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Lego Technic Ropa euroTiger upgraded with 3 Sbrick.
Controlled with Mini Ipad, using Bluetooth Technology.
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If you don’t have money for armored vehicles developed under the JLTV program, or even for outdated HMMWV, then these vehicles are for you... ;)
Variants -left for right:
-Tachanka;
-Rocket Cannon;
-Anti-Air Autocannon;
-Motherf@#$%er;
This is a converted heavy truck used by militias across africa and the middle east. Often a large anti-air gun or some other sort of heavy weapon will be mounted on to a technical.
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-Not That Dead-
Hero of Fire is very brave - some Matoran say he doesn't know what fear means. Well ... technically he is like any other Heros (Toas), but he try not showing his emotions. But deep in his heart he's a great friend and if anyone need help - he does it.
Legend tells that only great Hero of Fire could lead the team of Heros to protect the people from dark powers ...
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This MOC is a part of my version of Bionicle 2015 Universe. Parts came directly from Lego (50 kg of Legos, ahh!). Many thanks to 3dom from Lugpol community with initiate this project - thank you!
Construction of Broken Hill's Technical College commenced in 1900. Unveiled on the 1st of May 1901, it served as a Technical College, Art Gallery, and Museum. In 1903 George McCulloch, of Broken Hill Mining Company's "Syndicate of Seven", donated a number of original British works which became the nucleus of the Broken Hill Gallery collection. The gallery was opened on the 11th of October 1904 by Lord Northcote, Governer General of Australia. In 1916 the Principal of the Technical College, Mr P C Riddell saw the benefit of establishing partnerships with Sydney galleries and museums. This led in 1918 to the arrival of the first of many exhibitions on loan from the Sydney Technological Museum, the British Museum, and other sources. The Art Gallery's collection grew through the purchase of works by prominent Australian artists such as Norman Lindsay. The art collection was moved to the new Civic Centre in the late 1960s and the Museum was closed on the 13th of November 1987. The Library was established on the site of the Museum in 1991.
The Museum's Bird Collection:
In 1932 a collection of 42 birds was established at the Museum, most of which were donated by Mr W D K Magillivray, one of the founders of the Barrier Field Naturalists' Club. A co-founder of this club in 1920 was Albert Morris, who remained the club secretary until his death in 1939. Albert Morris advised planting a belt of vegetation around Broken Hill to reduce the impact of dust storms in the city, and in pursuit of this goal collected about 7000 plan specimens from far west New South Wales. Another prominent member of the Barrier Naturalists' Club was Sir Maurice Mawby, noted for his contribution to Australian mining, and for his achievements as a student of the Broken Hill Technical College. The birds remaining at the College are a part of the original display.
Source: Broken Hill Tafe.
Some background:
The Mitsubishi J2M Raiden (雷電, "Thunderbolt") was a single-engined land-based fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in World War II. The Allied reporting name was "Jack".
The J2M was designed by Jiro Horikoshi, creator of the A6M Zero, to meet the 14-Shi (14th year of the Showa reign, or 1939) official specification. It was to be a strictly local-defense interceptor, intended to counter the threat of high-altitude bomber raids, and thus relied on speed, climb performance, and armament at the expense of manoeuvrability. The J2M was a sleek, but stubby craft with its oversized Mitsubishi Kasei engine buried behind a long cowling, cooled by an intake fan and connected to the propeller with an extension shaft.
Teething development problems stemming from the Kasei engine cooling system, and the main undercarriage members led to a slowdown in production. The first few produced J2M2s were delivered to the development units in December 1942 but severe problems were encountered with the engines. Trials and improvements took almost a year and the first batch of the serial built J2M2 Model 11 was delivered to 381st Kōkūtai in December 1943. Parallel with the J2M2, production of the J2M3 Raiden Model 21 started. The first J2M3s appeared in October 1943 but deliveries to combat units started at the beginning of February 1944.
Primarily designed to defend against the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, the type was handicapped at high altitude by the lack of a turbocharger. However, its four-cannon armament supplied effective firepower and the use of dive and zoom tactics allowed it to score occasionally. The Raiden made its combat debut in June 1944 during the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Several J2Ms operated from Guam and Saipan and a small number of aircraft were deployed to the Philippines. Later, some J2Ms were based in Chosen airfields, Genzan (Wonsan), Ranan (Nanam), Funei (Nuren), Rashin (Najin) and Konan under Genzan Ku, for defence of these areas and fighting against Soviet Naval Aviation units. Insufficient numbers and the American switch to night bombing in March 1945 limited its effectiveness.
A continual set of modifications resulted in new variants being introduced with the ultimate high-altitude variant, the J2M4 Model 34 flying for the first time in August 1944. It had a 1,420 hp Kasei 23c engine equipped with a turbo supercharger (mounted in the side of the fuselage just behind the engine) that allowed the rated power to be maintained up to 9,100 m (29,900 ft). Two upward-aimed, oblique-firing (aimed at seventy degrees) 20 mm cannons, mounted in the German Schräge Musik style, were fitted behind the cockpit with the four wing cannons retained. Unresolved difficulties with the turbo supercharger caused the project to be terminated after only two experimental J2M4s were built.
A few J2Ms survived the war. Two Raiden of the 381 Kōkūtai were captured in flightworthy condition at Johore in British Malaya and tested by the Allied Technical Air Intelligence Unit - Southeast Asia (ATAIU-SEA for short), a joint RAF-USAAF intelligence unit in charge of investigating Japanese aircraft capabilities. Tests were conducted in Singapore at RAF Seletar air base in late 1945, right after the end of hostilities in the Pacific theatre. The machines were evaluated by Japanese naval aviators under close supervision of RAF officers, and for the trials they received RAF roundels and new tactical codes, “BI-01” and “BI-02”, respectively.
Two other captured J2Ms were examined by the U.S. Technical Air Intelligence Command (TAIC), using 92 octane fuel plus methanol. One machine, an early J2M2 (“Jack11”) achieved a speed of 655 km/h (407 mph) at 5,520 m (17,400 ft), and the other one, a J2M3 (“Jack21”) even reached a top speed of 671 km/h (417 mph) at 4,980 m (16,600 ft).
General characteristics:
Crew: one, pilot
Length: 9.70 m (32 ft 8 in)
Wingspan: 10.80 m (35 ft 5 in)
Height: 3.81 m (13 ft 0 in)
Wing area: 20 m² (216 ft²)
Empty weight: 2,839 kg (6,259 lb)
Loaded weight: 3,211 kg (7,080 lb)
Powerplant:
1× Mitsubishi MK4R-A Kasei 23a 14-cylinder two-row radial engine, 1,379 kW (1,850 hp)
Performance:
Maximum speed: 596km/h (370 mph, 322kt)at 5.450m
Range: 1467 km (912 nmi, 795 mi)
Service ceiling: 11,430 m (37,500 ft)
Rate of climb: 1402 m/min (4,600 ft/min)
Wing loading: 174 kg/m² (35 lb/ft²)
Power/mass: 0.42 kW/kg (0.26 hp/lb)
Armament:
2x Type 99-2 inboard wing-mounted 20x101mmRB cannon with 190 rpg
2x Type 99-1 outboard wing-mounted 20x72mmRB cannon with 210 rpg
2× 60 kg (132 lb) bombs or 2 × 200 L (53 US gal) drop tanks under the outer wings,
or a single, larger drop tank under the fuselage
The kit and its assembly:
This is a real-world build, depicting one of the two J2Ms tested by the RAF in late 1945 at Seletar air base, and an entry to the “Opposites attract” contest of the Arawasi Wild Eagles blog in early 2018, covering warbirds from Japanese and Allied side carrying opposing markings.
The kit is the early Hasegawa kit of the J2M3 from 1977, with some cosmetic updates, based on the more detailed Hasegawa 1:48 kit of the J2M3 and taken from that kit's English language instructions for additional information, primarily concerning painting details (see below).
The old, 1:72 Hasegawa Raiden is primitive: the cockpit has only little detail (e. g. blank side walls, moulded side consoles without any surface detail, a single-piece canopy) and the landing gear is pretty basic, too (the wells are bleak, some struts are completely missing an part numbers were moulded into the inside of the covers!). But all these are just minor weaknesses, which were mended with improvisations through white glue, styrene bits and some thin wire - after all, much of this additional work cannot be seen inside of the finished kit.
Nevertheless, the overall fit of this old kit is surprisingly good and it features fine, recessed panel lines. Only little PSR work was necessary, it’s IMHO a very good model basis and basically a pleasant build.
Painting and markings:
The plan to build an ATAIU-SEA Raiden was settled from the start. The original plan was to re-create “BI-01”, but in the course of the build I eventually settled upon the less known “BI-02”, because the more information concerning its sister ships’ outer details I dug up from different sources, the more contradictive things became. Too much input is certainly not helpful!
“BI-01” is better known because it’s the machine you see in the foreground of the aircrafts’ most popular picture, showing both in flight in echelon formation (in B/W). Material for this machine in 1:72 scale is available to modelers through aftermarket decal sheets (PrintScale, MaxModels), and there’s even an OOB option in the form of a Hasegawa “Prisoners of War” kit (even though 1:48 scale), which lets you build “BI-01” or “BI-02” and also comes with the alternative decals for one of the American J2Ms in bare metal livery with “stars & bars”.
My build was based on the relatively new PrintScale decal sheet for the J2M which only allows to create “BI-01” – and a pair of wing roundels is completely missing! But, on the other side, the sheet is not pricey, and model kit building is much about DIY and creative solutions.
From this starting point, things went pretty straightforward, Since the captured aircraft retained its former IJN livery, things were relatively simple. But I wanted to create a worn and makeshift look, inspired by pictures of the ATAIU-SEA aircraft – they looked pretty shaggy!
The cockpit interior was painted in a guesstimate of Mitsubishi’s cockpit green, a mix of Humbrol 159 and 94. The landing gear wells became light grey – I did not use the ModelMaster IJN Grey used on the undersides (see below), but rather a very similar tone in order to create a subtle contrast.
The model’s painting process started with a primer coat of aluminum on the wings’ leading edges and on the fuselage. Next the uniform dark green was applied on the uppers surfaces. In order to come close to the IJN Green used by Mitsubishi, I used Modelmaster’s 2116 (IJN Green from the company’s Authentic line, a relatively dark tone), mixed a little FS 34092 (~3:1 ratio), for a brighter and less bluish hue. A
All paint was applied with a brush, and - on purpose - not 100% evenly, so that some of the aluminum below would still shine through. This effect was further enhanced and fine-tuned with thinner and careful “scrubbing” with a hard, flat brush in the fresh paint, trying to simulate chipped and worn areas. The anti glare panel was painted with a mix of Humbrol 33 and 77, for a dark blue-grey. On the lower surfaces, pure Modelmaster 2115 (IJN GREY) was used, but with less tuning effects.
Once the basic painting was done, I added overpainted hinomaru and other markings, done with RAF Dark Green on the upper and Sky on the lower surfaces – I am not certain whether the real aircraft were painted this way (again, information is corny), but I consider this practice to be plausible, since the ATAIU-SEA machines appear to have otherwise remained in their original colors?
At this stage the yellow ID bands on the wings’ leading edges were added – in a mix of paint (Revell 310, RAL 1028 a.k.a. Lufthansa Yellow, which comes IMHO close to the reddish original tone) and decal sheet.
In the next step, the surfaces received a thin black ink wash and a post-shading treatment through dry-brushing with lighter and uneven variations of the basic tones.
After some corrections and more fine-tuning the decals followed. Most of them came from the PrintScale sheet (beware, they have a VERY thin and have a wobbly carrier film that makes any handling hazardous!), and the missing RAF roundels under the wings came from the scrap box (they actually belong to a post-war Spitfire).
The tactical code was changed into “02 yellow” with more decal parts from the scrap box. This change of color is a courageous interpretation of the real aircrafts’ BW pics, which suggest that the individual aircraft numbers were painted in a slightly darker tone than the white “BI-“ in front of them. The PrintScale sheet suggests the same – and offers modelers the option to alternative use white or yellow numbers.
Once the decals were dry, some more dry-brushing with light grey and aluminum was done, and some panel lines across the markings added with a soft pencil.
Some details of the aircraft are speculative, though. This includes, for instance, the color of the spinner and the front of the propeller blades. The funny thing is that, after I finished the kit, I found photo footage of “BI-02” at Seletar, and it confirms my assumptions and guesses, e .g. the bare metal propeller blade front sides. The green spinner remains uncertain, though. ;-)
Towards the finish line some soot stains around the gun ports and the exhaust stubs were created with grinded graphite, and finally the kit was sealed with acrylic varnish (Italeri). I used a mix of matt and semi-gloss varnish in a roundabout 3:1 ratio, for a sheen finish. Some worn areas were treated with 100% matt varnish, though, adding to the worn look of the aircraft.
This POW J2M3 looks simple, but the painting process was a complex feat. But I am quite happy with the result and the impression the model leaves.
It is the same print - I deleted it accidentally.
print number-year, technic, image area (aprox. paper size) cm.
Paper: Fabriano Watercolour
Technical Details: 8Banners Mb, Agfa APX film. Scanned with a flatbed scanner. Exposure approximately 1 minute.
It's a touristy viewpoint, but I liked the composition with the bench in foreground.
Talk about building in uncharted waters way outta my comfort zone. About 95% Bionicle and Technic and pretty stoked on the result.
This is my BuWizz powered Lego Technic RC speed record breaker running over 40 km/h! Click on the link to see the car in action and read the details:
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LEGO Technic Arctic Truck Mk II. RC model. Snow off-road truck. Total weight – 2650 g, dimensions – 40 x 31 x 18 cm, clearance – 4.8 cm. The model has four RC functions:
- Left and right tracks, 2 x 2 XL motors;
- Two-speed gearbox (1:1 and 1:3), M-motor;
- RC winch (12:20 + 1:24 + 1:2), M-motor.
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LEGO Technic Summer Sets 2013
Release: August 2013
Pieces: 2606
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Finally held an A/B test on my 100 wpc class amplifiers, I can't say this is 100% A/B test since I can't switch speakers and amps while playing the same music, so there were minutes to reconnect to another set up before listen to the same music. I started with three kinds of music (Cover version of "I left my heart in San Francisco", Take Five from The Dave Brubeck Quartet, and Koji Tamaki's "Wine Red no Kokoro"), but end up I only listen to one for a fast comparison.
The first amp is the 2012 Sony STRDH130 receiver bought way before I get back to vintage audio equipment, the second is the 80's Technics SU-V8 and the 70's Mcintosh combo C26+MC2105.
Tested with 2 pairs of speakers, JBL 2600 ( 45 Hz to 23 kHz, 89dB-sensitivity ) and then the SL6si ( 45 Hz to 20 kHz, 84dB-sensitivity ) with same 14 gauge speaker wires, played AIFF music file via computer. Positions of all equipment and my listening spot remain the same during the tests.
The final used music is "Koji Tamaki's Wine Red no Kokoro 玉置浩二 ワインレッドの心 (2002)" track no.2 same as CD title (Wine Red's Heart), acoustic-style music with male vocal, acoustic & electric guitars, percussions, and keyboard. I chose this song for final audition because the vocal and background music could sound a big different when played in different speakers.
For my coming Jabba's palace I've built some technical device. I've made an instruction to see how I used some SNOT-techniques.
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It's a new Dawn www.flickr.com/groups/2348713@N25/po, Lemon Beach (79, 195, 432) - General
The dawn has come
And the wine will run
And the song must be sung
And the flowers are melting
In the sun
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...dialed in, works great! I just replaced the stylus here. It's ready to present to my daughter on her 17th birthday.
Yes, temporarily suspended on coffee cups to allow the amp to remain ventilated. :-P
Week 11 – Technical - Split Tone
Formation Flying
The brief for this week was as follows;
Technical – Split Tone: Editing technique where the shadows are toned one color, the highlights another. Used with color grading in the media to give a scene a desired look and feel.
For this challenge I used an image I captured whilst killing two birds with one stone, so to speak. I went for a walk around Cherry Lake in Altona and dragged my camera and Tamron 150-600 long lens along for the walk.
These 4 gulls (there were 5 but one headed off) flew around in formation skimming the water with their wings for the best part of 5 mins, over and over again. Capturing handheld with the long lens was a bit of a challenge. As a result it is not super sharp but I still like the image and wanted to use it for this challenge.
With the split tone I went for a semi black and white look using some greens and yellows for the respective Shadows and Highlights. I was going to leave far more color in the image and I did try it with other colors but in the end opted for this one.
RC Lego technic 8WD truck with diffrential locks. Link at Lego CUUSO: lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/9028