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A MiG-15 trainer looking unloved in Latvia. More photos of MiG derelicts are on Obsidian Urban’s site www.obsidianurbexphotography.com
#MiGMondays

Fantastic. Reposting these Fitters for #SukhoiSundays

Ooh, that’s very nicely made. Well done Paul

YouTube video by FrogRadio Meditation (1 Hour) - Stalker

#nowlistening the one hour version of Edward Artemyev’s Meditation, from Stalker. One hour isn’t enough #tarkovsky #stalker #thezone
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb6a...

#nowreading the most recent edition of the National Gallery’s companion guide, originally written by Erika Langmuir yonks ago. I love it, but I’ve had to create my own index so that I can read it in actual chronological order. Because history.

Tupolev’s Project Zveno. What are those things with propellors that are slung under the wings? - that’s right! - little piggyback fighter planes that could be launched when the mothership bomber was in flight. Reposting for #TupolevTuesdays

Hope she’s careful handling that inlet cone. Re-posting for #MiGMondays

Sahidic Coptic Begin your journey in Sahidic Coptic. This open access textbook offers essential grammar and readings for understanding Coptic texts.

Just started Bill Manley’s Sahidic Coptic textbook. Let’s see how far I get
uclpress.co.uk/book/sahidic...

A graceful Ethiopian Su-30. Reposting for #SukhoiSundays

#nowlistening Kate Bush’s 50 words for snow. Ten years ago I started to play this CD then gave up after two songs. Rubbish! Now a decade has passed. Played the CD on a whim over the weekend and discovered that I love it to bits

I've finally been on 465908 which looks beautiful in the Network SouthEast livery & this livery brings back memories

Dr manhatan from watchmen sitting on a rock

It's 1998. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.

It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.

It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.

It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.

Nose on Grids...

56103 and 56045 thunder along the Great Western Main Line on their way to Merehead Quarry.

I do believe this is the last bastion of Grid working, as both the Grids work out of Willesden Sidings to the quarries down south.

#SteelCityDoggoPhotography

Re-watched The Zone of Interest a few nights ago. I have seen it six or seven times now and each time I get something new from it which I had not spotted or thought about before #moviesky #justwatched #thezoneofinterest

Blimey! - a Lego Felon! Reposting for #SukhoiSundays

I went to Cambridge.

I'd already seen 4 Concordes and every SR-71 by the time I got to see my 1stMiG-25 Foxbat in Kyiv. Such a rare and special thing. The only MiG-25 in the U.S. (that we know of) is currently on display at the USAF museum in Ohio, an incomplete example that was found buried in Iraq.

Two McCloud River SD38 locomotives in the Salt Lake City UP Service Pit area. Salt Lake City, Utah. June, 1988. Photo by Warren Johnson.

It’s reached the point where my first thought on waking up is “has the USA invaded Greenland while I was sleeping”

I love Impalas. Must make a kit of one sometime

Well he’s gotta be in bed by now so it’s probably safe to sleep without waking up to a new war right

That’s very kind of you to say so Badger 🙂 but your work is heaps better! Looking forward to seeing your Airfix Jag 😀

And the same model photoshopped into some views of Angola
#scalemodels #histscalemodels #SukhoiSundays

A model of a jet aircraft on a base which looks like part of a handstand area in a sandy airfield. The camouflage consist of nice bright colours

The underside of the model aircraft showing rockets pods, bombs and fuel tanks

A slightly different one for #SukhoiSundays. This is the Hobby Boss 1:48 Sukhoi Su-17 Fitter which I made recently, in Angolan colours. I enjoyed making it very much, but am not too impressed with how it’s turned out. Ah well, it is done now #scalemodels #histscalemodels

no notes, that's lara croft

Battleships HMS King George V and HMS Howe at Port-of-Algiers, 24 July 1943.

They were part of a reinforcement of Allied forces in the Mediterranean for the invasion of Sicily

Courtesy

@mpwarwick.bsky.social

#nowwatching The Thing on Shudder. One of my favorite movies and in my rotation for my favorite John Carpenter movie. The setting, the score, acting, and special effects! It has it all and I never grow tired of it. I watched the Apocalypse Trilogy in the wrong order but oh well #horror #movies #film

Reposting for the image

Greta, by Anna Airey. A girl on the cusp of womanhood looks towards the viewer.

Favourite paintings /2

Anna Airey’s portrait of Greta, painted 1920s I think. On display in Ipswich UK