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I love a sunny winter's day and a drive to the sea, and what better car to do it in than a nice old Mercedes Benz 300 SL roadster.
A forced perspective of the 1/18th scale model Mercedes Benz 300 SL by Norev, taken on location at Beachport on South Australia's Limestone coast.
The rocky breakwater beyond the boat ramps was absolutely covered with crested terns! They took flight every now and then creating quite a scene. Some photos of that will follow soon.
.....mine is the V8! But either would do of course!
The cars are : - 1961 AC Cobra roadster, and a 1955 Mercedes Benz 190 SL roadster.
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A forced perspective shot of two of my favourite 1/18th scale model cars, otherwise known as Ziggy and Molly, parked by the wonderful riverside cliffs at Walker Flat on the Murray River in South Australia.
This will be my last post for a short while. Just taking a break to rest the eyes. Having a little trouble focussing both together at the moment. Typing this was more than a little tricky - only about 40 corrections needed! ; )
I can still have a one eyed look and hit the old fave button, but I will catch up with comments soon! Cheers.
Any sunny day is a good day out, but even better when you can slip the roof off, then climb down into the low and sleek Ferrari 308 GTS and cruise to the southern coast of Victoria.
The setting here for this forced perspective shot is the riverside carpark at Nelson, a lovely sleepy and unspoilt town on Victoria's far south west coast, just a few kilometres from the South Australian state border. Local council have been spending a little money lately too with a nice new bitumen carpark here and also a good number of those new blue park-bench type seats scattered all round the town. Just out of shot to the left, a couple of small river cruise boats operate regular trips up and down the Glenelg River. To the right, the river goes round a kilometre or so before emerging into the beautiful sandy coastline. It is a great little spot for bird watching too. As well as all the usual coastal birds, I have seen much less common birds here like the rufous bristlebird and the azure kingfisher. Enticing enough to keep me coming back over and over again.
This was the model that set me on my love of Ferrari - the 308 GTS. It was a beautiful piece of design by the famous Italian automobile designer, Pininfarina. This shape dates back to 1977, but this is the 1982 model. It is my latest die-cast 1/18th scale model by Norev.
A nine image focus stack processed in the Canon R10, using the 24-240 zoom lens. Shot indoors in natural diffused daylight.
One thing that strikes to me as beautiful in the cold and generally dark winter are the brief moments of sunshine. If you spend a month without seeing the Sun once (our Novembers can literally be like that), you really appreciate the light.
In the dead of winter, when the sun is briefly and barely above the horizon, you can see these cruising against the clear blue sky. If the sky is clear, that is, it's very rare. The seemingly calm movement of the birds is actually pretty fast. You should use faster shutter speed to capture them properly but, well, the moment went by so fast. I'm just happy I got this.
The winter is gone for this year, welcome spring!
Like the title says, this is a reprise of an old photo from 2013.
This shot is from inside Maghull Library on Merseyside looking out over into its courtyard and onto a G-Scale model railway which is presently being constructed.
Maghull's most famous resident was legendary toy-maker Frank Hornby lived there for much of his adult life. The Town's Leisure Centre houses Maghull Library and above it the Frank Hornby Heritage Centre that's run by the Frank Hornby Charitable Trust. The Trust and Sefton Council's Library Service are working together to theme Maghull Library along Hornby/Meccano/model railway lines and the outdoor model railway pictured is a part of a Lottery-funded project being promoted by Sefton Libraries.
Here's a link to the Frank Hornby Charitable Trust's website - www.frankhornby.co.uk/
Variations of a photograph. I sometimes do more than one version of an image when trying to figure out what works. With this particular one I think it ended up a tie.
This, of course, is the Cylon Raider from the 1978 Battlestar Galactica tv-series. It's an old model, an original Monogram issue, I built it quite young and it's probably best photographed from a distance to keep the illusion intact. It has been in a cardboard box for decades, never really photographed it properly.
I tried to capture the filght dynamics of that thing, they had a very distinct character in flight. Also the engine glow was really bright, but since this is an old model and no electronics built in, I had to Photoshop the glow in. I never do that but for this I thought an exception was justified.
Flickr Friday: raam
Maquette van een flatgebouw, geschoten door het raam van Arcam, architectuur centrum Amsterdam.
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Flickr Friday: window
Scale model of an apartment building, shot through the window of Arcam, architecture centre Amsterdam.
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Dank voor het bekijken, commentaren, favorieten en kritiek. Geen verder gebruik zonder mijn uitdrukkelijke toestemming.
Thanks for watching, comments, favourites and critique. No further use without my explicit consent.
PF L-motor drive geared down 12:24
PF L-motor steering via mini linear actuator
Ackerman steering geometry
Full suspension(credits for rear axles to 2Legoornot2Lego)
Front PF LED lights
Two years ago I made my first locomotive as a full Lego scale model, set to the relatively big scale of 1/16. It was an older type American Diesel-electric unit called SD40-2, made by EMD (Electro Motive Diesel). The warm response the model received encouraged me to build another one, and this time I aimed for a more modern type, also produced by EMD: The SD70ACe. This mighty machine is a six-axle, 4300- horsepower, AC-traction diesel-electric locomotive which was first introduced in 2004, and has been in production since 2005. The SD70 ACe is very representative for locomotives used by North American Railroads to transport heavy freights.
The locomotive that I replicated is owned by Union Pacific; a freight railroad that operates nearly 8,500 locomotives, from which about 700 are SD70 Ace’s, and is the largest in the United States.
This specific example is something special though. It is a so called Union Pacific "heritage unit". These are a total of six SD70Ace’s which are painted in unique commemorative schemes which are meant to designate former railroads which Union Pacific purchased or operated over former trackage. Locomotive ‘UP 1989’ is such a “Heritage Unit” and is exclusivly painted in the colors of “Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad”, which Union Pacific acquired in 1996.
The Lego model consist of about 27.000 bricks, and was built in 4 months. It is about 143 cm in length (56,2 inch). The model was made from pictures and drawings found on the internet. It is fully detailed both, in, -and outside with modeled engine, electrical cabinets and cabin.
All decals were self-made as vector files, and printed and pre-cut at a professional company. Some retrofitted chromebricks are used.
This is also the first time I have used lighting in a model. Rob from Brickstuff.com made it possible for me to make a realistic lighting setup without sacrificing any space for detail due to the very thin wiring, and even the ditch effect is onboard. For the same detail space reason I used the small battery boxes inlcuding switches from Brickstuff, and there are now two main switches to operate the external and cabin lights. It really adds to the realism of a build, and it will definitly not be my last work with lights mounted!
My X-Wing is old, you can't just run it as if it was a modern bird. It was built for heavy use but the years and all the action take their toll, it simply isn't like new anymore.
Like any old spacecraft my X-Wing needs some serious TLC every now and then to keep it running smoothly and safely. Oil change is one of those things, fully syntethic only.
Today was a great day for this. Summer holiday, you see.
This is actually a follow-up to my previous upload. Simply another angle, nothing out of the ordinary.
Like the X-Wing model uploaded earlier, this is an oldie from the bottom of a cardboard box filled with childhood scale models. I ran into this today as I cleared a couple of shelves in the basement.
This is a Monogram model I got with great expectations after the wonderful X-Wing. I was so disappointed when I found out that this was a very, very simple model which had no pilot nor a cockpit, just the canopy with black decals for windows. Also, the kit had no orange stripe decals for the bottom, only top. Maybe that's why I was a bit more adventurous with the matchstick weathering. I wanted this to look mean, so, pushing the envelope, the matchstick flame melted the plastic here and there during the process. The damage actually looks allright now (not really visible from this angle), this one just looks battered, as if it's seen a lot of interstellar action.
There's an Avanaut Facebook page for those who like liking such things.
(Explored!)
That's actually the same TT scale model train I used for the 'Berlin 2039 tribute' picture. Here, the train is passing through an industrial area in Berlin on a foggy morning. The close-up shot let you feel the power and almost smell the diesel exhaust of this hard working class 241 engine. The environment was created with the help of Midjourney version 5.
Most Sundays, I like to sneak quietly down to the workshop, pop up the roller-door a few feet without turning on the lights and just make sure all is well!
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A 1/18th scale model diorama workshop, featuring die-cast models of a Shelby Cobra, a 1930 Alfa Romeo roadster and an E-Type Jag roadster.
A 12 image focus stack taken with a Canon RP, RF 35mm macro lens and processed in Canon DPP4.
I usually display vegetal chair's pictures on the doors of the cabinet in the living room. This pair( real sized and 1:6 scaled cabinets) makes me happy, and here is a newcommer beside the cabinet.
Bristol's have never really featured in the Network buses (or predecessors fleets) to any great extent.
This RE is crammed with junk but remains in sound overall condition, if a little tatty.
It was acquired several years ago and worked as a school bus and later a spare vehicle. Its not clear why it was moved to this corner of the yard, having rested for several years now on grass at the bottom of the depot - perhaps some restoration is planned?
Sitting in front of it are several defunct bus engines.
Guess who's back...back again...
Here's Bandai's fantastic 1/144 scale U-wing, completed in my own custom scheme/livery.
This is also one of the first models I have completed in a long, long time.
And yes, I am plugging my Instagram - very sneaky ;)
My other past time, this is a 1/72 F-89D Scorpion. It was a cold war interceptor that used 102 folding fin rockets in each wingtip pod to spray 2 inch buckshot at bombers. Revell kit I had for years that I decided to make based on the high visibility paint scheme.
My favourite sportscar when I was a child. I remember having an F40 trading card, used to be one of my treasured possessions as a kid.
This was abandoned last year because I couldn't get the headlights right, but recent Speed Champion F40 gave me fresh ideas to convert the standard version to LM, so here it is. Although it has some flaws but I'm pleased to finally have a red Ferrari in my Lego garage after 2 years of moc-ing.
Thanks for viewing!
KMP
Collection of mining equipment MOCs in 1 to 28.5 scale.
From left to right:
- Marion 204-M Superfront: Cable-Operated Mining Shovel www.flickr.com/photos/engineeringwithabs/albums/721576961...
- Euclid R-170: 170 Ton Mining Truck www.flickr.com/photos/engineeringwithabs/albums/721576777...
- Marathon LeTourneau L-1200 LeTro-Loader: Diesel-Electric Wheel Loader www.flickr.com/photos/engineeringwithabs/albums/721576797...
- Komatsu D575A-3 Super Dozer: 150 Ton Mining Bulldozer www.flickr.com/photos/engineeringwithabs/albums/721577120...
Missing in this picture is the Marion 5760 Stripping Shovel, The Mountaineer www.flickr.com/photos/engineeringwithabs/albums/721577099.... It's a bit oversized but in the same scale as the above MOCs.
All models feature various remote controlled functions using SBricks and Power Functions components.
Hello everyone, long time no see :-)
Actually I have never stopped building, but I am too lazy and busy to take pictures and post.
anyway, here is my latest MOC, the 2017 Porsche GT3 RS , built at the scale of 1:16 and took me around 1 month to finish.
I hope you like it , thanks for looking ;-)
@junchen.meng has built my Ford F100 and added custom rims with chrome all over!! It was quite challenging to design the wheel arches over the wheeels with a functional turning radius this truck drives fast with 2 buggy motors 😤 have a haunted start to your weekend everyone ! #lego #technic #scalemodel
There are lots of reasons to love Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn: The donut shop, the independent Toy Store and the overall “mom and pop shop” feel that emanates from a morning stroll down its sidewalks. Additionally, spanning the blocks, there is a wide variety of architecture to be found. This amazing building was overlooked by me on my many trips there. It is located just past the intersection of Bedford and Manhattan Avenues where I would typically turn to walk down Bedford. An account I follow on IG, @bkbybike posted a photo of this building earlier this year and I was instantly smitten. The overall color palette as well as the detailed bay windows reeled me in. Additionally, a barber/coffee shop calls ground floor its home. A very big thanks to @bkbybike for continuing to inspire my IG feed with amazing buildings like this one. Enjoy!
My new diorama was designed to fit into an office storage box of which the cover is used as a backdrop.