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[mad gerald]

Marc,

Yes those are very cool. IIRC there are drawings and more photos of them in the book "The Architecture of War".....lots of other really cool stuff in the book as well. (Sorry too lazy to get up and confirm exactly what info on them is actually in the book)

... should have suspected you already knew these ...   ... thanks for the additional information anyway ...

As this keeps me busy researching the WWW the last days, I very much would appreciate you would confirm (on occasion), if the book contains drawings/plans, as a copy of the book is hard to get over here.

At least I found out in the meantime, that these forts were two-storied and had dimensions of approx. 36x36ft ...

Cheers

[marc_reusser]

Gerald,

The plans that there are of these Army Forts are pretty rudimentary...more like schematics.

The two pages with images follow, there is also a page of text that accompanies the images describing their construction, use and intent.

[marc_reusser]

Army fort pt 2

[marc_reusser]

There were also these Naval Forts that you might find of interest.

[marc_reusser]

Naval Fort pt2

[mad gerald]

The plans that there are of these Army Forts are pretty rudimentary...more like schematics.

The two pages with images follow, there is also a page of text that accompanies the images describing their construction, use and intent.

... whoa ...   ... thanks a lot for your effort, man ...

There were also these Naval Forts that you might find of interest.

I do like these as well, but I really fancy the "stilt houses" ...   ... was kinda "love at first sight" ...  

There's a lot information about 'em (mainly pics) surfing the WWW ... but hardly drawings or plans ... I found a website also offering books http://www.project-redsand.com/books.htm .. and a website showing a 3D sketch with terrific renderings http://digitalenviproject.blogspot.de/2010/11/sea-fort-research-and-texturing.html  ... and even a google sketch up model of it http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=de5119c191e6c51e5bfb24d81b25af8 ...

I'm dabbling with the idea in this case to give 1/35 a try, because I can imagine an Ian McQue inspired "air ship" floating around a model of one this sea forts on stilts, may be even located in a desert or on rough terrain ...  

Just in case somebody else needs some practice on an Ian McQue inspired "air ship" before daring to build a model of fichtenfoo's excellent Remora (or Waldo), here's a link to a website where somebody offers a download of a corresponding printy ...

Cheers

[Ray Dunakin]

Check out this pioneer home built in a tree stump, ca. 1910:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/leedman/2318692269/in/set-72157604073472543

[Ray Dunakin]

Another cool subject...

[mabloodhound]

Ray, that link to the Vancouver photos was great, a good resource.
Nice wagon too!

[Gordon Ferguson]

Ray, looks like an old Shepherds hut ....... Do a Google search and you wind a lot more like it

[Scratchman]

All this old gas station stuff is just down the road from my home.





Gordon Birrell

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77318580@N00/

[1-32]

what in the shed?
kind regards kim

[Ray Dunakin]

Who would have thought traffic lights could be so beautiful?

[mad gerald]

Who would have thought traffic lights could be so beautiful?

... FULL ACK ...

Must be located somewhere in Germany (regarding the road signs/markings) I guess (or Europe at least?!) ... just wondering, if it has been photoshopped or taken with loooooong exposure time, as our traffic lights over here usually don't show all three colours at the time ...  

cheers

[Mr Potato Head]

Hey Ray!
That's in my Po-Dunk town!
Star Idaho one stop light town , and it's always red in both directions! Dough!
MPH