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I went to the IPMS meeting. Had a beer or two with mates. Come back with this photo. All credits to the owner/maker :-)
Don't ask me about "brown" IL-2, we had a laugh :-))
Corgi Vanguards CICC91991 Screen Stars Ford Capri Mk2 X-Pack and Ford Granada Mk2 2.8i, factory sealed set.
1/43 scale.
Bandai 1/144 Imperial AT-AT in custom markings.
Build log:
www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235020826-im...
Pt. 1/2
The “sky-crane” helicopter concept was born with the CH-37 Mojave in the 1950s. Sikorsky continued testing and development with the piston-engined S-60 prototype. While Sikorsky was beginning work on the S-64 in 1961, the sole S-60 prototype crashed.
Sikorsky’s and the Army’s investment in the S-64 program soon paid off. The program delivered an extremely versatile, efficient, and rugged rotorcraft; its first flight was on May 9, 1962. The military variant, the CH-54 Tarhe (meaning “The Crane”), was named after an 18th-century Native American chief while the civil variant kept the company designation S-64 and is referred to as the Skycrane. The Tarhe was deployed to Vietnam in 1965, performing a multitude of roles during throughout the conflict. The skycranes mainly delivered construction equipment and 155mm howitzers to hilltop firebases and frontline airfields. By 1967, there were 3 heavy helicopter companies (10 skycranes each) in service with the U.S. Army in Vietnam under the umbrella of the 1st Air Cav. During its 8 years of service in Southeast Asia, only one was shot down, but 8 were lost to operational causes. It was phased out of Army and National Guard service during the 70s and 80s, gradually being replaced by the CH-47 Chinook. 105 Tarhes were made (As, Bs, and pre-production models), and Erikson Aircrane still produces the S-64 to this day (31 have been made since the 90s).
General Specifications:
Crew - 3
Dimensions - length: 88.5 ft, height: 25ft 5in
Rotor - diameter: 72ft, area: ~4,000 sqft
Weight - ~19,000-20,000 lbs
Max Takeoff Weight - 47,000 lbs
Payload - 21,000 lbs
Powerplant - two Pratt & Whitney T73 turboshafts (4,500 hp each)
Max Speed - 130 kn (150 mph)
Range - 200 nmi (230 mi)
Rate of Climb - 1,330 ft/min (6.8 m/s)
The model:
Features - detailed cockpit with opening doors (easily accessible), working main winch, 4 external hooks, geared rotors, stowable blades, blade holders, cargo pod with technic motor and battery box for motorization (I’ll have to design some more cargo pods in Studio that actually have a detailed interior)
The stickers are from various Brickmania Huey sticker packs. I also based the main rotor design on the Brickmania CH-53E (which was derived from the Skycrane irl) main rotor. It’s generally the same technique, but I had to do some troubleshooting to get it down to 6 blades instead of 7.
Hamerton Airport Fire & Rescue Transit Connect, Range Rover RIV and Javelin Foam Tender outside the airport terminal buildings.
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
Because of my recent travels, giving me my first opportunity to use the excellent Citylink Air service, I was unable to attend this months meeting of the Model Bus Scotland group, of which I am one of the admins. The meeting theme was “independent operators” and so, to make up for missing the meeting, I had a little photoshoot of some of my independent’s coach models. Featuring a majority of Code 3 (officially manufactured models, altered, repainted etc without the makers knowledge), these pictures include models of; Henderson Travel (Hamilton). Stuarts of Carluke, Hutchison of Overtown. McKindless (Newmains)
Wide shot - in the background are (L-R) Council semi-detached houses, row of small high street shops, block of high rise, multi-storey flats. In front of which are 4 coaches - all of different Lanarkshire independent operators and all depicted operating their respective Glasgow Express services. Leaving the city is a Hutchison of Overtown, Plaxton Premiere in the companies standard coach livery with “Scottish Pullman” branding. It is bound for Cleland via Motherwell & Wishaw. Following it is competitor McKindless of Newmains YIB4528, another Premiere and also in standard coach fleet livery with “McKindless Express” branding. It is bound for West Crindledyke on the X1 route. In the opposite direction: TSV266 a Stuarts of Carluke Van Hool Alizee operating the 240X from Lanark, leads the race to Buchanan Bus Station. Hot on its heels is another Plaxton Premiere, this one in a much simpler livery is from H-A-D of Shotts. The company takes its name from the initials of the owners, Harry-And-Deborah Law.
I shot this in 2016, but never posted it. After transforming this image with the Prisma app, I used many of the tools provided by Snapseed Photo Share to fix it up. The two historic airplanes are also change banks, one from Shell Oil and the other from Texaco. The plastic car was a gift from my grandson, Jackson. It came with a set of scale tools which I keep in the trunk. It’s a Chrysler convertible from the 1950s, I believe. The ruler I used for years when I was a graphic designer. It came from a type shop in Detroit.
*Just a few items from my collections
Edited in Prisma app with Porthole
Mercedes Sprinter with custom made water-slide decals All the water-slide decals for the model are designed and printed in my workshop.
Picture -
No changes to the front of this SAS Rapid Response Unit 4x4, however I couldn’t help but snap another picture. Parked outside NHS Lanarkside Mossend District General Hospital. 1:76 scale.
Reality -
I found a new seller on that well known auction site and they make 3D printed figures in a variety of scales. I also took delivery of Vallejo paint - “basic skin tone”. All of my figures who required it have now been repainted into much more natural complexions than their previous pink. I’ve taken these pictures to display two new additions, both Doctors, one figure is a Surgeon (traditionally titled “Mr, Mrs, Ms” rather than Dr in Britain) wearing dark blue scrubs, a surgical face mask and hair cover and holding a clipboard. The second Doctor also holds a clipboard and wears blue scrubs, but also wears a white lab coat. Also featured in this shoot is my 1:76 scale model of a Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) Paramedic Response Unit (PRU). This model has previously been featured in my pictures, however with an incorrect Battenberg marking set. The Nissan 4x4 shown, which stands in for Hyundai and previously Honda 4x4 vehicles used by the real SAS, now has the correct larger Battenburg markings along with yellow reflective markings around the door pillars.
These vehicles convey a Paramedic clinician to patients in immediate need of assistance and can be targeted to certain calls unlikely to result in conveyance such as diabetic issues and epileptic seizures, where a single Paramedic is likely to resolve the issue and discharge on scene. PRU’s can be further specialised, working either as part of the Special Operations Response Team, as a Mental Health car staffed by a Paramedic and Police Officer or as a “3RU” which responds almost exclusively to Cardiac and Respiratory Arrests. 3RU cars carry an Autopulse which provides automated chest compressions by a device with a built in carry sheet, freeing up Technician and Para hands for other clinical interventions. Paramedics crewing such a car typically have more experience with Intubation/airway management and Intraosseous infusions (IO, infusion into the bone when vascular access is impossible) and travel with the conveying crew, subsequently being dropped back at the locus/their vehicle.
Second model of three new recovery vehicles that I'm building, this Scania has been in my box of assorted models waiting for me to decide what to use it for. As I'm having a rest from building emergency vehicles a new set of recovery vehicles would make a nice change. The third model is going to be a Volvo Boniface recovery truck. All the water-slide decals for the model are designed and printed in my workshop.
Metrobus Scania Omnicity - route X26 Croydon to Heathrow (Creative Master Northcord)
Daimler DMS - route 221 Turnpike Lane Station to Edgware Bus Station (Exclusive First Editions)
Behind is AEC Routemaster
HYWAK - Advanced Hydraulic Walker. 1/6 scale Mech model. Poseable and was constructed from 247 pieces included real nuts, bolts, cables and electric wires. Took 5 and half months to researching and working on.
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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
Bandai 1/144 Imperial AT-AT in custom markings.
Build log:
www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235020826-im...
Part 4 of the Model Bus Scotland group weekend theme of McGills. In these final pictures we come back near full circle to the beginning, where the current McGills name came from, the original operator McGills of Barrhead which is represented here by a slightly out of scale model. Which again is joined by a trio of Code 3 (models altered from their release state) and a single Corgi OOC Diecast model of the McGills of Greenock fleet.
Bandai 1/144 Imperial AT-AT in custom markings.
Build log:
www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235020826-im...