Thursday, March 26, 2009
Vintage Racers in action
If, like me, you've got a couple of the reissued Airfix vintage car kits from a couple of years go these vintage racing pictures could giveyou some conversion ideas.
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If, like me, you've got a couple of the reissued Airfix vintage car kits from a couple of years go these vintage racing pictures could giveyou some conversion ideas.
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Labels: inspiration, model car, pictures, reference
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Monday, October 06, 2008
Russian train pictures
English Rusia has some very nice pictures of Russian trains and railways. I wonder if anyone's built any Russia based layouts? Given the grand scale of the Russian network they'd probably have to be in one of the really small scales.
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English Rusia has some very nice pictures of Russian trains and railways. I wonder if anyone's built any Russia based layouts? Given the grand scale of the Russian network they'd probably have to be in one of the really small scales.
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Lots of rat rod pictures from Billetproof 2008
Jalopnik has a mega gallery of pictures taken at the Billetproof rod meet in Antioch.
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Jalopnik has a mega gallery of pictures taken at the Billetproof rod meet in Antioch.
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Friday, August 22, 2008
Woodward Dream Cruise pictures
The Woodward Dream Cruise is a huge car meet. Jalopnik was there and they have lots of pictures- Hot rods, customs and muscle cars.
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The Woodward Dream Cruise is a huge car meet. Jalopnik was there and they have lots of pictures- Hot rods, customs and muscle cars.
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Labels: Hot Rod, inspiration, model car, pictures, reference
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Baikonur and St. Petersburg
English Russia keeps delivering the goods with cool photo collections. The Baikonur space launch facilities in Kazakhstan, as photographed by a visitor and the darker side of St. Petersburg.
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English Russia keeps delivering the goods with cool photo collections. The Baikonur space launch facilities in Kazakhstan, as photographed by a visitor and the darker side of St. Petersburg.
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Labels: inspiration, photo, pictures, reference, Russia
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Aetheric Mechanics
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WArren Ellis has posted a set of reference images used in his upcoming Aetheric Mechanics graphic novel. They loo like prime materials for Luft '46 subjects.
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Friday, April 11, 2008
Soyuz on the train
io9 has pictures of a Soyuz rocket being hauled across the desert to its launch site by a diesel train. It might be hard to scale match a model of the rocket (or even find one, I couldn't get a match for "Soyuz" at Hannants) and a Russian train, but think of the diorama possibilities.
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io9 has pictures of a Soyuz rocket being hauled across the desert to its launch site by a diesel train. It might be hard to scale match a model of the rocket (or even find one, I couldn't get a match for "Soyuz" at Hannants) and a Russian train, but think of the diorama possibilities.
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Labels: diorama, inspiration, pictures, reference, rocket, Russia, Space
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Monday, April 07, 2008
Rebuilding a Sherman tank
Jalopnik has pictures of one man's project to rebuild a Sherman tank
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Jalopnik has pictures of one man's project to rebuild a Sherman tank
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Thursday, April 03, 2008
Russian WW2 memories
A collection of personal photographs from a Russian soldier's collection.
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A collection of personal photographs from a Russian soldier's collection.
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
Autorama
Jalopnik have been to the Detroit Autorama, and have a lot of posts crammed full of inspiration for car modellers.
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Jalopnik have been to the Detroit Autorama, and have a lot of posts crammed full of inspiration for car modellers.
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Saturday, February 09, 2008
Russian soldiers in Chechnya
This photoset from English Russia shows Russian troops in less hectic moments during the Chechen conflict.
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This photoset from English Russia shows Russian troops in less hectic moments during the Chechen conflict.
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Friday, January 18, 2008
Library of Congress photo collection on Flickr
If you're interested in modelling any American subjects then you might want to check out the Library of Congress feed on Flickr, which is filling up with documentary images, mostly from the start of the twentieth century.
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If you're interested in modelling any American subjects then you might want to check out the Library of Congress feed on Flickr, which is filling up with documentary images, mostly from the start of the twentieth century.
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Labels: inspiration, pictures, reference
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Monday, November 05, 2007
Coop goes to the So-Cal Speed Shop
Coop has a gallery up on Flickr from a visit to one of the most famous customising companies in the world- So-Cal Speed Shop L.A. Open House, 11/3/07
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Coop has a gallery up on Flickr from a visit to one of the most famous customising companies in the world- So-Cal Speed Shop L.A. Open House, 11/3/07
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Monday, September 03, 2007
Reader's Rides
Pictures of hot rods belonging to readers of Hot Rod Gazette. As a number of these are very English it may be hard to get models of them in larger scales. But I have a liking of small scale customs, so I may take inspiration.
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Pictures of hot rods belonging to readers of Hot Rod Gazette. As a number of these are very English it may be hard to get models of them in larger scales. But I have a liking of small scale customs, so I may take inspiration.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
MAKS 2007 International Air Show
More airshow pictures from English Russia.
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More airshow pictures from English Russia.
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Friday, June 22, 2007
A tank from a lake
Tanks from the Second World War are still being pulled out of the lakes around St. Petersburg. If I remember my history correctly, the city was resupplied across the frozen lakes during the winter phases of the siege and at times the ice broke. The site refers to it as a "BT" tank. You can get BT5 or BT7 tanks in 1:35th scale from Zvezda, or BT5, BT7 or BT2 from Unimodel in 1:72nd. A salvage operation like this would make for an interesting diorama.
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Tanks from the Second World War are still being pulled out of the lakes around St. Petersburg. If I remember my history correctly, the city was resupplied across the frozen lakes during the winter phases of the siege and at times the ice broke. The site refers to it as a "BT" tank. You can get BT5 or BT7 tanks in 1:35th scale from Zvezda, or BT5, BT7 or BT2 from Unimodel in 1:72nd. A salvage operation like this would make for an interesting diorama.
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Labels: diorama, inspiration, Military, pictures, reference, Russia, World War 2
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Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Billetproof
The Billetproof rod show concentrates on less "polished" hot rods, rat rods and the like. Jalopnik has some pictures- El Camino, Party Wagon, Billetproof.
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The Billetproof rod show concentrates on less "polished" hot rods, rat rods and the like. Jalopnik has some pictures- El Camino, Party Wagon, Billetproof.
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Sunday, May 20, 2007
A bundle of reference links
Whilst going through the archives of Spinneyhead, I've found a few posts and links that might be of interest to modellers-
Fetch!
The Russian dog anti tank mine.
Captured
In the dynamic flow of a battlefield equipment can get lost or captured. A quick trip through captured and repurposed weaponry-
The world of captured planes
Captured Planes
Captured Allied planes (Warning- cheesey beyond belief music, which is a shame because there are some very useful images here.)
A collection of pieces about captured B-17s
Fleet Air Arm planes captured by the Axis
A gallery of tanks captured by the Germans
Modelling a captured Russian KV-2
Israel made good use of captured T54s and T55s and various other vehicles.
Russian tank museum, including many captured tanks.
Captured First World War tanks.
Ships captured by the German Navy.
Test Beds
I've just been to the Museum of Science and Industry and checked out the aviation hall. Interesting stuff-
Avro Lancasters were used as flying test beds for jet engines. Video of the tests is online here.
The Avro 707 isn't quite a flying wing, but I have a soft spot for the delta wing planes such as this and the Vulcan.
A picture of the Hafner Rotachute (more) hiding away in the corner of a painting has given me ideas for another novel way to land assault troops. The Germans used similar devices for spotting from U-Boats.
But the most affecting plane in the whole display is still the tiny Yokosuka OHKA, a suicide jet that was pretty much a desperate last gasp from the Japanese.
Wing and a Prayer
The Me-163 'Komet' was quite an astounding beast. I alluded to a similar plane when the Wasp squadron visited Dreamland (Chapter Three, blink and you miss it). Flight Journal has a long interview with one of the Komet's chief test pilots.
It also has to be remembered that the Germans weren't the only ones experimenting with new and unusual aeroplane designs. The Allies' first jet plane was the Gloster Whittle, a pre-cursor to the Meteor and test bed for jet engines.
The 'Hiller-copter' and Landgraf H-2 were early twin bladed helicopter designs.
America experimented with flying wings in designs such as the XP-56 and XB-35, which I've mentioned many times before, but there were also experiments with gliders along the same lines.
The Brits also experimented with flying wings, as well as canard and tandem wing designs.
Even the Swedes got in on the act with the Saab 21A.
And also- Engines of the Red Army
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Whilst going through the archives of Spinneyhead, I've found a few posts and links that might be of interest to modellers-
Fetch!
The Russian dog anti tank mine.
Captured
In the dynamic flow of a battlefield equipment can get lost or captured. A quick trip through captured and repurposed weaponry-
The world of captured planes
Captured Planes
Captured Allied planes (Warning- cheesey beyond belief music, which is a shame because there are some very useful images here.)
A collection of pieces about captured B-17s
Fleet Air Arm planes captured by the Axis
A gallery of tanks captured by the Germans
Modelling a captured Russian KV-2
Israel made good use of captured T54s and T55s and various other vehicles.
Russian tank museum, including many captured tanks.
Captured First World War tanks.
Ships captured by the German Navy.
Test Beds
I've just been to the Museum of Science and Industry and checked out the aviation hall. Interesting stuff-
Avro Lancasters were used as flying test beds for jet engines. Video of the tests is online here.
The Avro 707 isn't quite a flying wing, but I have a soft spot for the delta wing planes such as this and the Vulcan.
A picture of the Hafner Rotachute (more) hiding away in the corner of a painting has given me ideas for another novel way to land assault troops. The Germans used similar devices for spotting from U-Boats.
But the most affecting plane in the whole display is still the tiny Yokosuka OHKA, a suicide jet that was pretty much a desperate last gasp from the Japanese.
Wing and a Prayer
The Me-163 'Komet' was quite an astounding beast. I alluded to a similar plane when the Wasp squadron visited Dreamland (Chapter Three, blink and you miss it). Flight Journal has a long interview with one of the Komet's chief test pilots.
It also has to be remembered that the Germans weren't the only ones experimenting with new and unusual aeroplane designs. The Allies' first jet plane was the Gloster Whittle, a pre-cursor to the Meteor and test bed for jet engines.
The 'Hiller-copter' and Landgraf H-2 were early twin bladed helicopter designs.
America experimented with flying wings in designs such as the XP-56 and XB-35, which I've mentioned many times before, but there were also experiments with gliders along the same lines.
The Brits also experimented with flying wings, as well as canard and tandem wing designs.
Even the Swedes got in on the act with the Saab 21A.
And also- Engines of the Red Army
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Labels: inspiration, Military, pictures, reference, Russia, World War 2
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Sunday, May 06, 2007
Belly tank racer
I'd like to make a model of one of these some day. It's a dry lake racer with a body fashioned from an aeroplane droop tank. Coop was out at a meet at El Mirage yesterday and has a set of photos on Flickr of the hot rods, motor bikes and people who were there.
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L1090971.JPG, originally uploaded by COOP666.
I'd like to make a model of one of these some day. It's a dry lake racer with a body fashioned from an aeroplane droop tank. Coop was out at a meet at El Mirage yesterday and has a set of photos on Flickr of the hot rods, motor bikes and people who were there.
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