Who / What / Where Game

[Jimbuna]

So is it a WWII Allied Submarine Tender?

Nope.

[Oberon]

Indeed, it's a WWI submarine tender, the USS Fulton to be precise.

http://www.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/wwi/wwisea/w_09.jpg

[Oberon]

Unfortunately I'm going to be away from the computer as from tomorrow...so I'll pass my turn over to whoever replies first, and good hunting! :yeah:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Is that me? :hmmm:

[Oberon]

Is that me? :hmmm:

It is now!

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02144/sugar_2144944b.jpg

You're hired!

[Herr-Berbunch]

OK folks, I usually think it'll take you a while to get mine, then u-crank comes along and spoils my dreams so this time it's really easy, particularly if you even half know me.

Good luck gents, and ladies if you're playing.

What is it? In particular, where? (Geographical location not required)

http://i.imgur.com/6dns2pz.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

Is it on the dash of an old Ford Cortina?

[Herr-Berbunch]

Is it on the dash of an old Ford Cortina?

Nope, nor is it the speedo on my old Citroen Pallas either.

[Eichhörnchen]

Is it in a car at all?

[u crank]

Doesn't look like AM-FM radio. Numbers don't seem right. Is this military equipment?

[Herr-Berbunch]

Is it in a car at all?

Not a car, but it does have wheels.

Doesn't look like AM-FM radio. Numbers don't seem right. Is this military equipment?

It used to be military. :up:

[Eichhörnchen]

Is that a rev counter along the top?

[Herr-Berbunch]

Is that a rev counter along the top?

:haha:

Nope.

[Eichhörnchen]

Is it in a DUKW?

[Herr-Berbunch]

Not a DUKW.

A bit faster.

[u crank]

How about a Land Rover?

[Oberon]

If it is a Land Rover the bottom set of numbers are probably the miles per gallon. :03:

[Herr-Berbunch]

How about a Land Rover?

Not a car, but it does have wheels.

Maybe a lot faster then.

[Herr-Berbunch]

A bit more for you.

http://i.imgur.com/B5prwLr.jpg

[u crank]

Is it an aircraft?

[Herr-Berbunch]

Is it an aircraft?

Yes, yes, yes! :yep:

[Eichhörnchen]

Fair chance it's a Cessna then?

[Herr-Berbunch]

Military aircraft yes, Cessna no.

Faster still.

[svt94]

Is it Cold War Era?

[Eichhörnchen]

Then if it's an older type, maybe a Piper?

[Oberon]

Was it made by BAC and Breguet? :03:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Is it Cold War Era?

Yes, definitely hales from that time.

Then if it's an older type, maybe a Piper?

By my rough calculation it's about 4.3 times faster than the fastest Piper (not including the prototype Piperjet).

[u crank]

English Electric Lightning.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Was it made by BAC and Breguet? :03:

Sorry Jamie, didn't see your post! Nothing French about it.

English Electric Lightning.


Almost there, that's where it is. But what is it? :D

[Eichhörnchen]

Is it a flap control on the side-console?

[Herr-Berbunch]

Is it a flap control on the side-console?

Nope.

[Jimbuna]

Indeed, it's a WWI submarine tender, the USS Fulton to be precise.



Well done Jamie :yeah:

[Jimbuna]

I've had more than my fair share of picks so I'll add a couple of photos to help this along...

http://s14.postimg.org/91lhxv0y9/image.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

http://s3.postimg.org/g4rd9n8rn/image.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

[Oberon]

Sneaky, the words above it have been scrubbed out! :haha:

This might help some people:
https://www.haraldjoergens.com/panoramas/lightning/

[Eichhörnchen]

Maybe I'm being dim, but isn't it just the Mach counter?

[Jimbuna]

Sneaky, the words above it have been scrubbed out! :haha:

This might help some people:
https://www.haraldjoergens.com/panoramas/lightning/

Far too easy now...nowhere sneaky enough :smug:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Maybe I'm being dim, but isn't it just the Mach counter?

Close enough. Airspeed indicator. Mach along the bottom, knots on top. Doesn't stop there though. :D

Lightning F.6 XS899 (Charles Ross's cockpit section)

http://imgur.com/o7VJRwA

http://imgur.com/EVHnbr9

[Eichhörnchen]

I haven't inspected Oberon's link, I just suddenly became aware of what the upper scale would/should be, then the bottom one seemed obvious too.

Back soon...

[Armistead]

Electric Lightning F.53

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/iSDc8bA.jpg?1?5410

[Herr-Berbunch]

Electric Lightning F.53

XS899 all British F.6, F.53 were all Kuwaiti or Saudi. :O:

Ask for this new one - aircraft radome access?

[ikalugin]

Actually it looks like a certain telescope.

[Tango589]

Hubble?

[Eichhörnchen]

Ask for this new one - aircraft radome access?

Sorry but no...

Actually it looks like a certain telescope.

Yes it is a certain telescope...

Hubble?

'fraid not...

[ikalugin]

It is related to Greek word for knowledge, hehe. On special performance base too, so teachers could enjoy their daily comforts hehe.

[ikalugin]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/SOFIA_with_open_telescope_doors.jpg/800px-SOFIA_with_open_telescope_doors.jpg
Pic related.

P.s. --> shivers as to what sort of obscure system (or well known) he could post next.

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/jad6pnJ.jpg?1

NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)

You got it, tovarisch. Now it's your turn once more.

[ikalugin]

Trying to find one on a known object but having some troubles.

[Tango589]

How the damn hell did he figure that out?:hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

Google is your friend...once you learn the intricacies http://s29.postimg.org/kdy9vqw83/google_1.gif (http://postimage.org/)

[ikalugin]

How the damn hell did he figure that out?:hmmm:
Well it was obviously a non visual band telescope of some kind on an aircraft platform. Then I google it and get this as the first link.

[ikalugin]

Here is the (easy) one:
http://i57.tinypic.com/eti3pl.jpg
Sadly I did not find the immage (where you could actually see the feature I was planning to use as the clue) of this object I was looking for, sad as it is.

[Eichhörnchen]

Is that the propeller of a torpedo?

[ikalugin]

Man is given for scale. Must be one very large torpedo if I must so say, that was sitting in water for quite some time too.

[Jimbuna]

Cheonan?

[ikalugin]

You mean the Korean ship? No. The screw type is wrong.

[Armistead]

Launching of the CSA Hunley..:D

[ikalugin]

It is a modern (post WW2) screw.

[Eichhörnchen]

Is it the screw of a recovered sunken sub?

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/VypwKnx.jpg?1:):)

[u crank]

One of two decommissioned Victor III class nuclear submarines being transported for decommissioning.

[Eichhörnchen]

Well I assumed it had sunk! I guessed (wrong) and then Googled "recovered Russian submarines". When I saw this I copied it without checking the details first.

u crank's the one who named it, so you decide who gets the teddy bear...

[Herr-Berbunch]

One of two decommissioned Victor III class nuclear submarines being transported for decommissioning.

Make up your mind, is it decommissioned or is it going for decommissioning? :O:

[u crank]

Make up your mind, is it decommissioned or is it going for decommissioning? :O:

:har:

Should have been scrapping. I was tryin' to get it in before someone else. I'm a really slow typist. Eichhornchen still beat me.:wah:

[Aktungbby]

Thought it was this one posted by Macnimcbee In Tarjac's Aussie sub Thread then realized I was a screw short....as usual:03:http://iliketowastemytime.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog_image/ukrainiansubmarine-21.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

:har:

Should have been scrapping. I was tryin' to get it in before someone else. I'm a really slow typist. Eichhornchen still beat me.:wah:

Then you should've seen me rushing to get my oar in here! But like I said, I didn't check my facts, so please feel free to take the next turn, u crank... I think our host has gone to bed.

[u crank]

Then you should've seen me rushing to get my oar in here! But like I said, I didn't check my facts, so please feel free to take the next turn, u crank... I think our host has gone to bed.

Oh no Sir I believe you are the winner. I got my information from the same source as the pics posted. Feel free to carry on. :salute:

[Herr-Berbunch]

I think our host has gone to bed.

Which is where I shall be heading after finishing the latest Sons of Anarchy, if u-crank would be so kind as to wait another seven hours before posting I'd appreciate it... :03:

Nah, go for it u-ee.

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/aqztZdf.jpg?1

Well I have to turn in too, so what say I leave this overnight (be back in about eight hours...)

Oh yes... what is this?

[Herr-Berbunch]

http://i.imgur.com/aqztZdf.jpg?1

Well I have to turn in too, so what say I leave this overnight (be back in about eight hours...)

Oh yes... what is this?


The template for Jeff's arseless leather chaps? :woot:

[ikalugin]

It is a screw from the de commissioned Victor III. What i was originally planning to post was the flank array, just could not find a good image of it.

[Buddahaid]

The template for Jeff's arseless leather chaps? :woot:

Didn't I see him at the Folsom street Fair? :D

[Eichhörnchen]

The template for Jeff's arseless leather chaps? :woot:

:har: :har: Good idea, and I'm sure he's got an extensive wardrobe of exotic protective clothing and maybe even some gimp wear, but no.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Then how about an ironing board cover?

[Eichhörnchen]

Then how about an ironing board cover?

No, you'd burn your pants

[Jimbuna]

A Zulu warriors shield?

[Eichhörnchen]

A Zulu warriors shield?

Nope...

[Catfish]

A young cowling ?
:O:

[Jimbuna]

A bag?

[Catfish]

It certainly is a 'Brauner Baer'
https://www.google.de/search?hl=de&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1128&bih=810&q=messenger+moth&oq=messenger+moth&gs_l=img.3...1089.4188.0.4549.16.12.1.3.3.0.228.99 7.10j0j1.11.0....0...1ac.1.56.img..2.14.1006.PnDeq Rmbkns#hl=de&tbm=isch&q=brauner+b%C3%A4r
Cannot translate this, it is a night-flying insect ..

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/awcg7uL.jpg?1

Well done, Catfish; I had no idea you call this a "brown bear" in Germany.

Over to you...

[Herr-Berbunch]

It certainly is a 'Brauner Baer'
https://www.google.de/search?hl=de&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1128&bih=810&q=messenger+moth&oq=messenger+moth&gs_l=img.3...1089.4188.0.4549.16.12.1.3.3.0.228.99 7.10j0j1.11.0....0...1ac.1.56.img..2.14.1006.PnDeq Rmbkns#hl=de&tbm=isch&q=brauner+b%C3%A4r
Cannot translate this, it is a night-flying insect ..

Moth.

[Catfish]

ha lol, i was not really sure though :)

We call those night-flying butterflies "Nachtfalter", and i have no idea why this one is called a "brown bear".
The term 'moth' would be 'Motte' in german, which would here mean a smaller kind of insect, usually feeding on clothes and because of that feared in former times, if found in cabinets.
Arctia caja is quite pretty actually. While they are not directly threatened by extinction they are pretty rare, and are said to be an indicator of unpolluted nature. We have quite some of them around our house, which is why i recognized it.

Please give me some time to find something, am at work currently (hrrm), say 6 hours..

[Jimbuna]

6 hours :hmmm:

Should give Eichhornchens keyboard a chance to cool down :)

[Catfish]

Ok here goes, should not be too difficult:
But i want the name, not the type ..

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/riddle_zpsa591e59e.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/penaeus/media/riddle_zpsa591e59e.jpg.html)

Good luck :)

[ikalugin]

Maybe this?
http://laststandonzombieisland.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/theairshipk-69launchesfromthedeckoftheescortcarriermindorocve1 201950_zpsb53e30f9.jpg
Though are you interested in the carrier or the airship specifics?

http://www.patriotspoint.org/news_events/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/zr3cv3.jpg

[Tango589]

USS Los Angeles landing aboard USS Saratoga 28th Jan 1928.

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm260/tango589/zr3cv3-1.jpg

[ikalugin]

Well, I have considered using the Tin Eye result, but that is surely bad sport, isn't it?

[Catfish]

Yes it is the USS Los Angeles, also called ZR III or LZ 126 :up:
What is a tin eye (result) ? :hmmm:

Ikalugin was first, put in the blimp, and hid the Zeppelin. But Tango 589 provided the name. Hm.

I'd give you both a win, but .. do we have an arbiter here?
I tend to give it to Tango, since he provided the right name(s).
Ikalugin you know your two photos do not show the same airship, and carrier?


Ok Tango589, your turn.

[Tango589]

I'll have something for you tomorrow.

Signing out for the night.

edit:
Ok, I fibbed, here's something to ponder:

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm260/tango589/djfh7398ysjdf.jpg

[Catfish]

Is it a mine-sweeper chain hung in front of a tank ? :hmmm:

[Herr-Berbunch]

I believe Catfish has done it again, mine clearing flail. :up:

[Catfish]

I am not sure, but if i did it right, i give my choice over to Ikalugin.
Will not be at home tomorrow until evening, and he also deserves it.

[Tango589]

Well done Catfish, over to you Ikalugin!

[ikalugin]

Thanks, working on it.

[ikalugin]

http://i60.tinypic.com/2dkk9rp.jpg
Enjoy the small (though still easy) one.

The answer is what down to the specific objects featured.

[Eichhörnchen]

It's pigeons having a fight on CCTV

[ikalugin]

Actually no, though it is a good one.

[Armistead]

Looks like a dog, but seems the face and arse don't match, so maybe two dogs, not sure if there's a 3rd object, almost looks like a bird or some sort, maybe a small ostrich or owl.

I'll say two dogs and an owl...

{Am I seeing dog{s}?

Edit, maybe the brown object is also a dog, so answer is 3 dogs and an owl

[Tango589]

It's a photo of tulips, taken on a misty morning.

[Jimbuna]

Not a turkey then.

[Eichhörnchen]

No I think it's one dog, one owl and a pigeon sniffing tulips, caught on CCTV on a misty morning. There might be something on the pavement there, behind the dog...

[Tango589]

I think this is in danger of getting silly...:hmmm:

:D

[Armistead]

Not a turkey then.

I thought turkey for the brown, but the head ain't right. Looks like a brown dog maybe posing.

[Tango589]

It's a small brown dog, posing in a pink spotted tutu holding balancing a glass of Chateauneuf Du Pape on it's nose.

On this final note, I'm going to bow out of this one as I haven't got a clue what I'm looking at.

[Catfish]

Quite easy, you were all wrong:

It is two pigeons in the front, and a parrot in the background, all surrounding a chimpanzee.

Or maybe this dark thing is a submarine hatch, with two pigeons and the parrott ?

[Armistead]

Quite easy, you were all wrong:

It is two pigeons in the front, and a parrot in the background, all surrounding a chimpanzee.

Or maybe this dark thing is a submarine hatch, with two pigeons and the parrott ?

yea, the brown object could be a monkey, but I'll stick with my guess...

[Eichhörnchen]

It's just too fuzzy, Ikalugin. Can you either shrink it back down or show us more?

(It's the only way you can rescue this from these Bilge Rats...)

[ikalugin]

Quite easy, you were all wrong:

It is two pigeons in the front, and a parrot in the background, all surrounding a chimpanzee.

Or maybe this dark thing is a submarine hatch, with two pigeons and the parrott ?
Actually it is a man, a crane, loading something into a submarine.

[Eichhörnchen]

Is it a man loading a torpedo into a submarine with a crane?

[ikalugin]

Not a torpedo, but everything else is correct.

[Eichhörnchen]

A new engine?

[Jimbuna]

I think this is in danger of getting silly...:hmmm:

:D

I agree so a reminder of the first rule as set out by the OP:

Anyone can post one guess until there is a posting from the starter to say whether or not it has been answered correctly. At that time, you may post a new guess.

I've edited out those not following the rule...please try to stick to the rule.

[Tango589]

Is it a man loading supplies into a submarine?

[Jimbuna]

Part of a reactor?

[Armistead]

still looks like a dog to me....can see his tail..:O:

[ikalugin]

Not supplies or reactor parts, though this is a nuclear boat and the object he is loading does get used up in combat.

[Eichhörnchen]

Then you must mean toilet paper?

[ikalugin]

Then you must mean toilet paper?
Why would you need toilet paper in combat? Or does everyone on board secure themselves prior to combat in their designated lavatories?

[Eichhörnchen]

Electric batteries?

[ikalugin]

Electric batteries?
No, though the object in question does have electric batteries I think.

[Jimbuna]

Life preservers/lifejackets?

[Armistead]

Flak Vest..

[Eichhörnchen]

anti-aircraft ammunition magazines?

Could we maybe see another portion of the picture?

[ikalugin]

Life preservers/lifejackets?
It does help preserving life's of the crew, though it is more about protecting the sub that carries them from deadly threats.

[ikalugin]

anti-aircraft ammunition magazines?

Could we maybe see another portion of the picture?
When I get to home I could I guess.

[Aktungbby]

They're loading reactor control rods aboard?

[ikalugin]

They're loading reactor control rods aboard?
I have said that the stuff that he is loading is expended in combat? I don't think control rods are hehe.

[Eichhörnchen]

He is loading radar-location or other threat detection equipment?

[Tango589]

Is he loading in counter-measures?

[ikalugin]

Is he loading in counter-measures?
Yes he does. But what kind of counter measure and what kind of submarine?

[Aktungbby]

I have said that the stuff that he is loading is expended in combat? I don't think control rods are hehe.

maybe if they're "repelling boarders":har:

[Armistead]

Los Angeles Class

Decoys

[ikalugin]

Los Angeles Class

Decoys
Not LA class, not US, but 3rd generation.

[Armistead]

Ah, assume it's Russian?

[Tango589]

Loading active decoys onto an Akula

[ikalugin]

Ah, assume it's Russian?
Not Russian either.

[Tango589]

Loading active decoys into a Chinese Kilo class

[ikalugin]

Loading active decoys into a Chinese Kilo class
This is a nuclear submarine.

[Armistead]

Churchill Class loading decoys

[ikalugin]

British but not an attack sub.

Now class and decoy type please.

[Armistead]

Resolution Class
Type 2066
Type 2071

I'll go with the 2066

[ikalugin]

Actually I was horribly wrong, it was a british nuclear attack sub :doh: For some reason thought that it was Vanguard but it wasn't.

But you got very close with the second one.

[Tango589]

An Astute Class sub being loaded with Type 2071 decoys.

[ikalugin]

Decoy Is right sub is wrong.

[Eichhörnchen]

Swiftsure class

[ikalugin]

Swiftsure class

That is close.

[Tango589]

Sovereign Class

[Eichhörnchen]

Warspite SSN

[ikalugin]

Both are too old.

[Eichhörnchen]

Trafalgar class SSN

[ikalugin]

Trafalgar class SSN
And we have the winner. Original:
http://otvaga2004.mybb.ru/uploads/000a/e3/16/51034-5-f.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/9UK0ULb.jpg?1

What is this (clue: it is maritime)

[ikalugin]

Paddle propelled steamship?

[Jimbuna]

yep, looks like a paddle steamer.

[Eichhörnchen]

And I thought oh, you lot are so going to pay this time... yes it is. But I need more...

[ikalugin]

Heh, mid 19th century oil painting? I wonder who would paint sea going paddle driven steam ships in mid 19th century....

[Catfish]

From the "Fighting Temeraire", Turner ? :hmmm:

[ikalugin]

Hehe, so other people enjoy art the same way I do?

By the way - it would be easy to get the time period from the technique even for an ammatuer :)

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/yisSevd.jpg?1

OK, Catfish, so you've sobered up and you are correct.

I reckoned this might have to wait for Akktung, the Culture Vulture that he
is. I thought we'd have something cultivated after Ikalugin's pigeon-dropping on a wet window pane...

[Catfish]

Please, give me some time until this evening .. :03:

[Catfish]

Ok, here goes (Aktungbby, this is NOT for you ;) ):

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/whatzat_zps2adafb22.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/penaeus/media/whatzat_zps2adafb22.jpg.html)

Need the (more or less) exact name, not purpose.

[Aktungbby]

I reckoned this might have to wait for Akktung, the Culture Vulture that he
is....
Well I nev....:Kaleun_Mad:!!!! HEY I might be useful around Your house at least!:O:
http://lowres.cartoonstock.com/animals-couch_potato-lazy-vulture-sign_of_life-dead_body-dre0796_low.jpg

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

The Goliath tracked mine.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/zacharybaty/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1980-053-53_Sprengpanzer__Goliath__zps4203dec5.jpg

[Catfish]

^ :haha:
Well, how long did this take, a minute ?! :huh:

Your turn, then :up:


P.S: Aktungbby, i should not have listened to you, those guys find 'em all ... :woot:

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

That's what happens when one researches obscure military history. :D

Anyways what is this part of. Hint: It does fly.

http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/zacharybaty/A1-2_zps18f46f9d.png

[Catfish]

I know i'm wrong, but ..
.. not the business end of the Schienenzeppelin?
yes yes we already had that :D

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Nope not a zeppelin.

[Catfish]

I search for a "Doppelrumpf-Aufklärer mit einem zentralen Glasscockpit", but do not find the type. Heinkel ? Blohm und Voss ?

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

It's not a Heinkel or Blohm und Voss nor is it a recon aircraft. Hint: Think of transports.

[Jimbuna]

DFS 331 V1

http://s29.postimg.org/lihhwey93/image.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

[Eichhörnchen]

Is it a glider?

PIPPED!!

[Jimbuna]

Is it a glider?



Oh pleeeeeeeese!!

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

You got it Jim, your turn.

[Jimbuna]

You got it Jim, your turn.

Cheers matey....back soon.

[Jimbuna]

What is this?

http://s3.postimg.org/r8mb3xtf7/image.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

[Aktungbby]

is it living?

[Jimbuna]

It was at the time the picture was taken but probably not anymore.

[Aktungbby]

does it have hooves or paws

[Catfish]

A cat ? Hairs at the right look like whiskers ..

Or it's a ferret - Dowly?

[Jimbuna]

does it have hooves or paws

Paws

[Jimbuna]

A cat ? Hairs at the right look like whiskers ..

Or it's a ferret - Dowly?

Dowly looks nowhere near as good.

[Eichhörnchen]

Polar bear?

[Jimbuna]

Polar bear?

Nope but close possibly.

[Eichhörnchen]

It's a Panda?

[Armistead]

wolf

[Jimbuna]

It's a Panda?

Afraid not.

[Eichhörnchen]

White tiger?

[Jimbuna]

wolf

Yes...what kind?

[Eichhörnchen]

Well the answer seems obvious now but I'd feel mean jumping in, what with Armistead snoring peacefully away over there and all. He's probably dreaming about winning this right now and it'd be like plunging a knife into a sleeping man...



I'll give him until tea-time

[Catfish]

I am sure it's a lone (w)one. :hmm2:

[Jimbuna]

Tis up to you but it is known by either of two name types...either one will do.

[Eichhörnchen]

Go on, you stick it in 'im, Catfish. I can't bear to...

[Catfish]

Go on, you stick it in 'im, Catfish. I can't bear to...

You, a Squirrel, tell a Catfish that you can't Bear it ? :subsim:

[Jimbuna]

Well , I'm off to work in a couple of hours so delays may mean a resumption tomorrow.

[Eichhörnchen]

All I'm saying is this would seem more like "Macbeth" than the Who/Where/What game if one of us did poor Armistead in while he's asleep. Mind you, they might thank us in The Bilge. Maybe Tango will do it.


Alright then I'll do it, but if I'm right would you let Armistead have my go?

Arctic Wolf

[Jimbuna]

At last....Arctic or Melville Island Wolf wins it.

http://s22.postimg.org/cxpl8yy5d/Arctic_Wolf_Canada.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/6k0i5pt99/full/)

Over to you.

[Eichhörnchen]

We can probably get this out of the way before Armistead wakes up. I want the model/type and number; the nationality is not an issue really...


http://i.imgur.com/n8TG09p.jpg?1

PS/ you'll never get this

[Jimbuna]

16 posts of *add your own descriptive term here* but nothing resembling the OP rules.
Nothing preventing anyone from creating a new thread topic for spam or whatever.
Stay within the rules or don't bother and let the thread drop down the list.

TIA

[Armistead]

WW2 era?

[Eichhörnchen]

Not WW2...

[Aktungbby]

post WWII?

[Eichhörnchen]

Yes, post WW2 and it's not a tank.

[Catfish]

Can be any bulldozer then .. :hmmm:

[Eichhörnchen]

No! It most definitely is not a bulldozer...

[u crank]

Is this vehicle used in snow?

[Eichhörnchen]

It's used in all weathers, buddy

[Buddahaid]

Self propelled gun?

[Eichhörnchen]

No, not a SP gun...

[Armistead]

To be clear, it is a military vehicle?

[Eichhörnchen]

Aaaw! No it's not.

[Oberon]

Caterpillar/Claas Challenger?

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/mZSfCwL.jpg?1

Caterpillar "Challenger 45" tractor. Over to you...

[Oberon]

I knew being a country-boy would come in handy one day.

Right...here's one I prepared earlier.

What was I on when I took this, precise type please?

http://i.imgur.com/e1DRoW4.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

Were you on mushrooms? The precise type would have to be guesswork, though.

[Oberon]

Were you on mushrooms? The precise type would have to be guesswork, though.

No more than usual. :yep:

[Eichhörnchen]

From my hazy recollection of a friend who rode them, I'd guess this was a motorbike, and that the letters visible here refer to "double overhead cam" or something similar. And I don't know what that means, either.

[niwo]

Dohc or double overhead control or cam means 2 camshafts for each row of cylinders. This allows 4 vents for the cylinder (2 for intake 2 for exaust)
I would say a honda gold or sioverwing

[Oberon]

From my hazy recollection of a friend who rode them, I'd guess this was a motorbike, and that the letters visible here refer to "double overhead cam" or something similar. And I don't know what that means, either.

Nope, has more wheels than the average motorcycle. Forty-six more in total.

[niwo]

A road train?

[niwo]

Or a heavy load transport

[Oberon]

A road train?

Or a heavy load transport

Not road based. :yep:

[Eichhörnchen]

Does it have lots of bogies on it?

[Oberon]

Does it have lots of bogies on it?

Twelve in total.

[Eichhörnchen]

I knew it. That's me, then: I know squat about locos or trains...


Alright then. Is it French?

[Jimbuna]

You take that when we were at York Jamie?

[Oberon]

I knew it. That's me, then: I know squat about locos or trains...


Alright then. Is it French?

It's not, although the company which manufactured it also built stuff for Hong Kong, Malaysia, South Africa, Malawi, Nigeria, Jamaica, Pakistan and Mexico.
They also built tanks in WWI.

You take that when we were at York Jamie?

Nope.

[Eichhörnchen]

Siemens Amtrak Cities Sprinter?

[Oberon]

Siemens Amtrak Cities Sprinter?

Nope, it's from a British company, which was (naturally) taken over by a French company in 1989.

[Jimbuna]

Metropolitan Railway "Metro-Vick"?

[Oberon]

Metropolitan Railway "Metro-Vick"?

Oooh, he's swinging in the right area, but he's not hitting the ball.

EDIT: Now that I've read the wiki correctly (I blame the con-flu) you're very close, but it's not Metropolitan-Vickers, but their later merger with a ship-building and rolling stock company.

[Eichhörnchen]

GEC Class 91 mainline locomotive

[Oberon]

GEC Class 91 mainline locomotive

Nope.

EDIT: Hang on a minute...the company histories are getting confusing.

One moment while I read through wikipedia and clear up the clues a bit...

[Oberon]

Right, sorry about that...rather a confusing mess of stock and mergers.

The company in question was what was left after Vickers brought out the shares of Metropolitan in Metro-Vick, and after its merger with a well-known Birkenhead shipbuilding company. :yep:

I think... :dead:

[Eichhörnchen]

How about you get Ikalugin to explain it, Oberon? That'd help, I'm sure...:O:

Was this loco built following the company's takeover by the French in 1989 then?

[Jimbuna]

MTR Metro Cammell EMU?

[Oberon]

MTR Metro Cammell EMU?

Right company, right power source, wrong train.

I have left a bit of a clue in another post in GT that might help ID the type of train...

[Jimbuna]

London Underground 1973 or 1995 Stock?

[Oberon]

London Underground 1973 or 1995 Stock?

So, so very close... :yep:

[Jimbuna]

Well if neither of them that only leaves the Glasgow Subway train.

[Oberon]

Well if neither of them that only leaves the Glasgow Subway train.

Nope, there's another. The clue is in another thread that I posted in since my return from London. :up:

[Jimbuna]

The new tube train on the District Line?

http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/10998424.New_tube_trains_arrive_on_District_Line_W imbledon_branch/

[Oberon]

Right line, wrong train. :salute:

[Eichhörnchen]

"D Stock" train

[Oberon]

"D Stock" train

Eyup.

A D78 to be precise.

http://i.imgur.com/j9Pz7p4.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/RkSrfIH.jpg?1

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8248/8478712261_b812df9de9_z.jpg

The second oldest stock on the underground after the 1972 stock on the Bakerloo line (which is really looking its age), the District line D78, soon to be replaced by the S Stock.

[Betonov]

mind the gap

[Oberon]

mind the gap

Damn near fell down the thing at Bank! :haha: Nearly a foot across!

http://www.citytransport.info/Digi/2946a.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

Betonov, you're a daft Bugga.

Jim, I apologise for doing an "Oberon" on you there...

Back a bit later...

[Betonov]

Damn near fell down the thing at Bank! :haha: Nearly a foot across!



OK, that looks terrible.
Never stopped at Bank, used only the Hammersmith and District lines.


Eichhornchen, what did I do ?? :o

[Oberon]

OK, that looks terrible.
Never stopped at Bank, used only the Hammersmith and District lines.

Bank and Monument are essentially the same station but spread out over two areas, but the reason for the sharp curve at Bank station is actually the bank vaults of the Bank of England being in the way. :03: