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Not as sophisticated as Sariel's scaler - however, quite helpful to get correct proportions when building minifig scale vehicles. You just need a tablet with a blueprint on its screen zoomed to the proper scale (here I'm using a dummy for obvious reasons). Starting point is always the wheelbase wherefrom all the other measurements can be deduced by checking the silhouette.
H1 wheelbase = 3302 mm; wheelbase of the model = 96 mm (12 studs); scale = 1/34,4
An old Toledo scale, abandoned winery.
According to this scale I weighed a whooping 10,190lbs.
I think it's time for a diet.
Sibley's describes these as "uncommon". He's right! ;-)
Taken in one of the Martin Ranch superb blinds - that's a full-frame crop... he is that close.
Too bad I didn't have fill flash.
Tree scale is caused by the digestion of usually rotting wood by scores of different fungal species. As the fungi digest the wood these scales develop on the outer surface of the wood. The scales vary greatly in size color and shape and some can become quite beautiful with alternating layers of color. This series taken at the Broughtons Wildlife Education Area near Marietta Ohio in Dec 2014
I came across this product by accident but it fit the bill perfectly for scaled down chain link fencing.
It's an aluminum mesh used for sculpting and arts and crafts projects, called WIREFORM.
It comes in 16" x 20" sheets and also as an 18" roll.
I suspect there are similar products out there in Hobby and Arts and Crafts stores.
Be aware that it bends very easily! You'll want to handle it carefully so as not to stretch or deform it.
When making the actual fence, I cut strips of the mesh to the appropriate length and height, then cut aluminum tubing for the posts and rails.
To add a bit of authenticity to the piece, I used jewelry wire to hold the fencing to the posts.
The metal cap you see in the upper right hand corner of the fence, that receives the top rail, is a jewelry making item used for finishing off the end of a bracelet or necklace.
Made for a competition with the same title at our LUG "Kockice".
Container, pushbroom and shovel.
Built in 6:1 scale.
I took the classic black Star Wars Blaster, and built it in a bigger size. Had to change the color due to personal availability, but I am quite happy with how it turned out!
The Carrera GT is an incredibly beautiful and somewhat unique Porsche. Strange that no one has made one on this scale before me. Well, here you go!) The rear end is particularly nice, isn't it?
As accurate a copy as possible, I overlaid a vector drawing on the second photo and you can see the exact proportions. Couldn't be more accurate at this scale, I've tried all sorts of combinations. Unusual construction techniques are used, I hope I can surprise you)
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MamiyaRZ67, 110mm, Portra 400. It's a 6X7 frame even if doesn't look like it, but I think that I cocked my machine a bit too fast and the framing of the film has been affected...
View towards Piz Surassa and Piz d'Arpiglias as seen from Spi da Baselgia, 2'945 metres above sea level.
Discover the guy on the left hand side to get an idea on the scales.
I have used a circular cutter to make 180 degree cuts in 0.040 inch styrene sheet for a couple of tunnel portals that I will install on my N scale model railroad. The cutter is made by Olfa, and I purchased it at a local art supply store rather than a hobby shop that sells train stuff. Art supply stores sell lots of tools, paints, craft items, and materials useful to a model railroader. The circular cutter has a strong, sharp compass point that is mounted on a sturdy head which has an adjustment screw. By loosening the screw, a horizontal beam can slide in or out a variable distance from the center point and then be locked down at the desired distance. The replaceable cutting blade (held into place by another screw) is mounted on the horizontal beam.
Nobody makes an N scale tunnel portal the size and shape that I want, so I had to cut my own. The tunnel opening has a radius of 8 ½ scale feet from the track center line, so that is what I set on my circular cutter. The straight vertical dimension for each side is 20 scale feet above the top on the rails plus another 3 feet for the height of the rails, crossties, and roadbed. Both of the vertical sides have to be exactly tangent to the semicircle above, so determining where to position my straight edge for the first side was the trickiest part of the whole project. From that line, I used a steel drafting triangle (also purchased from the art supply store) to place the cutting point and center compass point. I swung a 180 degree arc to locate the position of the other vertical side. My N scale ruler (shown here) is 10 scale feet wide, so my first vertical cut was 10 scale feet from the edge of the styrene sheet. After the circular cut and both vertical cuts were completely through the plastic, I could easily remove the excess from each side.
Figuring the geometry of where to position my circular cutter and the straight edge to guide my razor blade required a lot of thought before doing any of the actual cutting. Once I began cutting, I had to be careful to keep my blades in the right places, but the cutting itself was very repetitive and time consuming. Each tunnel portal required an hour or two of MANY short, little cuts before I broke through the plastic sheet. Then there was sanding to smooth it out and trimming the overall piece to fit the future mountain that I haven’t built yet. This photo shows the positioning of the circular cutter, but I took the photo after the job was done (and my nails repainted). For all this cutting, I used my Dupli-Cutter to hold my work in place. The Dupli-Cutter has clamps that can be positioned in several places, an adjustable slide sheet held down by the clamps, and a frame whose jaws can be opened up to hold various thicknesses of plastic for making precise, square cuts.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutzon_Borglum. This scale model of Mt. Rushmore was created at 1:12 or 1” to one foot sits in a pavilion at the base of the mountain sculpture. I found it fascinating that both the model and the mountain can be captured in a single photo. Kudos to the architects who executed this juxtaposition.
Found this in a burned down house, it's been burned for ages so kind of surprising to find this still here considering how easy it is to get in the place and how many other new "features" have been added to the place recently.
Burlington Northern's Train No. 3 grinds uphill at the Deer Park grade crossing with a train of priority intermodal en route from Chicago to South Seattle.
NAPM member T.J. Van Haag used an exposure of 1.3 seconds to capture the feel of this hotshot train in motion. The locomotive, an EMD GP50, is an Athearn Genesis model.
Visit NAPM on-line at www.napmltd.org.
Light window from the top floor of the SFMOMA. The window opening is nearly 20 feet in diameter. The amazing structure of the center column in the museum hides scale of everything unless a person is near it. This, for that matter, could be 2" in diameter.
brilliant architecture and design.
Hasselblad 500c/m
Kodak 400TX Pro
Kodak Tmax Dev 1:4 @ 8min : 180 slow rotation for 7 seconds every min.