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1/48 Wessex by Andy Hills
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Active Assignment Weekly: June 6-13: Nature's Geometric Shapes...
For the assignment, photograph a geometric shape created by nature.
Restriction: It can be set up by man ( ie: salt crystalizing,water freezing ) but can not be constructed by him (man).
Dare: Something other than a macro.
WIT: This is the skin from a rattlesnake that picked the shade of the wrong tree one hot day several years ago. I was with a group of people in southwestern North Dakota on a paleontology field trip. Upon returning to our camp site under a group of cottonwood trees this former snake struck out at a passing person...without the traditional rattling first. Out came the shovels and a few moments later the snake was shorter by a head. That was nearly twenty years ago and the skin is still hanging around in the garage. According to the web, a snake hatches with a fixed number of scales. The scales do not increase in number as the snake matures nor do they reduce in number over time. The scales however grow larger in size and may change shape with each molt. The darker portion in the middle is the back of the snake, the wider scales to the edges are from the belly. Light by afternoon sun, sharpened and cropped.
Tor Dike is a linear earthwork about 2000 metres long situated across a valley head guarding access from Upper Wharfedale into Coverdale.
Reputably built by the Brigantine Chief Venutius in the first century A.D.
This alternative explanation of the dike is taken from Whittaker’s History of Craven. In 1410 Ralph, Earl of Westmoreland, was granted a licence by Henry IV to enclose 300 acres by Kettlewell. Ralph was a Neville and owned Middleham Castle. Whittaker writes “this is the origin of Scale Park, now divided into two enclosures and so-called from a long and steep ascent within it from Craven to Coverdale”. Walking along the eastern escarpment it is clear that the whole area is a natural enclosure except at the Northern end. The dyke was dug to complete the enclosure and connect the steep Eastern and Western valley sides.
Buckden Pike right skyline.
The HO scale farmhouse kit is the same design as the one on my N scale layout, but each of us detailed ours a bit differently, and each of us scratchbuilt a shed for the farm vehicles.. Here is a link to my version of this building: www.flickr.com/photos/13893317@N06/8042816729/in/set-7215... . The amber wheat field in the background is painted on. The trees behind the farmhouse are a photograph that is cut out to help hide a hidden track in a carefully concealed trench that will eventually lead to a lower level featuring Emporia, Kansas.
This photo was taken of Steve Sandifer's HO scale layout. All his finished structures and scenery are superb. He models a Santa Fe branchline in central Kansas circa 1952. I photographed his layout on the 2014 Fall Layout Tour
HO scale model of Armour reefer 12895 in the pre 1938 "billboard" paint.
The ICC banned billboards on rolling stock in 1937.
Wasdale trip photo's. Plan was to camp two nights at the Wasdale head national trust campsite. Get photo's of sunset, sunrise nad night time, from various locations in this area. Two climbers can be seen climbing one of the ridges on Great Gable. I used to have a guide book with all the names of these routes, not that I did them. The most I did was the climbers traverse scramble and then threading the needle.
Did you know that butterfly wings are covered with microscopic scales? I used fish leather with a visible scale pattern to cover the spine. Conceptual. No?
(You can find all colors of fish leather at fineleathers.etsy.com).
1/4 Scale Regent Miniatures
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