Dewey, Drone #01 from "Silent Running" in 2/3rd Size

[Markus]

In "Silent Running", Lowell is reprogramming the drone's memory cards on a few occasions. I compiled this little clip featuring all the scenes that show the memory cards, the programmer, or the storage unit.

And I built this little device which is a combination of the programmer and the Memory Card storage unit.

 

[Duncanator]

Love those robots!

 

[Pyramidrep]

Great project and beautifully done. Amazing to think that the movie will be 50 years old next year and still loved by a lot of fans.

 

[Markus]

Progress with the assembly.

 

[Apollo]

Wow, he turned out AWESOME!!!

 

[Markus]

And here is my (almost) final Dewey. I still need to work on the arm and the electronics - but that may take some time. I was lucky that I was able to take some pictures of him in the snow.

And here, together with his colleagues who had their screen debuts 5 and 43 years later.

 

[Markus]

More images can be found on my blog:
Building the Dewey Drone from "Silent Running" (1972) - Part V: Painting and Assembly

 

[Mottrex]

Looks great
I built a 5 inch dewie as an anniversary gift to my wife it's her fav scifi movie. It was made out of scraps of wood wire and PVC but she loves it..
The 1.1 version is still in the works.

 

[Markus]

Eight months (and two HAL 9000 replicas) later, I felt it was time to add Dewey's last missing piece: the arm.
Initially, it was little overwhelming to approach this rather complex beast. Here is a reference photo:

But then, I simply focused on what can be achieved using simple shapes cut from plywood, and this is what I came up with.

The fully assembled arm.

To recreate the movie scene with the playing cards, I glued these five together,

so my Dewey can hold those.

 

[McFlyte]

It looks amazing! Will done!

 

[Duncanator]

That gives the little guy even more character!

 

[Markus]

What about Dewey's watering can? Here we go...
The hardest part would have been to create the image. But Karl Tate was so nice to provide his hand-drawn version on Flickr (thanks!!).
I started with a tomato can, covered with a thin sheet of cardboard. I also used that cardboard to create a narrow cone, and the handle.

 

[flimzy]

fantastic work. you have way more room than me. full size is an achievement indeed.

 

[Markus]

On a beautiful fall day, Dewey is watering the blooming sage in the yard.

 

[Jintosh]

I saw this movie in the 70's. I was very young. I remember I was confused by it. I should definitely watch it again.

 

[Chuffy 70]

Well done, a beautiful creation of those well loved drones...

You'll have to add the other two now