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This curious paddleboarder contemplated the machinery rebuilding the pier at Dromana Beach. The scale of the paddleboarder and beauty of the sea on an early misty morning caught my eye. The pier needs rebuilding following storm damage to its the lower deck.
Another day with a forecast of low cloud and >95% chance of rain. In these conditions there isn't much else other than fast flowing rivers that are worthwhile capturing.
Today, we travelled to Buttermere via Cockermouth and Crummock Water to reach the foot of Scale Force, a huge waterfall that sits in a gorge on red pike and feeds Crummock Water via Scale Beck. It's actually the tallest waterfall in the Lake District at 170ft tall.
I've been to Buttermere a number of times and never seen Scale Force flowing as quickly as it was today. We could even hear it from over 1/2 a kilometre away.
At sunset on the Winter Solstice, a small group of intrepid adventurers gather to witness a celestial miracle.
They wait for the last rays of the setting sun to illuminate the face of the angel atop the tree. Over the next three nights, more of that angel will appear until she is revealed in her entirety on Christmas Eve.
It was some twenty-two months ago that our adventurers set out on their journey. At that time, we had no idea where they might end up or indeed, what it was they were searching for. We last saw them as they negotiated an icy canyon. We can only wonder what hardships, what dangers they have faced since that time. We can only admire the perseverance needed to reach this place.
May the spirit of the season fill you with joy, whatever it is you are celebrating.
OK, now that all the Currier and Ives schmaltz is completed, while all the tourists are focused on the light on the angel's face, not one of them stops to wonder how they power the lights on the tree. There is not an electrical outlet for miles and no sign of a generator.
This is a forced perspective photograph of 1/43 scale die-cast model vehicles in front of a real background.
1937 Renault AGP85 Saharien is by Atlas Editions
Bedford OL Command truck is by Corgi
Sd.Kfz.2 or Kleine Kettenkraftrad HK 101 - Kettenrad for short, is by Hobby Master
The Utility truck is a resin kit of unknown make and manufacture.
Figurines are by Preiser and Arttista
A behind-the-scenes setup photo from this session can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/one24thscale/50768872926/in/photost...
Il mio dottore dice che facendo le scale a piedi si guadagnano minuti di vita. Rampa dopo rampa ho guadagnato due settimane, durante le quali pioverà sempre...
Woody Allen
One factor in what i call "true minifig scaling" is not to just keep the minifig height in mind, but also the fact that the original minifigs low hip joints might create the impressions of tires being "too large" for a vehicle. I also forget that fact myself sometimes, since i often place minifigs next to my vehicles. However, if you keep using the realistically proportioned "human fig" as a template next to your MOC, selecting the right tires/rims for your vehicles wont be any trouble.
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EB CN grain train G898 is on its knees as it climbs out of the Mississippi River valley. The train is cresting the highest elevation on the railroad ( in the state of Illinois ) at Scales Mound. The train could be heard 15 minutes before it arrived. Thanks to Craig for the intel.
I would have preferred a 50mm shot off the road bridge that I am on, but there is a thick wire going across the tracks. I am standing on the roof of my truck, in order to get above the wire. No way to get below the wire.
60085 'Snowdon' passes the old barn at Scale House on the former Grassington branch, working 6D76 Rylstone - Hunslet.
12 July 2025
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Coming back down Mellbreak I diverted to Scale Force waterfall.. what you can see is the small bottom drop of the waterfall, the main part of the fall can be seen in the background..
the shot is hand held, trying to get a bit of motion blur.. I took a few and this was the one that came out best :-)
Rust attacking the centimeter scale on great grandfather's caliper. Taken for #MacroMondays #Rust theme.
3:1 reproduction ratio. Horizontal dimension is (obviously), 12mm.
A line of hikers making the ascent. Also reminds me of the 'ants go marching...'
Bonus points if you see the two hikers descending.
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Explore 26 Aug, 2014. Best position #439
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Dettifoss waterfall Iceland, situated in northeastern Iceland, not far from Mývatn.
You see the falling Jökulsá á Fjöllum river, which comes from the Vatnajökull glacier and collects water from a large area in north-east Iceland. Dettifoss is the most powerful waterfalls in Europe, having a flow between 200.000 and 500.000 litres per second !!! The falls are 100 m wide and have a drop of 44 m down to the Jökulsárgljúfur canyon.
WOW...makes your hands shiver
"There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living." Nelson Mandela
I thought I'd have an outing before my area goes in to Covid Tier 3 tomorrow. Revisited Scale Haw Force hoping, this time, for some autumnal colours but suspect I'd missed the best of it.
This image is two photos focus stacked.