![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Suruga-Ya Has My Number
Apr. 2nd, 2017 01:31 pmI've been trolling Suruga-Ya's website for about a month now, and contemplating stupf I want to buy from them. The estimated damage so far is about $300 and I'm just getting started--and everything I'm "firm" on so far is at least thirty to forty years old.
http://www.aviationwarehouse.net/
I'd had a suspicion that the mockup fighter jet in DEAL OF THE CENTURY was based on a Learjet, and I'm still looking for harder evidence.
But I found this place that builds fake Learjets and other fake planes for the movies.
I'd had a suspicion that the mockup fighter jet in DEAL OF THE CENTURY was based on a Learjet, and I'm still looking for harder evidence.
But I found this place that builds fake Learjets and other fake planes for the movies.
Too Much And Not Enough
Jul. 18th, 2012 01:39 amOur former web connectivity host company took down Mum's website over the weekend. I'm mulling over having one made in her memory somewhere. I'll want to talk it over with brother and sister first, tho'.
I fully intended to post more often here...but my own connectivity has been horrible due to the weather. Either rain or heat. That and I haven't felt much like writing a lot of stuff.
Besides, what is there that I can write that you are willing to read? Riddle me that.
I fully intended to post more often here...but my own connectivity has been horrible due to the weather. Either rain or heat. That and I haven't felt much like writing a lot of stuff.
Besides, what is there that I can write that you are willing to read? Riddle me that.
A Parable About The Circle Of Life
Apr. 24th, 2012 03:25 pmI'm in Facebook chat conversation with my wonderful sister Lynn. We're all handling Mum's departure from our lives in different ways...tho' really there's no point in getting into details.
I was reminded of the time back when we were children, when Lynn's first cat Fluffy died. Lynn was so upset and hurting that she wrote the news opinion commentator of a local TV station--and he responded by reading some of her letter on air and expressing his condolensces to her for everybody.
On a whim I did a websearch for the name of the cat and the name of the TV station together: THIS is what came up.
The Circle of Life is a very real thing. Sometimes the next world is Heaven or Paradise, and maybe we don't see loved ones again. Or maybe we just come back to this one, in a form that befits us better and fated to find love and happiness. You know love can endure--and you know it will!--one of Mum's favorite songs from Crosby, Stills and Nash.
I was reminded of the time back when we were children, when Lynn's first cat Fluffy died. Lynn was so upset and hurting that she wrote the news opinion commentator of a local TV station--and he responded by reading some of her letter on air and expressing his condolensces to her for everybody.
On a whim I did a websearch for the name of the cat and the name of the TV station together: THIS is what came up.
The Circle of Life is a very real thing. Sometimes the next world is Heaven or Paradise, and maybe we don't see loved ones again. Or maybe we just come back to this one, in a form that befits us better and fated to find love and happiness. You know love can endure--and you know it will!--one of Mum's favorite songs from Crosby, Stills and Nash.
Inviting Other Nations
Apr. 16th, 2012 09:37 pmWhat happens when I don't have enough bandwidth to go stalk the wild factoid?--Brainstorm. As in, what would NASCAR look like if more marques participated? Let me show you!
This Graphic: Acura, Audi, BMW, Citroen, Hyundai, Infiniti, Jaguar, Kia.
This Graphic: Lexus, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Porsche, Subaru, Volvo, Volkswagen.
The worksheet came from ARBodies.com, whom I've mentioned time and again. While NASCAR's Cup Series and Nationwide Series are both going to more sculpted bodies, the vast majority of "Late Model" series leagues are going to persist with the current "one shape fits all" body type, which means only drivetrain and graphical stickers to tell the marques apart. And there is no law that says that current teams can't just have stickers made to match what's under the hood.
This Graphic: Acura, Audi, BMW, Citroen, Hyundai, Infiniti, Jaguar, Kia.
This Graphic: Lexus, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Porsche, Subaru, Volvo, Volkswagen.
The worksheet came from ARBodies.com, whom I've mentioned time and again. While NASCAR's Cup Series and Nationwide Series are both going to more sculpted bodies, the vast majority of "Late Model" series leagues are going to persist with the current "one shape fits all" body type, which means only drivetrain and graphical stickers to tell the marques apart. And there is no law that says that current teams can't just have stickers made to match what's under the hood.
My boredom and Research Addiction is trying to fill in the blanks on my Hackett Continuum history and world setting. The results so far...
INCLUDED
* Firefox and Firefox Down
* The Hunt For Red October
* First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part II
* Missing In Action
* Uncommon Valor
* Blue Thunder (the movie AND the TV series)
* Airwolf (through the second season)
* Deal Of The Century
* Team Yankee
* 007: For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, Never Say Never Again and View To A Kill
I think I want to include Best Defense as well, but want to see it again first.
EXCLUDED
* Commando
* Iron Eagle
* Top Gun
* Red Dawn
* Invasion U.S.A.
* Spies Like Us
* The Fourth Protocol
I'm on the fence about some "properties" simply because of their relevance or timeframes.
INCLUDED
* Firefox and Firefox Down
* The Hunt For Red October
* First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part II
* Missing In Action
* Uncommon Valor
* Blue Thunder (the movie AND the TV series)
* Airwolf (through the second season)
* Deal Of The Century
* Team Yankee
* 007: For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, Never Say Never Again and View To A Kill
I think I want to include Best Defense as well, but want to see it again first.
EXCLUDED
* Commando
* Iron Eagle
* Top Gun
* Red Dawn
* Invasion U.S.A.
* Spies Like Us
* The Fourth Protocol
I'm on the fence about some "properties" simply because of their relevance or timeframes.
Amazon Wishlist Updating...
Nov. 19th, 2011 01:18 amThis week: All the 1/200 HBM WW2 airplane miniatures that I could either find on my list, or failing that, proxy.
I don't know if HBM is even still in business; their website hasn't been updated since 2007 and the e-mail I sent the webmaster bounced. I sent him a snail mail postcard on Monday, so I suppose either I'll hear from him or I won't.
Meanwhile, one of the main stores that sells Wings of War around here, HobbyTown USA, is clearing out their Nexus-boxed stuff for 50% off or better. And here I am with no cash to spend. Granted their selection was down to Vals and Dewoitines (which I have no prejudice against as such, but...).
I don't know if HBM is even still in business; their website hasn't been updated since 2007 and the e-mail I sent the webmaster bounced. I sent him a snail mail postcard on Monday, so I suppose either I'll hear from him or I won't.
Meanwhile, one of the main stores that sells Wings of War around here, HobbyTown USA, is clearing out their Nexus-boxed stuff for 50% off or better. And here I am with no cash to spend. Granted their selection was down to Vals and Dewoitines (which I have no prejudice against as such, but...).
Week 1: A rugby scrum cap (so I can convert it into a post-modern costume aviator helmet), and a Carrera Digital 132 Ford Capri slot car.
Semi-Explained
Mar. 31st, 2011 09:53 pm
These are icons from MapSym and Mil Symbols font sets that I downloaded months ago. These were the last in my sets of military symbol icons that I hadn't yet identified...but tonight I found some answers by going to the Army Heritage Collection Online website and downloading a glossary Field Manual (FM 21-30) from the 1960s.
1) SBS = Special Boat Service/Squadron
2) MOD...possibly means Ministry of Defense
3) MAR...possibly Maritime forces
4) LAND...possibly Land forces (in what context?)
5) AIR...possibly Air forces (again, in what context?)
6) LOG = Logistics
7) NCC = National/Naval/Network Command Center, or possibly Non-Combatant Corps
8) dunno
9) Heavy Unit (German)
10) & 11) Gendarmerie (Belgian and French, respectively)
12) T = Traffic regulation (British)
13) dunno
14) RGR = Royal Ghurka Rifles, or possibly Rangers
15) DPU = Deep Penetration Unit, or possibly Depleted Uranium Ammo
Mysteries Solved?
Feb. 22nd, 2011 03:07 pm
My friend's mystery ship. Paul Francis acquired this space shuttle model from a Hollywood effects shop years ago when he was working as a make-up and effects man. He wanted to know what it was and possibly what movies it might have been used in; I had hunches.
This is from a NASA .pdf file from their archives. The model shown is smaller than Paul's but is the same configuration; this one was tested in the hypersonic wind tunnel at the Ames Research Laboratory. It is a North American Rockwell NAR-134B orbiter concept from about 1969. According to other parts of the document, if the real thing had been built it would have been bigger than the Enterprise/Columbia-class orbiter by about three-fourths.
I've contacted the historian at Boeing by e-mail overday to see if they might have more information or possible film archives.
Tags:
* Great American Stories (an anthology book that includes Stephen Crane and Ambrose Bierce fiction)
* Artwork by Jean Bierce
* A graphic for the Henry Bierce Company in Akron
* Full Frontal Nerdity strips
* Medium Large strips featuring "T.O.D.D. & Son"
* My IPMS reviews of books and model kits
* The Battletech Unseen and Reseen Mechs
* The Phalanx/AAC Penetrator gunship helicopter
* The Heavy Gear TV series and the Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad TV series, from my reviews on IMDB.net
* Artwork by Jean Bierce
* A graphic for the Henry Bierce Company in Akron
* Full Frontal Nerdity strips
* Medium Large strips featuring "T.O.D.D. & Son"
* My IPMS reviews of books and model kits
* The Battletech Unseen and Reseen Mechs
* The Phalanx/AAC Penetrator gunship helicopter
* The Heavy Gear TV series and the Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad TV series, from my reviews on IMDB.net
Armies Lost And Found
Jan. 27th, 2011 02:22 amThe commentary about the collapse of Wizard and ToyFare magazines reminded me about the webcomic Large Army, which ran about ten years ago and was basically a parody of war movies starring action figures. It ceased abruptly after 9/11 in the middle of a storyline and I had wondered what happened to it every so often since.
Turns out the artist who started it moved on to stop-animation (there was a stop-animated teaser for the webcomic way back when) and is now on YouTube.
( Teaser Behind HERE )
So far there are seven videos in the series plus at least two "Making of..." videos.
I should have searched for these sooner...but then again, I had to be reminded.
Turns out the artist who started it moved on to stop-animation (there was a stop-animated teaser for the webcomic way back when) and is now on YouTube.
( Teaser Behind HERE )
So far there are seven videos in the series plus at least two "Making of..." videos.
I should have searched for these sooner...but then again, I had to be reminded.
It's Just A Crush...
Jan. 21st, 2011 04:01 pmBecause of my long-time desire to own a Fifty-Mission Crush hat of some variety, I've been looking over sites such as Soviet Power and Soviet Military Stuff to see what's available.
Above: Drozdov White Guard.
Above: Soviet Air Force; WW2 Pattern.
Above: Red Army Military Police.
These are just a few samples. There are a bunch of different kinds available. Of course, if I got one I would replace the original hat badge with something more in character with my own personality.
But what's odd/morally perplexing is the fact that for the price on one of these plus shipping, I could just go to a local uniform supplier and get a modern policeman's cap. Is one idea more ethically right than another?
FP
Above: Drozdov White Guard.
Above: Soviet Air Force; WW2 Pattern.
Above: Red Army Military Police.
These are just a few samples. There are a bunch of different kinds available. Of course, if I got one I would replace the original hat badge with something more in character with my own personality.
But what's odd/morally perplexing is the fact that for the price on one of these plus shipping, I could just go to a local uniform supplier and get a modern policeman's cap. Is one idea more ethically right than another?
FP
Tags:
Research Addiction, Yet Again
Oct. 22nd, 2010 12:56 am...Or "Old And Knew: Act II".
I had to get curious again...here is an image of the Beech I tugged around with the tractor the other day. Thanks to the Reviewer Corps, I have the prospect of receiving a scale model Twin Beech, which, if I do receive it, will probably be my last model project for 2010. It's unlikely that I could convert the model in question to Turboliner standard, tho'. My websearching brought me to This Very Interesting Historical Document and that made me wonder if the airframe at our school might have a pedigree with the Firm. But alas, it appears it does not.
I would have liked to call History Detectives on this one. However, I already am one, it seems.
I had to get curious again...here is an image of the Beech I tugged around with the tractor the other day. Thanks to the Reviewer Corps, I have the prospect of receiving a scale model Twin Beech, which, if I do receive it, will probably be my last model project for 2010. It's unlikely that I could convert the model in question to Turboliner standard, tho'. My websearching brought me to This Very Interesting Historical Document and that made me wonder if the airframe at our school might have a pedigree with the Firm. But alas, it appears it does not.
I would have liked to call History Detectives on this one. However, I already am one, it seems.
Pick Up The Pieces
Oct. 16th, 2010 12:00 amOverday I finally could log on to my Fotolog.com account and link it to send my uploads there to Facebook. Only I can't log on to Fotolog with my Facebook account yet.
Fotolog was perhaps my least useful account in Cyberdom. I don't have much there, and I tend to use Yuku for image hosting, because it's easier, even if it limits size and byte-count. Maybe I'll do more with it now.
Fotolog was perhaps my least useful account in Cyberdom. I don't have much there, and I tend to use Yuku for image hosting, because it's easier, even if it limits size and byte-count. Maybe I'll do more with it now.
Strands Of The Web
Oct. 8th, 2010 09:44 pmI noticed a thing on my Hotmail account called "Services", through which I could connect my various online identities. I did so with my Facebook, YouTube, Last.FM, Multiply, and LinkedIn accounts as well as this one here. All of a sudden half a dozen become one, in a certain point of view. Perhaps I can use one side of my online self to leverage others. We shall see.
An Aspect To Research Addiction...
Sep. 21st, 2010 04:45 pm...Is the fact that once a problem comes along that the answer isn't readily available, you can't stop till you make one available.
Just accomplished such an outcome for my Electricity & Electronics classwork.
Just accomplished such an outcome for my Electricity & Electronics classwork.
Useless Brainstorming With Math
Aug. 24th, 2010 01:53 amA sort of postscript to my entry about Moonliner/Mission To Mars at the Disney theme parks...
I was kind of curious about the dimensions on the scaled drawing of the Moonliner mockup and whether the theater/simulator would have fit inside. Granted, this was spurred on when I attempted to find something else on GoogleImage and found an interior picture of the theater. I'm not going to link to it here tonight, but I did notice something helpful beyond the obvious matter of the room being a cylinder (as it was on the mockup)--there were THREE rings of seats around the central visual projection screen disks.
I don't own a theater seat. But I do own a seat that is roughly the same size and so I posited that each row is probably 30~36". Since it counts TWICE when you add them for DIAMETER--the three rows would comprise at least 180" of the overall diameter of the space--and therefore the fuselage of the Moonliner. As the given measure of the fuselage on the measured drawing is only 108", then the mockup isn't "actual size"--it's a scaled model, if the theater/simulator was meant to "fit inside."
And then I look elsewhere on-line and see that in fact the mockup is 1/3rd scale.
Told you this was "useless".
BTW, my wall calendar this year was given us by a family buddy who's into big rig trucks. It's from Shell Oil and features custom trucks. One of the trucks for the summer months--was posed next to a restored TWA Lockheed Constellation airliner--and the Moonliner was visible in the background! It's still around somewhere!
I was kind of curious about the dimensions on the scaled drawing of the Moonliner mockup and whether the theater/simulator would have fit inside. Granted, this was spurred on when I attempted to find something else on GoogleImage and found an interior picture of the theater. I'm not going to link to it here tonight, but I did notice something helpful beyond the obvious matter of the room being a cylinder (as it was on the mockup)--there were THREE rings of seats around the central visual projection screen disks.
I don't own a theater seat. But I do own a seat that is roughly the same size and so I posited that each row is probably 30~36". Since it counts TWICE when you add them for DIAMETER--the three rows would comprise at least 180" of the overall diameter of the space--and therefore the fuselage of the Moonliner. As the given measure of the fuselage on the measured drawing is only 108", then the mockup isn't "actual size"--it's a scaled model, if the theater/simulator was meant to "fit inside."
And then I look elsewhere on-line and see that in fact the mockup is 1/3rd scale.
Told you this was "useless".
BTW, my wall calendar this year was given us by a family buddy who's into big rig trucks. It's from Shell Oil and features custom trucks. One of the trucks for the summer months--was posed next to a restored TWA Lockheed Constellation airliner--and the Moonliner was visible in the background! It's still around somewhere!
