold momentary switch to focus and set exposure (half press of shutter button). Release and immediately press again to take picture (full press of shutter button).
- If camera is set to continuous mode, hold down the momentary switch to continue shooting.
(On a Canon PowerShotS5 IS, when in manual mode and manual focus, pressing the monentary switch immediately takes the picture.)
Note:
The Canon PowerShot S5 IS needs to see at least 3.7 volts on the USB to recognize the remote. If your camera can work with 3 volts or less, you could use a single 3V button battery instead of the 4.5V battery I used.
To determine what voltage your camera needs to see, check the CHDK wiki at
chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CameraFeatures#New_Camera_Capabilitie...
Look in the next to the last column.
3/25/2011
This is by far my most popular post on Flickr. I keep finding references to it. Based on what I have found, at least six people have made this remote release using these instructions.
3/22/2012
Of the 16,621 views of all my photos, this one has received almost 1/3 of them, 5,573. The next closest photo only has 1,195 views.
If you build a remote release using these instructions (successfully or not), please post a comment so I know about it.
J.F. Launier
Osoyoos, BC, Canada
1955 Chrysler two-door wagon
Drivetrain
A custom Chrysler deserves a Chrysler Hemi; in this case, a new 5.7L crate engine was dropped in and accented to appear vintage, thanks to early finned valve covers mounted with custom adapters and a Hilborn stack injection running electronic fuel injectors with a custom ECM programmed by Stephen Macor. J.F. built the headers, which direct the burnt gas through a tight tucked exhaust system featuring Flowmaster mufflers. A Bowler 4L60E was adapted to the Mopar block and is shifted with an electronic pushbutton control.
Chassis
An Art Morrison chassis provides a solid foundation for the wagon and has been welded together with the custom floor to provide an incredibly smooth undercarriage. Morrison's IFS has been fitted with coilovers and 15-inch Baer brakes. A custom three-link rear suspension with a Watts link and coilovers allowed for room in the interior to retain two rear bucket seats. A 4.56-geared 9-inch third member and Dutchman axles reside in a custom housing.
Wheels & Tires
J.F. took the big-wheel trend to the extreme and squeezed one-off Foose-designed, MHT-built wheels under the wagon. Up front, you'll find 22x8.5s wrapped in Pirelli 235/35 rubber, and even bigger 24x14s with monstrous Pirelli 404/25s reside in back.
Body & Paint
It's hard to tell the wagon started as a '55 DeSoto hardtop, but it looks like something Chrysler should have built after getting shortened 8 inches, chopped 2, and having the back portion of a wagon added, with the quarters wedge-cut.
The body has been completely double-skinned (hood, roof, fenders, floors, and quarters). J.F. squirted the DuPont Hot Hues custom-mixed Revolutionary Yellow paint once he was happy with the final shape of the sheetmetal. The grille was designed and built from a solid chunk of billet by Curtis Speed Equipment. The front bumper was made up from pieces of three original DeSoto bumpers, and the rear started as a '52 Chevy front bumper, which has been narrowed, recurved, and tucked in tight. Once they were fit, the bumpers and the rest of the chrome were sent off to Pacific Plating in Vancouver for a trip through the chrome tank.
Interior
There's not a lot inside that is reminiscent of the original Chrysler styling. The dash retains some of the stock lines but has been reworked and extended to flow into the custom center console, which flows the entire length of the interior into the tailgate. The new gauge cluster, built by J.F., features four pods fitted with custom-faced gauges. The stock bench seats have been replaced with four '07 Subaru buckets covered in bisque-color Rome leather by Lee Baxter at Baxter's Custom Upholstery in Kelowna, British Columbia. Beige German square weave carpet covers the floor, the lower portions of the custom console, and the door panels. A Hot Rod Air A/C unit keeps the expansive cabin cool. In case the bark of the Hemi gets boring, a Blaupunkt stereo and a host of JBL amps and speakers are there, ready to entertain.
Owner contact info: deserttruck@telus.net