]Before buying and flying your first RC plane, I strongly recommend practicing with a computer simulator. A simulator will teach you the basic flight controls and getting used to the left/right inversion when the plane is flying towards you. Judging distances and where the plane is with regard to the […]
[lang_nl]Toen in in de jaren 90 voor het interesse had in modelvliegen betekende dit grote vliegtuigen van balsahout, brandstofmotoren en dure elektronica. Daardoor was het niet makkelijk of goedkoop om met deze hobby te beginnen en heb ik het uiteindelijk ook niet gedaan. Sindsdien zijn een aantal dingen veranderd: LiPo […]
I got a Sony Reader, the current PRS-T1 model, for my birthday. Reviews have shown that it’s the e-reader with the best PDF support, very important for me. It also has Wi-Fi and a web browser. While e-ink displays are quite slow, the web browser works just fine for reading […]
My Hot War project has made considerable progress. US forces now consist of four M1 Abrams, two M3 Bradley, an M60A3 TTS, and several fireteams of infantry. West German forces are two Leopard 2 A4, two Marder 1 A2, a Fuchs, a MAN 7t gl, and 24 infantrymen. Both forces […]
[lang_nl]Foto’s van de demonstraties gedurende de Landmachtdagen 2012 te Oirschot.[/lang_nl] [lang_de]Bilder von den Vorführungen während den Landmachtdagen 2012, dem Tag der Offenen Tür des Niederländischen Heeres.[/lang_de] [lang_en]Pictures taken during the demonstrations at the Landmachtdagen 2012, the Dutch Army Days.[/lang_en]
Revell makes a nice 1/72 scale kit of the Marder 1 A3. Cold War gamers, however, are left out in the cold – they need the A1 or A2 version, both of which are visually quite different. It is however possible to modify the A3 kit to make it look […]
[lang_de]Hot War ist mein achtziger Jahre “heisser kalter Krieg” Projekt im 1:72 oder 20mm Maßstab, für die Force on Force Regeln von Osprey und Ambush Alley Games. Ich will Streitkräfte und Gelände für die “Fulda Gap” im Jahr 1986 aufbauen, aber alles wird allgemein genug sein um es auch für […]
I work in the Geodesy/Surveying team of ARCADIS Netherlands. Many of the surveying projects we do require taking pictures, e.g. for inventarisation purposes. Knowing the location where pictures have been taken is a huge benefit, so I was very happy when Sony brought out the DSC-HX5V, with built-in GPS receiver […]
While things geared up in the 18th century, the 19th century was the century of profound changes and inventions. Trains, practical electricity, the telegraph and telephone, and, late in the 19th century, the car and airplane, form the base for our modern connected world. Another invention of the time, directly […]
In its 30+ year career with the US Air Force, the F-4 Phantom II wore several distinctive paint schemes, unlike its Navy brothers. They started out in the same scheme, though – Gull gray and white: This scheme was still in use during the first months of the Vietnam War, […]
To me, the F-4 Phantom II is the greatest jet fighter, and possibly the greatest combat aircraft, ever. A development period of just a few years (compare that to current project such as the Eurofighter, F-22, or JSF) yielded an aircraft that, from its first flight in 1958, set new […]
Wenn ich es über Spirou & Fantasio habe, bezieht sich das auf die durch Franquin gezeichneten Bände. Die späteren Abenteuer sind meiner Meinung nach weder zeichnerisch noch erzähltechnisch auf einer Höhe mit den Arbeiten von Franquin. Franquins Spirou-Werk lässt sich in mehrere Phasen einteilen. Anfänglich ähnelte sein Stil dem seiner […]
