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Frame Rating: High End GPUs Benchmarked at 4K Resolutions
Our 4K Testing Methods
You may have recently seen a story and video on PC Perspective about a new TV that made its way into the office. Of particular interest is the fact that the SEIKI SE50UY04 50-in TV is a 4K television; it has a native resolution of 3840x2160. For those that are unfamiliar with the new upcoming TV and display standards, 3840x2160 is exactly four times the resolution of current 1080p TVs and displays. Oh, and this TV only cost us $1300.
In that short preview we validated that both NVIDIA and AMD current generation graphics cards support output to this TV at 3840x2160 using an HDMI cable. You might be surprised to find that HDMI 1.4 can support 4K resolutions, but it can do so only at 30 Hz (60 Hz 4K TVs won't be available until 2014 most likely), half the refresh rate of most TVs and monitors at 60 Hz. That doesn't mean we are limited to 30 FPS of performance though, far from it. As you'll see in our testing on the coming pages we were able to push out much higher frame rates using some very high end graphics solutions.
I should point out that I am not a TV reviewer and I don't claim to be one, so I'll leave the technical merits of the monitor itself to others. Instead I will only report on my experiences with it while using Windows and playing games - it's pretty freaking awesome. The only downside I have found in my time with the TV as a gaming monitor thus far is with the 30 Hz refresh rate and Vsync disabled situations. Because you are seeing fewer screen refreshes over the same amount of time than you would with a 60 Hz panel, all else being equal, you are getting twice as many "frames" of the game being pushed to the monitor each refresh cycle. This means that the horizontal tearing associated with Vsync will likely be more apparent than it would otherwise.
I would likely recommend enabling Vsync for a tear-free experience on this TV once you are happy with performance levels, but obviously for our testing we wanted to keep it off to gauge performance of these graphics cards.
Continue reading our results from testing 4K 3840x2160 gaming on high end graphics cards!!
Throughout the story I'll have videos of our 4K footage on YouTube and to download natively. The videos include our Frame Rating overlay on them but otherwise are simple H.264 nearly 100 mbps 3840x2160 videos.
If you just want some screenshots, I have put together a ZIP file of them that you can download right here.
Also worth noting is our continued use of our Frame Rating capture-based performance testing. As far as I know, no other outlet or company (including AMD or NVIDIA) has figured out how to capture video reliably at 3840x2160 @ 30 Hz. The current maximum that was supported by the FCAT-ready reviewers was 2560x1440 @ 60 Hz. Here is a comparison:
- 1920x1080 @ 60 Hz - 124.4 Mpix/s
- 2560x1440 @ 60 Hz - 221.1 Mpix/s
- 2560x1600 @ 60 Hz - 245.7 Mpix/s
- 3840x2160 @ 30 Hz - 248.8 Mpix/s
So for the time being at least, we think we are the only ones providing you with accurate, capture-based performance testing results for high end graphics cards at 4K resolutions. I hope you find the results informative!
|Test System Setup
|Intel Core i7-3960X Sandy Bridge-E
|ASUS P9X79 Deluxe
|Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600 16GB
|Hard Drive
|OCZ Agility 4 256GB SSD
|Sound Card
|Graphics Card
AMD Radeon HD 7990 6GB
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 6GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 4GB
EVGA GeForce GTX 680 4GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB
|Graphics Drivers
AMD: 13.5 beta
AMD: Frame Pacing Prototype 2 (HD 7990)
|Power Supply
|Corsair AX1200i
|Operating System
|Windows 8 Pro x64
What you should be watching for
- HD 7970 vs GTX 680 vs GTX Titan - We have combined the top end single GPU solutions in a single graph to see how they stack up and included the Titan even though it is twice the price of the HD 7970 and GTX 680.
- GTX 680 2GB vs GTX 680 4GB - Our friends at EVGA were kind enough to send us some 4GB versions of the GTX 680 so we could test how much the additional frame buffer affects performance and potentially stutter in SLI configurations.
- HD 7970 CrossFire vs GTX 680 SLI vs GTX Titan SLI - In reality, we should only be comparing the HD 7970 in CF and GTX 680s in SLI but we tossed in the Titan as well just to mix things up.
- HD 7990 vs GTX 690 vs GTX Titan - For this test we are calling the "$999 Level" I wanted to see how all the currently available thousand dollar graphics cards held up against one another, regardless of their single or dual-GPU status.
- HD 7990 13.5 beta vs HD 7990 Prototype 2 - Even though we know the frame pacing problems with the HD 7990 will continue at 4K resolutions, I have included results using the very early prototype driver from AMD with the HD 7990 as well as the currently available 13.5 beta driver.
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How come you're running these tests with AA enabled? We use AA at standard resolutions because the pixels are "too big" and makes edges look jagged. At 4k I don't think it's necessary. Yes, a 55" screen at 4k has a lower ppi than 2560x1440 at 27". But you're going to be sitting much further back from the TV so you can actually see enough of the screen, making the pixels take up less radians of what you see, reducing the perceived pixel size. If we get a 4k monitor at 27" then I don't see AA being of any use at all.
I could still tell a difference between AA enabled and disabled in terms of quality.
Anti-aliasing will never become obsolete, no matter how high the [angular] resolution is, because Moiré patterns will appear otherwise.
Yes, but only SSAA was capable with this defect (moire pattern), the MSAA doesn´t work with the internal areas of the triangles.
MSAA does entire fucking screen idiot.
Aliasing(in whatever form it comes, e.g. shader aliasing) is still an issue on any resolution, no matter how high it gets.
Playing without AA is a no-go for me.
First I try if I can enable 4x or 8x SGSSAA and if performance is okay. Works great if you find the right compatibility bits to force it(DX9 games) or if the game offers ingame-MSAA to enhance via driver(mostly DX10 and 11 games).
If that fails, I try to downsample it via custom resolution in the NVControlPanel (3840x2160 or 2880x1620 to 1080p, which is essentially OGSSAA), maybe add post processing-AA too if it doesn't blur the textures too much.
Using post processing-AA(FXAA, MLAA, SMAA, TXAA) alone is the last resort.
Though recently some games (for example Max Payne 3's FXAA, Crysis 3's 4x SMAA mode which includes an MSAA-part) had some good implementations where not much sharpness was lost due to blur.
These "you can't tell the difference" comments gotta go. If you can't tell the difference then just say "I can't tell the difference" so we can all point at you and laugh, and then frown at our empty wallets.
Great article! I'm excited about the upcoming 4K displays :)
Very awesome. I'm looking forward to seeing results from newer cards based on these resolutions. Are you guys ever going to do a less impromptu review of that TV or is the un-boxing all we get?
Honestly, that's probably going to be it for us. We are not TV reviewers and I'll leave that to those that can do much better. Check out HD Nation's information: http://revision3.com/hdnation/seiki-cheap-4k-tv
Can the current non-$999 GPUs run windows or surf the web smoothly (i.e. upscale 720p or 1080p, display website text smooth while scrolling, etc...)??? If not at 30 or 60fps, when would you expect to see sub-$500 cards capable of running office/non-gaming tasks at 4K?
Office apps etc and other 2D graphics take practically no effort at all for a graphics card. Thats already been true for years. Even a basic graphics card can already do it easily. Maybe movies in full-screen might be a load, but if you're not gaming, thats about the only thing that would be.
Sorry to be that guy, but 3840x2160 is not 4K. Having pointed out both 1080p and 2K in the diagram, you should know the difference; this standards confusion is going to be problematic for the customer and the press isn't helping.
Anyway, 30Hz is absolutely a no-no. Too bad Display Port isn't common on TVs. Or in general.
If I remember correctly, a number of TV manufacturers changed "4K" to QFHD (Quad Full HD) in fear of possible lawsuits because similar thing happened before: manufacturers were sued for false advertising for size (example: 26.7 in as "27 in and similar).
Anyway, I prefer "2160p".
LOL. SetiroN Why did you say that? If you're not 100% sure don't say anything.. You sir got OWNED.
Your Wikipedia link refers to the 4K UHD marketing term not the display standard. The corresponding standard for that resolution (3840×2160) is QFHD. The 4K standard is (4096×2160).
Excellent article Ryan!
Have you had any success using a "dual mode" displayport to HDMI adaptor to get 4K?
I know there's a new connector type 2 that will allow it in the future, wasn't sure if you had any success with any of these cards getting 4K by conversion from displayport to HDMI?
I have only tried direct HDMI connection right now. Why would you want a DP connection exactly for this implementation of 4K? You won't be able to drive more than 30 Hz to any way.
all recent nvidia Kepler Quadro cards and laptops only have displayport on them, so while not for gaming, they would make sense for 4K content creation
the whole reason for displayport was supporting 10 bit color for color grading at 1 billion colors, but HDMI supports it now anyway, so that's why it's useful to convert from type 2 dual mode Displayport to HDMI at 1 billion colors for content creation
How do crossfire setup perform at 4k resolutions? I have also seen that running at higher resolutions with some configuration can alleviate micro-stuttering, can you test this?
Also why no crossfire tests in Far Cry 3 when you use 3/2-way sli?
We have HD 7970 CrossFire results for each game...
"I think the quad-HD resolution of 4K is a sight to behold." This is your last comment, I take that as you LOVE 4k gaming? My friend watched the preview and said he didn't see anybody jumping up and down. The first HD broadcast nfl game I saw, I was shocked. The first time in crisis seeing the jungle, my jaw dropped. The first 1440p game I was like I love this. My first dvd, then Blu-ray, etc.
I interpreted your non-verbal behavior as this was a jaw dropping experience for you guys, but since there was little verbal praise I'm wondering is this awesome. I explained to him that old, crusty, grizzled, seen it all, never give praise vets do love it.
The first impressions weren't as good as the extended impressions, because the TV had to be tuned a bit. Turned down sharpness, turned off de-noise, etc.
Now call me daft (or stupid) but if the settings in the game are only showing 1080p (or 1200p) surely that means the game itself is being rendered by the PC at that resolution and the game is then being upscaled by the display? I'm probably missing something by only looking at the pretty pictures but until I see the actual resolution being played as a 1:1 ratio then I won't fully believe that the game is being 'played' at 4K, it's only being displayed at 4k. I'm happy to be corrected though!
Good question. I also wonder if the tv does automatic upscalling or is there options to pick 1440p or others. I wouldn't mind just using it as a big 1440p monitor since my 580 won't be able to keep up anyway.
I believe it really is 3840x2160. I've downloaded the video (horribly compressed though)and captured frames for close inspection. You can also take a look at the full-sized images that come with the article. There is AA so I can't be 100% sure but I think it's rendered at 2160p.
The settings screenshots are just there to show you the image quality settings, not the resolution. All tests were run at 3840x2160.
You guys should try bumping up the refresh rate to something like 48Hz. 60Hz is most likely out of the question but with driver patching, going above 400Hz pixel clock should be possible. See:
I believe EVGA Precision also allows bumping up the pixel clock to get higher refresh rates. Otherwise, using something like CRU(found in the links above) will help with making custom timing parameters which will lower the pixel clock further.
Without using the pixel clock patcher, I made a custom resolution for 3840x2160 @ 31Hz and it worked. When I tried 32 Hz, TV either showed a blue screen with message "Not support" or it would skip every other column when drawing pixels, causing the resulting image to be blurry.
I'd love to see a photo of this experiment:
Set the desktop to the native 3840x2160 resolution of that TV.
Go into photoshop and draw a checkerboard pattern, and display it zoomed to the "actual pixels" setting.
Get as close to the screen as your digital camera will focus and take a full-res picture of the checkerboard pattern.
That image should both verify that you're getting the full native resolution without scaling, and provide an evaluation of how sharp it would be for normal desktop use.
i see no point of such a high res if the PPI i actually low, give me 27-30 inch panel with this res and i'll be happy, it's all about PPI, not the size.
My thoughts exactly. It seems that 1440p would be a better experience.
It's all about the angle between pixel centers. Further you go, angle is lower (which is good).
If you want such a high [angular] resolution, you can always sit further away, can't you? But if you have a small display with the same resolution, you'd have to sit closer, and you can't keep coming closer forever.
Why did they leave out GTX 690 in SLI?
Does the prototype driver work on Xfire 7970s or is it just for the 7990? Anyone?
Skyrim at 4k. Mmm. Ryan you are such a tease. What with me not being able to afford it for another few years.
Nice article. Can't wait for you to run it again with the new crop of amd cards coming down the pike this fall.
Well I tried to download the MP4 but I get a ridiculous message from MEGA.co.nz saying that "your browser is not modern enough to download a file this large" and I can't download it.
Really?!? I can't download a file <700MB in the latest version of Safari for Snow Leopard? How much is Google paying them for that lame (and completely false) advertisement? FYI, Chrome is using the same underpinnings as my browser, WebKit.
I guess all those 1.5GB Combo Updaters and Service Packs etc that I downloaded never really happened, since I can't download files as large as 684MB according to Mega.
I don't trust anybody that withholds information and lies about why they are holding it back from you.
"3840x2160 is exactly four times the resolution of current 1080p" ??
Please do your maths first...
"3840x2160 is exactly four times the resolution of current 1080p" ??
Please do your maths first...
Well you can fit 4 1080p screens in a 3840x2160 space
When we're dealing with human perspective, resolution is not a pure number of pixels. Pure number of pixels is called "pixel count".
Now, we tend to perceive things this way: 4x4 image is twice as clear / sharp as the same 2x2 image. Therefore, you need to quadruple the pixel count to double "The Resolution". Just like "Retina" iPad looks [up to] twice as sharp as the old one.
1920 x 1080 x 4 = 8294400
3840 x 2160 = 8294400
Hmm...I guess they're pretty close.
1920 x 1080 x 4 = 8294400
3840 x 2160 = 8294400
Hmm...I guess they're pretty close.
How does the GTX 690 with 2gb ram win the day? When I play sleeping dogs maxed out with high red textures I use over 3gb at 2560x1600, how can 2gb be enough for 4K?
Are you banning people for disagreeing with you??
This HDTV supports 120Hz at 1920x1080.
It's been confirmed -- see this post:
Can I play @ 2560x1600 @ 120hz if I bought this monitor and say a 690 or a Titan or two :P
I just wondering if this monitor/TV is able to run that res and refresh rate?
Some tester said this HDTV managed to overclock -- it was able to accept 192Hz at 1280x720 (but that frameskipped). There is no answer about how 2560x1600 120Hz would behave -- someone will need to test that out.
>>> HDMI 1.4 can support 4K resolutions, but it can do so only at 30 Hz That doesn't mean we are limited to 30 FPS of performance though, far from it.
Uhh of course it does. just becuase your card is rendering 100 frames a second doesnt mean you will actually get to see any more than 30 per second if thats all your screen supports.
It does reduce input lag, if we can render 100fps, and send only the most freshly-generated frames to the display.
It does reduce input lag, if we can render 100fps, and send only the most freshly-generated frames to the display.
I have a GTX 690 with two dual DVI and one DisplayPort connectors. Will a 4k signal transmit with a DVI to HDMI adapter?
PS Great review. I almost pulled the trigger on a Sony 55" 4k and then a Sharp PN-K321 just this past weekend. Now I may get the Seiki just to settle my 4k lust until the market catches up.
I have the same card X2 running in Quad SLI ..
Ordered 2 of the Tvs ...
Can't get it to run any Higher than 1080p and it looks like Crap ... 8(
Using the factory Adapters DVI < HDMI that came with the cards from ASUS.
No Joy ...
Even tried a Mini DP to Hdmi cable that I had on my other Rig ... No joy .. dosnt work.
Can anyone shed some light on how they did this Review ?
Why do some of your screenshots only show 1920 x 1200 resolution, yet you claim 2160p resolution across all tests?
Sooooooo....If you got 3 of these TVs could you do 11520x2160 Eyefinity or Surround?
Any possibility of uploading one of the captured video files? Maybe not one of these 4K ones, but some of the ones from the other reviews? I'd like to see the video with the color bars on it, and maybe mess around with running the data extraction myself.
So as I understand this new 4k tech - for desktop use only - does HDMI 1.4 spec only support 30hz refresh rates? If so, that would mean some very stuttery mouse movements (such as the difference between using 1080i and 1080p on the desktop). Very jittery mouse movement.
I am far less interested in what this new "inexpensive" new Seiki monitor can do for me in gaming and more for what it is capable of as far as desktop productivity. If my mouse if jumping around, or when trying to relocate a window, is terribly jittery and craptacular - then I will be waiting for the next gen of graphics support that will enable smooth desktop useage.
I am inclined to believe that it "should" be smooth, considering that 'eyefinity" can handle 6x1080p monitors smoothly. I would certainly love to replace the need for 6 monitors with 2 of these - which would technically provide more usable space.
Any input on this greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I found this just now browsing my bookmarks.
It amuses me that the 30hz limitation is unimportant in the review. It shows a fundamental lack of understanding on people's computing needs. Get back with me when we have DisplayPort 1.2 on the thing and some real bandwidth to push practical hz.
I have this display hooked into a WC titan/ OC 3770K rig. Once you get into the service menu and turn off the TV signal processing crap and adjust the lighting, the Seiki works wonderfully as a monitor for anything windows 2D... No mouse lag or skipping whatsoever. So its QED from that perspective... Simply astonishing clarity and real estate.
Gaming? Again, disable all the tV SP crap... You are still limited by 1) signal transmission tech, and 2) this $1100 panel (yes... Search for it) can only do 30Hz refresh at UHD. At lower rez it does much higher refresh. 60Hz UHD will be a year or more before it's "affordable". At 1440p this panel looks amazing when gaming.
Question for you...
I purchased this TV and have a 4K up-scaling receiver. I would like to try it on my computer but my GTX 550 can't run that resolution. I am not a gamer but do a lot with photoshop & video editing. Is there a less expensive solution for video cards (must have HDMI out)? There isn't a lot on the internet about this subject.
Question for you...
I purchased this TV and have a 4K up-scaling receiver. I would like to try it on my computer but my GTX 550 can't run that resolution. I am not a gamer but do a lot with photoshop & video editing. Is there a less expensive solution for video cards (must have HDMI out)? There isn't a lot on the internet about this subject.
For desktop work, any low end 7-series AMD or 6-series NVidia should do it. You really do not need a high end card for windows desktop work.
Seiki just pubed a firmware update that some say addresses occasional (and very panel specific) handshake loos (1sec) BUT it knocks out the audio! Seiki responded that they are working on the problem. Seems like a lot of postprocessing and special EFX pros are buying these. (see reduser.net forum).
check reduser.net forum
Which Radeon 7990 did you use and did it require an adapter to do HDMI?
I grabbed on these Seiki TV's and currently am using it as a monitor. I have a GTX680 and am looking at upgrading to a GTX690.
What I wanted to make sure is that the DVI-D to HMDI adapter is enough to run the full resolution of the TV? I am sure that it is as you have tested it as I dont think that GTX690's have HDMI do they?
Hope you can advise?
Who would "invest in a 4K TV", taking into consideration that prices will only go down over time?
My seiki 39" can do 2560x1440 @100hz
1920x1080 @120hz using gtx 680 4gb sli. I have come across this website a lot and watched the lengthy videos without ever finding this important piece of information. (create the resolutions and test them on the NVidia control panel).
AA is useless in 4K screen, even most of ps3 games don't use aa at 720P.
No point in running 4k? Haha what a joke I run quad sli GTX690's and a 4k panel and there is no way in hell I would ever consider dropping back to a lower resolution. The difference is massive
LOL try and play at 5760x1080
I got a seiki 4k tv 39in led and with vsync off yes I get screen tearing in some parts but with the 7990 it scales extremely well. It looks fantastic batman arkham origins looks phenomenal and it plays great. Crysis 3 I had to limit to medium settings and it played great as well. As long as you disable vsync you'll get similar fps to playing in 60hz. I got the tv on sale at tigerdirect for 300 bucks! Hell might as well try it! If you have the gpu to push it you will see a difference. All of my friends that came over did they were highly impressed.


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Sunday, March 15, 2009
A Tashlin Rarity: The Way of Peace
I was not aware of this film until today. It's from 1947, written and directed by Frank Tashlin for the Lutheran Church. Some of the crew, such as Wah Chang and Gene Warren, will be familiar to fans of stop motion animation of the time. The film is narrated by actor Lew Ayres.
There is relatively little animation in this film. It is more a series of illustrations to accompany the narration. I don't know how much this film represents Tashlin's own religious feeling or how much it was simply an employment opportunity.
At this time in his career, Tashlin had left Warner Bros. and was attempting to break into live action feature writing and directing. The year this film appeared, Tashlin first got credited as a screenwriter on the all-star musical Variety Girl. The Way of Peace followed a stint directing animated industrials for John Sutherland Productions, but it would be another five years before Tashlin got credit for directing his first live feature, fittingly titled The First Time.
4 comments:
- Thad said...
Thanks for sharing this Mark. I was unaware of its existence until just now also.
It's really too bad Tashlin passed on way earlier than his peers. So many unanswered questions about his unique filmmaking style and sense of humor.
- March 15, 2009 9:58 PM
Going by the date, this would have also been done after his uncredited work coming up with gags for Harpo in "A Night in Casablanca" as well as after his stints with Warners and the Sutherland studio. So this may have been something to bide time and get the bills paid while he was waiting for his next live-action opportunity.
And while Tashlin's cynical side wouldn't seem to mesh with a film done for the Lutheran Church, he would use a church setting for one of his producer-director opuses of the late 1950s (though I suppose doing it and getting Bing Crosby to reprise his past roles as a priest could be called a little cynical attempt to manipulate the audience).
- March 16, 2009 12:49 AM
- Vincent Alexander said...
Hey, Mark. Thanks for putting this up. I had seen this short before, but it's nice to see it getting some attention.
As for Tashlin's religious views, it's a bit hard to say. There may be a clue in his book "The World That Isn't", which has a similar message of peace and Christianity.
- March 16, 2009 1:37 PM
- Ken A. Priebe said...
Wow! Thanks for posting this, Mark! Where did you find it? I saw it mentioned in a biography on Tashlin, alongside the Daffy Ditties shorts. Nice to know this one still exists, as I was hoping it would.
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Sources in Microsoft have stated that Windows 7 will not just be a major change to Windows, but a complete departure from the way users today usually think about using a computer. For example, the "Start" and "Taskbar" philosophy, introduced in Windows 95, might be replaced by a "new interface" that was said in 1999 to be scheduled for Windows 7 ("Vienna"). While Windows Vista was intended to be an evolutionary release, Windows Vienna is targeted directly at revolutionizing the way users of the product interact with their PCs.
Bill Gates, in an interview with Newsweek,[1] also suggested that the next version of Windows would "be more user-centric.". When asked to clarify what he meant, Gates said:
"That means that right now when you move from one PC to another, you've got to install apps on each one, do upgrades on each one. Moving information between them is very painful. We can use Live Services to know what you're interested in. So even if you drop by a [public] kiosk or somebody else's PC, we can bring down your home page, your files, your fonts, your favorites and those things. So that's kind of the user-centric thing that Live Services can enable. [Also,] in Vista, things got a lot better with [digital] ink and speech, but by the next release there will be a much bigger bet. Students won't need textbooks; they can just use these tablet devices. Parallel computing is pretty important for the next release. We'll make it so that a lot of the high-level graphics will be just built into the operating system. So we've got a pretty good outline."
Microsoft released Windows 7 at the end of 2009.
Microsoft originally had planned for Vista to include a number of big changes to Windows, including a new file system (WinFS) and a completely new user interface, but after Windows XP was hit by huge worm outbreaks in 2003, Microsoft moved almost all of its entire engineering team to locking down Windows with the XP SP2 release.
"We put Longhorn on the back burner for awhile," Fathi said. "Then when we came back to it, we realized that there were incremental things that we wanted to do, and significant improvements that we wanted to make in Vista that we couldn't deliver in one release."
Windows 7 includes many new features, such as support for touch screen interfaces[2] which lets users draw on the computer screen like a piece of paper.[3] Unlike in previous operating systems, Microsoft decided on many of these new features in conjunction with major computer manufacturers.[2] Microsoft also redesigned the user interface in many applications, including Paint and Wordpad, which now sport the ribbon interface that Microsoft first introduced in several Office 2007 applications.
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FREMONT — Just before Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew Silva left for a tour in Afghanistan, he stopped at his family's church.
He wanted a blessing.
"We prayed for the strength and the courage to face what comes," said Father Geoffrey Baraan, the pastor at Saint Anne Catholic Church. "He understood that you need faith to be in a place that's so dangerous."
After serving more than six months in the Helmand Province, Silva did make it home safe in February. He made plans to return to college and hoped to use his deployment savings toward buying a house he could share with his wife, Julie, and their 2-year-old son, Noah.
Then, in one horrific split-second last week, all that changed.
Silva, 23, a Union City native, was riding his motorcycle in Fremont when witnesses say the driver of a Mini Cooper speeding at an estimated 90 mph ran through a red light and crashed into the Marine reservist. Silva died instantly. The suspected drunken driver admitted to police he had consumed at least five whiskey drinks and had ignored pleas to stay off the road.
Friday, Silva will be buried as a tight-knit family, fellow Marines and the wider community continue to grapple with his senseless death not far from where he lived.
"He survived all the bullets and bombs and explosions, and then he comes home and this happens," Baraan said. "It's very tragic."
How many people he touched became apparent in the days after his death as mourners gathered at a makeshift memorial in a Fremont Bank parking lot at the intersection where the crash happened. Marine comrades organized a run to the vigil site in his honor. And those who knew Silva best have struggled to understand how this could happen.
"Andrew was an absolute stud," said Andrew Masis, 21, of San Francisco, who served with him in Afghanistan. "He was at the front of the pack in everything he did, and he was very wise. I hope the whole world gets to know about Andrew now.."
The oldest of four boys in a family of Filipino descent, Silva played football, wrestled and was in a choir at James Logan High School where he graduated in 2009. He enjoyed pulling pranks, loved the "Star Wars" movies and despite his stocky stature, said brother-in-law Linh Nguyen, somehow came across as a gentle giant. Maybe, Nguyen added, that was because of his big heart.
But the role that made Silva most proud, according to family members, was being a husband, father and big brother.
"He always wanted one of his brothers around him," said Matthew Silva, 22, who also is a Marine reservist. "He wouldn't do something unless one of us could be with him. We were more than brothers. We were best friends."
Elsie Silva said her eldest son first broached the subject of enlisting in the Marines while in high school.
"I told him, 'Call me selfish, but you're not joining,'" she recalled. "But a year later, he came to me and said, 'I'm joining up. I'm not asking your permission because I'm already 18.' That's how determined he was."
Silva was in a San Jose-based combat logistics battalion reserve unit and attending Foothill College when he volunteered for overseas duty. He was deployed to Afghanistan, serving in the southern part of the country as a landing support specialist that included working with helicopters.
"Julie and I worried every minute until he got home," Elsie Silva said.
When he returned to the Bay Area, Silva wasn't yet ready to share too much about his experiences in Afghanistan.
"We were going to have private time," Matthew Silva said. "I think he wanted to talk about it when all the brothers got together. But we never had the chance."
The day he died, on March 25, Silva was riding his 2014 Harley-Davidson from his parents' house to his in-laws' home, where his wife and son were staying. It was about 1:15 a.m., at the intersection of Fremont Boulevard and Decoto Road, when he was fatally struck by the Mini Cooper driven by Alexander Yohn, police said.
The impact propelled the motorcycle and Silva into the Fremont Bank parking.
The family, already worried when he never arrived at his in-laws, became frantic upon learning there had been an accident. Elsie Silva is still upset that the police kept them away from the scene, provided little information — other than eventually revealing the motorcycle was registered to her son — and didn't remove his body until the following afternoon.
"My son was left out there for 15 hours, and he didn't deserve that," she said. "He served his country to protect all of us. Why did their investigation take so long? It's a nightmare that continues to haunt me."
Geneva Bosques, the Fremont police spokesperson, said the department sympathizes and can only imagine how traumatic the ordeal has been for the family.
But she said it was a complex crime scene and when police learned Yohn had a previous drunken driving misdemeanor conviction in Minnesota, "We knew we were investigating a murder. And if we make any kind of mistake, it could affect the court case."
Yohn, 23, of Emeryville, is being held without bail. He is charged with murder, vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and felony hit-and-run.
According to an affidavit from Fremont police officer Alan Zambonin, Yohn admitted to being a recovering heroin addict and alcoholic, said he had drank heavily that night, declined an offer for a ride and had no recollection of the accident.
While friends and family want justice in Silva's death, they also are focusing on how he lived. Joseph Cruz said he was heading down the wrong path when he noticed on Facebook that Silva, a high school friend, had enlisted.
"I saw how proud he was to be a Marine, and while he's not the only reason why I joined, he really inspired me," said Cruz, who also is a reservist. "The Marines changed my life, and he's a big part of that."
But a grieving mother only has questions.
"Why did he have to die this way?" she asked. "My son is a very good boy. He is gone too soon."
The funeral will be held at Saint Anne Catholic Church at 32223 Cabello St. in Union City at noon on Friday. A fund has been created for Silva's family. Contributions can be made to the Andrew Silva Memorial account at Fremont Bank branch. Checks can be sent to Fremont Bank, P.O. Box 8170, Fremont, CA, 94537-8170.


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Advice: Why can't my wife land a job?
Hi, Carolyn:
My wife is hunting for a new job and has been for two-plus years. She keeps getting close and then getting turned down after two or three rounds of interviews. She has a graduate degree in her field and is doing everything "right," from networking with alumni to talking to a career coach to asking for feedback from rejections.
Somehow, though, she keeps losing out, and it is beginning to put a major stress on our marriage. A promotion for her would allow us to move on in our lives in major ways (buying a home, starting a family). I am already working overtime and am at the top of the pay scale for my job. I try to offer her suggestions and leads, and when I do, it leads to a fight.
Meanwhile I feel resentful and I am ashamed to say nervous, like she has some bad-luck cloud over her head or isn't really trying or something. It seems lately all we talk about is job hunting, savings accounts, and planning for the future. We are both annoyed with each other.
I suggested marriage counseling, and she snapped that it would cost money and time she could spend looking for new work. She thinks I resent her for holding us back and resent putting her through school with no result, and maybe I do. I also care about her and hate that our life is one nonstop fight lately. Any ideas?
-- Bad-Luck Spouse
Which sounds more like a choice to you: failing to get several jobs after several rounds of interviews despite years of visible effort; or seeing this failure as her fault, giving her "suggestions and leads" despite clear signs they're not useful or welcome, and resenting her "bad-luck cloud"? (Seriously?)
More than marriage counseling, you need a refresher on cause and effect. By my count, you're laying your lack of a house and children, your resentments, your nerves and your nonstop fighting all at the feet of your wife and her job situation, when in fact the limits on her income are just one wedge of your marital pie.
Other wedges are the limits on your earnings; your location and the cost of housing there; your current expenses and other demands on your two incomes; the insufficiency of the savings each of you brought to the marriage; your mutual lack of investment-income sources; the absence of extended-family support ... and, if I were in that kind of mood, even in each other's taste in spouses, since you'd both have better-padded lives had you each found higher-earning mates.
Is that really where you want to go, though?
I have to think not -- and if you don't want to prop the door open to wholesale blaming, then you need to stop the arbitrary, selective blaming now.
Instead, you and your wife, together, as a love-based team, need to revisit your plans, and limit them to things you two can control. And since you can't control what hiring managers do, "wife upgrades job" has to come off the table as a solution to any/all of your problems.
She can continue looking, sure -- perhaps after a restorative break from the hunt? I don't doubt you're feeling a money pinch, but the kindness pinch you currently feel is hurting you both even more. Try throwing some of it around; it's free and it never runs out.
Dear Carolyn:
One of my good friends is very upset that she has never been in a relationship. She is constantly negative about it. As each year goes on, she becomes even more upset about it.
We're only 21 and I don't think it is that bad; she just hasn't found the right person yet.
However, when I try to comfort her or say that, she gets upset or angry and tells me that because I have had a serious relationship in the past, I can't talk and I don't understand what it feels like.
I don't know what she wants from me, or how I can best help her. What can I say when this inevitably comes up again? She mentions it weekly.
"You don't want me comforting you, and I don't want you bemoaning the same thing for the nth year running, so how should we handle this?"
A girl can dream.
Unless 15 years' worth of mail has misled me, no one has ever found love through complaining about the lack of it, and no lonely person has ever felt better for hearing, "You just haven't found the right person yet."
A decent number of recurring laments, however, have been stopped cold by, "What do you plan to do about it?" "What would you like me to say?" "Do you think talking about it so often has helped?" Meaning, by a friend who lovingly turns the treadmill off.


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Thanks.I've been looking for more sellers and if you want to try something similar to the FULLY AGED Brick, maybe try Bierkase/Bier Kase/German Beer Cheese. I don't know what HALF AGED Brick would be like... maybe similar to Sharp or Extra Sharp? The one I got I would probably classify as mild, somewhere between Muenster & Provolone when eaten raw. Later I will reheat a couple slices in the toaster oven and add more Brick cheese on top first.
Aged brick will smell and taste a lot more like Limburger, MM. I'll settle for the half the tray with just brick.
No, what I meant was: if you wanted to get an idea what the fully aged Brick tasted like, (without having to buy a 2.5lb/5lb loaf) maybe you could buy a couple slices of the Bier Kase from a deli or cheese shop near you if you can't find the fully aged Brick. Some say it's similar in taste. You could even try on a slice of pizza.I just ate the last 3 slices of the Brick half with more cheese, reheated in the convection toaster oven. I didn't grate it, I used a wire/roller type cheese cutter & cut some very thin slices and it melted well and had more snap instead of the long stretch mozz has. It did still stretch a bit though. I don't know if this is any help with your Mack's clone without trying some mild & aged Brick yourself!
Mark,Everything helps with the Mack's thread in trying to determine what kind of cheese they might use. Did the brick cheese oil off after you reheated with more cheese? I wonder about the snap back though. I don't think I ever noticed that with Mack's cheese.When I am decided about what to try I guess I will try some brick cheese on a Mack's attempt. It sure can't hurt and sure might be helpful.Thanks! Norma
I never paid attention to if it oiled off--it was paper thin. It did expand when heated.The snap back wasn't really snapping back but more that it didn't stretch a mile as mozz can do. It may have stretched a little & pulled off instead of stretched a lot.P.S. I never got ccalled back from Sterling...
No brick cheddar at Redner's so Ann went back to Weis and scored this New Bridge brand. Actually, it was $6.06 for .71 lbs. so that eased the pain just a little bit. Instead of the usual Friday night smokey grill pizza, it looks like another Papa Dino's clone attempt is in order. LOL
Pete,Wow, I will be anxious to hear about your results with the brick cheese you and your lovely wife Ann purchased. Did you taste it yet? I didn't have time to check out Weis supermarket near me, but will sometime this weekend. Lol, about the price of that brick cheese, just to try on a Papa Dino's attempt.Best of luck! NormaEdit: Can you see who produces that brick cheese from the package? I can see it says New Bridge, but am curious if it says more.
My friend Bill from Trenton, NJ called me today around lunchtime. He said he tried the Mandi brick cheese on a pizza for lunch with Great Value tomato sauce doctored up. He said the Mandi brick did melt nicely when baked on the pizza and did taste very good, but it still wasnt the cheese taste of a Macks pizza. I also asked Bill if the brick cheese oiled off at all, or stretched like mozzarella and he said the brick cheese didnt oil off at all and wouldnt stretch when it was hot.
The brick I got oiled off but not as much as the regular cheddar, Norma.. The smell and flavor were dead on, however...http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,9068.msg204904.html#msg204904http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,20093.msg204907.html#msg204907
Pete,I am glad you found the brick cheese that smells like Mack's and even has the flavor of Mack's pizza. I wonder why it doesn't oil off as much as regular cheddar. Did you check the fat amount per serving size? Do you still have the wrapping the brick cheese came in?Norma
No, I didn't save the label, Norma, but now I know where to get more. I'll keep it next time so we can perhaps try to match the New Bridge brand up with the actual manufacturer.
I had talked to another person at Nasonville and was sent some samples of another Nasonville cheddar to try. Norma
Their whole lineup looks pretty tasty, Norma. No mild brick, just a couple aged varieties and something they call "Pizza Cheese"...http://www.nasonvilledairy.com/shop/index.php?route=product/category&path=50I've seen the Limburger locally at one of the independent supermarkets.
Pete,I already tried the Pizza Cheese from Nasonville a few days ago, and that wasnt the cheese. Nasonville does have brick cheese, but I dont know how mild it is. http://www.nasonvilledairy.com/shop/index.php?route=product/category&path=41 They also have a cheddar that is not listed. I mentioned that before in this thread. It is cheddar with Asisago. If the 1 year old aged white cheddar doesnt work, then I might try the cheddar with Asiago. I am never going to be trying Limburger on a pizza. That stuff is too nasty. Norma


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Marquis, Padres get by Cardinals
San Diego, CA – Jason Marquis pitched six solid innings while Jesus Guzman was hit by a pitch to force in the winning run as the San Diego Padres took a 4-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals to open a three-game series.
Marquis (6-2) gave up just two runs -- one earned -- on three hits with four walks and three strikeouts to win his fifth straight start for the Padres, who have won three straight and five of seven. Will Venable hit a solo home run while Chris Denorfia went 3-for-4 with an RBI.
"I feel like I'm taking it one pitch at a time, trying to stay away from that big inning and really focus on that pitch at that particular moment instead of the big picture," Marquis said of his recent success.
Shelby Miller (5-3) gave up three runs on five hits in 5 2/3 innings for the Cardinals, who had won five of seven coming into the game. Yadier Molina and Carlos Beltran each scored a run in the loss.
"It was one of those games where they fouled off a lot of pitches again and got his pitch count up and ran it up too high for him to really get himself out of trouble late in the game," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said of Miller's outing.
The Padres trailed by a run heading into the sixth but scored a pair to go ahead.
With one out, Carlos Quentin walked and, after Yonder Alonso flied out, Jedd Gyorko walked to keep the frame alive. Fernando Salas then took over on the mound, but Denorfia greeted him with a single to center to tie the game. John Baker then drew a free pass, and Guzman forced home the go-ahead run when he was hit in the right arm by a pitch for a 3-2 advantage.
Matt Adams nearly gave the Cardinals the lead back in the seventh as he crushed a pitch with a man on first and two outs, but Venable made the catch just in front of the wall to end the frame.
San Diego created some space in the seventh thanks to Venable, who led off the frame by crushing an 0-1 pitch into the seats in right-center off of Mitchell Boggs for his seventh home run of the season.
Joe Thatcher, who pitched the final out of the seventh, got Matt Carpenter to fly out to start the eighth while Luke Gregerson set down Beltran and Matt Holliday to end the frame.
Huston Street set the Cardinals down in order in the ninth, thanks in part to a beautiful diving catch by Denorfia off an Allen Craig liner to left to start the frame, for his 11th save of the year.
Chase Headley gave the Padres a 1-0 lead with an RBI single in the first inning that scored Everth Cabrera, but he made an error on a Miller grounder in the second, allowing Molina to score to tie the game.
Beltran doubled to start the second and moved to third when Holliday followed with a single. Beltran then scored to move St. Louis in front, but it was on a double play by Craig and Molina grounded out to end the frame.
Game Notes
Each team won three games in the series last season, all at home ... San Diego relievers gave up just one hit and one walk over the final three innings.


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Jessica Simpson May Have Decided on Baby Girl Name
While Jessica Simpson may not be giving her baby girl a truly unconventional, Hollywood-style name (Apple and Moses, anyone?), she is thinking outside the box. Reports surfaced that may reveal the name of imminent pink bundle of joy. So what's the lovely little lady's moniker going to be?
Ace Showbiz reports that Simpson wanted her little girl to have a name with meaning, and Maxwell carries quite a bit of that within her new family. A source revealed that Maxwell is hubby Eric Johnson's middle name as well as Johnson's grandmother's maiden name. The sure-to-be-beautiful baby girl will be called "Max" or "Maxi" for short. Adding fuel to the rumors is the "M" pendant Simpson has been sporting around her neck (on which she also declines to comment).
Simpson revealed not just her bod, but also the sex of her baby in Elle, with the issue hitting newsstands last week. She dished on the baby name in the interview, though she wouldn't actually come out and say what it was.
"We're sure on the name. It's nothing shocking and nothing you'll have to add to the dictionary," Simpson told the mag. "Still, when people hear it, they'll know … why."
We wonder if 3-year-old nephew Bronx (son of Simpson's sister, Ashlee, and Ashlee's ex-husband, Pete Wentz) had a say in the name, considering he predicted the gender! "He rubs my belly. He has guesses," Simpson said of her nephew. "He said he wants it to be a girl … He thinks it's going to be a girl."
Too cute! We can't wait to meet little Maxwell — and to see how her 'Fashion Star' mom dresses her up!


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I have exhibited in numerous group shows in England and my pictures are in collections in the UK, Europe, Mexico and Brazil.


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Racing models in 1:87 scale
Posted 25 April 2007 - 13:49
Regards and wellcome to all.
Posted 25 April 2007 - 15:30
In scale 1:87th model cars have been developped from the model rail accessory to a real model. This scale is als know as H0, or Half Zero (Halb Null coming from the german indication for model rail road scale). Full Zero you may guess (or 0-scale) is in fact the more know 1/43rd scale, also originating from the model rail industry.
In 87th scale the first models were no more than a plastic body and two axles with wheels clicked in. Later specialized makes added more detail such as an interior, body details and chroming.
Makes such as Herpa, Brekina, Wiking were very inventive around 1990.
Still racing was never such a hot item as racing often dont have a part in a model rail road setting. But especially the last years you see more models are released.
Noteworthy I guess is french manufacturer Le Mans Miniatures that produces an excellent 1/87th resin kit line with racers including a DBR1, GT40, Ferraris, Porsche 908/3 and GT1, Audi R8 etcetera.
Check out:
Posted 25 April 2007 - 17:53
Posted 25 April 2007 - 18:00
Happy collecting!
Posted 25 April 2007 - 20:01
Originally posted by Mal9444
What scale, if any, were Matchbox and Hotwheels? Ihave some very nice Matchbox models, including pre-war Bentley and some other sports cars, also some Hotwheel D-types (I had a brief fad of collecting model D-types, thinking I would see if I could have examples of all reasonable-looking versions - but that fad got overtaken by the current one, presentlyy dormant until next winter, of trying to collect a 1/43rd scale represnative of every car in the 1955 Dundrod TT).
Matchbox (and Corgi Juniors) were nominally 1:72, but I believe that at least with Matchbox the scale varied somewhat up and down from model to model to make them fit the box - anything from 1:64 to 1:100 for vans/lorries!. Majorette (which were occasionally available in the UK and had an interesting if rather French-oriented range, especially strong on strange French commercials and emergency vehicles) were usually the slightly odd 1:66, IIRC, although I think they moved on to the even odder 1:58 later.
HotWheels I think were around 1:64.
Posted 25 April 2007 - 20:45
Posted 25 April 2007 - 22:56
www.schuco.de (edition 1:87)
www.schuco.de (piccolo)
Ricko Modell are distibuted by Busch
www.magic-promotion.com (distributed by Herpa)
Trumpeter is distributed by Brekina
There is also some small producers who sometimes have good models as well as extras for model building.
More infos to come , or be welcome to ask me here or by e-mail
Posted 26 April 2007 - 06:56
Originally posted by scags
The Aurora and AF/x slot cars were also around HO scale. I had a slot car set up with the train set, including a level crossing. We always tryed for the best train /car interface!
Ghoulish - but fun
Posted 26 April 2007 - 07:35
Originally posted by René de Boer
Arjan, as I am writing this, I am looking over a whole range of 1:87 race cars: DTM, German Super Touring (STW) and even one example from the long-defunct Dutch Touring Car Championship. Especially Herpa, but also Rietze (Audi 80 Super Touring), so there is quite a lot to find. Recently, Schuco has done a lot of 1:87 DTM cars as wel, but I must admit it is mainly touring cars, you will hardly find any single-seaters in HO-size.
Happy collecting!
You are quite right. But H0 is nothing compared to the world of 1/43rd. Let alone in kits you can find so many racing cars. E.g. the Porsche 956 was released in so many versions.
I recall that Yves Evrat did some F1 before tying up with Le Mans Miniatures.
Posted 26 April 2007 - 09:12
Mentioning the 956/962 Brekina has released since last 2005 10 diff. 917s and since 2006 , 6 diff. 956/962 models !
And if you are not in a position to afford the more expensive ones 1:87 is THE way , also because they are fairly easy to modify , and if you do NOT have the room for big dioramas this scale should really fit. Me f.ex. have some room and can build a large one , wich in a nother scale would take up my whole living room , wich by the way would be nice if I could afford it.
The 1:87 manufactures is even getting in making fine copies of transporters , and there are hundreds of figures to go with this scale from Faller ,Preiser, Merten etc.
They are even painted and in diff. colours ! Lots of buildings too if you cannot do it yourself !
Posted 26 April 2007 - 11:25
Am I right in thinking that OO is in fact 4mm : 1 foot (about 1:75)? Once again, this seems odd for its mix of measurement systems. Or did the OO refer to the gauge of the model track in someway, which was not to exactly the same scale as the models that were running on them?
Posted 26 April 2007 - 11:45
OO is 4mm to the foot (1:76) but the track gauge is smaller - 1:87 like HO in fact.
Posted 26 April 2007 - 13:34
Posted 26 April 2007 - 14:36
Originally posted by petefenelon
O is 7mm to the foot, HO is 3.5mm to the foot or a gnat's over 1:87.
OO is 4mm to the foot (1:76) but the track gauge is smaller - 1:87 like HO in fact.
Thanks for that, I had a vague memory that OO was running on the "wrong" gauge track for its scale.
Why such an odd ratio as 1:87 or a mix of metric and imperial units? Why not 1:100, 1:75 or 1:72 (1 inch : 6 ft)?
Posted 26 April 2007 - 17:24
Posted 26 April 2007 - 22:02
Posted 26 April 2007 - 22:20
To fit the box? Not as trite as it sounds. This was certainly the case with Matchbox Toys.
Originally posted by Frank S
If there is an answer to "why" the odd scales, perhaps Mr Majorette could contribute a thought about the TR7 I have that is 1:53 (one to fifty-three) (says so, cast right on the bottom).
Edit: This has already been said hasn't it? See post 5
Posted 27 April 2007 - 03:26
Posted 27 April 2007 - 12:34
Posted 28 April 2007 - 14:20
Having some fine french models , some exact for building transporters etc.
Posted 28 April 2007 - 16:13
Posted 30 April 2007 - 06:54
So far , also outside this thread I have not "meat" many "builders" but they are there , and thats why I also opened this thread.
Searching on Google could spring some surprises for " beginners" or those who are curious !
Like : www.british-ho.freeserve.co.uk
1/87 vehicles club
Reminds me , anyone know about "Big 6" ? look at www.87thscale.info/big 6.htm
If you shuold be pondering building transporters Brekina has an excellent "furniture" transporter in 3 versions wich fit rather well with many transporters from the 50-60-70s.
Regarding transporters I will also note that "firstname.lastname@example.com" has some excellent building plans for transporters from earlier time.
Regarding some of the start comments as to other scales around 1:87. Well, a lot of usable models has been and are still made , but a scale is a scale and unfortunately they just dont fit !
The "worst" over the years has been Matchbox , having had a splendid range of models to all sizes, but only very few to be used as HO . Sometimes their size statements even were wrong! But we must remember their aim was kids , and succesfully they did it. Only it would have been very nice if......
In the Walthers cat. or homesite(?) there is a good compilation of what is available (and propably other dealers) and there are in facts also many small US man. who make fine models/usable models.
Posted 02 May 2007 - 09:00
Posted 02 May 2007 - 09:25
What is your preference?:
A. Build from kit a curbside
B. Make a slot car
C. Make a model scratch build
D. Modify the world on a industrial manufactured model
Posted 02 May 2007 - 11:35
Originally posted by Bjørn Kjer
Any model builders out there , or someone who know one who can make me some racin bodies in 1:87/HO ?????
I build models, also from scratch, never did a complete 1:87 however, although some years ago did a Breadvan from a starting from GTO as a birthday present for a "Ferrarista" friend, I'm trying to get some pics of that car...meanwhile something I did can be seen @ http://img159.images...a25giu055ja.jpg
Posted 02 May 2007 - 14:26
the models I miss most.
To Fausto , fine pictures of fine models!
Of course there are lots of models never made and might never be made in HO, but some are, and I have been looking at Le Mans 1962 to 65. To reduce possibilities my "wish" is to have a reasonable model of the 1964 Maserati T151/3 (or T154 to some) . A second wish would be the 1962 T151 , but then I would need 3 ! .I do have some skills left , but not to form , or file or whatever a body. Arches for wheels , wich I have or could find is nessecary , but it need not have glass windows , black paint would do! To mark the windows and get the sharp edges that to me gives the car an aggressive angry look, would be a vital thing I believe.
Any ideas or offers ? My own work in "this" would then be to build the OM transporter of Maserati France , wich I can because i have the cabin. To build that is not forming but measuring , cutting and putting together!
Posted 02 May 2007 - 15:00
Posted 02 May 2007 - 15:15
Here is a link to many 1/87 producers. They may have a base model for you.. Or even the 151's. There are many artists around you know.
Busch does some neat racers, including Silver Arrows!!!
Posted 02 May 2007 - 20:54
See: http://perso.orange....rbone87pag.html
I'd post a photo of mine (built for me by a professional modeller under a miscroscope, literally) ....
.... if I was any good at macro photography. They even have photo-etched steering wheels and windscreen wipers !!
Posted 03 May 2007 - 05:32
Never seen or head about this P4. Looks great , made me at once think of LM67 ,what aline -up to make : Ferraris and Fords , the "Chap" could be made by oneself(?).......and others , nearly half the field is to have in HO , and a couple of others could be modified.!
Whatever kind of collector or enthusiast man is I believe there has to be some kind of "nerd" there!
In no scale you can get everything , and what I also try here is to PR this small scale , especially for those with lack of space and to a certain degree money. In the above case you would even be able to supply with a couple of transporters ready made or needing a repaint !
Just as 1/43 in cars ,and 1:50 in trucks (is becoming),as well as trains in this scale are BIG, racing could be growing with more knowledge!
No , I am not payed by any company (wish I was) but I think it too would be nice to share with others. So far good conversation and infos , but no nerds like myself.
If you havent had a look at some of the web sites shown , do it , and lets hear your opinion!
Posted 03 May 2007 - 06:11
Several more views of the same car H E R E
Posted 03 May 2007 - 07:24
Thanks Frank , and top pictures !
Posted 03 May 2007 - 10:11
Posted 03 May 2007 - 16:03
The models was made 40 years ago on Wiking models basis plus paperclips,plasticplate etc.,Humbrol enamel, a few transfer available at that time ! My pictures my hands and head made them , so theres not much left!
Posted 03 May 2007 - 23:35
Originally posted by Bjørn Kjer
Hi P4Replica , considering myself as not an expert , but a specialist on this scale , you took me by surprise ! Never seen or head about this P4.
I only stumbled across the Carbone87 P4s, (as unmade kits) purely by accident by trawling through eBay. I collect all kinds of P4-related automobilia - and models of them in any scale. These are the smallest two 'proper model' P4s that I've got in my collection. (I'll admit that I've also got a 'MicroMachines' P4, which is theoretically 1:110 scale - but that's more of a toy).
Next (slightly larger) size up is a built-up Bellini white-metal kit 'Piccolino' P4 spyder, which is actually 1:76, from memory.
See: http://www.87thscale...o/piccolino.htm
There's no way I could ever have built those Carbone87 P4's myself (even in the days when my eyesight was 100%), so as I said in my previous post, I had them built by a professional model builder - Rodney Rawlings, who did an absolutely superb job.
You can even make out the three different coloured lens segments on the rear tail-lights, under a magnifier !!
Hmmm. I really must try and take some photos of them soon. Utterly delightful little things.
Just call me a P4 'obsessive'. LOL !
Originally posted by Bjørn Kjer
Whatever kind of collector or enthusiast man is I believe there has to be some kind of "nerd" there!
Posted 04 May 2007 - 05:38
The model was a serendipitous find on eBay; I'd never seen one before, nor any since. It was not boxed, and I don't remember seeing a date associated with it.
Originally posted by Bjørn Kjer
To be Frank S I may soon alter my selfopinion to special instead of "ist", wether its 1:87 or close to , it looks gorgeous .Never seen over here. Still available ?
Thanks Frank , and top pictures !
For comparison, here's a 1:1 version at Parnelli's in Torrance, CA:
Frank S
Posted 04 May 2007 - 11:18
Hi Frank S , thanks for reading and answering. Beautiful pic of Parnellis car !
If you have looked through the webs in this thread, you might have found 50 racer plus some transporters and a lot sports and GT cars as well as saloons to modify! There has through the past years been at least the double that number available , but small companies in this fields obvious has trouble getting known , PR is expensive if you are not bigger. So many has dissappeared again , like Evrat and Morem . Busch HAS(still) a very fine Auto Union 1934-36 and Morem HAD a 1939 model, but not any more! BUT, LM Miniatures f.ex. is still ther , so it IS possible , and they have a large range with something for all. Thats why I wanted a model of the Maserati to line up with the Ford and Ferraris, still hoping to find a builder ! Or write the manufactures , the more they get , the bigger chance....
How difficult it is doesnt matter, there are still many HO collectors etc. and the only way to keep going is by not giving up!
Posted 04 May 2007 - 19:37
There is Renault R8's, painted in French blue they can be Gordini's
There is Saabs.
There is Seats, open up the hood at the back, and you have a Abarth 1000.
And so on... cheap and fun!
Posted 05 May 2007 - 08:33
Prices today lies between 2 & 3 EUROS.
Posted 08 May 2007 - 06:09
with interesting models like Jaguar, Ferrari and Aston Martin sportsracer. Unfortunately out of production. Anyone know about them ?
The David Piper 3 xPorsche 917 set also has a Video on them.
Jolly-Model of Italy also had announced a super range of HO Ferraris , anyone know if they ever came out ?
Posted 09 May 2007 - 20:03
Posted 09 May 2007 - 21:14
Here seen with unfinished Hotwheels spyder conversion, 1/43 412P and 1/36 'freebie' from Shell a few years ago.
Paul M
Posted 10 May 2007 - 07:55
Arjan post 28 , can you give me a bsae model suggestion for the T151 ?
Macca , I would guess 1:32 behind, green 1:43 , Piccolinis left , but front left , it looks smaller?
Posted 11 May 2007 - 17:18
Then have a look at www.automobilia.de to see what you can do with them !!
Posted 11 May 2007 - 17:20
Posted 11 May 2007 - 20:41
Originally posted by Bjørn Kjer
Macca , I would guess 1:32 behind, green 1:43 , Piccolinis left , but front left , it looks smaller?
The Bellini is front left - it will need a magnifying glass and a steady hand to add the intake splitters.....
The Hotwheels ones are on the right, and the one at the back has '1/36' stamped underneath - it's definitely smaller than a 1/32 slotcar body.
Paul M
Posted 13 May 2007 - 17:02
Posted 13 May 2007 - 19:09
Posted 14 May 2007 - 01:57
Mentioning the 956/962 Brekina has released since last 2005 10 diff. 917s and since 2006 , 6 diff. 956/962 models !
I personally think that almost any and all models made in the HO scale (whatever one decides to use 1/87 or 1/60 scale for defining "HO" lack the basic form and detail offered by what I believe to be the best overal scale, that of 1/32th. HO cars almost always look like lumps.
Another advantage of the larger scale is that the available material is astounding because of their primary use as slot cars. Fly has for example, issued just about any and all 917's ever built or painted, as well as 908's, 906's etc., while other companies (Slot.It, Scalextric etc.) have produced splendid Ferraris from P4 to 312P's. This with frankly much greater precision (graphics, wheels, tires, form) than just about all 1/43 scale die-cast of even many of the expensive hand-built models.
Also their cost is vastly below that of the resin/metal 1/43 scale specialty display models, and not much above that of static Chinese-built Ixo or others, while offering a much greater amount of detail, and to top the picture, you can RACE them!
Posted 14 May 2007 - 11:24
All other scales are not the above , and I also see, I am glad to say , there are others than myself.
Fausto , beautiful models and pics , made me think a bit , there was also the Droge/Chris Kerrison GTO , and one of eastern manufactures made a GTO a bit wrong I believe, wich could be used for that one ! The Busch(Praline) is quite good I think!


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Gerda Weissmann Klein
Gerda Weissmann Klein is a Polish-born American writer and human rights activist. Her autobiographical account of the Holocaust, "All but My Life" (1957), was adapted for the 1995 short film "One Survivor Remembers," which received an Academy Award and an Emmy Award and was selected for the National Film Registry. She became a tireless advocate of Holocaust education and human rights, dedicating most of her life to promoting tolerance and community service. A naturalized U.S. citizen, Klein also founded Citizenship Counts, a nonprofit organization that champions the value and responsibilities of American citizenship. On Feb. 15, 2011, Klein was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States.
2015 Chiune Sugihara (Awarded Posthumously)
Chiune Sugihara was Japanese vice consul in Lithuania whenb Adolf Hitler invaded Poland on Sept. 1, 1939, Britain and France declared war on Germany. On Aug. 2, the Japanese government ordered Sugihara to evacuate, but he refused. Sugihara defied the direct orders of the Japanese government, and with his family's support, he decided to issue life-saving visas that saved thousands of European Jews.
Dr. Feng Shan Ho (Awarded Posthumously)
Dr. Feng Shan No was the Chinese consul general in Vienna and also showed his humanitarian courage in issuing Chinese visas to Jews in Vienna in spite of orders from his superior to the contrary. Ho issued visas to Shanghai to all requesting them, even to those wishing to travel elsewhere but needing a visa to leave Nazi Germany. Many of those helped by Ho did indeed reach Shanghai, either by boat from Italy or overland via the Soviet Union. Many others made use of their visas to reach alternate destinations, including Palestine, the Philippines and elsewhere. As did those of Sugihara, his actions affected many, many lives.
2016 The Bielski Brothers (Awarded Posthumously)
The Bielski Brothers were Jewish partisans who rescued 1,200 Jews from extermination and fought against the Nazi occupiers and their collaborators in German-occupied Poland. This prestigious award was accepted by Assaela Bielski Weinstein, daughter of partisan Asael Bielski.
2017 Yad Vashem and Avner Shalev, Chairman of Yad Vashem
The evening honored Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, and Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate since 1993. Yad Vashem is the ultimate source for Holocaust education, remembrance, documentation and research, using an integrated approach to incorporate meaningful educational initiatives, groundbreaking research and inspirational exhibits. Chairman Avner Shalev has led a comprehensive program to meaningfully teach and commemorate the Holocaust in the 21st century, including bringing a technological revolution to Yad Vashem. During his tenure, Shalev established Yad Vashem's International School for Holocaust Studies and Yad Vashem's Museums Complex, where he serves as chief curator of the Holocaust History Museum, and as chief curator of Yad Vashem's permanent exhibition at the Auschwitz-Birkenau (Poland) Museum's Jewish Pavilion. Accepting the award on behalf of Yad Vashem and Avner Shalev were Dorit Novak, Director General of Yad Vashem, and Ruth Tsuria, Avner Shalev's granddaughter.
2018 George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
Holocaust Museum Houston presents the Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award to individuals who have taken a stand against injustice, hatred and prejudice, and used their skills and influence to make a better world for all people. During his tenure, President Bush provided leadership and moral courage to keep Americans safe after the horrific September 11 attacks. Additionally, he used this same resolve to launch humanitarian initiatives to provide more than $3.3 billion to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. Today, President Bush's attention is on the Bush Institute, the nonpartisan, public policy arm of the Bush Center, which engages communities in the United States and around the world by developing leaders, advancing policy, and taking action to solve today's pressing challenges. President Bush's focus on our military servicemen and woman, veterans, and their families was most notably recognized in his recent book New York Times bestseller, Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief's Tribute to America's Warriors, which honors the courage and sacrifice of America's veterans.