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Ground clearance is about 0.4mm. Body kit made with 0.5mm sheet styrene, painted using Testors enamel lacquer, original color was midnight blue, sparkle.
Launched in 1968, the Méhari used the 2CV-derived Dyane engine and chassis, with a simple tubular frame clad in colourful plastic body panels.
Conceived as a recreational utility vehicle its light weight, soft suspension and simple ruggedness gave it go-anywhere abilities and it became a ubiquitous sight in vineyards, beach resorts and those sleepy, sunny villages I recall from holidays in Europe in the late ‘80s
Actually the perfect car to build from LEGO, as those plastic panels made from acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, or ABS.
Category: Garage Model Kit aka G-kit.
Name: Starship Troopers Powered Suit.
Scale: 1/15 scale.
Origin: Starship Troopers novel, Starship Troopers, a Japanese anime OVA and Starship Troopers movies.
Brand: Bandai.
Series: Starship Troopers.
Material: Vinyl with metal parts.
Release Date: 1988.
Condition: Unassembled.
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My wife has been missing her Nikon D5000 and 35/1,8 AFS lens.
Last week, this badboy showed up to replace her 'fatty'. And it's pretty nice. Though I have a number of complaints about its design and size.
Taken with the Sony a7r and Nikkor PC Mikro 85/2,8 ED lens.
Strobist: two bare flashes into styrene board to either side, one soft box above. All at perpendicular angles.
Explore: thanks for the votes or however it is calculated. I have no idea. The photo received no major touchups so I'm quite surprised that a product photograph like this, bared as it is with no fixes became popular- that and it is a still life technology shot. Happy I am but surprised.
in 1963, the CB&Q Havelock Shop built 300 XM4 boxcars, 47500-47799. The last 10 were built with Transco side sheathing.
I had often wondered how to go about building one of these unique cars until Kurt Kruse, as a great modeling gift (or perhaps as a mean trick) had sides 3D printed for this car.
It was still something of a challenge to build. In addition to the resin sides, it uses Branchline ends and roof, Accurail underframe, Plano roofwalk and brake platform, some DA freight car detail parts and a bunch of bits fabricated from styrene. Painted with Model Master insignia red and my galvanized mix. Decals came from a bunch of sets including Microscale and some Modeler's Choice leftovers.
Tuesday is hubby's birthday. Today we had the family over for lunch and cake.
We have a joke in the family that David is the king, and he often likes to quote Mel Brooks "It's good to be the King" I thought it would be a fun idea to make him a crown cake.
Inspired by Planet Cake and also Torki's masterpiece from the Sydney Easter Show.
It's an 8 inch fruit cake with a 9 inch white coconut mud on top, carved to shape, and covered in purple fondant. I must have used 3/4 of a tub of paste to get that colour! It was quite difficult to work with. The crown details were "challenging" the ball on top is styrene, covered in fondant, the crosses and fleur de lys are just fondant, and painted gold, as is the bottom edge. The ermine border is also just some white fondant, textured and coloured with a bit of black food colour. All the coloured jewels are just bought inedible ones, the pearls and silver balls are cachous.
Phew! If you read all this you have a better concentration span than I do :)
It took me waaaaaaaay longer than I expected and I won't be putting it on my website because no one would be willing to pay for it ;)
So I spent a couple of days off and on trying to improve what I just did to the deflector trench. The curvature of the sidewalls transitioning from a flat area in front of the dish to a curved area behind the yacht is rather complex.
In my case it was too flat behind the yacht and the sidewalls were curved the wrong way, at least from what I could see in the CGI images. They needed to be concave not convex.
So I carved and sanded away most of what I had done until the sidewalls were angled but flat then added strip styrene around the rim with a slight overhang to putty up to using AVES. I'm happy now.
I have found building my N scale Lunde buildings that the glue needed to fuse parts together, Crazy Glue, really affects my sinuses and after working on a model, I hardly sleep at night. Other models are fine as other models are Styrene or acrylic. Lunde models are resin and really only crazy glue works. I went to Canadian Tire today and picked up a heavy duty mask for spray paints, solvents, and chemicals. Hopefully this will work. I have even tried opening both of my windows, wearing a simple mask and running a fan but it didn't help at all.
My Leica M2 and favourite/most used lenses: 28mm ASPH Elmarit V1, 50mm Summicron V4 (pre-tab), 90mm thin Tele-Elmarit-M.
Taken with Leica SL on Novoflex BALPRO T/S and Sinaron Digital 100/4 M39 enlargment lens and shade.
Two strobes, one above object at 2/3 power behind two styrene reflectors, the other behind a single pane. A further reflector to object left blew back the light into the subject.
A3-21's plasma rifle from Fallout 3. This is the unique Plasma Rifle variant that you get from certain endings of The Replicated Man quest.
Materials: Brickarms Lewis Gun, scrap styrene, paper clips, guitar strings, and brass wire.
Shown here under a blacklight. The bits that should glow green, do. That glow-in-the-dark paint is really neat.
143 573-4 (RBH 116) & 143 908-2 (RBH 125) on GC 41484 Rzepin (PL) - Bad Bentheim with a uniform rake of Nacco Zacns with 'Synthos' branding (39 2055 - Styrene Monomer) & VTG Zans (empties). It ran as GC 43497 to Rzepin in June 2018). (+129)
I believe the train continues to Antwerpen Hemiksem / Rotterdam Botlek and starts either in Oświęcim Monowice in Poland or Kralupy nad Vltavou in the Czech Republic
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Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger (English: Shrike) was a German single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank in the late 1930s and widely used during World War II. The 190 was used by the Luftwaffe in a wide variety of roles, including day fighter, fighter-bomber, ground-attack aircraft and, to a lesser degree, even night fighter.
The Fw 190 became the backbone of the Jagdwaffe (Fighter Force), along with the Bf 109 which it never entirely replaced. On the Eastern Front, the Fw 190 was versatile enough to use in Schlachtgeschwader (Battle Wings or Strike Wings), specialized ground attack units which achieved much success against Soviet ground forces. As an interceptor, the Fw 190 underwent improvements to make it effective at high altitude, enabling it to maintain relative parity with its Allied opponents. The Fw 190A series' performance decreased at high altitudes (usually 6,000 m (20,000 ft) and above), which reduced its effectiveness as a high-altitude interceptor, but this problem was mostly rectified in later models, particularly in the Junkers Jumo 213 inline-engine Focke-Wulf Fw 190D series (nicknamed the Dora; or Long-Nose Dora, "Langnasen-Dora"), which was introduced in September 1944.
The Fw 190 D was intended to improve on the high-altitude performance of the A-series enough to make it useful against the American heavy bombers of the era. In the event, the D series was rarely used against the heavy-bomber raids, as the circumstances of the war in late 1944 meant that fighter-versus-fighter combat and ground attack missions took priority.
To make matters worse, the D was only seen as an interim solution, as Kurt Tank made it very clear that he intended the D-9 to be a stopgap until the Ta 152 arrived. These negative opinions existed for some time until positive pilot feedback began arriving at Focke-Wulf and the Luftwaffe command structure. Sporting good handling and performance characteristics, the D-9 made an effective medium altitude, high speed interceptor, although its performance still fell away at altitudes above about 20,000 ft (6,100 m). When flown by capable pilots, the Fw 190D proved the equal of Allied types.
With the ever increasing threat of Allied bomber raids and the advent of the formidable Ta 152 fighter, several designs were tried in order to create a long range interceptor from the D-9. From the start it was clear that the increment in range would call for added fuel, which in turn would limit payload and performance to a level that rendered the idea pointless. Anyway, Georg Hager, a young engineer proposed a radical new idea, which was similar to the Twin Mustangs' idea which was under development at the same time in the USA for the Pacific theater: mating two Dora fuselages into a two-engined aircraft, which would meet the Luftwaffe's requirements and could mostly be built with the help of existing tools and jigs, getting it into service with almost no delay.
The result was the Fw 190 Z (for 'Zwilling' = Twin). The airframe was based on the single-engined D-13 fighter, only one cockpit was installed into the left fuselage, the respective space in the right fuselage was faired over and used for an internal tank.
The outer wings were directly taken from the Fw 190 D, even though the landing gear was totally redesigned: it retracted backwards into the lower fuselage and was fitted with twin wheels.
Both fuselages were connected by a new wing center section and a new tailplane, both of constant chord and simple construction. As Aluminum became scarce in the late years of WWII, some constructional changes had to be made, e. g. a rigid central wing spar made from steel. In other places, wood elements replaced Aluminum parts on the wings.
Two prototypes of the Z-16, how the type was officially called, were built in late 1944 and tested until March 1945. As the type proved to offer sufficient performance and no major handling problem was found, it was immediately put into production and service.
The Z-16 was fitted with all-weather flying equipment including the PKS12 and K-23 systems for steering and autopilot. The FuG 125 radio system, known as “Hermine”, was fitted to the aircraft, as well as a heated windscreen. The aircraft also featured a hydraulic boost system for the ailerons, which had been developed for the Ta 152. Armament consisted of six machine cannons, and this heavy armament allowed the Z-16 to deal quickly with enemy aircraft. Each fuselage carried three weapons: one 30 mm (1.18 in) MK 108 Motorkanone cannon centered within the propeller hub and two synchronized 20 mm MG 151/20 cannons located in the wing roots. Under the center wing, bombs of up to 1.000 kg caliber (2.202 lb) or drop tanks could be carried. Under the outer wings, wooden racks with 2× 12 unguided 'R4M' 55 mm (2.2 in) air-to-air rockets could be carried, too. One or two of these rockets could down even the famously rugged B-17 Flying Fortress.
With its two Jumo 213E engines the Z-16 was capable of speeds up to 755 km/h (472 mph) at 13,500 m (41,000 ft, using the GM-1 nitrous oxide boost) and 560 km/h (350 mph) at sea level (using the MW 50 methanol-water boost). To help it attain this speed, it used the MW 50 system mainly for lower altitudes (up to about 10,000 m/32,800 ft) and the GM-1 system for higher altitudes, although both systems could be engaged at the same time.
A further step in order to increase performance was the experimental installation of a jet booster: a single Junkers Jumo 004 B-1 turbojet, rated at 8.8 kN (1,980 lbf) was installed under the central wing section, with wet hardpoints for two 250 l (55 imp gal; 66 US gal) drop tanks on each side.
The results were so promising (top speed climbed to 805 km/h/500mph while range was not reduced) that this Rüstsatz measure, originally designed only as an optional feature for a Z-16/R-1, was fully integrated into the production type, which became the Fw 190 Z-17. This type was immediately ordered into series production in September 1945 and was to fully replace the Z-16, which had just been started to be delivered to the Luftwaffe.
Anyway, as the Jumo 004 was mostly reserved for the Me 262 'Schwalbe' jet fighter and the simpler Ta 152 still had development priority, only about 50 Z-17 and a further 40 Z-16 without the jet booster were delivered until the hostilities ended. They were exclusively used in the Zerstörer (Bomber destroyers) role. From the pilots the Fw 190 Z earned the nickname “Gurkenhobel” (Cucumber slicer), due to its unique shape, but it was nevertheless well-liked and its firepower made it an effective weapon against Allied bomber formations.
Plans had been made to develop the Fw 190 Z into a two-seated night fighter (with the second cockpit in the right fuselage re-installed), but this was not carried out. A high altitude version, with the long outer wings from the Ta 152 H, also remained on the drawing board, and at least one Z-16 had been tested with a 55 mm MK214 autocannon, carried in a streamlined pod under the central wing where the Z-17’s jet booster was originally installed.
General Focke Wulf Fw 190 Z-17 characteristics:
Crew: 1
Length: 10.20 m (33 ft 5½ in)
Wingspan: 14.580 m (47 ft 9 in)
Height: 3.35 m (11 ft 0 in)
Empty weight: 15,997 lb (7,271 kg)
Loaded weight: 4,270 kg (9,413 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 11,632 kg (25,591 lb)
Powerplant:
2× Junkers Jumo 213E liquid-cooled inverted V-12, 1,287 kW (1,750 PS; 2,050 PS with MW-50 boost)
1× Junkers Jumo 004 B-1 turbojet, rated at 8.8 kN (1,980 lbf)
Performance:
Maximum speed: 805 km/h (500 mph) at 6,600 m (21,655 ft), 740 km/h (460 mph) at 37,000 ft (11,000 m)
Range: 1.800 mi (1.563 nmi, 2.900 km)
Service ceiling: 12,000 m (39,370 ft)
Rate of climb: 17 m/s (3,300 ft/min)
Armament:
2× 30 mm (1.18 in) MK 108 machine cannon with 110 RPG, firing through the propeller hubs
4× 20 mm MG 151 cannons with 250 rpg in the wing roots
Up to 1.000 kg (2.202 lb) of external ordnance at two hardpoints under the central wing, including bombs, drop tanks; under the outer wings additional hardpoints for four 50 kg (110lb) bombs, two racks with 12 unguided 'R4M' 55 mm (2.2 in) each, two pods with 2× 20mm MG 151/20 machine guns each or up to four WGr21 launch tubes.
The kit and its assembly:
This whif was inspired by the P-82 “Twin Mustang”, and the result is a rather bizarre creation which would nevertheless appear plausible for Germany during the late stages of WWII. Actually, Arado’s real paper project E.530 looked very similar to this creation, but it was a bigger aircraft and intended as a fast bomber.
Other Zwilling designs even entered the hardware stage or were very concrete: the He 111 Z bomber was built and used mainly as a glider tug, the Bf 109 Z and Me 609 were derivatives of their respective normal ancestors, there was even a Do 335 with two fuselages as a long range reconnaissance aircraft on the drawing board! With this real world background, the Fw 190, as a starting point for a Zwilling fighter, appears rather harmless...
Anyway, the resulting model is also not the first attempt into this direction, though, just a personal interpretation of the basic idea. The kitbashing is based on two Fw 190 D-9 kits from Italeri. While the kit is some decades old it is IMHO still a good choice (despite its fine, raised panel lines), because you get it easily and with a relatively small price tag.
Building the fuselages was straightforward, mostly OOB. The right cockpit was faired over with putty, and the fuselage machine guns disappeared (Fw 190 D-13 style) in front of both cockpit openings.
Biggest challenge were the central wing section that connects the fuselages. Just cutting the original wings and glueing them together was no option, since the leading and training edges would not be straight, and the wings have a slight anhedral. Additionally, I had to put the landing gear somewhere, and modify it, as the original Fw 190 landing gear is rather wide and it would make IMHO no sense under a twin fuselage aircraft, I have big stability doubts.
I finally settled on a scratched solution for both problems. For the landing gear, I took a look at the P-82 solution (new, single wheels which retract inwards, under the fuselages), and derived a totally new landing gear installation. It now features twin wheels (from the Fw 190 kits) in order to distribute the aircraft’s weight on soft ground, mounted on new struts, taken from a Me 262. This new construction became so “thick”, though, that it had to be retracted into the fuselage – the area under the cockpit was the only place to put it, but this is IMHO plausible since there is no radiator or other installment under the Fw 190’s belly. There's no place for ventral hardpoints now, but that's a small price to pay for a pure fighter.
With that solution found, the original landing gear wells in the wings were filled, the "inner" wings were cut away at the wing roots and a new central wing section added. This consists of a an enlarged horizontal stabilizer from a 1:100 A-10 SnapFit kit - it was perfect in span, had both straight leading and training edges, and the central fuselage part was creatively integrated into an additional idea (see below). The wing was deepened by 14mm wide with styrene strips (several layers, 2.5mm thick), and some putty was needed to blend everything together.
The final span between the fuselages was dictated by the new horizontal stabilizer. This comes from an Airfix Fw 189, the tail wheel well was filled. The outer attachment points on the fuselages' outer sides for the original stabilizers were simply faired over and sanded even.
But back to the new central wing section: the additional jet booster was a spontaneous idea. Even though the Zwilling layout is odd enough, adding a podded jet would make it SO weird that it would look even more like a serious, futuristic German design! And the idea is not far-fetched: Luftwaffe's RLM actually worked on such podded jet booster designs, e. g. for the Me 410, Ar 240 or He 219 as well as for some paper projects with mixed propulsion.
The pod’s place under the central wing section was just perfect, as the hot exhaust gasses would pass between the fuselages and under the stabilizer (without burning away the tail wheel, as on some early pod-and-boom jet fighter designs like the Yak-15). The nacelle itself comes from a leftover Hobby Boss He 162 fighter. It was taken OOB and just integrated into the lower wing. It looks so strange, but gives the aircraft a relatively compact look, too.
The drop tanks and their respective hardpoints come from the two Italeri kits. I had orginally intended to add air-to-air ordnance under the outer wings (two pairs of WGr21 launch tubes), but when everything came together I rather settled for the drop tanks.
Painting and markings:
The paint scheme is fictional, but inspired by a museum aircraft's livery: the sole surviving Fw 190 D-13, now on display in the USA. The museum aircraft's scheme looks a bit too shaggy, IMHO, but it's an interesting interpretation and uses authentic colors.
Basic colors for my version are RLM 82 and 83 on the upper surfaces, and RLM 76 below, with RLM 81 spots, streaks and blotches on the flanks. To make the thing look a bit more interesting I also added some “snaky” streaks with thinned RLM 76 on some upper surface areas, too. All basic tones were taken from the Modelmaster Authentic enamel line.
Typical for late Fw 190s, parts of the lower wings were left bare metal (painted with Revell Acrylic Aluminum), a typical result of material shortage in the late WWII stages. The leading edges were painted RLM 75 while the ailerons are RLM 76.
Taking this idea further, “my" Z-17 would not carry anymore a colored Reichsverteidigung fuselage band, indicating its Geschwader. From 1945 on, yellow ID markings (RLM 04) were carried: a band around the engine, sometimes with an added yellow field under the engine, and the rudder was frequently painted yellow, too. National markings were more and more simplified, and only a color-coded number and sometimes a symbol indicated the fighter’s group.
I used very simplified national markings on the flanks and below the wings, seen on real life Fw 190s: just black crosses without any outline. The rest of the markings were puzzled together from the scrap box, again using late war Fw 190s and Bf 109s as benchmarks.
I decided to put my aircraft into a Stab (Wing Commander's Chief-of-staff) squadron, so the markings differ from normal fighters. This one carries the horizontal bar for the 2. Gruppe among the Geschwader, in this case Jagdgeschwader 53, the “Pik As” [Ace of Spades] Squadron which dealt with interception tasks until the end of WWII in the southern regions of Germany
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The chevron denotes an officer's aircraft; the “1” could denote the 1st aircraft of the Stab Gruppe in numerical order, but it's also possible that it is a personal symbol, as officers' aircraft would carry symbols instead of simple numbers, sometimes personal, non-standard icons or letters.
As the number is black I added dark green spinners, the typical ID color of the Stab flight among II. Group. A geek detail, and and I do not claim this to be correct – but German WWII aircraft would tend to be marked rather erratically, anyway, and I tried to do justice to historical benchmarks. Hey, it's a whif, after all!
In the end, a bizarre aircraft, but it is not as far-fetched as one might think. In this case, several single German ideas and developments were just incorporated into one model. What amazes me most is that the whole thing was assembled and painted in just three days – excluding the kit purchase and the work on the final beauty pics. Sometimes I get scared by myself...
Category: Model Kit.
Name: Cordoba.
Series: Creator Works.
Scale: 1/3000 scale.
Origin: Crusher Joe.
Brand: Hasegawa.
Material: Styrene Plastic.
Release Date: 28 Oct 2020.
Condition: Unassembled.
Remark: A new mold by Hasegawa.
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A damaged blast from the distant past, an actual broken record, now only good for a little sliderization.
Some 45-rpm singles, such as this one, were pressed with cheaper polystyrene plastic than the polyvinyl chloride that gave the common phonograph record the “vinyl” nickname. Styrene 45s, as the plastic end product was called, wore out faster and were more fragile than vinyl; this particular disc was shipped in a bubble envelope instead of a corrugated-cardboard mailer, leading to the basis for what you see here.
Captain Harlock Dimension Voyage Space Pirate Battleship Arcadia Ichiban.
Category: Model Kit.
Name: Captain Harlock's Space Pirate Battleship, Arcadia Ichiban.
Series: Creator Works.
Scale: 1/2500.
Size: Length of model when completed: 22.6 cm.
Width of model when completed: 10 cm.
Origin: Space Pirate Captain Harlock.
Brand: Hasegawa.
Material: Styrene Plastic.
Release Date: Late March 2022.
Condition: Unassembled/Mint in Box.
Remark: Decals Included.
Description: This is an injection-plastic model kit of Captain Harlock's Arcadia spaceship. The six-toothed skull on the bow is a new addition (the classic five-toothed skull is also included). Turrets of the Triple Pulsar Guns can swivel and all barrels, including the Space Busters (quick-firing guns), are able to tilt up and down. In addition to the skulls, a replaceable knife-shaped ram for the bow is included. A clear display stand is included to simulate the Arcadia Ichiban in flight.
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Ground clearance is about 0.4mm. Body kit made with 0.5mm sheet styrene, painted using Testors enamel lacquer, original color was midnight blue, sparkle.
It seems the 5 Tuckers found in the warehouse is only part of an ongoing intrigue. Along with a number of other photos and documents found on the premises, these two transparencies came to light and caused a sensation in Elgin Park.
The entrepreneur, who back in 1950 clearly invested time, money and creative talent trying to produce a Tucker related vehicle, still remains unknown.
Aside from the What, Where, How and Why of it all is the burning question:
Do these two prototypes still exist?
Oh, the possibilities!
On a different note, the creation of these two front end designs were achieved by digging through my parts box plus a little bit of modeling.
The "prow front" was cobbled together by forming an arch out of thin styrene, fitted with a rounded vertical strip of plastic in the front, then placed over the center headlight.
The "bullet nose" style was created with a brass grommet and a hemisphere of styrene.
As for the egg crate grille, it was taken from a broken Cadillac diecast and trimmed to the appropriate shape.
The fender skirt is a piece of styrene fitted into the wheel opening and painted the body color.
A few other changes include;
- Removing the rectangular turn signals and substituting round, milk glass fixtures close to the headlights.
-Adding a short chrome bumper-ette above the grille on the Prow Nose prototype
and a long chrome bumper-ette that connects the two round turn signals on the Bullet Nose prototype.
-On both of the models, half bumpers were installed onto the main bumper unit for a more massive look.
-A chrome trim spear along the front fender and a chrome trim piece below the doors to create a longer, lower appearance.
-The air intake vent, on the rear fender of the bullet nose, was painted the body color to create a smoother appearance.
It was a very interesting project for me because the Tucker is such an iconic vehicle.
I wanted the alterations to be sensitive to the original Tucker/ Tremulis design, yet address the changing style that was starting to emerge in the industry at the time.
The response to the Corvette Show Cars photo has been overwhelming in the most positive way.
So I'll pull back the curtain and reveal the setup that took place about 200 yards away from where I live.
The gray walled building is constructed out of foam core [ two layers of white paper with a spongy center between them ] and then spray painted various shades of tan and gray.
The windows are from a G Scale building and the screens on the windows are handmade from styrene strips and wire screen.
To get the look of an Ektachrome photo from the 1950s I added a filter that increased the blue content in the shadows and bumped up the yellow content in the highlights.
And before I forget... the station wagon model had a different set of wheels on it that were not period correct, so I borrowed the right ones from another diecast I have.
And the hardtop roof for the sports car is borrowed from a 1959 corvette diecast, which fit perfectly.
Gotta love how the universe works!
Here is the link to the finished photo:
Excited for the upcoming Fright Knights CMF, I wanted to experiment with projecting shadows onto a wall behind the minifigure. I was inspired by this artwork by Alexandr Komarov, which I keep in an inspiration folder I call "Keyframes", which has all kinds of images I refer to when I'm stuck for an idea, lighting, composition, liminal spaces, colour combos, etc.
An improved version of this concept would be to brick-build some shadow warriors and project their shadows onto the wall, rather than these styrene rocks. It would then be more Lego-y and have some semblance of a narrative, rather than this glamour shot-not that glamour shots aren't fun mind you!
Also, I need to replace his white cape, I think it blends into the mountains too much. Make it blacker, blacker, BLACKER!
Leica M10 and Elmarit-M 28mm 2,8 ASPH (v1).
Strobist:
Taking camera: Leica SL
Taking lens: Schneider 120/5,6 Macro APO Digitar
Focusing: Novoflex BALPRO T/S
Lights: Profoto D1 x2
object left: half power, pointed at ceiling behind single sheet of construction paper at 45º angle. Other light pointed 15º at the ceiling behind two sheets of styrene.
I hope this Turbine theme is not getting boring. Really, there's only one more photo from the vault. OK, maybe two.
This is so much like the day my Dad took me to see the Turbine at the Northway Mall in Pittsburgh. The car slowly rotating, with each new view just as exciting as the last.
I suspect I might have blown this memory out of proportion, though. In reality, it was probably just parked in the main hall with a lot of people standing around gawking.
As the Nuns used to say to us, back in the day; " When you die, you can go ask God."
Hey it's on my list!
This is a 1/25th scale plastic promotional model I received when I saw the Turbine back in 1963.
30 years later I constructed the "showroom" out of gator board, styrene plastic, wood and brass. The glittery background is a plastic laminate with an adhesive backing.
Although this is a staged photo, it shows what I have been up to minus the mess during the actual reconstruction of a sawmill. This sawmill started off as a Pola factory kit imported by Atlas over 40 years ago. The wall were originally brick with an opening on both ends for freight cars, and it had a brick out building with a tall brick smoke chimney. If you are on older modeler, you probably built one.
After about 15 years, to Americanize the building, I replaced the walls with corrugated sheet metal from Campbell Scale Models and kept the same windows and some of the internal supports. I also replaced the plastic simulated sheet metal roof with more aluminum roofing glued to sheet plastic. Unfortunately, the sheet styrene I first used with the roof sections was too thin to offer good support, and to make matter worse, I glued it with Walther's Goo. I HATE that cursed stuff! It stinks, it's messy, and it does not hold. OK, the upper roof held together, but the lower roofs sagged many scale feet and looked horrible.
The sad, beat up, old factory sat in a storage box for three years after my new layout was up and running, and other old buildings had been refurbished. I needed an American style sawmill rather than the two European style sawmills that Pola offered in the 1960's and imported by Atlas and later by Model Power. Walthers produced a sawmill first in HO, then N scale that was part of a sawmill-lumber yard-paper mill complex featured in a fabulous ad in the January 1997 Model Railroader and reviewed in the August 1997 issue.
I did not copy but drew my inspiration from the Walthers sawmill kit which is just about the same size as my old Pola factory. With nothing to lose, I ripped off the old lower roof sections and pulled off the real aluminum roofing material. Next I cut some sub-roof sections from thicker (0.040") sheet styrene from Evergreen Scale Models and bonded the Campbell roofing with J B Weld epoxy instead of that nasty Goo. The same sheet also forms the new concrete floor of the sawmill. To reinforce the building I made vertical supports of ESM styrene strips 0.040" thick and 1/4." I use the same strip stock for making internal alignment keys to position removable buildings from their bases, shore up poor building wall joints from the inside, and as a horizontal tab to keep custom made roof sections from slipping off their walls.
I do most of my cutting on the plastic cutting board originally made for sewing and smaller, more precise cuts on the adjustable Dupli-Cutter cutting jig. These days I must use an Opti-Visor to see what I'm doing, and an Ott-Lite shows me the way. When I'm not using the Ott-Lite for model work, I use it for doing my nails.
Would a factory girl dress like this? Yes! I used to supervise a group of girls in a semiconductor wafer fab facility. Some girls always dressed pretty and wore full makeup, even in a factory. Some never did, and most were in between. Quite often, the girls on my second shift would hit the clubs immediately after they left at 11 pm, and some third shift girls came to work straight from the clubs.
07 - Comet Empire Baruze 2 Deck Carrier.
Category: Model Kit.
Name: Comet Empire Baruze 2 Deck Carrier.
Scale: Non.
Series: Mecha Collection.
Origin: Space Battleship Yamato.
Brand: Bandai.
Material: Styrene plastic.
Release Date: 1979.
Condition: Unassembled.
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Category: Model Kit.
Name: U.S.S. Sulaco (Conestoga class deep space military transport).
Scale: 1/2400 scale.
Origin: Alien 3.
Brand: Halcyon.
Material: Styrene plastic.
Release Date: 1992.
Condition: Unassembled.
*Note: This is a Model Kit collected by my BB.
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My 1/24th scale model [ 1/2 inch = 1 foot ] Constructed with Gatorboard, basswood, styrene plastic,
paper and found objects.
The model is about 11" tall.
No photoshop was used for this picture. I placed the model, which includes a base with a sidewalk and street, plus a diecast car model, on a card table and lined it up with a real background.
The background is about 50 feet away, so everything looks to be in scale.
Pure combo this one (practically virgin territory for me still!!).
A few people seemed to like the previous alien minifig combo I did, so I thought I'd have a bash at a different combo using the alien minifig base (I think it's the best series minifig of all IMO).
This one uses a shoulder mounted Brickarms minigun, instead of the SI-DAN one that I used previously and instead of making it human, I decided to use a zombie head and the Minifig.cat eyepiece (kind of inspired by "The Borg" from Star Trek).
I'm quite pleased with the head set up and the gun/knife combo and there is not a piece of styrene in sight!
Comments and faves are always welcome.
Launched in 1968, the Méhari used the 2CV-derived Dyane engine and chassis, with a simple tubular frame clad in colourful plastic body panels.
Conceived as a recreational utility vehicle its light weight, soft suspension and simple ruggedness gave it go-anywhere abilities and it became a ubiquitous sight in vineyards, beach resorts and those sleepy, sunny villages I recall from holidays in Europe in the late ‘80s
Actually the perfect car to build from LEGO, as those plastic panels made from acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, or ABS.
"Die monster! You don't belong in this world!"
Lego head, hair, torso, whip, and daggers. Brickforge Axe. Sidan leg harness, shoulder strap, sword, belt, and sheath. Custom printed arms, bandana made from styrene.
ABS is a strong, stable, scratch-resistant thermoplastic, and makes up the vast majority of LEGO pieces since 1963. It is a translucent-milky color when uncolored, so it cannot be used for transparent parts. LEGO used to receive their raw ABS granules from Bayer, BASF, DSM, and Borg-Warner, which all have long histories of testing 2x4 bricks for LEGO in unusual colors and molds. In 2004 Bayer’s ABS division became Lanxess AG, which now provides LEGO with ABS under the brand name Novodur (colored with Lanxess’s Macrolex dyes).
Oh, it's you. It's been a long time. How have you been? I've been really busy being constructed of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene. You know, after you murdered me?
Fortunately the Aperture Science Emergency Recreational Building Element Reconstruction Initiative has provided me with a new body. Consequently, testing can recommence immediately.
For Science.
You monster.
Probably 400 parts or so...I lost count.
This bridge is a somewhat credible representation of one that still stands, although the bascule portion was damaged and removed after a train wreck in 1976. The prototype is not curved, but sometimes a sacrifice must be made in the model railroading world.
Current owner is the Canadian National Railway, formerly Illinois Central.
Category: Garage Model Kit aka G-kit.
Name: Air Barrel Set.
Top: A.K.D. Heavy Panzerd, Air Barrel E-75 with Pz-STVT.
Bottom: Bakin Raquen Heavy Panzerd, Air Barrel M1 Leopard.
Scale: 1/100 scale.
Origin: The Five Star Stories created by Mamoru Nagano.
Brand: Kaiyodo.
Series: The Five Star Stories.
Material: Resin.
Release Date: Nov 1996.
Condition: Unassembled.
*Note: This is a Model Kit collected by my BB.
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185 368-8 and 185 297-9 head what I believe is a retimed GC 48971 Kijfhoek - Herzogenburg south through Gemünden am Main with a rake of GATX and Ermewa Zacns and Wascosa Zans tanks all with hazard code 39 2055 (Styrene).
This is probably the twice weekly working from Rotterdam Botlek - Kijfhoek - Herzogenburg - Sankt Pölten (Austria) although GC 48971 and GC 48973 normally operate Tuesday and Saturday morning, whereas this was a Friday afternoon, so presumably retimed Saturday working.
I've since seen this train operate on a Wednesday in the Tuesday times, so clearly the day it operates does vary. The key thing is to spot the 39 2055 hazard code.
Category: Model Kit.
Name: Dracoon.
Scale: 1/1600 scale.
Origin: Crusher Joe.
Brand: Nitto/Takara.
Material: Styrene Plastic.
Release Date: 1983.
Condition: Unassembled.
This is a Model Kit collected by my BB.
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After doing things other than G scale trains for some months a little bit of large scale progress has been made on 2 projects.
1: Got 2 layers of thin plywood glued to plastic underroof, which was make od slpiced together original HLW Mack cab roofs, for the welded-body boxcab. Vents and pantograph are merely set in place, will be secured after final roof layer is added.
2: more shaping on the fireman guy's hat. Had intended to build up crown shape with epoxy putty for something new and different but decided that with my health being a bit messy the old familiar tried and true method of Bondo over styrene bits would be used instead.
Category: Model Kit.
Name: Akuyaku No.1.
Scale: 1/72 scale.
Origin: Creation of Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli.
Brand: Tasca.
Series: Akuyaku No.1.
Material: Styrene Plastic.
Release Date: 2013.
Condition: Unassembled.
*Note: This is a Model Kit collected by my BB.
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This thermoplastic offers high strength and impact resistance, though not quite as strong as standard ABS. But unlike ABS, MABS offers high transparency, and can display very bright transparent colors and glitter effects. Since around 2018, LEGO has switched to using MABS for most transparent parts instead of PC. It tends to look slightly milkier than older transparent parts, but I believe this is improving as LEGO continues to refine the material.
+++ DISCLAIMER +++
Nothing you see here is real, even though the model, the conversion or the presented background story might be based on historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
The AH-1 Cobra was developed in the mid-1960s as an interim gunship for the U.S. Army for use during the Vietnam War. The Cobra shared the proven transmission, rotor system, and the T53 turboshaft engine of the UH-1 "Huey". By June 1967, the first AH-1G HueyCobras had been delivered. Bell built 1,116 AH-1Gs for the U.S. Army between 1967 and 1973, and the Cobras chalked up over a million operational hours in Vietnam.
The U.S. Marine Corps was very interested in the AH-1G Cobra, too, but it preferred a twin-engine version for improved safety in over-water operations, and also wanted a more potent turret-mounted weapon. At first, the Department of Defense had balked at providing the Marines with a twin-engine version of the Cobra, in the belief that commonality with Army AH-1Gs outweighed the advantages of a different engine fit. However, the Marines won out and awarded Bell a contract for 49 twin-engine AH-1J SeaCobras in May 1968. As an interim measure the U.S. Army passed on thirty-eight AH-1Gs to the Marines in 1969. The AH-1J also received a more powerful gun turret with a three-barrel 20 mm XM197 cannon based on the six-barrel M61 Vulcan cannon.
During the 1990s, the US forces gradually phased out its Cobra fleet. The withdrawn AH-1s were typically offered to other potential operators, usually NATO allies. Some were also given to the USDA's Forest Service for fire surveillance, and a handful AH-1s went into private hands, including the NASA. Among these airframes were some USMC AH-1Js, which had in part been mothballed in the Mojave Desert since their replacement through more powerful and modern AH-1 variants and the AH-64.
About twenty airframes were, after having been de-militarized, bought by the Kaman Corporation in 2003, in a bold move to quickly respond to more than 20 inquiries for the company’s K-1200 ‘K-Max’ crane synchropter since the type’s end of production in 2001 from firefighting, logging and industry transport requirements. While not such a dedicated medium lift helicopter as the K-1200, which had from the outset been optimized for external cargo load operations, the twin-engine AH-1J promised to be a very effective alternative and a powerful basis for a conversion into a crane helicopter.
The result of this conversion program was the Kaman K-1300, also known as the “K-Cobra” or “Crane Cobra”. While the basic airframe of the AH-1J was retained, extensive detail modifications were made. To reduce weight and compensate for the extensive hardware changes, the SeaCobra lost its armor, the chin turret, and the stub wings. Beyond that, many invisible changes were made; the internal structure between the engine mounts was beefed up with an additional cage structure and a cargo hook was installed under the fuselage in the helicopter’s center of lift.
To further optimize the K-Cobra’s performance, the dynamic components were modified and improved, too. While the engine remained the same, its oil cooler was enlarged and the original output limit to 1.500 shp was removed and the gearbox was strengthened to fully exploit the twin-engine’s available power of 1,800 shp (1,342 kW). The rotor system was also modified and optimized for the transport of underslung loads: the original UH-1 dual-blade rotors were replaced with new four-blade rotors. The new main rotor with rugged heavy-duty blades offered more lift at less rotor speed, and the blades’ lift sections were moved away from the hub so that downwash and turbulences directly under the helicopter’s CoG and man hook were reduced to keep the cargo load more stable. Due to the main rotor’s slightly bigger diameter the tail rotor was changed into a slightly smaller four-blade rotor, too. This new arrangement made the K-1300 more stable while hovering or during slow speed maneuvers and more responsive to steering input.
The Cobra’s crew of two was retained, but the cockpit was re-arranged and split into two compartments: the pilot retained the original rear position in the tandem cockpit under the original glazing, but the gunner’s station in front of him, together with the secondary dashboard, was omitted and replaced by a new, fully glazed cabin under the former gunner position. This cabin occupied the former gun station and its ammunition supply and contained a rearward-facing workstation for a second pilot with full controls. It was accessible via a separate door or a ladder from above, through a trap door in the former gunner’s station floor, where a simple foldable bench was available for a third person. This arrangement was chosen due to almost complete lack of oversight of the slung load from the normal cockpit position, despite a CCTV (closed circuit television) system with two cameras intended for observation of slung loads. The second pilot would control the helicopter during delicate load-handling maneuvers, while the primary pilot “above” would fly the helicopter during transfer flights, both sharing the workload.
To accommodate the cabin under the fuselage and improve ground handling, the AH-1J’s skids were replaced by a stalky, fixed four-wheel landing gear that considerably increased ground clearance (almost 7 feet), making the attachment of loads on the ground to the main ventral hook easier, as the K-1300 could be “rolled over” the cargo on the ground and did not have to hover above it to connect. However, an external ladder had to be added so that the pilot could reach his/her workstation almost 10 feet above the ground.
The bulky ventral cabin, the draggy landing gear and the new lift-optimized rotor system reduced the CraneCobra’s top speed by a third to just 124 mph (200 km/h), but the helicopter’s load-carrying capacity became 35% higher and the Cobra’s performance under “hot & high” conditions was markedly improved, too.
For transfer flights, a pair of external auxiliary tanks could be mounted to the lower fuselage flanks, which could also be replaced with cargo boxes of similar size and shape.
K-1300 buyers primarily came from the United States and Canada, but there were foreign operators, too. A major operator in Europe became Heliswiss, the oldest helicopter company in Switzerland. The company was founded as „Heliswiss Schweizerische Helikopter AG“, with headquarters in Berne-Belp on April 17, 1953, what also marked the beginning of commercial helicopter flying in Switzerland. During the following years Heliswiss expanded in Switzerland and formed a network with bases in Belp BE, Samedan GR, Domat Ems GR, Locarno TI, Erstfeld UR, Gampel VS, Gstaad BE and Gruyères FR. During the build-up of the rescue-company Schweizerische Rettungsflugwacht (REGA) as an independent network, Heliswiss carried out rescue missions on their behalf.
Heliswiss carried out operations all over the world, e. g. in Greenland, Suriname, North Africa and South America. The first helicopter was a Bell 47 G-1, registered as HB-XAG on September 23, 1953. From 1963 Heliswiss started to expand and began to operate with medium helicopters like the Agusta Bell 204B with a turbine power of 1050 HP and an external load of up to 1500 kg. From 1979 Heliswiss operated a Bell 214 (external load up to 2.8 t).
Since 1991 Heliswiss operated a Russian Kamov 32A12 (a civil crane version of the Ka-27 “Helix”), which was joined by two K-1300s in 2004. They were frequently used for construction of transmission towers for overhead power lines and pylons for railway catenary lines, for selective logging and also as fire bombers with underslung water bags, the latter managed by the German Helog company, operating out of Ainring and Küssnacht in Germany and Switzerland until 2008, when Helog changed its business focus into a helicopter flight training academy in Liberia with the support of Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
A second Kamov 32A12 joined the fleet in 2015, which replaced one of the K-1300s, and Heliswiss’ last K-1300 was retired in early 2022.
General characteristics:
Crew: 2, plus space for a passenger
Length: 54 ft 3 in (16,56 m) including rotors
44 ft 5 in (13.5 m) fuselage only
Main rotor diameter: 46 ft 2¾ in (14,11 m)
Main rotor area: 1,677.64 sq ft (156,37 m2)
Width (over landing gear): 12 ft 6 in (3.85 m)
Height: 17 ft 8¼ in (5,40 m)
Empty weight: 5,810 lb (2,635 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 9,500 lb (4,309 kg) without slung load
13,515 lb (6,145 kg) with slung load
Powerplant:
1× P&W Canada T400-CP-400 (PT6T-3 Twin-Pac) turboshaft engine, 1,800 shp (1,342 kW)
Performance:
Maximum speed: 124 mph (200 km/h, 110 kn)
Cruise speed: 105 mph (169 km/h, 91 kn)
Range: 270 mi (430 km, 230 nmi) with internal fuel only,
360 mi (570 km 310 nmi) with external auxiliary tanks
Service ceiling: 15,000 ft (4,600 m)
Hovering ceiling out of ground effect: 3,000 m (9,840 ft)
Rate of climb: 2,500 ft/min (13 m/s) at Sea Level with flat-rated torque
External load capacity (at ISA +15 °C (59.0 °F):
6,000 lb (2,722 kg) at sea level
5,663 lb (2,569 kg) at 5,000 ft (1,524 m)
5,163 lb (2,342 kg) at 10,000 ft (3,048 m)
5,013 lb (2,274 kg) at 12,100 ft (3,688 m)
4,313 lb (1,956 kg) at 15,000 ft (4,600 m)
The kit and its assembly:
This is/was the second contribution to the late 2022 “Logistics” Group Build at whatifmodellers.com, a welcome occasion and motivation to tackle a what-if project that had been on my list for a long while. This crane helicopter conversion of a HueyCobra was inspired by the Mil Mi-10K helicopter – I had built a 1:100 VEB Plasticart kit MANY years ago and still remembered the helicopter’s unique ventral cabin under the nose with a rearward-facing second pilot. I always thought that the AH-1 might be a good crane helicopter, too, esp. the USMC’s twin-engine variant. And why not combine everything in a fictional model?
With this plan the basis became a Fujimi 1:72 AH-1J and lots of donor parts to modify the basic hull into “something else”. Things started with the removal of the chin turret and part of the lower front hull to make space for the ventral glass cabin. The openings for the stub wings were faired over and a different stabilizer (taken from a Revell EC 135, including the end plates) was implanted. The attachment points for the skids were filled and a styrene tube was inserted into the rotor mast opening to later hold the new four-blade rotor. Another styrene tube with bigger diameter was inserted into the lower fuselage as a display holder adapter for later flight scene pictures. Lead beads filled the nose section to make sure the CraneCobra would stand well on its new legs, with the nose down. The cockpit was basically taken OOB, just the front seat and the respective gunner dashboard was omitted.
One of the big challenges of this build followed next: the ventral cabin. Over the course of several months, I was not able to find a suitable donor, so I was forced to scratch the cabin from acrylic and styrene sheet. Size benchmark became the gunner’s seat from the Cobra kit, with one of the OOB pilots seated. Cabin width was less dictated through the fuselage, the rest of the cabin’s design became a rather simple, boxy thing – not pretty, but I think a real-life retrofitted cabin would not look much different? Some PSR was done to hide the edges of the rather thick all-clear walls and create a 3D frame - a delicate task. Attaching the completed thing with the second pilot and a dashboard under the roof to the Cobra’s lower hull and making it look more or less natural without major accidents was also a tricky and lengthy affair, because I ignored the Cobra’s narrowing nose above the former chin turret.
With the cabin defining the ground helicopter’s clearance, it was time for the next donors: the landing gear from an Airfix 1:72 Kamow Ka-25, which had to be modified further to achieve a proper stance. The long main struts were fixed to the hull, their supporting struts had to be scratched, in this case from steel wire. The front wheels were directly attached to the ventral cabin (which might contain in real life a rigid steel cage that not only protects the second crew member but could also take the front wheels’ loads?). Looks pretty stalky!
Under the hull, a massive hook and a fairing for the oil cooler were added. A PE brass ladder was mounted on the right side of the hull under the pilot’s cockpit, while a rear-view mirror was mounted for the ventral pilot on the left side.
The rotor system was created in parallel, I wanted “something different” from the UH-1 dual-blade rotors. The main rotor hub was taken from a Mistercraft 1:72 Westland Lynx (AFAIK a re-boxed ZTS Plastyk kit), which included the arms up to the blades. The hub was put onto a metal axis, with a spacer to make it sit well in the new styrene tube adapter inside of the hull, and some donor parts from the Revell EC 135. Deeper, tailored blades were glued to the Lynx hub, actually leftover parts from the aforementioned wrecked VEB Plasticart 1:100 Mi-10, even though their length had to be halved (what makes you aware how large a Mi-6/10 is compared with an AH-1!). The tail rotor was taken wholesale from the Lynx and stuck to the Cobra’s tail with a steel pin.
Painting and markings:
Another pushing factor for this build was the fact that I had a 1:72 Begemot aftermarket decal sheet for the Kamow Ka-27/32 in The Stash™, which features, among many military helicopters, (the) two civil Heliswiss machines – a perfect match!
Using the Swiss Helix’ as design benchmark I adapted their red-over-white paint scheme to the slender AH-1 and eventually ended up with a simple livery with a white belly (acrylic white from the rattle can, after extensive masking of the clear parts with Maskol/latex milk) and a red (Humbrol 19) upper section, with decorative counter-colored cheatlines along the medium waterline. A black anti-glare panel was added in front of the windscreen. The auxiliary tanks were painted white, too, but they were processed separately and mounted just before the final coat of varnish was applied. The PE ladder as well as the rotors were handled similarly.
The cockpit and rotor opening interior were painted in a very dark grey (tar black, Revell 06), while the interior of the air intakes was painted bright white (Revell 301). The rotor blades became light grey (Revell 75) with darker leading edges (Humbrol 140), dark grey (Humbrol 164) hubs and yellow tips.
For the “HELOG/Heliswiss” tagline the lower white section had to be raised to a medium position on the fuselage, so that they could be placed on the lower flanks under the cockpit. The white civil registration code could not be placed on the tail and ended up on the engine cowling, on red, but this does not look bad or wrong at all.
The cheatlines are also decals from the Ka-32 Begemot sheet, even though they had to be trimmed considerably to fit onto the Cobra’s fuselage – and unfortunately the turned out to be poorly printed and rather brittle, so that I had to improvise and correct the flaws with generic red and white decal lines from TL Modellbau. The white cross on the tail and most stencils came from the Begemot sheet, too. Black, engine soot-hiding areas on the Cobra’s tail were created with generic decal sheet material, too.
The rotor blades and the wheels received a black ink treatment to emphasize their details, but this was not done on the hull to avoid a dirty or worn look. After some final details like position lights the model was sealed with semi-matt acrylic varnish, while the rotors became matt.
A weird-looking what-if model, but somehow a crane-copter variant of the AH-1 looks quite natural – even more so in its attractive red-and-white civil livery. The stalky landing gear is odd, though, necessitated by the ventral cabin for the second pilot. I was skeptical, but scratching the latter was more successful than expected, and the cabin blend quite well into the AH-1 hull, despite its boxy shape.
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Olympus PEN-F
Lumix 20mm f/1.7 II
ISO200, .6 sec @ f/5.6 (handheld)
Taken on August 1, 2017
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One of my recent 'pet projects' - trying to get a nice looking 'split headcode' class 40 in BR Blue. This is a Hornby (ex Lima) moulding from their TTS range on a Bachmann chassis. The original body moulding is good apart from the ghastly cab windows which are really clumsy!
My technique has been to file them out to create much finer bars between the windows and open up the shape of the window. Some handmade 'flush glazing' using styrene sheet and she looks much better! The roof fan grill has an etched part from the excellent Shawplan 'Extreme Etchings' - the same people that supplied the rest of the flush glazing.
The sound project is from 'Legomanbiffo' - the best diesel recordings in my humble opinion!
Fujifilm's X-T1 with the Nikkor 50/2 Ai lens attached via a Metabones Speedbooster. This image was taken as part of Ω image's quick review of the X-T1.
It was taken with the Sony ILCE-A7r and the Nikkor PC 85/2,8 ED Mikcro lens.
Strobist: rear trigger strobe into black card for a fast and soft fall off on the right side of the camera. Two large strobes were placed camera left and right and shot into styrene reflectors.
Shell Oil Company
59’5” 31,710gal Styrene Tank Car (DOT Class 111A100W1)
SCMX 6439
Blt. Trinity Rail (TRN), 02/14 (SCMX 6000-6519)
CN MacMillan Yard, Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
February 18th, 2017
1600 x 1050