Hornby R530 00 Gauge Pylon Kit,Multicolor,Small

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Regular readers of this blog are probably looking at this month's pylon and wondering what is going on, but for the first pylon of 2014 I thought that it would be appropriate to feature the first artist to recognise the significance of the pylon. The picture is by Tristram Hillier and was painted in 1933. It is in the collection of the National Gallery of Scotland which has this to say about it:

With better weather on Thursday, there was a flurry of activity. The organizers were pushing hard to get in the maximum number of rounds possible. These days, nearly all of the components of Pylon Racing models are made from high-tech materials, such as carbon fiber, and some are made in CAD/CAM-manufactured molds. Because the turns are made at 35-plus Gs, the models need to be made to the highest precision and strength standards, while at the lowest possible weight.

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At around 114ft (35m) tall, the T-pylons being built on the Hinkley Connection Project are around a third shorter than traditional steel lattice pylons but can still transmit 400,000 volts. Shane started day 2 steadily but then a number of niggling motor mixture setting issues which gave him three no scores, this is a difficult position to be in but with very consistent flying is recoverable.

In F3E, although Trey Witte and Bruce Brown were getting in times, they weren’t satisfied. Otto was having a hard time with a double cut, and then he ran out of battery on lap 9 for a "did not finish." This was not at all where he expected to be. There are plenty of ground plans of ancient Egyptian temples available and recreating the actual buildings is not so difficult if you’re familiar with 3D CAD or other such software. Sportsmanship is what it’s all about. Individual F3D winners (L-R): Randy Bridge and Matt Fehling (silver); Gunnar and Emil Broberg (gold); AJ Hemken and Gino Del Ponte (bronze). In a surprise turn of events, Oliver Witt, from Great Britain, was in first place in F3D at the end of Friday, and the British team was elated. The decision had been made to cancel the super finals because of the weather constraints. We called it a day after 12 rounds of each class, allowing everyone to discard their three worst scores from the average.Purpose: This paper aims to enhance the visual quality of artificial above-ground structures, like pylons, masts, and towers of infrastructures and facilities, through a systematic design method for their morphological and structural optimization.