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So I finally got around to making 3 more tanks on my to-build list: a KV-1, KV-2, and a second IS-2. The rightmost tank is my BM kit from several years ago. I modded the IS-2s a little by replacing the 2x2 round tile with hole at the base of the barrel with a 2x2 dish instead. I found that it secures the barrel better, the round tile setup kept breaking off.
Credit to Brickmania for the designs, and thanks to Minifigs4All for the IS-2 stickers on 432
All that's left to build now are the 2 camo Tigers
The speedest of the Soviet cars in the latest 30-th.Replica.
В 1938 году инженером завода «ГАЗ» им. Молотова, Евгением Агитовым был разработан и построен гоночный автомобиль «ГЛ-1» на основе шасси серийной модели «ГАЗ-М1».Те годы для Советского Союза были не легкими и лишь благодаря некоторым энтузиастам, создавались единичные экземпляры гоночных машин, которые добивались неплохих результатов в скоростных заездах.
Дебют «ГЛ-1» на гоночной трассе состоялся летом 1938 года на соревнованиях в Киеве, главным судьей которых был летчик Валерий Чкалов. Валерий Павлович пришел в восторг от советской гоночной машины и сам лично промчался за рулем «ГЛ-1» по киевским улицам. В 1940 году под руководством Евгения Агитова построили еще один экземпляр «ГЛ-1» второго поколения. Как и ранее, капот и облицовку радиатора позаимствовали у серийной модели, а над головой водителя установили каплевидный колпак, снижающий аэродинамическое сопротивление. Уже 22 сентября 1940 года Аркадий Николаев установил на втором «ГЛ-1» всесоюзный рекорд скорости – 161,9 км/час.
В 60-х годах легендарное авто было утрачено и впервые за полвека появилась уникальная возможность лицезреть этот легендарный автомобиль.
The beautiful smooth lines of the De Havilland Comet - seen through some heat shimmer on a hot summer's day at Gatwick
G-BDIT is seen here in the later 'black-edged' Dan Air livery taxies for a suitably loud take off on runway 26 at London Gatwick. None of the Comets survived long enough to carry the final 'swept lines' Dan Air livery that the BAC 1-11s and 727s wore, but they did get this modernised black lined look.
G-BDIT c/n 6467 De Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C was one of the last production Comets [10th from last built], delivered new to the Royal Air Force as XR395 in June 1962. The aircraft flew with the RAF until 1975, when it was sold to final operator Dan Air. The airliner flew for a further five years, before being withdrawn and stored at RAF Lasham. The aircraft was sold privately and flown to Blackbushe, but unfortunately the aircraft was broken up in 1984.
Taken with a Soviet made Zenith EM camera and 300mm lens.
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An official, at the Minsk airport. I shot this picture after my flight had been turned around and landed back at the Minsk airport (Belarus) in the middle of winter. We were standing there, waiting for news about how to get back to Paris, and the departure hall was a mess. This guy was an official, standing calm in the middle of the mess, giving instructions in Russian. I shot him from a distance (and was told later by a friend that I could have gotten in trouble for doing this).
In terms of post-processing, I used the darktable software, as usual. My main efforts were on the colors (decreasing saturation, and avoiding a red tint on the face), making the background mostly white, and increasing the contrast around the face.
For colors, I used only a bit of split toning. For contrast, I used many tone curves, around the eyes, in the background, on the cap, as well as some equalizer filter, in clarity mode.
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Taken from the bus as we were passing.
No building in St. Petersburg can compare to this Stalinist beauty! Planned to be the central administrative building of Stalin's Leningrad, it was built with the leader's neoclassical tastes in mind. Begun by Noi Trotsky in 1936, it was not finished until after the war, by which time Trotsky had been purged. This magnificently sinister building is a great example of Stalinist design, with its columns and bas-reliefs and an enormous frieze running across the top.
The House of Soviets dominates the vast square (Moskovskaya pl) before it, which features a 1970 bronze statue of Lenin and a endless array of fountains. The House of Soviets was never used as the Leningrad government building, as the plan was shelved after Stalin's death in 1953. Today it houses the Moskovsky Region's local administration.
Grey skies / Block housing / Soviet playground
Vilnius, LT, 2015
Arkliukas, pin 0,3 mm, Kodak Ektar 100
Just a quick update to replace the old M35 pattern on my Soviet figs. I even remembered to include guard badges this time!
(Also- neck decals are a pain in the ass to apply)
L. Cassille, A. Harry, "The ceiling of the world." (The record lift of the Soviet aerostat to the stratosphere to a height of 19,000 meters).
Shot on the Industar-61 L/Z MC 50mm f/2.8, I love the tones that the Industar captures in the graffiti.
A ГАЗ 13 Чайка (GAZ 13 Chaika) at the Street Mag Show in Hamburg.
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In the foreground, a Russian made Mig fighter, with a cruise-like Soviet missile in the background. They are all part of a military hardware display near Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña.
The Tornado ADV had its origins in an RAF Air Staff Requirement 395 (or ASR.395), which called for a long-range interceptor to replace the Lightning F6 and Phantom FGR2. The requirement for a modern interceptor was driven by the threat posed by the large Soviet long-range bomber fleet, in particular the supersonic Tupolev Tu-22M. From the beginning of the Tornado IDS's development in 1968, the possibility of a variant dedicated to air defence had been quietly considered; several American aircraft had been evaluated, but found to be unsuitable. However, the concept proved unattractive to the other European partners on the Tornado project, thus the UK elected to proceed in its development alone. On 4 March 1976, the development of the Tornado ADV was formally approved; it was announced on this day that 165 of the 385 Tornados that were on order for the RAF would be of the Tornado ADV variant.
In 1976, British Aerospace was contracted to provide three prototype aircraft. The first prototype was rolled out at Warton on 9 August 1979, before making its maiden flight on 27 October 1979 with David Eagles. The second and third development aircraft made their first flights on 18 July and 18 November 1980, respectively. During the flight testing, the ADV demonstrated noticeably superior supersonic acceleration to the IDS, even while carrying a full weapons loadout. The testing of the prototypes was greatly aided by the use of real-time telemetry being broadcast back to ground technicians from aircraft in flight. The third prototype was primarily used in the testing of the new Marconi/Ferranti AI.24 Foxhunter airborne interception radar.
The Tornado ADV's differences compared to the IDS include a greater sweep angle on the wing gloves, and the deletion of their kruger flaps, deletion of the port cannon, a longer radome for the Foxhunter radar, slightly longer airbrakes and a fuselage stretch of 1.36 m to allow the carriage of four Skyflash semi-active radar homing missiles. The stretch was applied to the Tornado front fuselage being built by the UK, with a plug being added immediately behind the cockpit, which had the unexpected benefit of reducing drag and making space for an additional fuel tank (Tank '0') carrying 200 imperial gallons (909 L; 240 U.S. gal) of fuel. The artificial feel of the flight controls was lighter on the ADV than on the IDS. Various internal avionics, pilot displays, guidance systems and software also differed; including an automatic wing sweep selector not fitted to the strike aircraft.
The Tornado F2 was the initial version of the Tornado ADV in Royal Air Force service, with 18 being built. It first flew on 5 March 1984 and was powered by the same RB.199 Mk 103 engines used by the IDS Tornado, capable of four wing sweep settings, and fitted to carry only two underwing Sidewinder missiles. Serious problems were discovered with the Foxhunter radar, which meant that the aircraft were delivered with concrete and lead ballast installed in the nose as an interim measure until they could be fitted with the radar sets. The ballast was nicknamed Blue Circle, which was a play on the Rainbow Codes nomenclature, and a British brand of cement called Blue Circle.
Production of the Tornado ADV was performed between 1980 and 1993, the last such aircraft being delivered that same year. A total of 165 Tornado ADVs were ordered by Britain, the majority being the Tornado F3.
1960 Zorki 4 with Jupiter-8 pose for some more Sunday morning camera porn. I just disassembled and cleaned/relubed the Jupiter which now focuses like buttuh.
Douchanbé (Asie Centrale - Tadjikistan)
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Steadfast is one of a small reproduction-run of the fearsome Soviet WWII-era Yak-3 fighter built in Romania during the early 2000s. This particular example was built originally to be a Yak-3U trainer with an ASh-82FN radial engine up front, but she was modified so that a race-tuned Pratt&Whitney R-2000 7M2 could power her instead. It was exported to the United States in the mid-2000s, embarking on an illustrious career at the Reno Air Races. During that time, the aircraft picked up nine world speed and climbing records, including reaching 655km/h over a 3km course in Utah. The aircraft is now based in Blenheim. (warbirdsnews.com/airshow-news/steadfast)
This is my design of the Tupolev Tu-128 Fiddler interceptor. It is built to minifig scale and has many different moving parts and features. As always, please leave a comment if you wish. Enjoy!
In this image, a Tu-128 of the 72nd Guards Polotskiy order of Suvorov Aviation Regiment PVO (GvAP) flies over the frozen arctic landscape of Vaygach Island north of Amderma airbase.
Lomo LC-A, Lubitel 166, Lubitel 2, Fed 50, Smena 1, Sokol Automat, Voskhod, BeLomo Vilia, MMZ Shkolnik, Etude and Elikon 535.
Soviet military equipment abandoned by retreating Ethiopian troops in 1991 can still be seen along many roads in northern Eritrea. This tank is just east of Keren.
Territory of abandoned soviet military base. All environment is raped and abused, full with soviet military trash and supplemented with civil trash during period of 28 years
The GAZ Chaika (Russian: Ча́йка), which means gull, is a luxury automobile from the Soviet Union made by GAZ (Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod, translated as Gorky Automobile Plant (Russian: ГАЗ or Го́рьковский автомоби́льный заво́д)). The vehicle is one step down from the ZIL-111 limousine. Chaika production consisted of two generations, the M13 of 1959 to 1981 and the M14 of 1977 to 1988. (WIKIPEDIA)
Decided to redo one of my Mosins similar to how I did to the Polska Mosin a while ago.
Also made a sawed off PPSh, becausssse *sawed offs*.