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Task lamp that I recently completed. Made from old sewing machine light parts and found objects. Retrofit for LED spot light. Gotta love that cloth covered cord.
Pedido da Giu para parabenizar os amigos recém-casados Lê e Bella e a querida Lili. Felicidades ao casal! Giu, muito obrigado por sua doação!!!
Special thanks to Giuliana who donated to my campaign. She asked me to draw her (just married) friends Bella & Leandro and their lovely puppy "Lili".
Here is the piece i did from a sketch done by SWAZE SFX, a mad experience, i recommend it to anyone, painting somone else's style is a real trip... Thanks homie
U.S. Service members deployed to the Horn of Africa salute during a 9/11remembrance ceremony at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Sept. 11, 2019. The ceremony honored those who lost their lives in New York City, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania 18 years ago. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jacqueline Robinson)
Some background:
The ASV-99 Boxer was a third-generation construction labor manufactured by Shinohara Heavy Industries, being manufactured and rolled out in March of 1999. It was one of the most advanced construction labors of the time. Shinohara Heavy Industries, a leader in the industry, opened the door to the third generation of Labor with the AV-98 “Ingram”. The ASV-99 "Boxer" was Shinohara's long-awaited civil market machine, using the police Labor’s systems and state-of-the-art technology. It had been hailed as the "highest performance'' model for a long time and was the standard-bearer of a new era of labor.
However, the secret that made users say it has the highest performance could be said to lie in the "Shinohara Precision'' inherited from the “Ingram”. This was an innovative joint mechanism that connected a spherical joint to three cylinder-type actuators. By providing a wide range of motion for the hip joints, ankle joints, and shoulder joints, and the actuator itself also functioning as a shock damper, the vehicle's "holding" had been significantly improved, making it possible to maneuver the vehicle closer to human movements than previous models, what highly improved the ASV-99’s effectiveness.
Like other labors of the same generation the ASV-99 was equipped with a VVVF-controlled PMS actuator with excellent controllability and a lightweight, high-output lithium-ion battery. Furthermore, the impact energy absorbed by the actuator was returned to the battery via a regeneration system after being converted into heat, slightly extending operating time.
Since advanced VR projection for the pilot was not standard yet and quite costly, so that this feature was limited to military Labor models, the ASV-99 still featured transparent cockpit windows to allow the driver a good field of view, augmented by small cameras that added side and back views. Climate control and a pressurized cabin that prevented water, dust, or even gas from entering the pilot’s cabin was a standard feature. A LIDAR system controlled the Labor’s close-range environment, preventing crashes and even making it possible to maneuver the Labor in total darkness.
Several interchangeable manipulators and construction tools were available, so that the ASV-99 was easily adaptable to a wide range of tasks, including a drill, a mechanical chisel, and a number of graspers/pincers, tailored to specific loads.
Due to its high visibility and frequent use in construction projects, the Boxer was frequently abused for labor crime. In 1999, many Boxer units were upgraded with Shinohara’s new hyper operating system. When the Tokyo police’s SV2 labor unit deployed to the Ark factory to thwart a plan to cause all the city’s labors to go berserk, many Boxer units activated on their own and attacked the police.
Specifications:
Accommodation: pilot only, in canopy style cockpit in torso with front access
Overall height 7.19 meters
Overall width 4.12 meters
Minimum revolving radius: 5.0 meters
Standard weight: 8.25 tons
Full equipment weight: 9.0 tons
Maximum weight lifting capacity: 3.1 tons
Armor materials: None, hull consists of fiber-reinforced plastic and aluminum
Armament: none
The kit and its assembly:
Some time ago I got my hands on a “reasonably priced” Patlabor IP kit set from Good Smile Company/Moderoid. The company recently created molds/kits for a wide range of Labors that appear in the original TV series and the movies, thankfully in the old Bandai kits’ rather esoteric 1:60 scale.
This range also included a lot of civil Labors, which were formerly only available as dubious vinyl kits, if at all, so that modelers would have to scratch any model of them. The kit set I got was the HL-98 “Hercules” and ASV 99 “Boxer” combo, two civil construction Labors that shortly appear in supporting roles in the early Nineties movies. I did not have concrete plans for the kits upon purchase, but the Hercules eventually became a JGSDF military variant, but the remaining Boxer was intended to remain a commercial/civil vehicle, due to its glazed cockpit.
Basically, the Boxer was built OOB, but as with the Hercules before, this also had inherent reasons. After initial enthusiasm I was a bit disappointed by both kits. While they look flashy and crisp in the box, molded in color and with some dark grey details on alternative sprues (that are partly shared by BOTH kits, beware not to throw them away!), the kits revealed the designers’ niggardliness. First of all the kits had been designed to be a rather simple snap-fit models. This is per se not a bad thing, many recent Bandai mecha kits are designed this way to appeal to newbie modelers who can put the model together, put stickers on it, and have a functional action figure within 15 minutes. However, Bandai’s designers still have the advanced modeler in mind and typically offer an alternative water slide decal sheet, and the kit is designed in segments that can be built and painted separately, to be assembled in a final step, e. g. thanks to vinyl caps and clever detail solutions that might require one or two parts more, but that pays out elsewhere.
The Good Smile Company kits lack this thought altogether. The number of pieces has been reduced to a point that some parts, which would normally require 2 halves, have been molded and cast with “holes” or as a single piece only, in the Boxer’s case, for instance, some joint parts of the arms which I filled with putty. This might not be an issue, if this would remain invisible – but it isn’t, and that’s really disappointing for such a “modern” and not truly cheap kit!
Additionally, where a Bandai kit would offer a separate flexible vinyl cap in a joint, half of that joint is in the Good Smile Company kits’ case completely molded in an ABS-esque material that is quite soft and poorly accepts any paint – the toy aspect seemed to have priority during the molds’ design process! Sure, you can work with this basis, but I feel painfully reminded of the early IP robot kits from the Eighties which did not offer ANY vinyl caps at all and a very cumbersome, not well thought-through matryoshka layout for arms, legs, and torso, so that building separate modules and assembling them as a final step would be impossible or require thorough mods. IMHO not really convincing and the material thickness as well as some details are rather “chunky” and toy-like.
However, I tried to do my best and made some small mods and upgrades. What’s nice about the Boxer is the glazed cockpit which even comes with a decent interior – even though the clear part that covers both cockpit windows as well as the searchlight at the top of the hull is very thick and, due to its curved shape, blurry, so that you cannot tell any details. To make the whole thing a bit more interesting I procured a suitable driver figure – not an easy task in the exotic 1:60 scale! I was eventually lucky to find a provider for 3D-printed civil figures in various scales, and they were so kind to print a suitable seating figure in the kit’s exact scale. To make it fit into the seat, however, I had to chop the lower legs off and modify the clear part for enough head space. But I think the effort was worth it.
The searchlights were changed, too. The original set has a round shape and reminded me so much of Mickey Mouse ears that OI had to do something about them, even more so because they lack IMHO depth and are clumsily molded into the hull. I simply cut them off and instead scratched new searchlights from 1:72 AH-1 exhaust diffusors, now bigger, deeper and with an oval shape, and mounted on styrene holders so that they stand off from the hull.
A final mod concerns the hands/manipulators: OOB the Boxer comes with two different “hands”, or rather claws, one with three and the other with four “fingers”, arranged in a circle. I really wonder how and what should be grasped by these? I rather went for pincer-style manipulators, transplanted from a tabletop figure of a Power Loader from the Aliens movie (32mm/1:50 scale, made by Prodos Games). They look a bit delicate for the chunky Boxer, but I found their shape to be much more practical for delicate and secure handling work, and they are nicely detailed, too.
Painting and markings:
I stuck to the bright blue OOB livery. First, the blue plastic in which the kit is molded makes it easy, I like the color, and it’s also a frequent color of Japanese construction vehicles. I used Revell 50 (RAL 5012 “Lichtblau”) as basic color, a tone which comes close to the IP material, but is a bit less bright. The joints and some other parts are molded in a very dark brown, and I repainted these with a very dark grey (Revell 6, Anthracite) instead – what was also necessary to cover up the many filled “holes” (see above).
The cockpit interior was painted in a greyish green, with brown seat upholstery. The operating levers became white with black tips – gleaned from a close-up screenshot of a Boxer cockpit from the Patlabor TV series. The pilot was secured in the seat with grey safety belts, made from adhesive tape. The driver himself received a white t-shirt and jeans, for a “mundane” look.
After separate assembly of arms, legs, torso and waist and their basic painting the parts received a black ink washing to work out the few details like air intakes and louvres, and then everything received an overall dry-brushing treatment with slightly more greyish blue tones to make the Boxer look worn and a bit sun-bleached, and then another dry-brushing turn with light grey to emphasize edges.
The new headlights were “filled” with chrome silver, and their covers were created with ClearFix – which was a bit messy, because the openings are probably at the limit of what you can cover with the gooey stuff.
The kit (unfortunately) only comes with stickers, and not decals, so I had to improvise a little – even though OOB there are only small emblems and yellow-and-black warning stripes on the lower arms to be applied. The stripes were replaced with decal alternatives from the scrap box, and I added some suitable stencils from an Ma.K. aftermarket sheet. To break up the uniform blue livery I gave the vehicle an individual number, taken from leftover Macross Destroid sheets (IIRC from Spartans). Additionally, I printed authentic medium-sized Japanese license plates for commercial vehicles from the Tokyo area (green with white letters) and mounted them to the front and rear of the mecha.
Finally, the model was sealed with matt acrylic varnish (from the rattle can) and some mineral pigments were dusted onto the feet for a more realistic look.
For presentation I also created a small base, using a 4x4” medium-density fiberboard and creating some construction site rubble with plaster/putty, some shell shards, a few brush hair bushels and green tuft fibers as dry grass, plus some leftover 1:35 resin bricks from another project. Not a diorama, but something that supports the overall mood and purpose of this mecha.
Compared with the Hercules Labor from the kit set, the Boxer is simpler in construction, and it’s also smaller. Both share the same weaknesses, but it’s still nice to have an IP kit of this obscure Patlabor mecha at all. It builds – with some extra effort – into a neat model, even though it rather looks and feels like an action figure. Leaving it in a bright blue civil livery was the right move, I think, also because of the glazed cockpit, even though the interior is, due to the material’s thick- und blurriness, hard to see. Therefore, the simple, improvised pilot figure does its intended job well and adds to a lively look.
Japanese Ship Damage – Kure, August-October 1945 – 88 photographs.
Admiral Bogan commanded Carrier Division 4 and Task Group 39.2 during aerial attacks on the remnants of the Imperial Japanese Fleet at Kure anchorage on July 24, 25 and 28, 1945. During the course of these attacks a carrier, three battleships, two heavy cruisers, two training cruisers, and numerous other samller vessels were sunk. Additionally, two other carriers and ships were damaged and effectively taken out of the war. The photographs in Bogan’s collection are comprised of eighty-eight official USN photographs, taken of the IJN ships at Kure after the Japanese surrender, circa August-October 1945. Specifically:
IJN CV Ryujo (22)
IJN BB Hyuga(6)
IJN BB Haruna (10)
IJN BB Ise (13)
IJN CV Amagi (6)
IJN CC Tone (5)
IJN CC Aoba (15)
IJL Oyoda (1)
IJL Armored Cruisers Iwate and/or Izumo (10)Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
My boss and I are the "task management wizards" at work. Our collegues "kindly" bought us the costumes.
Rangers from A Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, conducts live fire and night operation and Fast Rope Insertion and Extractions (FRIES) training during 2nd Battalion’s Task Force Training at Yakima Training Center, Washington, 31 March 2013. (U.S. Army photo by SGT Mikki Sprenkle) Released by LTC Brian DeSantis
Made from the Multi-Tasker Tote pattern by Anna Maria Horner using Marimekko fabrics.
blogged here: eisblumen.blogspot.com/2010/09/i-guess-ill-be-multi-taski...
Photo (left to right): Joseph DiBernardo, Sr., Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn and Barbara DiBernardo during the dedication ceremony for the new Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Flashover Simulator at the Suffolk County Fire Academy in Yaphank.
Suffolk Legislator Kara Hahn on Friday commemorated the dedication of a new “Flashover” training simulator at the County’s Fire Academy in memory of fallen New York City and Setauket firefighter Joseph DiBernardo, Jr. who passed away in 2011 from injuries he sustained while fighting a blaze in the Bronx. This new simulator will train local volunteers to identify the warning signs of an impending catastrophic “flashover” event. Flashover is a transitional phase of a fire during which all the objects within a space are heated to their ignition point. Auto ignition of a space’s entire contents during a flashover occurs almost instantaneously, with the full space being consumed by fire that reaches temperatures between 900 and 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit. The heat produced during a flashover is not survivable for more than a few seconds.
In 2005, DiBernardo who was a co-founding member of the Brookhaven Technical Task Force and an instructor at the Suffolk County Fire Academy, was one of six FDNY rescuers who were searching for people they thought might be trapped in an illegally subdivided building when they themselves suddenly became trapped. The firefighters desperately jumped or fell trying to escape the flames that surrounded them. DiBernardo reportedly helped another firefighter safely escape the fire before the rope that he was climbing down gave out. He landed on his feet, but shattered every bone below his waist, spending 18 days in a coma and requiring 20 hours of surgery on his legs. Two of the six firefighters did not survive the fall on what would come to be known as "Black Sunday."
Following DiBernardo’s death, Legislator Hahn in 2012 won approval for a resolution to dedicate the portion of Nicolls Road stretching from Route 347 to Fox Hunt Lane in Setauket in his honor. The renamed portion passes the development where DiBernardo lived as a child, and the Setauket Fire House where he served.
U.S. Marines with Special Marine Ground Task Force demonstrated the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program as well as displayed weaponry in support of Fleet Week New York City 2010. More than 3,000 Marines, Sailors and Coast Guardsmen will be in the area participating in community outreach events and equipment demonstrations. This is the 26th year New York City has hosted the sea services for Fleet Week. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Patrick P. Evenson)
I don't know how his multi-tasking would go if, say, three fish bit at the same time. I suppose he wouldn't fret an unlikely disaster like that.
Fifteen New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa received their United States citizenship during a historic naturalization ceremony at the United States Embassy in Djibouti, Mar. 10. The Soldiers, all belonging to the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team are in the midst of a 9 month deployment to CJTF-HOA conducting security and crisis response operations, and are slated to return to the U.S. this summer. The ceremony is the first of its kind in the newly constructed U.S. Embassy, and is a historic event for CJTF-HOA, who has never before seen so many of its members become naturalized citizens at once. Maj. Gen. Jami Shawley, the CJTF-HOA commander, and the honorable Jonathan Pratt, the United States Ambassador to Djibouti, spoke at the ceremony and were among the first to congratulate the new citizens. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Joshua Castillon)
Captain Vincent Lemelin of Joint Task Force (North) exits a modified Polaris R2R side-by-side Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) during Operation NANOOK-NUNALIVUT in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories on 28 February, 2025.
Photo by: Master Corporal Alana Morin, Joint Task Force - North, Yellowknife.
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Le capitaine Vincent Lemelin, membre de la Force opérationnelle interarmées (Nord), descend d’un véhicule utilitaire tout terrain (VUTT) côte à côte modifié Polaris R2R au cours de l’opération NANOOK-NUNALIVUT, à Tuktoyaktuk, dans les Territoires du Nord Ouest, le 28 février 2025.
Photo : Caporale chef Alana Morin, Forces opérationnelle interarmées (Nord), Yellowknife
U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers and South Carolina Task Force 1 (SC-TF1) Urban Search & Rescue firefighters with the South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Team (SC-HART) program participate in a quarterly training event at the South Carolina Fire Academy (SCFA), Dec. 11-12, 2019 in Columbia, South Carolina. The event focused on currency training, skills development/refresh drills, and aircrew-rescue team integration on LUH-72 Lakota and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. Aircrews and rescue teams practiced survivor extraction from open spaces, rooftops (flat and high angle), windows, and rubble pile/confined areas, both in daylight and night conditions. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Roby Di Giovine, South Carolina National Guard)
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Michael D. Turello, commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, meets with Italian Navy Rear Admiral Armando Paolo Simi, force commander of Operation Atalanta, outside Djibouti City, Djibouti, Oct. 21, 2019. Operation Atalanta is a counter-piracy naval military operation off the Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Codie Trimble)
Secretary of the Army Dr. Mark T. joined Army Futures Commanding General Mike Murray, Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, and Carnegie Mellon University President Dr. Farnam Jahanian at the Artificial Intelligence Task Force Activation Ceremony at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Penn., Feb. 1, 2019. Esper also conducted PT with 3 Rivers ROTC Battalion, toured the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing and National Robotics Engineering Center at the Campus, rode in an autonomous vehicle, and held a joint press conference. He additionally met with Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce President Matt Smith and Pittsburgh Board of Education Assistant-Superintendent of Student Support Services Ms. Melissa Friez to discuss partnerships and opportunities for U.S. Army recruiters and future Soldiers in Pittsburg. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Mejia)
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Reynolds, a human resources specialist assigned to Task Force Orion, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New York National Guard, participates in a morale run at the Tower Barracks Physical Fitness Center in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Sep. 11, 2022. The run was held to honor the 21st anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks and recognize the sacrifices of first responders and lives lost on that day. (U.S. National Guard photo by Maj. Avery Schneider)
U.S. Marines assigned to Combat Logistics Detachment 302, (CLD-302), Combat Logistics Regiment 3, (CLR-3), 3D Marine Logistics Group (3D MLG), III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF), a Lightweight Modular Causvway System with a M11-23 land on Tengun Resang beach during amphibious operations in Mersing, Malaysia, June 13, 2014. CLD-302 is a task organized company tailored to conduct operationalization of MPF assets and theater security cooperation during Exercise T-AKE 14.1. This Exercise will focus on MPF ship to shore connector proof of concept, military-to-military training, and HADR contingency planning, expanding theater security cooperation with host nations.
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CAMP SINGO, Uganda (Feb. 24, 2017) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 2nd Class Garrison Lathrop, assigned to Task Force SPARTA, trains a Ugandan People’s Defense Force soldier on the use of handheld mine detectors during a counter improvised explosive device course at Camp Singo, Uganda, Feb. 24, 2017. U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied, joint, and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st Class Daniel Steinchen/Released)