mtbkndad
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I originally did these shots at the request of a couple of people on the B/S/T forum regarding the spacer rings that were being made by Iron Man. He is not making any more.
It occured to me that with the interest in the Thor Magnum and Thor they may be useful here. This is not a double post as the text is significantly different on both threads. The distance range for the long shots is much narrower and more accurate here and there is text regarding the mod that does not pertain to this thread in the other post.
I have added pics of the lights themselves here for the sake of those interested in the Thor Magnum.
Thors & Comany
Company left to right NightCutter M60L, 2 Raw U bins, Gladius
I centered the lamp in both the Modded and Un-modded Thors. The 15 MCP Thor's lamp was centered already. The modded Thor has a .10" spacer ring between the bulb and the reflector.
Normal shot of the portion of the hill the pics will be aimed at.
The tower on the right is what I shot at night on 3x zoom. It is between 500 and 650 yards away. Without using my friend's transit I could not triangulate a narrower range. The distance is between the yardages mentioned and really pushes the 10 MCP beams to their limit. Needless to say the pics will need your monitors set to bright.
The 3x zoom day pic is the tower on the left. These are really big towers.
I was originally going to take shots of this tower. The beam was too close to the house to get good picks ( too much glare from the white paint and white roof) so I had to shoot the shots of the tower farther up the hill on the right in the photo above. I left this photo here as it gives the structure of the towers better then the wide angle shot.
The viewing angle to the tower on the right is at such an angle to where the tower appears to have one large base instead of two legs of the A frame. This made it more visible for the two 10 MCP Thors. With a good monitor you can actually faintly see the two legs next to each other in the 15 MCP Thor Magnum pic.
Unmodded Thor - All three beams were aimed at the base of the tower and were placed in the same spot.
The unmodded Thor dimly lights the whole tower fairly even. Unfortunatly the night was rather hazy. On a clear night the towers light up a little better.
Modded Thor - The modded Thor's beam is concentrated more at the bottom of the tower. It actually was a little brighter, however the corona is much brighter and the tree in the foreground became a factor in this pic.
15 MCP Thor - Not bad for my $39 yellow tugboat.
Building between 180 and 190 feet away. I measured this distance today with a 100 foot tape, but did not remember the exact spot I stood on Friday night.
Unmodded Thor - All of these beams were aimed a the crotch of the tree.
Notice how the trunks seem light from the center of the beam.
Modded Thor - Notice how the trunks coming up from the crotch of the tree are slightly more washed out then the un-modded Thor. Also notice the brighter, wider, and more even corona. Look in the lower right corner. That faint line is the tiny core of the hotspot.
15 MCP Thor Magnum - What tree? It was vaporized by the light.
I chose this location for the long shots because once you get past the house, in the foreground of them which is the parsonage of this church property, there is lots of empty space and only one other house in the line of the towers. The order goes sort of like this Parsonage, 200 feet of church property to a large BRIGHT (amount of light not name) BLVD, house, 300 to 400 feet of land behind the house, freeway at the base of the mountain, and finally the bottom half of the mountain to get to that tower. These distances to the base of the mountain are rough estimates, the order is accurate.
Take Care,
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It occured to me that with the interest in the Thor Magnum and Thor they may be useful here. This is not a double post as the text is significantly different on both threads. The distance range for the long shots is much narrower and more accurate here and there is text regarding the mod that does not pertain to this thread in the other post.
I have added pics of the lights themselves here for the sake of those interested in the Thor Magnum.
Thors & Comany
Company left to right NightCutter M60L, 2 Raw U bins, Gladius
I centered the lamp in both the Modded and Un-modded Thors. The 15 MCP Thor's lamp was centered already. The modded Thor has a .10" spacer ring between the bulb and the reflector.
Normal shot of the portion of the hill the pics will be aimed at.
The tower on the right is what I shot at night on 3x zoom. It is between 500 and 650 yards away. Without using my friend's transit I could not triangulate a narrower range. The distance is between the yardages mentioned and really pushes the 10 MCP beams to their limit. Needless to say the pics will need your monitors set to bright.
The 3x zoom day pic is the tower on the left. These are really big towers.
I was originally going to take shots of this tower. The beam was too close to the house to get good picks ( too much glare from the white paint and white roof) so I had to shoot the shots of the tower farther up the hill on the right in the photo above. I left this photo here as it gives the structure of the towers better then the wide angle shot.
The viewing angle to the tower on the right is at such an angle to where the tower appears to have one large base instead of two legs of the A frame. This made it more visible for the two 10 MCP Thors. With a good monitor you can actually faintly see the two legs next to each other in the 15 MCP Thor Magnum pic.
Unmodded Thor - All three beams were aimed at the base of the tower and were placed in the same spot.
The unmodded Thor dimly lights the whole tower fairly even. Unfortunatly the night was rather hazy. On a clear night the towers light up a little better.
Modded Thor - The modded Thor's beam is concentrated more at the bottom of the tower. It actually was a little brighter, however the corona is much brighter and the tree in the foreground became a factor in this pic.
15 MCP Thor - Not bad for my $39 yellow tugboat.
Building between 180 and 190 feet away. I measured this distance today with a 100 foot tape, but did not remember the exact spot I stood on Friday night.
Unmodded Thor - All of these beams were aimed a the crotch of the tree.
Notice how the trunks seem light from the center of the beam.
Modded Thor - Notice how the trunks coming up from the crotch of the tree are slightly more washed out then the un-modded Thor. Also notice the brighter, wider, and more even corona. Look in the lower right corner. That faint line is the tiny core of the hotspot.
15 MCP Thor Magnum - What tree? It was vaporized by the light.
I chose this location for the long shots because once you get past the house, in the foreground of them which is the parsonage of this church property, there is lots of empty space and only one other house in the line of the towers. The order goes sort of like this Parsonage, 200 feet of church property to a large BRIGHT (amount of light not name) BLVD, house, 300 to 400 feet of land behind the house, freeway at the base of the mountain, and finally the bottom half of the mountain to get to that tower. These distances to the base of the mountain are rough estimates, the order is accurate.
Take Care,
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