Soldato
Excellent as usual, please please please create a little animation with him at the end of the project!? 
Robocain - Robocop 2 robot
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Soldato
Excellent as usual, please please please create a little animation with him at the end of the project!?
indeed show him mincing somthing to pieces with his minigun!
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This is really looking the business mate! Have to have a proper look whenever i'm up your way next.
your always welcome mate, i'll put the kettle on
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Thanks guys
mounted the ammo wheel thing and made a checkered plate and another panel to go over the top
M2 was too small and the m3's were just a bit too big so I turned the heads down a bit, they look a bit funny because of the colour difference but im sure the size is correct now.
made 4 more fittings, 5mm and the tiny 4mm ont he right, this arm alone has something like 12 hydraulic fittings on it!
the 2 tiny ones attached, also the plate being held inplace by the tiny brass hex head bolts, 2 more to go in there.
mock up assembly next to the naff koto model arm!
mounted the ammo wheel thing and made a checkered plate and another panel to go over the top
M2 was too small and the m3's were just a bit too big so I turned the heads down a bit, they look a bit funny because of the colour difference but im sure the size is correct now.
made 4 more fittings, 5mm and the tiny 4mm ont he right, this arm alone has something like 12 hydraulic fittings on it!
the 2 tiny ones attached, also the plate being held inplace by the tiny brass hex head bolts, 2 more to go in there.
mock up assembly next to the naff koto model arm!
Soldato
Wow that arm is coming along great. Can't wait to see the minigun fitted!
Are you using Delrin for parts that should be black so you don't need to paint them?
Are you using Delrin for parts that should be black so you don't need to paint them?
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Im using delrin for parts that I cant make out of metal, its mainly the parts that on the real puppet are made of urethene, the dark grey bits.
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Working on the claw now,
sits snug in here
pivot joint
with a swivel on it
very carefully cut these pieces, always a lot harder when you have to do 2 exaclty the same.
then trimmed the middle out.
sits snug in here
pivot joint
with a swivel on it
very carefully cut these pieces, always a lot harder when you have to do 2 exaclty the same.
then trimmed the middle out.
Soldato
Very impressive... if you've made the springs your self I will be beyond impressed!
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Rounded these pieces off, drilled a 3mm hole and attached to the main... thing with a 3mm shaft.
drilled tiny 1.7mm holes in the sides of them, tapped to M2 and put little screws in the hold them against the shaft. I will use M2 grub screws, I have ordered some.
parts for the thumb
the 2 fingers
quite hard to make these, they are slanted on 4 sides so had to hold them in the vice with the peg that they pivot on and then rotate the vice to get the angles.
drilled them through and checked movement
and the little thumb, same process, all drilled and taped. Had to counter sink the finger screw slightly to get the right look
now spend best part of half an hour using fine grit paper to rub the machining marks off the ally to achive that satin finish, so they look smooth.
I dont often blow my own trumpet, but im very proud of this picture and the likeness to the real thing
drilled tiny 1.7mm holes in the sides of them, tapped to M2 and put little screws in the hold them against the shaft. I will use M2 grub screws, I have ordered some.
parts for the thumb
the 2 fingers
quite hard to make these, they are slanted on 4 sides so had to hold them in the vice with the peg that they pivot on and then rotate the vice to get the angles.
drilled them through and checked movement
and the little thumb, same process, all drilled and taped. Had to counter sink the finger screw slightly to get the right look
now spend best part of half an hour using fine grit paper to rub the machining marks off the ally to achive that satin finish, so they look smooth.
I dont often blow my own trumpet, but im very proud of this picture and the likeness to the real thing
Soldato
Isn't this finished yet?
Soldato
Good to see it hasn't gone for the knife this time round.
Man of Honour
That's some very handy work.
Soldato
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How many hours have you put in to this project so far? and many more do you think it will take to complete? I saw before you had mentioned people had made offers for it but I think you should keep it, it's too good to sell imo.
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How many hours have you put in to this project so far? and many more do you think it will take to complete? I saw before you had mentioned people had made offers for it but I think you should keep it, it's too good to sell imo.
Thank you, 254 hours so far, maybe 600/700 hours total, maybe
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Thank you
all together now except for the gun
starting with the main body of it, its got teeth round it so I found a tiny gear, cut the middle out and will mount on the end. This whole piece will be black so a lot of the detail will be lost.
This whole part on the real model is moulded from one lump, so long as I can get close to the shapes i'll be happy!
screw through the top mounts it to the big block
the shute for the ammo
another little thing that sits on the top
mounted up
all together now except for the gun
starting with the main body of it, its got teeth round it so I found a tiny gear, cut the middle out and will mount on the end. This whole piece will be black so a lot of the detail will be lost.
This whole part on the real model is moulded from one lump, so long as I can get close to the shapes i'll be happy!
screw through the top mounts it to the big block
the shute for the ammo
another little thing that sits on the top
mounted up
Soldato
truly awesome work! as always can't wait for the next set of pics