Photo of The Day

[granitechops]

The environment getting its own back on VW??   

[Allan G]

Some manhole covers from Eastern Europe (Hungary, Austria, Germany, Czech Republic) including one car. I'm not a car buff so I'm not sure what it is other than it looks like a VW.....Allan (It may take a few posts to get them all on the site.)

[Allan G]

More photos...Allan

[Allan G]

More.....Allan

[Allan G]

More pnotos.....Allan

[Allan G]

One more.....Allan

[Ray Dunakin]

Nice design work on some of those manhole covers.

[Hauk]

Here is a cool picture I stumbled across on the wide wild interweb:



No, It is not a still from the movie "Norwegian hillbillies". It is an authentic picture of a local Sheriff and his deputy after a raid against Moonshine distilleries during the prohibition in Norway (1916-1927).

Would make a great model, me thinks!

[mabloodhound]

Good photo.  I never knew that Norway also had a prohibition era.  Didn't last as long as the US. 

[Hauk]

Good photo.  I never knew that Norway also had a prohibition era.  Didn't last as long as the US. 

Norway have had (and have) some rather strange regulations when it comes to alcohol. 
For instance, all wine and liquor sales are through stores owned by the government.
Up to quite recently you could not buy alcohol at all in certain areas. You had to order your beer by mail-order, and at least one crate at a time. So if you wanted a beer for friday night, you had to plan in advance!

Another rather strange rule was that in some hotels alcohol could only be bought by visitors. Local residents could only visit roped-off areas in bars and restaurants where you could not buy alcohol. And this practice lasted well into the eighties.

[finescalerr]

Similar laws exist in several states here. I lived in some states with those laws. Repressive idiocy, just as so many other laws. -- Russ

[Ray Dunakin]

This photo of a kingfisher on an old sign would make a great subject for a model, or a detail on a diorama:



Photo by Alan McFadyen. From the following website:

http://www.boredpanda.com/perfect-kingfisher-dive-photo-wildlife-photography-alan-mcfadyen/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=BPFacebook

[michael mott]

A clever posed picture and great visual pun.

Michael

[eTraxx]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL7bCv2WuVwPQ8In1vztkXyKF4PYXaSN5M&v=q_0xifuTqVA

[SandiaPaul]

Here is a loco ripe for modeling:


Link here:
https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:t148gc09k

Discussion about it and some similar ones here:
http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=38847&sid=d6d4926a9e07045c1c31de1b2f891a45