This week’s handmade co-op puzzle won’t defox itself. If you’re a dab hand at quizzes, lateral thinking, and search engine sleuthing, why not help out.
Roman, THC’s Chief Foxer Setter, is old enough to remember the days when smog shovellers were a common sight on London’s streets and tripe & onion-flavour crisps were purchasable in most British hostelries. He also recalls the time when all Friday Foxers were collage foxers.
(To complete the defox, identify the hidden theme and explain how each component relates to it)
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SOLUTIONS
Last week’s geofoxer theme: the letter ‘z’ (defoxed by ylla)
a. zagreb (Colonel_K)
b. zanzibar (ylla)
c. zunda towers (a_monk)
d. zig zag (Aergistal)
e. zonkey (ylla)
f. zante (a_monk)
g. zennor (a_monk)
h. zeppelin monument/shed (a_monk)
i. zaragoza (Colonel_K)
j. zuiderpark/zon (Aergistal)
k. zil-e167 (Colonel_K, a_monk)
l. zbýšov (Colonel_K, a_monk)
Man with the gun and the Zulus are from Paul Jamin’s Death of the Prince Imperial.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Napol%C3%A9on,_Prince_Imperial
I reckon the TV tower (with adjacent lattice transmission tower) is N Seoul Tower
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N_Seoul_Tower
(picture not taken from the Wikipedia page, so far as I can see)
officially YTN Seoul Tower; commonly known as Namsan Tower
Lighthouse is HORNBY lighthouse, near Sydney, Australia
(also known as South Head Lower Light or South Head Signal Station)
Pistol is a Tokarev / TT-33
Top left: Lima, Peru
“The City of the Kings of Lima …”, painting of 1615 by the Inca painter Guamán Poma
Top right wing most resembles an ATLAS moth (Attacus atlas).
The closest I’ve got to the small jet would be the BAe Hawk, which has more pronounced things under its tail than the Soko G-4 Super Galeb.
I’m satisfied I’ve got the connection even though I can’t figure out how some of the solved bits relate to it.
Clues:
1. The dinosaur is a Tyrannosaurus.
2. The logo & text bottom right might’ve been visited by Roman for refreshment during his recent sojourn.
Quality defoxing!
Woman is Ekaterine KATO Svanidze.
Looks like scale models indeed.
The dinosaur is TRIX
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trix_(dinosaur)
The Speicherstadt in Hamburg is where MINIATUR WUNDERLAND is located.
Photo with the fireplace is INGLENOOK sidings:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inglenook_Sidings
The otter is the logo for The Tarka Trail, so maybe TARKA Line.
James May’s attempt at the longest model railway line was along the Tarka Trail, filmed for his series ‘Toy Stories’.
Recapping (by category):
Manufacturers:
Lima
Trix = the tyrannosaurus
Atlas Model Railroad = moth
Kato Precision Railroad Models = Ekaterine KATO Svanidze
Hornby = lighthouse
Gauges:
TT = pistol
N = N Seoul Tower
Particular tracks:
First = Chemin de fer du Prince impérial
Longest = Tarka Trail
Largest = Miniatur Wunderland
Brainteaser Problem = Inglenook
Leaves :-
piloted vehicle
single-engine(?) jet
musician by tree
logo + text
(and the green mesh overlay)
Logo & text: Výtopna Railway Restaurant
The jet looks more like a Viperjet:
https://www.turbosquid.com/es/3d-models/3ds-max-sport-aircraft-viperjet-2/967816
I don’t see the connection. Homebuilt? Kit?
Possibly ‘scale model’.
It could be a 3D-printed copy, or the CAD visualisation for one, as smaller facsimiles are flown via remote control.
I still don’t know what to make of the green latticework. Is it meant to be a sprue? Am I overthinking it?
The man in the photo is a young Rod Stewart, he looked familiar but it took a while to click. Big model railway fan.
The cross-section is for a Horten HO 229, another scale:
https://drawingdatabase.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Horton-229A_1944b.jpg
They reused the same pilot drawing in the FW-190D plans.