Photo of The Day

[Ray Dunakin]

Here's another cool little prototype loco. This vertical-boiler steam dummy sure is cute, and looks like it would be pretty easy to model:

[Ray Dunakin]

A sign painter's dream -- or nightmare?

[eTraxx]

Holy "Honest Joe" Batman!!

[Ray Dunakin]

This looks like it could be one of Chuck's creations:

[NE Brownstone]

Found this:


at this site: http://www.reddit.com/r/steamporn/?count=25&after=t3_2jbpjl

Sorry if it's been posted before, but I couldn't help it.

[Juke Joint]

Mennonites teamworking a barn after the tornado of 1974 near Corydon, Indiana.

Philip

[finescalerr]

1974? Not 1874? Either way it's a good photo. -- Russ

[turtle]

Okay, I know it's two photos for the day  , I just find these interesting with the small trams/trolleys/tugs or whatever they are called   with a fairly large ship and a confined space.
Full size photo's can be found here http://dennilfloss.blogspot.co.nz/search?q=panama
Enjoy.

[mabloodhound]

Two great battleships.
Thanks for the photos.

[Gordon Ferguson]

Roger, my first thought ...... It's a hell of a flotation test 

[Ray Dunakin]

Interesting towers on those ships.

[mabloodhound]

One question I had...what are those clock like dials over the bridge for?   They only go from 0 to 9?

[turtle]

One question I had...what are those clock like dials over the bridge for?   They only go from 0 to 9?

Dave - These large 'clocks' are commonly called range clocks, though the British called them concentration dials. Developed towards the end of WWI, they were part of a system to concentrate the fire of several ships onto the same target. Once a ship found the range to the target, it would display the range on the dials, with one hand indicating thousands of yards + 10,000, and the other hundreds of yards. So if both hands were on the 1, the range to target was 11,100 yards. Hashmarks, called bearing indicators, were painted on the main gun turrets, giving observers the angle to target. With the range and bearing data from the ship in front or behind them to feed into their range keeping tables, and the proper adjustments made for the distance between the ships, their location in the formation, etc., the gunnery officers on a battleship could target their guns on an enemy they could not see with a fair degree of accuracy. They could then pass the information on to the next ship in line, allowing the entire battle line to concentrate fire on an unseen enemy. However, as first radio communication, and then radio-equipped spotting aircraft allowed for the instant and accurate transfer of targeting information, these clocks were phased out. By the dawn of WWII, only a few ships still had them.

End of lesson  .

Interesting towers on those ships.

Those bring back some bad memories - was asked by a friend if I could build two for his 1/100th scale 'Texas', these Hyperboloid masts were to create a huge headache and after a number of attempts I admit I gave up on them. Only a few years ago I had another final attempt and eventually had success, mainly because I'd clocked up a few more hours working with brass and sort of knew how it reacted to twisting and curving.

[mabloodhound]

Roger, thanks very much for the lesson.   I had tried a google search but didn't have much luck.   Excellent knowledge.

[Ray Dunakin]

The fact that you even attempted to model one of those towers is impressive. The fact that you eventually completed one is truly amazing!