1/3,000 cargo ships

Started by paulr, 26 December 2019, 01:21:06 AM

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All the ships have been varnished :)

I was going to photograph them this afternoon but there is a orange/yellow haze caused by the bush fires in Australia about 2,500km away
This has reduced the light available for photos and has a strange yellow cast

Apparently in some parts of the South Island visibility is down to 10km due to the haze, it should be an interesting sunset tonight



I hope every one in Australia is keeping as safe as possible, last I heard 3 had died :(
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01 January 2020, 07:07:56 AM #32 Last Edit: 01 January 2020, 07:55:17 AM by Techno
Good grief !!  :o :o

The BBC news has it at 7 deaths in recent days. :(

Just awful.

I think it's difficult for us in the British Isles to comprehend the distances and areas affected, as we live on a relatively tiny area of land.

I share your sentiments, Paul.

Cheers - Phil

paulr

The distance from Sydney to Wellington (NZ) is similar to London to Kiev

The smoke shown above is crossing about 700km of the New South Wales and Victoria coasts, think Dover to Edinburgh

Around 100 fires are burning across just New South Wales, with up to half as yet uncontained
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Horrible situation, hooe no one on here is too badly efdected.
I've friends in Sydney who so far have avoided the fires, but the resulting air quality issues are starting to bite.
Hopefully it will bring the Australian government into a more climate friendly stance.
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I notice that GrumpyOldMan was last active Yesterday at 11:18:40 PM which I take as a good sign

There look to be a couple of fires about 20km from his town but both are under control

The NSW RURAL FIRE SERVICE Fire Near Me page makes for worrying reading https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fire-information/fires-near-me
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It doesn't look like I'll get to take any pictures of the ships today :(

Cloudy and hazy, the sun is an angry red ball two hours after sunrise
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After a couple of games of Bigjackmac's air rules the weather briefly improved enough for pictures :)

The air rules worked really well :-bd =D> :-bd
I flew Ki-43 Oscar fighters against Hurricanes and then Hurricanes against A6M2 Zeros and all three types different capabilitieswere  elegantly represented by the simple rules :) :) :)
I'll let Pierre the Shy fill you in on the details ;)
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A convoy of 33 new cargo ships :o



12 Tankers



16 of the Cargo ships



the remaining 9 Cargo ships

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Those look splendid, Paul.  :-bd

Cheers - Phil

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Very good work, course the sea if far to calm !
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 :-bd But they are soooo teeny tiny!

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Those look great! Congrats to paulr on the paint job and to Aksu on their production!
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