This morning in Stade over the Elbe.

Greetings to all ship modelers.

Yesterday I tested the model under construction on the lake (This is the second operational test).
The schooner-armed steam gunboat model sailed with cannons and central lifeboats (unlike last time, when they weren't present), but it's not yet complete; the side lifeboats and other small details are missing.

I'm editing the videos to show and share them with you.

Meanwhile, in this topic, I'm posting some photos of a recess in Lake Turano (about an hour's drive from Rome), which is 8 km long, 3 km wide, and 68 meters deep at its deepest point.
I'm happy to have found some native crayfish. That means the lake is in good health.
There were also cormorants.

P.S. I also brought the other ship as an aid and for close-up shots but it wasn't very useful due to camera issues.

Yay DW!!!

I remember when Steven Spielberg gave a bunch of Miatas as gifts to the cast and select crew members of the film "Always."
😉

No more guesses which car is mine, so I guess I'll tell.
In the picture, mine is the 3rd car from the right in the 2nd row from the top.
Dave B

Chris,
Thank you for the kind words. Your TT is a sharp car as well.
I think I only spotted one Fiat in the group. But ... there were SO many cars one couldn't see them all. I heard there were a total of 6 25th Anniversary Edition cars like mine registered, but only saw two others.
There were 14-19 different group drives on Friday and Saturday of the event, so we were scattered all throughout the countryside surrounding Ottawa.
My wife and I were on the road a total of 18 days (4025.4 miles or 6478.25Km), as we drove down to West Virginia to visit our daughter and family after the Canada event. I averaged 33.64 MPG (14.30Km/L) for the trip, which I was quite pleased with.
And, you are spot on with the luggage space. Miatas have dismally small trunks. We had stuff behind the seats, down by my wife's legs, etc. We actually UPS'd a box of dirty clothes home from WV, to make the luggage situation more tolerable on the drive home.
I bet the 2 week tour of Scotland was a great experience! We were there for 10 days last year, but on an escorted bus tour.
Dave

What a fantastic trip Dave and a great car to do it in. Did I spot a few Fiat versions in the photos?

I've got an Audi TT roadster which is a year older than your Mazda. First year we had it we did a 2 week tour of Scotland in September and had the roof down every day. Sometimes later in the morning if there had been some early rain/drizzle and the temperature was a bit low. Thought about doing it again but we were so lucky with the weather. Fortunately the TT has a pretty good sized boot so no real problem there unlike on our motorcycle trips! Owned it from new as a keeper and it's still great to drive. Will sell it when I can no longer get in or out of it - unfortunately that day seems to be getting closer! 😮

The 25th Anniversary was 2015.
1100 cars sold worldwide. 115 in the US (for some reason, the UK got a disproportionate 750!).
Soul Red with Black power retractable hardtop, and "special color" charcoal wheels.
The picture on the car ferry is taken from the drivers seat of mine.

Aw shucks☹️
I was working on the conjecture that the close up photo was of your wheels.
Trouble is, I don't know what was different/special about the "25th Anniversary Edition"🤔. Maybe it was unique to the US market?
Must have been in 2014?
Cheers, Doug😎

Doug ...
WAY off base on the car. LOL
I gave a hint with the reference to "25th Anniversary Edition" car
Dave B

Dave,
Re; PS Bonus points go to anybody who can guess which Miata is mine in the group picture below ... 😂

It's the silver hard top, bottom row 6th from the right.
Next to the yellow one with the black soft top.😉
Cheers, Doug😎
BTW The name Miata is said to derive from Old High German for "reward"!😉
Changed a bit over the centuries, modern German for reward is Belohnung.
More likely is the contention that it mutated into modern German Miete, which means rent as in monthly rent for a house, or rental car - Mietwagen in German.