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The Bay of Fundy is home to vast stretches of mud, where constant tidal activity erodes the soft red sandstone, turning the water murky and leaving layers of sediment behind. On my first outing to the old wharf in Windsor along the St. Croix River (fed by the Bay of Fundy), the tide was out, exposing the inlet's muddy banks. While I was hoping for higher tides (and would return for that) the lower tide revealed intricate textures in the mud that were perfect for photography.
An image I’ve been wanting to add to my portfolio is one of cracked mud. While this mud was far from dry, it offered a similar opportunity with its intricate patterns and winding lines. The challenge was finding a balanced composition, and I believe I managed to capture one here.
The patterns reminded me of reptilian scales, which inspired the title "Scaled Mud." Do you see it too, or am I just imagining things? Let me know what you think!
A video taken on my HO Scale layout. All but one of the buildings in the center of the layout are from a layout I had as a child 40 years ago; most are Plasticville and Atlas structures. The rolling stock is a mixture of Tyco and Athern equipment from the original layout, Life Like equipment for two train sets that were given to me, and Bachmann. The trackwork is Life-Like EZ Track.
Since it is a throwback to my youth as well as for the kids and grandkids, it is all DC and horn hook couplers for ease of use. The feel is also a throwback to the small towns I remember growing up; with lots of "easter eggs" from moments and places in my life.
The song is In a Child's Eyes by John Tesh.
The grand staircase around the Reading Room, The British Museum, London.
The shadows are from the giant rooflight that the Architect, Sir Norman Foster, designed to enclose the old courtyard.
Kristen and Mt. Fee from our hike to Brandywine Mountain a few weeks ago.
Enjoy your weekend everyone!
Grime time..........I read somewhere washes are what people who do not know how to paint have to resort to, whatever I'll own it. I want the buildings to have an aged weathered look to them. The wash is mainly water with a dash of Matte Medium and a few drops of dish soap, I used less than a teaspoon of paint to a cup of water. Slather it on with a big brush and quickly wipe away the excess with paper towels. I don't want to look too grimy, just enough to bring up the detail and tone down the paint colors a bit.
Staircases basically completed.....YEAH! Looking forward to moving on to something else after spending a week on these.
One of my colleagues (who prefers to remain anonymous) is a model-making enthusiast. He is constantly looking for new and challenging projects. One of his ideas was to create scale models of cars made out of plastic customer loyalty cards from various shops. The open top Routemaster double-decker bus is made out of (about seven or eight) Kruidvat Jouw extravoordeelkaart cards. The trailer is made out of Open32 MyCard cards.
Construction materials used are a jigsaw, cutting blades, cyanoacrylate glue and contact adhesive. The wheels were purchased (a long time ago) at Wiking Modelbau and the window panes are bits and pieces of old stock. The license plate of the car is (by tradition) its year of construction. The models also have a few numbers written on the underside, which corresponds to the serial number of the blueprint the model was based on and also a serial number of the scale model itself.
This is actually a focus-stacked image enfused from ten individual photos (tutorial by Patrick David).
A "Behind The Scenes" photo can be seen here.
Wrigleyville in N-Scale.
With the Cubs winning the World Series Wrigley Field and the Wrigleyville neighborhood are very much in the news. I thought I would upload these images to show what the area looked like in the early 1970s when the Milwaukee Road ran right past the ballpark to interchange with the CTA at the Buena Yard in Uptown. I’ve been working on this diorama over the years and it is very much a work in progress.
I also model the Milwaukee Road Chicago & Evanston (C&E Line) farther south from Belmont Avenue to Wellington Avenue where it ran down the middle of Lakewood Avenue. I will post pictures of that diorama later.
My goal is to close the gap between the two dioramas-in a compressed way-and one day model the section around Racine and Roscoe where the Milwaukee Road went under the CTA Ravenswood Line and service a fuel dealer.
All of the buildings are scratch built using photographs and postcards of buildings in the area from the era. Some have since been torn down like the residence on Eddy Street, Franksville, Yum Yum Donuts, and the two commercial buildings on the east side of Clark south of Addison. The Standard Condenser building is now part of the expanded Cubby Bear sports bar complex.
The roadbed for the tracks was built up on cork with cardstock for the top layer and thinly cut strips of polystyrene for the spaces between the flangeways to simulate street trackage. By this date the Milwaukee Road had abandoned the southbound main in this area and used just the former northbound main. I tried to show an out of service track that is partly paved over for the former southbound main.
The cantilevered grade crossing signals are from NJ International. The track is Atlas as is the SW-1200 that Bill Denton custom painted for me in the number of an actual unit that was photographed by the Wrigley Field team track on one of the last days of service.
This view shows the out of service but mostly left in place southbound main, paved over in places. Like the prototype this diorama is also protected by cantilevered crossing protection.
The building on the far right is the former Franksville restaurant which was replaced by a McDonalds.
When looking at pictures, sometimes it's easy to forget just how large of a scale these wonders are. Here is another photo from The Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Florence, Italy
The model was the 1/76th scale Royal Mail Defender; I removed all the Royal Mail lettering and replaced it with fire brigade crests and lettering. Roller shutter lockers were added to the bodywork and a blue light bar was fitted to the roof.
Common name: Scaled Quail
Scientific name: Callipepla squamata
Distribution: Mexico, United States
Conservation status (IUCN): Least Concern
I think these are scale insect, whatever they are my poor Aloe was coated with sticky honeydew and these things. I consigned the plant to the worm bin. Luckily I had taken healthy cuttings.
20th June 2015 Home Stafford UK
Oystershell scale is a widespread problem, an emerging invasive insect posing a serious threat to conservation of quaking aspen in northern Arizona and beyond. A serious priority for researchers, oystershell scale monitoring and research is occurring on the Flagstaff and Mogollon Rim Ranger Districts with collaborators from NAU School of Forestry.
Photos are from a collaborative field trip with NAU School of Forestry and the USFS. We shadowed researchers and graduate students, visiting two test plots where possible mitigations for oystershell spread are being reviewed.
Photos and videos taken December 7, 2021 by Danika Thiele. Credit U.S. Forest Service Coconino National Forest.
The new replica station building at Bullarto is a copy of the original VR 3rd class station building from 1886. There were many of these spread about the state, Bullarto being one of them. Others were at Pyramid Hill, Merino, Dingee and Boort.
This picture is a model we made at 1 to 160 scale in 2021 prior to the reconstruction at Bullarto. The place name is fictitious but the buildings are all scale copies from VR plans including the 3rd class station building.