SludgeMunkey
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So this started as an experiment. I wanted to try my hand at papercraft using styrene sheeting instead of cardstock.
Next thing I know a month has gone by, all my other projects are collecting dust, and I have found this awesome callus on my Xacto knife holding finger...
The original experimental test build was done in 0.020" styrene at the "stock" scale the plans came in. This proved to be too much like work and far too small to have any real impact as a scale model. Using the stock plans a leg was about 1.25 inches tall and I had headaches for days afterwards.
Anyway here are some shots of the project which is based off Piotr Koper's fantastic paper model plans. I blew them up 129% for the actual build. Mostly because this allows me to use standard diameter drinking straws for the tube stuctures on the hips and off the shelf plastruct tubes for the safety cage and hydraulic cylinders...
The rest of it is all hand cut styrene sheet, "laminated" into various thicknesses with Bondedne. Come to think of it, pretty much all of it is Bondene welded...
It ain't perfect, but it is on interesting experiment. I have had to re-engineer many of the parts on the fly as there is stuff you can do with styrene that just doesn't work with paper.
The cylinder shapes that make up the joints are particularly fun as I found a hot air gun and a sharpie marker makes it easy to get them perfect.
Next thing I know a month has gone by, all my other projects are collecting dust, and I have found this awesome callus on my Xacto knife holding finger...
The original experimental test build was done in 0.020" styrene at the "stock" scale the plans came in. This proved to be too much like work and far too small to have any real impact as a scale model. Using the stock plans a leg was about 1.25 inches tall and I had headaches for days afterwards.
Anyway here are some shots of the project which is based off Piotr Koper's fantastic paper model plans. I blew them up 129% for the actual build. Mostly because this allows me to use standard diameter drinking straws for the tube stuctures on the hips and off the shelf plastruct tubes for the safety cage and hydraulic cylinders...
The rest of it is all hand cut styrene sheet, "laminated" into various thicknesses with Bondedne. Come to think of it, pretty much all of it is Bondene welded...
It ain't perfect, but it is on interesting experiment. I have had to re-engineer many of the parts on the fly as there is stuff you can do with styrene that just doesn't work with paper.
The cylinder shapes that make up the joints are particularly fun as I found a hot air gun and a sharpie marker makes it easy to get them perfect.