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Main contents of this site. There are many photos taken by myself in several museums in Japan and in Europe. The Categories are Airplanes (specially warbirds), AFV mainly tanks, Cars, Motorcycles, ships and spacecrafts. My aim was to record the shape, details and color, so please don’t expect beautiful photos. I tried to include descriptions in the panels, and hope they are useful for you. I put tags to each photo as much as I can, but my knowledge is limited, and TBH don’t know anything about pre-WW2 generation machines. I’d appreciate your notice when you find any mistakes. Please enjoy browsing my photos.

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Converting a Waldmann work desk lamp to LED
I bought a second-hand Waldmann premium desk lamp with fluorescent bulbs and converted it to LED. Fitted a high-CRI LED strip to boost the light output too! The arm's movement is, as expected of Waldmann, quite good.
2024_Militrax@Overloon Participation report
Participated in Militracks, the AFV and tank festival held at the Overloon Museum in the Netherlands. Viewed Tiger tanks and Panzer IV tanks up close and also took a ride on a Kettenkrad.
Purchase of professional soldering iron, ERSA i-CON1
I upgraded my soldering iron from the HAKKO 936 to the professional-grade Ersa i-CON1. The iron is compact and lightweight, with a slender cable that makes it easy to handle. Despite its small size, it packs a powerful 150W equivalent, handling large soldering jobs with ease. Its motion sensor automatically and frequently lowers the tip temperature, preventing damage. It offers the ultimate user experience.
Speed Record Car: Blue Flame, 1002 km/h, 1/43 Scale Miniature Car
I acquired a model of the Blue Flame, the 1970-1983 world speed record holder clocking 1002 km/h. The nose pitot tube was damaged, so I repaired it. The overall look is quite well done, though the cockpit might be a bit too high.
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DIY

Converting a Waldmann work desk lamp to LED
I bought a second-hand Waldmann premium desk lamp with fluorescent bulbs and converted it to LED. Fitted a high-CRI LED strip to boost the light output too! The arm's movement is, as expected of Waldmann, quite good.
Purchase of professional soldering iron, ERSA i-CON1
I upgraded my soldering iron from the HAKKO 936 to the professional-grade Ersa i-CON1. The iron is compact and lightweight, with a slender cable that makes it easy to handle. Despite its small size, it packs a powerful 150W equivalent, handling large soldering jobs with ease. Its motion sensor automatically and frequently lowers the tip temperature, preventing damage. It offers the ultimate user experience.
Tr Tester Duoyi DY294 repaired
This page shows how I could fix broken DY294 by reverse polarity power supply. It works for over-voltage damage, too.
DIY Tr/FET Tester completed
According to the cirduit design finished in below link, I have just finished assembly of Transistor/FET tester (hFE measurement device). It can fix the Emitter current (Source curr…（Read more）
DIY Tr/FET Tester, ultimate hFE/Vgs/IDSS measurement device
I built ultimate hFE tester. I gathered many good ideas from internet and made up the best version I could imagine. It enables measurement of hFE under constant emitter current. This achieves also Vgs and IDSS of FET measurement.
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Museum

2024_Militrax@Overloon Participation report
Participated in Militracks, the AFV and tank festival held at the Overloon Museum in the Netherlands. Viewed Tiger tanks and Panzer IV tanks up close and also took a ride on a Kettenkrad.
Shinden in Tachiarai peace memorial museum
I heard that the Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum in Chikuzen Town, Kyushu, has a full-scale replica of the Shinden WW2 Japanese fighter, funded by crowdfunding. So, during a tempor…（Read more）
Česká, The Military Technical Museum Lešany
The Lesany Military Technical Museum in the Czech Republic. Located on the outskirts of Prague. Tanks and self-propelled guns are not the only exhibits; the space is packed with artillery pieces, various military vehicles, motorcycles and more. The sheer volume of Czech and Soviet tanks is staggering, rivalling collections at Munster in Germany or Bovington in Britain. Tank enthusiasts should definitely pay a visit.
Aviation Museum Kbely, Prague
An air force museum attached to a military base near Prague Airport. It’s one of Europe’s top aviation museums, displaying around 300 aircraft, mainly military. The collection of Soviet-made planes is extensive, and it impressively covers Polish and Czech trainers without exception.
Wernigerode airplane museum
I visited a small aviation museum in the town of Wernigerode, about 130 km away from Hanover. The reason for visiting such a minor museum was that it is the only place in the world…（Read more）
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about Models

Speed Record Car: Blue Flame, 1002 km/h, 1/43 Scale Miniature Car
I acquired a model of the Blue Flame, the 1970-1983 world speed record holder clocking 1002 km/h. The nose pitot tube was damaged, so I repaired it. The overall look is quite well done, though the cockpit might be a bit too high.
Miniature Car 1/43 “Blue Wonder” Mercedes Racing Transporter
I bought a 1/43 scale model of Mercedes' racing transporter, the Blue Wonder. Altaya's version is the best among the various manufacturers. It skilfully recreates the 1955 curved body and the vivid blue paintwork. As a bonus, I bought Altaya's 300SLR and placed it inside to recreate the display at the Mercedes-Benz Museum.
Speed Record Car, Bluebird CN7 Miniature Car 1/43 Scale
I finally got hold of a miniature model of Donald Campbell's speed record car, the Bluebird CN7. The small cockpit, sleek body and vivid blue paintwork are superbly reproduced in 1/43 scale.
Bandai Vehicle model 1/350 Millennium Falcon
Bandai Vehicle model 1/350 Millennium Falcon quick detailed up and air brushed
obtained a book about Do335
Dornier Do335, 435, 635 Cover photoI got a book about Do335 series. It's probably discontinued and usually costs more than 80 EUR on eBay. I was so lucky to find a sell for 40 EUR.…（Read more）
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Computer

Enable Tag cloud with NextGen Gallery under sub-language environment with Bogo
NextGen Gallery does not support sub-language directory structures when creating multilingual sites in Bogo, and tag search output is displayed at /ngg_tag/#tag only, and not at /en/ngg_tag/#tag. I solved this problem using Justified Image Grid.
Count the number of posts in monthly archive in the current language only in Bogo
When creating a multilingual site with Bogo, the number of posts displayed in the monthly archive list is the total number of posts for all languages. As a countermeasure, I created my own archive widget using WP_Quary so that the correct number of posts for each language is displayed.
Count the number of posts in a category in the current language only in Bogo
When creating a multilingual site using Bogo with Wordpress, the number of articles displayed in the category is the total number of articles in all languages, not just the current language. Here I will introduce a hack to fix this.
Gallery search function combining NextGen Gallery and Justified Image Grid
By combining the free version of NextGen Gallery, which does not have a search function, with the inexpensive Justified Image Grid, and writing a little code, you can achieve a full gallery search function and a search box using a widget.
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Automobile

Speed Record Car: Blue Flame, 1002 km/h, 1/43 Scale Miniature Car
I acquired a model of the Blue Flame, the 1970-1983 world speed record holder clocking 1002 km/h. The nose pitot tube was damaged, so I repaired it. The overall look is quite well done, though the cockpit might be a bit too high.
Miniature Car 1/43 “Blue Wonder” Mercedes Racing Transporter
I bought a 1/43 scale model of Mercedes' racing transporter, the Blue Wonder. Altaya's version is the best among the various manufacturers. It skilfully recreates the 1955 curved body and the vivid blue paintwork. As a bonus, I bought Altaya's 300SLR and placed it inside to recreate the display at the Mercedes-Benz Museum.
Speed Record Car, Bluebird CN7 Miniature Car 1/43 Scale
I finally got hold of a miniature model of Donald Campbell's speed record car, the Bluebird CN7. The small cockpit, sleek body and vivid blue paintwork are superbly reproduced in 1/43 scale.
Copersucar Fittipaldi F6 1:43 minicar
I bought a minicar of Copersucar Fittipaldi F6 from Brazil.
Auto museum in Bourton-on-the-Water
A small Auto museum in Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds of England showed many old British cars and motorcycles. Pedal driven toy cars' collection is remarkable.
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Audio

DIY Center speaker
Just completed Home surround system. I have been using ELAC FS207A as main speakers, and wanted to have matched center speaker, so bought ELAC CC203 used in last year September. Ho…（Read more）
B&M specialized audio shop in Bonn
At the end of my Germany assignment 14 years ago, I purchased the German-made active speakers B&M Sigma, so expensive shopping considering it as if I were jumping from a cliff. The…（Read more）
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