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Both boxcars seen here are patched for Conrail. The white one is former LV while the other is obviously former NYC (thus former Penn Central).
These are cars I weathered and patched and I'm running them on a friend's railroad for his first-ever open house.
At a steam up today in Deleware my locomotive has some issues steaming so I spent the day chatting with friends. My friend Boris is checking his live steam loco as it trundles past. In a moment he will stop the loco and add more fuel to it. I thought his inspection made for a good photo.
In the background, we see a ride-on-scale 4-8-4 steam locomotive running on 7.5" gauge track.
A quick shot of my little forced perspective set-up that I use for the model car photography. Two tripods - one for the fake road and one for the camera. The camera itself is usually the Sony RX10 mark 4 which gives a good balance of large DOF and detail.
At last, yesterday saw the arrival of my new multi story car park for most of my small fleet of cars. These two display units turned into a little bit of a saga and took forever to arrive. You sometimes have to take your chances with e-bay purchases. They are the second replacements for the first ones which apparently got damaged by floods in the factory. The second lot were lost by the courier company, so these two cabinets are a case of third time lucky! Not quite the quality I expected, as the thin shelves are sagging a little already (update - problem has since been solved) despite being specifically designed just for heavy 1/18th scale die-cast cars, but they do the intended job by displaying the cars nicely, and the slide down clear acrylic covers keep them clean and dust free. Much better than the open shelving I was using. This is not quite the whole fleet, and it seems to grow every few weeks (when I get permission to spend the piggy bank funds)!
Lots of my favourites in this display - I can't really single one out, but if pressed, it is probably a tie between the E-type Jag (in British Racing Green) and the gold Chevy Corvette. Ooh, but then there's the two Cobras, and all the Ferraris, and the Aston Martins too......
All the gadgets inside K-2SO's head provided ample amount of data and estimates of the thickness and density of the ice. But without actually testing it, one could not be sure. I mean, you know how it is.
K-2SO fell through ice several times that winter.
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/
I find these dark images somewhat difficult to make. Finding a balance between the dark and the light spots is a very delicate business. I tend to make them too dark. Maybe it's my eyesight. I do need new glasses.
The title "The Royal Guardsman" refers to a book cover mock-up I made of this earlier. It's the name of this particular white N-1 Starfighter variation.
A close up of my tiny Matchbox 1/64th scale model Porsche Turbo with some very heavy sliding for a dark and low lit look.
A focus stack taken with Canon RP and 35mm macro, with original jpegs processed in Canon DPP4.
Happy Slider Sunday!
DAF Scalemodels / miniatuur modellen 1:43
L>>R:
IXO Volvo 66,
Norev ( Lecturama ) Daf 30 Daffodil,
AutoCult Daf 33 Brandweer
Altaya Daf 55 Rally Monte Carlo Rally 1972
(Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop
Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop)
Media:
* Joni Mitchell: Big Yellow Taxi (1970)
Tualatin Fred Meyer, 11:15 PM.
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
American Diorama Ladies Night Tom figure.
Model Car Group MCG18397 Ford Capri Mark II X-Pack.
1/18 scale.
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!)
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 ;)
Divers 2020 - Mini Europe
Mini-Europe is open since 18/05/2020.
Welcome back to the open-air museum Mini-Europe!
Located at the foot of the Atomium, MINI-EUROPE is the only park where you can visit the whole of Europe in a couple of hours. A truly unique voyage ! Stroll amid the typical ambiance of the most beautiful towns of the Old Continent.
Be amazed! Mini-Europe is a park featuring all the wonders of Europe, in miniature. Bonsai trees, flowery groves and dwarf trees embellish the 350 monuments which have been reproduced at scale 1/25. Thousands of lifelike figurines and animations! Set off the eruption of the Vesuvius and admire the takeoff of the Ariane rocket. The two hour walk, which is both entertaining and educational, will let you (re)discover the 27 member states of the European Union + United Kingdom and their historical, architectural and cultural wealth.
( Diverses photos prisent en 2020 sans sujet reel.
Various pictures taken in 2020 without real subject. )
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.
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.
Located at the Norton Air Force Base Museum in San Bernardino, this is a scale model of US Air Force Lockheed C-141 number 60177 also known as the Hanoi Taxi. The aircraft went to Hanoi and picked up prisoners of war held by the North Vietnamese Army. This aircraft was based out of Norton Air Force Base.
I found a US Geological Survey photo of a USAF C-141 on the tarmac at an airport in Iran. The open press has identified a British- and US-sponsored coup as causing the Mohammad Mosaddegh to flee the country. He was replaced by the Shah of Iran who supported US objectives. During the Shah’s rule, it was normal for US Air Force aircraft to visit Iran. One of the docents confirmed these aircraft visited many countries all over the globe.
I believe C-141s were in front line USAF service from about 1963 to 2006.
Norton was eliminated as a military base by the Base Realignment and Closure Act. It is now a civilian airfield with a large Amazon presence. There is also a warehouse and logistics operation for Stater Brothers Foods, a local grocery store chain. Breeze Airlines has passenger flights operating from the field.
Your corrections are very welcome as I don’t know a lot about the above information.
“I’m just a guy who intercepted a missile with my airplane.”
— late Senator John McCain, former prisoner of war
Journalism grade image.
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Source: 4200x1900 16-bit TIF file.
Trofeu DSN262 Ford Capri 3000 GT.
1st Group 1 Vila Real 1971 - Ernesto Neve.
Limited edition of 150 pieces.
1/43 scale
My 4th alternative for set 76912. This time i used ONLY parts included in set mentioned before to build a Gen-1 Porsche 911.
FREE INSTRUCTIONS: reb.li/m/128546
Douglas DC-3, C-47, Dakota, a flying legend.
The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s/1940s and World War II. It was developed as a larger, improved 14-bed sleeper version of the Douglas DC-2. It is a low-wing metal monoplane with conventional landing gear, powered by two radial piston engines of 1,000–1,200 hp (750–890 kW). (Although most DC-3s flying today use Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp engines, many DC-3s built for civil service originally had the Wright R-1820 Cyclone. The DC-3 has a cruise speed of 207 mph (333 km/h), a capacity of 21 to 32 passengers or 6,000 lbs (2,700 kg) of cargo, and a range of 1,500 mi (2,400 km), and can operate from short runways.
From Wikipedia, the free encylopedia
About the model:
Following my Catalina model it came natural to build my DC-3 to the same scale, 1:72.
The model is my LEGO representation of the last airworthy DC-3 / C-47 in Denmark, belonging to the non-profit association DC-3 Vennerne (Danish Dakota Friends).
It wasn't particular difficult to build, but still had a few challenges, and it follows many of the same techniques used for my other models, e.g. the wing dihedral is made in the same way as my N.A.Harvard, with a basic hinge on top of the wing-panel, and a finger hinge on the lower side, that isn't fully interlocked and prevent the outer wing-panels from ”falling” down. For the leading edge de-icer panels, the new curved 1x1 brick came in very handy. The most difficult part was getting the nose-profile right, but I'm very happy how it came out!
As always, comments and critisism are more than welcome!
The Ringling, Sarasota, FL
The Howard Bros. Circus is a scale replica of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from the 1920s. It was built by Howard C. Tibbals over a 6o year period.
Introducing my biggest MOC yet: Zura Hall! This model is 20in wide, 8.5in tall and contains over 5200 parts. Zura Hall is a real building, it's a dorm over at San Diego State University, where I lived with my fellow SDSU Weber Honors College students. Features an accurate and detailed facade, palm trees, street lamps, a rooftop deck, countless windows (including a single white window, which represents the room I lived in), and a custom printed name plate from www.brickengraver.com/. This MOC won "Best Building" at Brickslopes 2016 and "Runner Up" at Bricks by the Bay 2016.