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From the Flickr 20th Anniversary Photowalk in Chicago
Chicago Riverwalk
Chicago, Illinois 41.886020, -87.637045
February 18, 2024
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Armored Scale Insects - Diaspididae is the largest family of scale insects with over 2650 described species in around 400 genera. As with all scale insects, the female produces a waxy protective scale beneath which it feeds on its host plant. Diaspidid scales are far more substantial than those of most other families, incorporating the exuviae from the first two nymphal instars and sometimes faecal matter and fragments of the host plant.[1] These can be complex and extremely waterproof structures rather resembling a suit of armor. For this reason these insects are commonly referred to as armored scale insects. As it is so robust and firmly attached to the host plant, the scale often persists long after the insect has died.
Last weekend, my friend Anton Raves came over for a visit, where he shot this close-up video of some of my construction vehicles. Something seems to have gone wrong with my Kuiphuis crane, though.
July 31, 2016
Closeups of purple and white iridescent scales of a Striped Bass. (Morone saxatilis)
Nauset Outer Beach
Orleans, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
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Here we are at North Fond du Lac, WI on 04-03-1976 observing SOO LINE arrivals and departures. SOO GP30 #711 has just arrived from Stevens Point with an F7B and an F7A for power. Ready to depart to the left is an F7-U30C combo. The men are holding a discussion at the scale house.
Now that there's the 1/35 Mini (and quite a few other vehicles built in the meantime) I thought it might be a good idea to update the scale system I'm using for vehicle builds.
The "Larger City Scale", as I call it, is an attempt to harmonize the different vehicle widths and scales used in Town/Minifig surroundings into a single system, according to the following requirements:
- It must be possible to build all sorts (quite an important point) of vehicles in a more or less realistic manner, especially regarding proportions.
- The widths used should be able to reflect the different characters of cars (it's obvious that e. g. a full-size car/landyacht must look much more massive than, say, a pony car like a Mustang).
- It should be possible to combine vehicles and figs standing next to them.
- It should be possible to use the typical vehicle stuff in minifig scale/City surrounding like mudguards, windscreens, wheels and roofparts.
- The seating of minifigs is desirable but not a strict requirement. However, it should be possible to seat the figs side by side or - if there's only room for one fig - to avoid placing it in the center of the car which I can't help looks odd.
Using a single scale throughout to fulfill these requirements proved to be quite difficult. Even if the figs are altered to a 1/40 scale (like I do with all the figs) it is a problem to build matching - and at the same time well-proportioned - cars - the more so if you want to place figs into them. Thus for passenger cars a 1/35 scale proved to be a good compromise. (It is quite interesting that there's at least one clone brick manufacturer - which I won't even name - who produces Lego compatible car models in an explicit scale of 1/35 which I regard as a confirmation of my approach nonetheless).
On larger vehicles like buses or semis a 1/40 scale is no problem, trains are a bit smaller in scale (1/43, 9w) because at 1/40 which would mean a width of 10 studs (at least regarding US style) trains become hard to handle and tend to "dwarf" even buildings. Still they look as massive as they should.
The idea of a variable scale according to the absolute size of a structure (the larger the structure the smaller the scale) is not a new idea, of course. An example is the use of 1/43 vehicles on 1/48 model train layouts (especially in the US, if I'm right). A stadium in the Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg is built in a much smaller scale than its surrounding because otherwise it would take too much room on the layout - yet it's an impressive structure.
Anyhow, it should be mentioned that all this is not an exact science, all categorizations are approximative, some decisions are rather determinations - e. g. for reasons of proportions you find the Ford GT40 in the 2m (7w) class though in reality it only measures 1,78 m. As you may spot there's still a conflict between a 1/40 step van in 7w and a 1/35 Hummer in 8w - step vans should probably be 8w throughout, too (I'm actually trying this).
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Overview of the width classes (with some further information regarding the seating of minifigs and the windscreens used; probably I'll add some info about the wheelsizes used, too).
You may spot that there's a great variety of shapes used, exploiting all the possibilities of City, Speed Champions and even Lego Movie sets. Also, you will notice some differences between this and the earlier version, inter alia the missing "+-system" regarding mudguards - it didn't prove very helpful since the mudguard parts are used for different purposes: On trucks and also on vintage cars they often belong to larger structures and should therefore count regarding width whereas on passenger cars they rather can be understood as (quite disproportionate) wheel arches which in reality are much smaller.
9w, 1/43
3 meter class (US trains)
Seating of minifigs: yes (though not in the locos)
Model depicted: GP15-1
8w, 1/40
2,5 meter class (semi trucks, buses)
Windscreens: 2x4w, custom
Seating of minifigs: partially yes (sbs)
Models depicted: Greyhound Bus, Semi Tractor, Seagrave Pumper
7w, 1/40
2,3 m class (step vans)
Windscreens: 6w
Seating of minifigs: no
Model depicted: Ice Cream Truck
8w, 1/35
2.2 m class (oversized utility vehicles)
Windscreens: custom
Seating of minifigs: no
Model depicted: Hummer H1
7w, 1/35
2 meter class (full-size vehicles, pickup trucks, vintage cars, super sports cars)
Windscreens: 6w (mostly)
Seating of minifigs: partially (sbs)
Models depicted: Dodge Ram, Chevy Impala, Rolls-Royce Phantom III, Ford GT40
6.8 w, 1/35
1,9 meter class (muscle cars)
Windscreens: 6w
Seating of minifigs: no
Model depicted: Dodge Charger
6w, 1/35
1,8 meter class (sports cars, convertibles and smaller passenger cars)
Windscreens: 5w
Seating of minifigs: partially yes (sbs)
Models depicted: Mustang, Roadster
5w, 1/35
1,5 meter class (small cars)
Windscreens: 4w
Seating of minifigs: no
Model depicted: Mini
Thanks for reading all this stuff!
LE SCALE
Le scale
questi ansanti tabernacoli bianchi
marmi sui quali gli umani
pavimentano l’anima.
Scale fatte d’aria
dove non ruotano i venti.
Scale adorne
che separano i ferrati dai lenti.
Scale in stile gotico, apostolico
che non portano a Dio
né alla sacralità dell’Essere.
Scale intime, abissali
sotto boschi
dove urlano i corvi.
Le scale
questi penosi tabernacoli bianchi
dalle antiche radici di ferro
che non danno colore
non spargono odore
a chi stringe più in alto lo scettro.
Luciano Nota
Whilst building my mega windmill transporter, I was already thinking about building another truck to accompany it. I seriously considered building one for transporting one of the turbine's blades, but I didn't relish the challenge of building the blade itself. The turbine's hub, however, is also a substantial bit of equipment and struck me as an interesting load.
1:45 scale
Another iconic mars rover done in minifigure scale just like the other one. It has been a while since I have tried to recreate something in such a small scale, so I forgot how hard it was. Though, I quite enjoyed the challenge.
a7riv + Sony FE 4/70-200 Macro G OSS II
www.archdaily.com/26324/roosendaal-pavillion-rene-van-zuu...
I'm currently working on a Cafe-Corner scale building, and I've been building some furniture for it. Unfortunately, I haven't been thinking clearly about the scale - this furniture takes up half the room. I need to be thinking and building smaller.
L to R: refrigerator, big screen tv, stereo console
The refrigerator doesn't have a back, and it has a piece of tape on top of it. The tape isn't holding it together, it's holding it together better.
I decided to finally make a minifig-scale mech!
(The hands are stolen right off of Catpipe's Azure Guardian)
So, here's a micro megatron to go witth my Optimus. Contains 41 pieces and completely transforms from robot to tank without removing or adding parts (except the cannon).
I never realized how many interesting buildings and views there are in the town I live in until I seriously started to scout around for backgrounds.
The one thing I have to do is wait until the shops close so there aren't any cars or trucks mixing in with the Elgin Park vibe.
Usually early in the morning or on the weekends is the best time.
The Holidays, though, are great because everyone leaves town so the streets tend to be empty.
When I was young, I would purposely take walks by way of short cuts and back alleys to avoid seeing people. It gave me the impression that I was the only person around.
But I must add here, I liked the fact that I could walk by an open window and hear a radio or a muted conversation, or off in the distance I could hear a train rolling by.
How interesting that decades later I would be photographing such scenes.
I know, I know, perhaps I should see a therapist. Actually I did but there were no inroads made on this particular subject.
Just think, if there were, Elgin Park might not exist!
Now that's a scary thought.
Here is the completed image: