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July 20, 2022
Hobby Boss 1/48 Bv 141B: Part 3
At the end of my previous post, I’d finally managed to assemble the complicated crew gondola of my aircraft. After that, I finished off masking its many, many windows, and then set about airbrushing the underside in RLM��65 pale blue enamel, and the topside in a splinter pattern of RLM��70/71 greens, all from Sovereign Hobbies. … Continue reading Hobby Boss 1/48 Bv 141B: Part 3 →
July 13, 2022
CCCP 2022: Kingussie
After a gap of two years during which the Covid pandemic prevented the Crow Craigies Climbing Party assembling in our usual force, we were back together again, this time in Kingussie. Despite the looming presence of the Cairngorm plateau nearby, I managed to spend my time without ever creeping over the 3000-foot contour—I arrived nursing … Continue reading CCCP 2022: Kingussie →
July 6, 2022
Epicaricacy: Part 2
��p��k��r����k��s�� / ��p����k��r��k��s�� epicaricacy: malicious enjoyment of the misfortunes of others What a fearful thing is it that any language should have a word expressive of the pleasure which men feel at the calamities of others; for the existence of the word bears testimony to the existence of the thing. And yet in more than … Continue reading Epicaricacy: Part 2 →
June 29, 2022
John Ball: Flying-Boats In Space!
���Suppose now you were to build a more or less conventional airplane to fly in space. What I mean is, suppose you built a space ship in the shape of an airplane. The actual shape wouldn���t mean a thing as far as flying goes outside of the earth���s atmosphere. There���s no friction and therefore no … Continue reading John Ball: Flying-Boats In Space! →
June 22, 2022
Hobby Boss 1/48 Bv 141B: Part 2
In my last post, I finished detailing the interior of the crew compartment. This time, I’m moving on to some of the other details. I bought a white-metal undercarriage set from Scale Aircraft Conversions for this model, but I’m not sure if there was any point—the metal parts don’t really improve on the kit parts: … Continue reading Hobby Boss 1/48 Bv 141B: Part 2 →
June 15, 2022
The Tarmachan Ridge
Meall nan Tarmachan SE Top (NN 589385, 922m)Meall nan Tarmachan (NN 585390, 1044m)Meall Garbh (NN578383, 1027m)Beinn nan Eachan (NN 570383, 1000m)Creag na Caillich (NN 562377, 914m) 14.8 kilometres850m of ascent Some days even I give up on trying to come up with new ways to climb old hills, and just go out and walk a … Continue reading The Tarmachan Ridge →
June 8, 2022
Finding Apollo Trajectory Data
A while ago I wrote a post entitled “How Apollo Got To The Moon���, which featured a few orbit graphics generated in Celestia, like the one above (which shows the orientation of Apollo 11’s departure orbit relative to the most intense region of the Van Allen Radiation Belt). I got a few enquiries about the data … Continue reading Finding Apollo Trajectory Data →
June 1, 2022
Robert Wilfred Franson: The Shadow Of The Ship
For its entire breadth the Meadow supported only hard vacuum on its pseudosurface. Fixed ashiness that no breeze would ever stir, twisted by ancient gravitational gradients. Space below the space where things of nature or things of man could exist naturally, unattended. Subspace that could be moved across, but not resided in except as on … Continue reading Robert Wilfred Franson: The Shadow Of The Ship →
May 25, 2022
Hobby Boss 1/48 Bv 141B: Part 1
This is the classic asymmetrical aircraft designed by Richard Vogt for the Blohm & Voss company. It was intended for short-range reconnaissance and ground support. Eight version “A” aircraft were built, followed by a run of the “B” version, probably around twenty in number, though records are hazy and the final disposition of many aircraft … Continue reading Hobby Boss 1/48 Bv 141B: Part 1 →
May 18, 2022
Glen Prosen: Driesh From The East
Hill of Strone (NO 288729, 850m)Driesh (NO 271735, 947m) 18.3 kilometres890 metres of ascent Driesh is usually climbed along with it neighbour to the west, Mayar. Most people seem to come in from Glen Doll in the north, a route I’ve previously described, but the longer approach from Glen Prosen in the south has its … Continue reading Glen Prosen: Driesh From The East →
