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This was the first time on this trip I could stop and take all my toys from the car with enough time to enjoy.
I was designated driver at the time, my co-driver happily sleeping as the sun came up on this glorious vista. Took a while to find a safe parking spot so missed the 'Golden time' but hey, I'm not complaining. More to follow.
GBRf Class 60 No. 60076 passes Scale House on the Rylstone branch working 6D50, the 10:24 Hull Dairycoates – Rylstone Tilcon working on 12 December 2024.
Returning from a hospital appointment and after a few days of rain, I decided to check out some waterfalls. The falls at Scaling are fed by overflow from a reservoir and I was disappointed to find only a trickle when I arrived. So I tried to maximise the flow with an ND filter and long exposure, the draw back being movement in the trees!
Wing scales of a Archduke butterfly
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Nymphalidae
Genus:Lexias
Species:L. dirtea
From Indonesia
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We don't give much notice to the ubiquitous garbage truck, yet without it, life would get pretty interesting within a few days.
In Elgin Park, there was only one such truck, owned by "Pip" Paulson, and he made the rounds tirelessly, 5 days a week.
All of the town's castoffs were taken down by the river, at a place called Bunkie's Landing. This used to be a notorious area for rum running and other nefarious activities, back in the 1920's and '30s, but times had changed and the town's dump was now there.
Back to "Pip" Paulson; he was a valued citizen who performed a very necessary task that kept the town running smoothly. He bought himself a new Buick in 1948, seen here, which he kept in tip top shape and remained his only car until he passed away in 1965.
A hail and hearty Hurrah! for the "sanitary engineers" throughout the world. This photo is dedicated to you.
As for the model...the business end of the garbage truck, in the photo, was handmade, based on an early '50s design. It is constructed of styrene plastic and found objects.
On a different note...
Father's Day is coming up soon and the publisher
of the Elgin Park book, Animal Inc., is offering free shipping this week.
The code word is:
FATHERSDAY2016
Here is a link to the Animal Inc. webpage:
Canoes floating below the Victoria Glacier in Lake Louise.
There are over 50 visible people in this image! Hard to imagine just how small we really are, until you set foot in a place of such scale.
... unbelievable water power at the icelandic waterfall "Skogarfoss" ...
... no photoshop collage ...
This image was taken a couple of nights ago whilst exploring a location that got me back into astrophotography.
The previous night I had photographed this spot. During that night the Tawney owls were actively calling and I saw a couple of bats fly not too far from where I was setup at.
This night the owls were still active but could hear movement in front of me which I believe was a deer, betrayed by the snapping of the fallen branches. Later I heard another behind me, again being betrayed by the fallen branches.
Later at about 2:30am, I decided to explore further back to see if there was any new spots to capture the Milky Way.
Some iconic microscale monsters from the Dungeons and Dragons Table-top RPG. From left to right these are Young Green Dragon, Vampire, Ogre, Gelatinous Cube, Manticore, Beholder/Gauth/Spectator, Nothic, and an Owlbear (dice for scale). I made these monsters for the D&D game I run for my friends. My favourite monster of the bunch is most definitely the Young Green Dragon, if that beast doesn’t invoke fear in my players I don’t know what will anymore.
If anyone has got any suggestions for other iconic monsters that need a microscale LEGO representation; I am still looking for new ideas ;-).
Tip: zoom in center-bottom left. This is bowsprit, situated in a front of a ship. It is only a fraction of entire length. This is bowsprit o Mir, which is presented in full view on one of my previously posted photo
ODC-Scale
Yesterday I tried to post a photo of this figurine but Flickr viewed it as inappropriate, so here I am again hoping this time it will work. I've taken it from another angle that doesn't show the figurine's body. It's of Lady Justice and I don't think most of the Lawyers in this country would consider this figurine to be lude. The photo below is the one that was deemed restricted. Personally I think she's lovely!
People asked what are you going to make with it, sewing needles. So, stick pin for scale.
Yes, I even made the little nuts. Crushed a few in the process. Parts of this were made on a lathe not much newer than after the period this is modeled.
See photo stream for other pictures. It took over a year working once a week about 5 hours.