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Wheel Swap!!! Time to take the 720s out for a day at the track :)
Featured Wheels: Competition Classic in Stealth Anthracite by Lee Schulz
My daughter and I had gone on an outing and I took this pic of her on the railroad tracks. Don't ya just love railroad shots?
Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. --Proverbs 4:25
This made Explore!
The section of track laying in the right-of-way gives a glimpse at what the Lurgan Subdivision looked like at the turn of the century. The once double-tracked main is now largely single tracked thanks to a decline in traffic on the former Western Maryland route. D773, the local that works Chambersburg, is seen here heading back to Hagerstown and travels the Lurgan Sub out and back on weekdays. The only other traffic is a twice-daily intermodal train (Q015/Q016) to and from the intermodal facility in Chambersburg. Just past the crossing signals where the train is crossing Leitersburg Road was where a bi-directional WM signal bridge stood (Wingerton); it fell in the years after the second track was removed.
Shanghai is gearing up for its first experimental tram service and luckily it is in my area. The last ray of day shone with intensity on the work in progress under the artists' hands.
TRACKING STATION
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Inspiration :
A radar vehicle inspired by the chassis of the "Renault X8A 1996" military vehicle. The "Renault X8A" has never been in active service in the French army. Only in the demonstrator and prototype phase. Currently at the Saumur Armored Museum.
For general culture, it's here =>
www.chars-francais.net/2015/index.php/10-archives/de-1990...
Background :
In short, a form of "mini-awacs" on wheels
Exterior :
- Big radar.
- Small radars and antennas.
- Radar dome.
- Small articulated arm in brickbuild.
- Engine exhaust.
- Folding rear door.
Interior :
- 3 crew members : 1 pilot, 2 radar operators.
- Small on-board remastered Space Buggy.
- Various tools and toolbox.
- Various monitoring and control panels.
- A few air fans.
3 Minifigures.
709 total parts.
232 distinct/separates parts.
26.5 cm Width x 11.3 cm Length x 15.9 cm Height.
512.5 grams.
Not necessarily my best construction in terms of design, because we are on a generally rectangular construction. Rather, I favored the functional and utilitarian aspect.
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Inspiration :
Un véhicule radar inspiré du chassis du véhicule militaire "Renault X8A de 1996". Le "Renault X8A" n'a jamais été en service actif dans l'armée française. Uniquement en phase de démonstrateur et de prototype. Actuellement au musée des Blindés de Saumur.
Pour la culture générale, c'est par ici =>
www.chars-francais.net/2015/index.php/10-archives/de-1990...
Background :
Une forme de mini-Awacs spatial roulant, en somme.
Extérieur :
- Gros radar.
- Petits radars et antennes.
- Coupole radar.
- Petit bras articulé en brickbuild.
- Pot d’échappement des moteurs.
- Porte arrière dépliable.
Intérieur :
- 3 membres d'équipages : 1 pilote, 2 opérateurs radars.
- Petit Space Buggy remasterisé embarqué.
- Divers outils et boite à outils.
- Divers panneaux de surveillances et de contrôle.
- Quelques ventilateurs d'air.
3 Minifigurines.
709 pièces totales.
232 pièces distinctes.
26.5 cm Width x 11.3 cm Length x 15.9 cm Height.
512.5 grammes
Pas forcément ma meilleure construction en terme de design, car nous sommes sur une construction globalement rectangulaire. J'ai plutôt privilégié l'aspect fonctionnel et utilitaire.
Prince Tech's Damarion Wilson clears a hurdle on the way to winning the Mens 55m hurdle event with a time of 7.90 seconds in the CTC Indoor Championships Monday.
Here we see an E&LS track inspector checking the condition of the physical plant. Seems he likes the condition of the track as it sometimes leads to "spilled grain"...LOL
A morning capture at the fisherman jetty, Batu Uban off the Jelutong Expressway, Penang. A fishing net basked in the orange ray of the sun.
NIKON F3, Nikon 50mm F1.4 AIS, Kodak Portra 160 VC Expired, Wide Open
There was very bad weather for photography. I used special technique - desaturate picture, use extreme corrections and resaturate picture by original image...
from the farmer last summer. No snow here. WOW!! We went in searchof Snowy Owls and found nothing but Magpies so photgraphed the landscape on the way home.
Asker, Norway. For the first time in years, a proper pre-christmas winter. Although the golf course is our neighbour, we mostly use it when its covered in snow. When its great for children and playfullness.
Shot as a RAW file and processed first in Adobe Camera Raw, then in Photoshop.
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I started thinking about building Track Pans recently for use on our club's train layouts. A steam heavy RR like the PennLUG needs to get it's water from somewhere and with my PRR steam fleet and Nate being suduced by the New York Central (two big users of pans) they just seem right for us. So I spent the better part of my Saturday researching Pennsylvania RR style track pans (fortunately I have a few books on the Pennsy) and then did my best to translate into LEGO.
This isn't perfect but should still be a good representation of Pennsylvania RR style practice. The pans themselves were pretty narrow (only about 19inches) so I wanted to keep mine to 2 studs wide. Along each side of the track for the length of the pans the Pennsy would typically have cobble stone lined runoff channels to manage spillage and keep erosion of the roadbed to a minimum. A locomotive moving at speed while scooping could throw up a lot of water.
Actual track pans would be quite a bit longer than this (and when PennLUG eventually builds ours they will be) but this should give some idea of what I'm going for.
Now I need to design a pump house for the water pumps and to provide steam heat to keep the pans from freezing in winter.
My first time on a race track... Albeit as a passenger... for which it is wise to mount your intestants with superglue or something.. for they will be relocated if not! =)
Besides that... We were here to take some first shots of my friend Tjerk's most recent purchase: An MG F!
This gorgeous little pocket rocket is one of Britain's last truly great little sports cars, and the only sports car to ever feature hydragas suspension! Which, if maintained correctly, provides a very unique ride. Firm in this sporty setup, but never bouncy!
Me like a lot!
Left to right:
MG F 1.8i VVC
2000
47-HN-PL
Imported in 2001
Toyota Starlet Custom
1991
DJ-RV-69
Original Dutch License
BMW 323 Ci
1999
3-ZTD-63
Imported in 2015
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