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Seen here in Birkenhead is one of Arriva Merseyside's Wright Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B5LHs with the registration of BT66 MTV and fleet number of 4806 on the Rail Replacement Shuttle betweeen Birkenhead Central and Birkenhead North. 11/2/17
My car was looking bad, so I replaced almost the entire nose. Next step: New tires, oil change, and paint it green.
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The Bv 316 was a tailless twin jet fighter designed by Blohm & Voss as a replacement for the Me 262 fighter. The design of the Bv P.216 was begun in the summer of 1943 and was intended as an overall improvement to the Messerschmitt Me 262. The biggest weakness of the Me 262 were its unreliable and weak Junkers Jumo 004 B-1 turbojets, delivering only 8.8 kN (1,980 lbf) each.
Whilst the Luftwaffe took the Me 262 into service, an improvement was direly needed. Messerschmitt responded with the P.1099 design, and in 1944 the High Command of the Luftwaffe came up with the Emergency Fighter (Volksjäger) Competition, which challenged engineers to invent a new, light and simple aircraft.
Nevertheless, heavier types with longer endurance were needed, too, so Blohm & Voss’ designer Dr. Vogt proposed a twin jet development of his versatile family of tailless fighter concepts (ranging from pusher propeller designs through a light fighter for the Volksjäger competition up to a heavy, three-seated night fighter design) that would fall into the Me 262’s weight class, but take advantage of the Heinkel HeS 011, a new jet engine which was being under development for aircraft of various classes and sizes and offered 150% of thrust.
The engines were mounted in a pair at the rear of a short, tailless fuselage, breathing through a bifurcated nose intake. The pilot sat above the air intake in a pressurized cockpit, with a dorsal fuel tank behind him. More fuel was carried in the wings, which were swept 40° at quarter chord and featured fins on short outriggers at about 2/3 of the wing span. A fully retractable tricycle landing gear was fitted, the front wheel turned 90° to lie flat under the air intake while the main wheels retracted inward and also lay under the engine bay. Armament consisted of four compact MK 108 30mm cannons in the nose section.
This aircraft received the internal project number P.216. Since it already incorporated advanced wind tunnel research for the innovative layout and the swept wing design, Dr. Vogt received an official Go from the RLM.
Construction of three P.216 prototypes began in May 1945, followed by extensive flight and structural tests. The first aircraft (A-0 pre-production series) made its first flight in August 1945, and after a minimal test program, the P.216 was cleared for production in October 1945, receiving the official RLM service code number 316.
The production aircraft (Bv 316 A-1) differed only marginally from the prototypes, since there was hardly any time for refinement. Most visible changes included a simplified canopy (instead of a more rounded bubble canopy), and external hardpoints under fuselage and wings for a wide range of ordnance, which made the Bv 316 eligible for fighter bomber duties, too. A plumbed central pylon also allowed the carriage of a drop tank, which extended range appreciably. Less obvious was better armor protection for the pilot and the fuselage tank. Overall performance was slightly better than the Me 262’s, the most significant advantage was the dramatically improved reliability of the HeS 011 engines and a much better turn radius due to the lower wing load.
Luftwaffe pilots were sceptical at first, but found the Bv 316 to be a trustworthy weapon platform. The first machines were allocated to bases in southern Germany and Austria, where the fighters helped to protect oil fields in Bulgaria in mid 1946.
General characteristics:
Crew: One
Length: 8,17 m (26 ft 9 1/4 in)
Wingspan: 11,40 m (37 ft 4 1/2 in)
Height: 3,49 m (11 ft 5 1/4 in)
Wing area: 29,11 m² (313,4 sq ft)
Empty weight: 5.046 kg (11,125 lb)
Loaded weight: 6.894 kg (15.198 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 18.152 lb (8.234 kg)
Powerplant:
2× Heinkel HeS 011A turbojets, each rated at 12,01 kN (1.300 kg/2.866 lb)
Performance:
Maximum speed: 1.006 km/h (625 mph, 548 knots)
Stall speed: 200 km/h (124 mph, 108 knots)
Range: 2.400 km (1,522 mi)
Service ceiling: 15.100 m (49.600 ft) at combat weight
Rate of climb: 45,72 m/s (9.000 ft/min) at sea level
Wing loading: 236.7 kg/m² (49.4 lb/ft²)
lift-to-drag: 15.1
Thrust/weight: 0,42
Armament:*
4× fixed 30mm MK 108 cannons in the nose
Underfuselage and wing hardpoints for a total ordnance of 1.500 kg (3.303 lb),
including bombs of up to 1.000 kg (2.202 lb) caliber, drop tanks or unguided rockets
The kit and its assembly:
I wonder why this conversion stunt has not been done before or more often, because it's such an obvious move?
There had been several tailless Blohm & Voss designs, ranging from a small jet fighter (an alternative to the He 162, which was chosen as Volksjäger) to a heavily armed, two engine, three seat night fighter with 14m wing span. If you take a look at sketches of these aircraft, the overall simlarity of the later F-86 is obvious, despite its conventional layout. So I thought that a whiffy B&V design on this basis should be easy - and it actually is!
The basis is the vintage Matchbox F-86A from 1976, chosen because of its simplicity and basically good fit. The major steps include cutting off the tail just behind the wings' trailing edge, as well as a part of the dorsal section and the wings outside of the flaps.
In order to create a more dynamic look and stay true to the original Dr. Vogt designs I attached the wings with a slight dihedral, while the recessed outer wings received a recognizable anhedral - mounted on slender pylons that are actually pieces of sprue.
On top of that some donation parts were added:
* The fins are stabilizers from an Italeri A-4M Skyhawk
* The F-86's bubble canopy was replaced with the canopy and cockpit section from a Revell Me 262
* An Airfix pilot was added
* The engines come from a Dougram mecha kit (a 1:48 hovercraft!)
* The landing gear struts belong to a Hobby Boss Me 262
* The main wheels come from an Italeri IAI Kfir
The new canopy was added for a more "German" and less modern look. It meant massive body work, but it blends in well. The are behind the cockpit had to be sculpted anew, too, and creating a good transition to the two jet exhauts from above and below was not easy.
The F-86 air intake was also modified: the characteristic upper lip with the radar range finder had to go and I implanted a vertical splitter inside, plus a wall of dark foamed plastics that blocks light from the cockpit and sight onto the lead that was hidden around the cockpit.
For armament I filled the original six 0.5" machine guns and drilled two pairs of new, bigger openings for MK 108 cannons in the same place. Later, pieces of hollow steel needles were added as cannon muzzles. As an extra I added an underfuselage pylon for a drop tank and attachment points for eight scratched WGr 21 launch tubes.
Painting and markings:
How to paint a Luft '46 aircraft? The color spectrum is limited, and I wanted a "different" look. Dedicated ugliness was intended. So I came, after some browsing, across an obscure and heavily debated color for the lower sides, called (more or less inofficially) RLM 84. It's a greenish grey, much like the RAF Sky, that was used on some late Luftwaffe aircraft - maybe a primer color, or a field mix? Anyway, it would yield that odd look that I was looking for, and I used a mix of Humbrol 90 with some RLM 02, slightly darker and greenish than Sky.
In order to emphasize the overall strange color effect I decided to paint the upper surfaces in a uniform RLM 81 (Braunviolett), and add field camouflage in the form of patches/mottle in RLM 81 and RLM 02 on the flanks and on the wings. RLM 02 was not in use as camouflage paint in late WWII anymore, but I am certain that it was still around, and it matches the overall greenish look of the aircraft well.
For an even more field duty look I added details in different colors/tones. The slats' undersides received a grey primer finish, while the flaps and rudders were painted RLM 76 from below and in a slightly different shade of RLM 81 from above (Humbrol 155), as if they had been replaced or the aircraft had been built from different components and jostled into service.
All interior surfaces were painted in very dark grey (RLM 66), and various shades of Metallizer were used around the exhausts, the cannons and under the wings where the WGr 21 launch tubes are located.
After a light black ink wash and some shading the decals were applied - puzzled together from various sheets and in a minimalistic style.
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Now bolted into position but needs a shim removed from the bottom hinge in order it to pull closer to the body.
After fitting and thinking it looked o.k. had a look from the driver's side and saw daylight between the door and body when it was fully closed.
Will sort it out tomorrow.
This door doesn't look the best but it's solid compared to the one that was originally there.
Will need a respray as the paintwork isn't tidy.
I spent the day wearing a piece of birch. My wedding ring is filthy and I'm cleaning it, but it felt so weird being without it that I needed a substitute. I actually really like it and am considering wearing one on my other hand. I always have a steady supply if it should break, and also...built in fire-starter. Score!
The US Navy had begun planning a replacement for the F-4 Phantom II in the fleet air defense role almost as soon as the latter entered service, but found itself ordered by then-Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara to join the TFX program. The subsequent F-111B was a failure in every fashion except for its AWG-9 fire control system, paired with the AIM-54 Phoenix very-long range missile. It was subsequently cancelled and the competition reopened for a new fighter, but Grumman had anticipated the cancellation and responded with a new design.
The subsequent F-14A Tomcat, last of the famous Grumman “Cat” series of US Navy fighters, first flew in December 1970 and was placed in production. It used the same variable-sweep wing concept of the F-111B and its AWG-9 system, but the Tomcat was much sleeker and lighter. The F-14 was provided with a plethora of weapons, including the Phoenix, long-range AIM-7 Sparrow, short-range AIM-9 Sidewinder, and an internal M61A1 Vulcan 20mm gatling cannon. This was due to the Vietnam experience, in which Navy F-4s found themselves badly in need of internal armament. Despite its large size, it also proved itself an excellent dogfighter.
The only real drawback to the Tomcat proved to be its powerplant, which it also shared with the F-111B: the Pratt and Whitney TF30. The TF30 was found to be prone to compressor stalls and explosions; more F-14s would be lost to engine problems than any other cause during its career, including combat. The Tomcat was also fitted with the TARPS camera pod beginning in 1981, allowing the RA-5C Vigilante and RF-8G Crusader dedicated recon aircraft to be retired. In addition to the aircraft produced for the US Navy, 79 of an order of 100 aircraft were delivered to Iran before the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
The Tomcat entered service in September 1974 and first saw action covering the evacuation of Saigon in 1975, though it was not involved in combat. The Tomcat’s first combat is conjectural: it is known that Iranian F-14s saw extensive service in the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War, and that Iranian Tomcats achieved a number of kills; the only F-14 ace was Iranian. The first American combat with the F-14 came in September 1981, when two F-14As shot down a pair of Libyan Su-22 Fitters over the Gulf of Sidra. The Tomcat would add another two kills to its record in 1987, two Libyan MiG-23s once more over the Gulf of Sidra.
The high losses due to problems with the TF30 (fully 84 Tomcats would be lost to this problem over the course of its career) led to the Navy ordering the F-14A+ variant. The A+, redesignated F-14B in 1991, incorporated all refits and most importantly, General Electric F110 turbofans. Among the refits was the replacement of the early A’s simple undernose IR sensor with a TISEO long-range camera system, allowing the F-14’s pilot to identify targets visually beyond the range of unaided human eyesight.
The majority of F-14As were upgraded to B standard, along with 67 new-build aircraft. A mix of F-14As and Bs would see action during the First Gulf War, though only a single kill was scored by Tomcats.. Subsequent to this conflict, the Navy ordered the F-14D variant, with completely updated avionics and electronics, a combination IRST/TISEO sensor, replacement of the AWG-9 with the APG-71 radar, and a “glass” cockpit. Though the Navy had intended to upgrade the entire fleet to D standard, less than 50 F-14Ds ever entered service (including 37 new-builds), due to the increasing age of the design.
Ironically, the US Navy’s Tomcat swan song came not as a fighter, but a bomber. To cover the retirement of the A-6 Intruder and A-7 Corsair II from the fleet, the F-14’s latent bomb capability was finally used, allowing the “Bombcat” to carry precision guided weapons, and, after 2001, the GPS-guided JDAM series. By the time of the Afghanistan and Second Gulf Wars, the F-14 was already slated for replacement by the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, and the Tomcat would be used mainly in the strike role, though TARPS reconnaissance sorties were also flown. The much-loved F-14 Tomcat was finally retired from US Navy service in September 2006, ending 36 years of operations. The aircraft remains in service with the Iranian Revolutionary Air Force.
160909 served with at least four F-14 squadrons--it was one of the first F-14s to equip VF-74 ("Be-Devilers"), then served with VF-14 ("Tophatters") aboard the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) during Operation Desert Storm. It was then transferred to VF-101 ("Grim Reapers"), the Navy's F-14 Atlantic Fleet F-14 replenishment squadron, and finally with the Naval Reserve's VF-201 ("Hunters") at NAS Dallas, Texas. While with VF-201, 160909 also flew as an aggressor aircraft. It was retired in 1999 when VF-201 reequipped with F/A-18 Hornets, and went on display at then-NAS Atlanta. When NAS Atlanta closed, it was moved to its present location at the Marietta Museum of History's Aviation Wing, on the northwest side of Dobbins ARB.
It was a bit of a surprise to find a F-14 at the Marietta airpark, but 160909 looks to be in pretty good shape. VF-201's markings are carried on the tail. I got this picture on a wet and humid Georgia day in June 2019.
In 2012, 23 City playgrounds were completely replaced and four playgrounds received a new fall surface at a cost of approximately $2.6 million. Maintaining safe and wholesome places for children to play and families to socialize supports The City of Calgary’s goal of complete communities.
The City maintains 1,048 playgrounds and each one is inspected seven times a year. Life expectancy of a playground is approximately 15 years. Replacements are prioritized through a rating system that evaluates:
Condition of each piece of equipment
Usage of equipment
Opportunity of leveraging funds from partner organizations. Seventeen of the 23 playgrounds received funding from Parks Foundation Calgary’s Building Playgrounds and Communities Grant Program in 2012.
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Rail replacement services between Three Bridges and Brighton are usually in the hands of double deck buses, many sourced from within the Go Ahead group. London E150 (SN60 BZY) passes Metrobus Scania Omnidekka 484 (YN53 RYW) yesterday morning, October 5th, 2014.
Inchon, August 1953, Inchon 8057th Replacement Depot. We were housed in the tents on the left side of the photo.
Wow. This has been tough I am so sorry it has taken me so long to get back to everyone. Thanks for all of your wishes prayers and kind words. I made it through it and was doing so well they released me last Wednesday ( a day earlier than anticipated). The surgeon was amazed that my range of motion was 100%. So they took the femoral nerve block out.......and that's when everything went backwards and the troubles started. From my knee up to the top of my thigh is like pins and needles and numb. I've gone through a few days of felling sorry for myself and I finally snapped out of it. I was suppose to have a Physical therapist here the day I came home and he didn't show up until today after my surgeon called and gave him the how to and what for! So...he came with an attitude...and I said " Lets forget about what you didn't do and focus on what can be done... My main concern is will I ever get the feeling back in my leg and he promised me that yes I would but the medication from the nerve block is stuck in the upper leg so he gave a deep tissue massage which hurt like you know what. I feel much better now and am focusing on getting well. I've gone up and down my staircase all by myself 4 times now. ( with hubby right there ...just in case) I am confident Ill be back to normal very soon. Don't you hate how tightly they put those stitches in????? I hate it but supposedly it leaves a better scar. I will be back on tomorrow and hopefully reply to some comments. Thanks again....I'm well....safe and home.
Inchon, August 1953, Inchon 8057th Replacement Depot. Bob Williams (on the left) and Rempe relaxing in our tent while waiting to catch the troopship General W.F. Hase for home. The troopship also carried American prisoners of war that had been repatriated during Operation Big Switch prisoner exchange at Panmunjom. On the way home on the troopship, Bob typed reports from the former POWs interviews.
The men who have come to renew the gas supply pipes in my road hoped that they wouldn't have to dig up the pavers in front of my house – but they did.
Headquarters of the District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency. 815 Florida Ave NW (corner of 9th St), Washington, DC.
Two of the carpenters working on the south end viaduct replacement project. Without carpenters, you would have a pretty hard time building a bridge. They build the forms and that make it possible to set rebar and pour concrete. They build the scaffolding and temporary structures that makes it possible to work on a bridge before it becomes a bridge. When the bridge or ramp is done, all of their work is been stripped off and hauled away to be recycled, But look closely at a bridge and you can often see the imprint of the grain of the wooden forms in the concrete.
I finally received it. My replacement. Too bad they had to give me one of the new ones, to replace my older one that died. (I say that with sarcasm)
NAT were out in force this morning covering Swansea to Port Talbot.This MAN was tucked in the lane to the old Land Registry,now part of Swansea University I understand.
A little more of the old world disappears, as the tail end of 'the morning after' train rolls out of Stroud station, behind 47 747.
These 60ft bullhead track panels, from Bowbridge, were the last mainline survivors in the area. They outlived, by some years, several chains of bullhead track on the Up line between Standish Junction and the 'black bridge' just north of Stonehouse.
Stagecoach Trident 18311 does the rail replacement duty to from Farnborough to Alton this evening, and South West Trains liveried 16767 was behind.
Bova Futra 8957 FN, operated by Heritage Coaches of Colgate, laying over at Brighton Railway station on Rail Replacement duty.
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Mike Cougill appeared in Episode 6 to talk about his book "Detailing Track". Here's an example of his work in O scale (Proto:48). www.themodelrailwayshow.com
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