Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
WW2 Heroes
World War II produced many heroes. One such man was Lieutenant Commander Butch
O'Hare.
He was a
fighter pilot assigned to the aircraft carrier Lexington in the
South Pacific.
One day his
entire squadron was sent on a mission. After he was airborne, he looked at his
fuel gauge and realized that someone had forgotten to top off his
fuel tank.
He would not
have enough fuel to complete his mission and get back to
his ship.
His flight
leader told him to return to the carrier. Reluctantly, he dropped out
of formation and headed back to the fleet.
As he was
returning to the mother ship, he saw something that turned his blood cold; a
squadron of Japanese aircraft was speeding its way toward the American
fleet.
The American
fighters were gone on a sortie, and the fleet was all but defenseless. He
couldn't reach his squadron and bring them back in time to save the fleet. Nor
could he warn the fleet of the approaching danger. There was only one thing to
do. He must somehow divert them from the fleet.
Laying aside
all thoughts of personal safety, he dove into the formation of Japanese planes.
Wing-mounted 50 caliber's blazed as he charged in, attacking one surprised enemy
plane and then another. Butch wove in and out of the now broken formation and
fired at as many planes as possible until all his ammunition was finally spent.
Undaunted, he
continued the assault. He dove at the planes, trying to clip a wing or tail in
hopes of damaging as many enemy planes as possible, rendering them unfit to
fly.
Finally,
the exasperated Japanese squadron took off in another direction.
Deeply
relieved, Butch O'Hare and his tattered fighter limped back to the
carrier.
Upon arrival,
he reported in and related the event surrounding his return. The film from the
gun-camera mounted on his plane told the tale. It showed the extent of Butch's
daring attempt to protect his fleet. He had, in fact, destroyed five enemy
aircraft.
This took place on
February 20, 1942 , and for that action Butch became the Navy's first Ace of
W.W.II, and the first Naval Aviator to win the Medal of Honor.
A year later
Butch was killed in aerial combat at the age of 29. His home town would not
allow the memory of this WW II hero to fade, and today, O'Hare
Airport in Chicago is named in tribute to the courage of this great
man.
So, the next
time you find yourself at O'Hare International, give some thought to
visiting Butch's memorial displaying his statue and his Medal of Honor.
It's located between Terminals 1 and 2.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Clervaux Diorama
http://www.diorama-clervaux.com/
One of the biggest efforts done by one guy based on a real place, Claude Joachim
One of the biggest efforts done by one guy based on a real place, Claude Joachim
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Friday, September 28, 2012
Quick Roof
Roofing how to
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| Make the tower (house or whatever..I´ve tested it and it works for all rectangular buildings) measure from each opposing corner and make a cross shaped insert. |
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| Mark a point at the wished height in the middle of the cross piece. Make a mark at the height of the wall and join the two up. Repeat for all 4 sides. |
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| Lay on a piece of card (or whatever) and mark from the top of the roof to each outside corner. Extend these lines to give a bit of roff overhang. If your building is exactly square, the first piece can be used as a template to make the other 3 sections..if not just repeat for the remaining sections. |
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| Add tabs, either to the inside on the cross piece or on the roof sections and glue on. If the wall sections/cross piece are thick enough to lay the roof sections on and just glue, then the tabs can be ignored. The whole thing only took ten minutes with taking pics but would obviously take longer for a better looking finish. |
How to sag (weight-down) Tracks
http://fcmodeltips.blogspot.com.es/2012/09/caida-en-las-cadenas-de-goma.html
How to imitate the weight at the vynil tracks
How to imitate the weight at the vynil tracks
There are many models that include rubber
or vynil tracks that are very easy to put in place but they have an important
problem, they don´t have the weighted look that you can see in the real
tanks.
There is a very easy way to do this. the only thing we need is a hairdrier.The first thing we have to check is that the tracks are firmly fixed, then we insert something between the return rollers and the fender. In this case I have used cotton buds wrapped in paper. It is important to put them all at the same time so we heat the tracks just once if not we would have to repeat the proccess and the track would go back to the original position where there is no preassure.
There is a very easy way to do this. the only thing we need is a hairdrier.The first thing we have to check is that the tracks are firmly fixed, then we insert something between the return rollers and the fender. In this case I have used cotton buds wrapped in paper. It is important to put them all at the same time so we heat the tracks just once if not we would have to repeat the proccess and the track would go back to the original position where there is no preassure.
Once we have all the cotton buds in place
we can heat the tracks with the hairdrier, the heat should not be too intense or
else the track can be damaged. I would use the hairdrier at a distance of 20cm
or more and try to heat all the track at the same time, if that is not possible
simply move the hairdrier along the tracks fastly. Do it for 1 minute minimum
and let it cool.
Once the tracks have gone cold you can
take the cotton buds out and see the result, if it´s not sattisfactory you can
repeat the proccess.
One useful hint, the tracks will always tend to turn back to the original position a bit so press the tracks more then the position you want.
One useful hint, the tracks will always tend to turn back to the original position a bit so press the tracks more then the position you want.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Hogwarts Displays
Hogwarts display in London, A total of 86 artists and crew members worked for more than 650,000 man-hours to create the 1:24 scale-model castle, which features 2,500 lights, hinged doors, miniature birds and live plants. The castle display completes a day-to-night cycle every four minutes.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Border War PanzerRailCar
Die panzerkar was een van net twee sulkes gebou in Langlaagte Spoorwegwerkswinkels. Die ander een, Chris, was na die vervoer minister, Chris Heunis, genoem, en die een na sy ontwerper, Kobus (kan nie sy van onthou nie).
Die panzerkar, gedoop 'n Padda, het oorspronklik op albei treinspoor en pad geloop, en het twee stelle wiele gehad, een vir die spore, en een vir die pad.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
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My Facebook page with awesome dioramas from all over
Reference photo's for detail and ideas for Dios
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Reference photo's for detail and ideas for Dios
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