Robocain - Robocop 2 robot

sunk the tiny screws into the clamp joint parts

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had to make some odd parts and disks etc to join everything together

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realised it was too short so had a re-design and spaced it out a bit more, this section will be covered so it doesnt need to be as detailed.

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This arm has the spot welder thing on it, hard to know where to start on such a complex lump, so after some thought and a lot of measuring im quite happy with this

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looks about the right size to me, trim the middle out

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and the top, sitting on another turner prize of a diagram that looks like a cross between a babies rattle and a policeman hiding behind a tomb stone

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carefully recessed the edges and drilled through so they lign up top and bottom.

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meh, I could make that while the kettles boiling :D

ok cut a groove around the middle and found a good imitation of the stripe around the middle, a cable tie!

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more trimming and recessing, here and there

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top part

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using the end I made earlier, made the small part that will hold the bottom of the ram and cut that top part to shape.

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Loving the spot welder attachment, really nice detail.

Just a couple of questions though, who made the orignal stop motion model for the film and was it made the same way as yours, bit by bit or is it sculptured from material and painted to look metal.

How many individual parts will be in yours including screws ?
 
The film was on channel 5 the other night, and I couldn't help but stay up and watch it!

Have you thought about adding some working LEDs as the spotlights Robocain has when you first see him? Then you could use him as the worlds greatest bedside lamp! :p

PK!
 
I saw this project when it was only on page 2... I've now just spent the last 2 hours catching up and reading all 17 pages, and even then I glossed over some of the photos - but this is just truly amazing engineering work.

I'm going to try to keep up with this - it's got to be thread of the year for me - just amazing attention to detail!
 
Confused said:
I saw this project when it was only on page 2... I've now just spent the last 2 hours catching up and reading all 17 pages, and even then I glossed over some of the photos - but this is just truly amazing engineering work.

I'm going to try to keep up with this - it's got to be thread of the year for me - just amazing attention to detail!
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Thanks for that mate, glad to have you onboard!

misterPK said:
The film was on channel 5 the other night, and I couldn't help but stay up and watch it!

Have you thought about adding some working LEDs as the spotlights Robocain has when you first see him? Then you could use him as the worlds greatest bedside lamp! :p

PK!
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I saw it was on! couldnt watch it though, sick of the site of the damn thing!
I thought about fitting the lamps but decided against, I will have one of the best features working though ;)


beermonster said:
Loving the spot welder attachment, really nice detail.

Just a couple of questions though, who made the orignal stop motion model for the film and was it made the same way as yours, bit by bit or is it sculptured from material and painted to look metal.

How many individual parts will be in yours including screws ?
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The original was made by tippett studios, have a read here:

http://www.robocoparchive.com/info/robocain.htm

They made about 10 of them for the film, a lot of the bits are moulded resin, they would make an original and then the rest from the mould. This whole arm for example is plastic on the original.

No idea on individual parts, a lot :D

I thought a lot about the arms of the welder, the originals are solid moulded pieces, I eventually settled on this design, when you only have to make one its not so bad to shape it by hand, its when you have to make 2 or 4 the same that this is the harder option.

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attached and trimmed to size, needs a hole in it for the electrode oart and the whole thing blending and filing

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yeh?

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2nd "arm" not so easy, after a bit of thinking I decided to make it like this

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had to cut the slot in the tube with the slitting saw.

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at last a fun bit! little hydraulic ram

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detailed, drilled and then the rod to fit

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tiny screws, tiny holes and a tiny bracket

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:):):):):)

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in other news, found some corrugated plastic which looks ideal for the shoulder thingies

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i originally though it had a light behind it, but its the flash from the photo, thank god

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had to make a number of little hydraulic pipe fittings again, all attached holes drilled and taped. Just the finishing off to do now, some detail here and there.

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Welder part is sick. Loving it. Cannot wait to see it finished.

Have to re-iterate, PLEASE don't paint..need a way to detail the colour and make authentic looking without paint..would wreck the built metal effect imo!
 
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