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The old Soviet days - plus those of grainy colour negative film. The SW Borovitskaya Tower Gate. At right the Armoury Palace, housing an incredible collection of lovingly preserved artefacts dating back to the founders of Russia. It’s a cold early morning and a long queue of citizens already snakes back from the Armoury entrance.
In December 2020 Russian Railways began service of a new type of tourist train - the classic Soviet 'elektrichka' (EMU) restored to operation as a ski train.
This design dates to the 1950's (with this particular set being built in 1972) and was in regular service in Saint Petersburg until late 2020 (although in the modern Russian Railways scheme). Being the last of its kind in operation, RZD decided to give it a second life by repainting it into its classic Soviet green paint, restoring the original wooden seating, and running it as a 'retro ski train' to Yakhroma, a small ski resort town an hour outside of Moscow.
All of my Soviet weapons not currently belonging to figures. For some reason I make all of these and then they sit in a bin and don't get used.
I suppose if my soviets ever go to war, finding weapons wont be a problem.
so, which is your favourite?
Soviet troops keep the sepia flag flying over Mother Essex.
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A friend and I were at Bunker Bash 2009, the annual military rally at the former Government bunker at Kelvedon Hatch, near Brentwood in Essex. We had been undecided about going so arrived late and not in the best of weather.
We found an enthusiatic bunch of re-enactors and military vehicles owners covering both World Wars. One part of the site had been laid out as mock entrenchments with various national groups including British, US, German, Soviet and even Serbian forces dug-in.
Now part of a large set: www.flickr.com/photos/barryslemmings/sets/72157618288704499/
Skrunda-1 is a ghost town and former Soviet closed city in Latvia. It was the site of two Dnepr radar (NATO designation Hen House) installations constructed in the 1960s. Skrunda was strategically important to the Soviet Union as its radars covered Western Europe.
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Bratislava.SLOVAKIA.
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This building, dating back from the Soviet occupation of Estonia, is one of the more, rustic, of those found in Tallinn
Union Pacific 1988, the Katy heritage unit, pauses at the big curve in Winfield, IL, before proceeding east on the Geneva Subdivision on this late summer evening in 2014. Painted in honor of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway (MKT for short, or just "Katy"), this unit goes by many names. Some call it "Miss Katy," while others call it "Big Red." I prefer to call it "Big Soviet" due to the big white star on the deep crimson nose, reminiscent of how the Soviet Union was perceived in American popular culture, as probably most famously depicted by Bucky Barnes in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier."
Incidentally, 2014 was a good year for heritage units in the Chicagoland area. Between Union Pacific, Amtrak, and Norfolk Southern, as well as older "original paint" power and leasers on the BNSF, Canadian Pacific, and Canadian National, there was almost always something to see at least once a week.
Blog post on a trip to Hlukhiv, Ukraine: orionshootsfilm.wordpress.com/2018/05/05/a-visit-to-hlukh...
Kodak Ultramax 400
Fujifilm TX1 (Xpan)
Epson V550 scan
Helmets by Woody64 on Shapeways.com
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To paint the stars red or not? That is the dilemma. It's risky.
Video at youtu.be/zt7o1v9msA0