Saturday 9 July 2016

Trip to London Photoset 2 of 2

As promised, here's the second photoset of my trip to London in May. And here is where the bad quality photos are shown. And believe, these ones were the better of the photos I took.
 British 25-pounder howitzer, in desert colours as used by the British 8th Army during the North Africa Campaign
 Various WW2 Russian infantry weapons, with PPSH-41 varieties (top), scoped Mosin-Nagant (middle) and SG-43 Goryunov medium machine gun (bottom) 
 Sherman tank
 Katanas surrendered to Royal Navy officers by Imperial Japanese Army officers. Only the middle sword is an authentic katana, the rest are copies
 German Flak 88mm
 Nose art from the Royal Australian Air Force Avro Lancaster heavy bomber 'Old Fred'
 One of the casings of the Little Boy atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
 British Ferret armoured car in United Nations livery (or "just fucking shoot me" paint job)
 Humber Pig armoured car as used by both British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary during The Troubles
 German built twin-linked BOFORS anti-aircraft gun (I think)
 Soviet built T-34 tank (again)
 One of the gargoyles, in the shape of a tiger, on the roof of the Natural History Museum of London
 (Not sure if it's really clear) Another gargoyle of the Natural History Museum, this time in the shape of a pterodactyl 
 The reproduction diplodocus skeleton in the foyer of the Natural History Museum
 The animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex in the dinosaur wing of the Natural History Museum
 Model of a megalosaurus (or possibly allosaurus) head
 Reproduction of an allosaurus skeleton (I am positive that's what it is. I really should have made notes)
 Reproduction of an iguanadon skeleton
Animatronic models of a pair of deinonychus

 Reproduction of a skeleton of a camarasaurus
 Taxidermy model of an American Brown Bear
 Taxidermy model of a red panda (my favourite animal)
 Memorial to Frederick Selous (1851 - 1917), who contributed many exhibits of animals to the museum
 Plesiosaur skeleton, as discovered by Mary Anning (1799 - 1847)
Statue of King George V (1865 - 1936) in Old Palace Yard, Westminster

So that's all the photos. Hoped you enjoyed them. I'd have taken more, but as I said, my old camera is complete crap and these were the most salvageable ones.

Trip to London Photoset 1 of 2

So earlier this year, May 10th to be exact, I went with my father down to London. He had to go because of a job interview with the police, and he took me along because... well, he thought it'd be a nice gesture, which it was. During the trip, I took my camera with me and, regretfully, I forgot to upload the photos on to my laptop.
Until now.
Now, I did originally try to put these photos on to my Tumblr blog but, well, it's the same issue with the Rhodesian Brushstroke camouflage tutorial I made: Tumblr just refuses to let me post photos. So I'm doing them here instead. Now, I've got 50 pictures, so I'll be splitting the photos up in to two groups, and since they were done on my old camera, the quality will be a bit... well, crap.
Captions will be included at the bottom of the photo (or pair of photos) but don't expect a truly accurate caption.


  A dreary morning over the Thames, with Westminster and Big Ben to the left and the London Eye to the right.
 The 15-inch guns from HMS Ramillies (closest) and HMS Roberts (furthest)
 Harrier VTOL jet (top), V2 Rocket (right) and Supermarine Spitfire (bottom)
 WW1-era British Army Field Gun
 V-1 and V-2 rockets
 Soviet built T-34 tank
 Scale model of a WW1-era battleship (possibly British or German, can't remember which)
 German Uhlan's (I think) uniform at the outbreak of WW1
French Infantryman's uniform at the outbreak of WW1
 French 75mm Field Gun, WW1
 Various types of grenades, mortars and close combat weapons used by British and German forces for trench raids during WW1
 German trench mortar
 (From left to right) German, French and British attempts at body armour along with modifications to allow observers to watch No-Man's Land safely from the trenches (above)
 Royal Navy cannon used during Gallipoli landings
 Uniforms worn by Axis forces in the Middle East during mid-WW1. (left to right) Possible Austrian/German infantry uniform, French infantry uniform, Turkish officer's uniform
 "The rifle that armed an empire." The Short -Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), various makes with bayonets
 Artillery howitzer, possibly either British or German
 Captured German weapons and equipment
The bottom front of a Mark IV 'Male' tank. Just behind it is the tail of a (possible) Sopwith Camel biplane.
 Rear view of Mark IV 'Male' tank
 British built variant of the Maxim machine gun, the Vickers
 British weapons of WW1: (from top down) SMLE with rifle grenade cup, SMLE with bayonet, Lewis light machine gun, ammunition pouches, Mills bombs hand grenades.
 Uniforms and equipment of German Stormtrooper (sturmtreppen). At the bottom is man portable version of MG 08 and to the right is the fuel cannister for a flamethrower.
Late war uniforms: (left to right) American infantry, British infantry, French infantry.