MAKE BELIEVE
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Great project. But not an easy one...
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
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Cable23
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Because Indy uses Goo Gone!
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Just checking in with an update.. I updated the model at Printables, you could print yourself one like below.
Still just a superficial model / I'd really love to have one with working dials and more substantial materials but I had fun poking around and learning some stuff. I think I ran into the limits of Shapr 3d a few times, or probably wasn't using it correctly. I should probably go take a Solidworks course to fill in the knowledge gaps. I will list two more spares like the one pictured here next week on FleaBay with 50% going to Charity and then I should finally have my printer back for other projects, lol
Anyway.. Happy Indy Season Ya'll.
Still just a superficial model / I'd really love to have one with working dials and more substantial materials but I had fun poking around and learning some stuff. I think I ran into the limits of Shapr 3d a few times, or probably wasn't using it correctly. I should probably go take a Solidworks course to fill in the knowledge gaps. I will list two more spares like the one pictured here next week on FleaBay with 50% going to Charity and then I should finally have my printer back for other projects, lol
Anyway.. Happy Indy Season Ya'll.
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The original dial of destiny…but this particular Time Machine goes back only to the year 1987….
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At a pinball tournament, a (pretty stoned) player expressed to me that the correlation of the BTTF time machine concept originally being a refrigerator, Indy riding a fridge in the last film and this new film ostensibly having a time manipulating mechanical device was proof that we are living in a simulation. Again, he was pretty high but this thread kind of flatters that brain worm.
excelente trabajo! los detalles son muy bonitos, bonita combinación de colores también
These are the best shots I've seen yet on the internals - thanks for this.
I wanted to share one notion on how the model comes apart, particularly the choices of the angles and apparent lack of symmetry.
Do you know how when you are in build-mode with all of the tools and materials laid out, half-covered with sawdust that sometimes the construction process can back-influence and override original design? For convenience, cost, time or sometimes just because it makes good sense you might end up re-using a jig or a jig-cutout for purposes beyond its original design.
Well, I suspect the hex cutout jig in this model was used in a few places. Bad / Quick and Dirty Photoshopping but it looks to me like the same outer enclosure hex shape and size were used to make the cutout of how the box breaks apart. I tried rotating it around and re-orienting it but my best guess is that they may have overlayed the hex jig to make the cut out.
The placement of the hex cutout is constrained by the way it intersects the bottom so that it doesn't interfere with that gear cutout on the side of the box and this is also where the hex-cut-out-as-a-jig theory breaks down. Except, does it? Overlaying cutout rectangle at the bottom seems to get ya pretty close. If you close your eyes you can almost imagine the hex jig and the builders' framing square overlapping each other to make that cutout shape where the boxes come apart.
I did an overnight print test, I didn't quite nail the bottom cutout angle and one of my peg cutouts creeped a few cm off where I intended but as a proof of concept (JUST related to where the box-split-cuts should be):
One last thing on the hex-jig as design-element theory. When I tried to create the details in the outer white ring, those lines - they are the edges of a hex shape (that may or may not be scaled). So much work remains to get those internals worked out but if this helps any of you, I'll count that as a win.
Cable23
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Uncle Rico wants it back!
RC64
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I finally finished it, there are still some details that I would have liked to fix, but I really liked the result like this.
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MAKE BELIEVE
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It turned out great. Good job.
How did you make the engravings and what did you use as ref?
How did you make the engravings and what did you use as ref?
RC64
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My reference was two screenshots from the movie trailer and some creative license.
The work is cut and engraved 3 mm acrylic and 20 gauge pet g with laser, the engraving I applied acrylic paint and then I cleaned the surface so that the paint remains deep.
The pearl for the inlays are a nice touch. I definitely got that bottom disc way wrong, well sort of accidentally created an ancillary prop in the process, I guess.
How long before Disney releases the dial??- I wants it- I know they have a static one on display unprotected sitting out at the snack bar restaurant outside of the Indiana Jones attraction at Hollywood Studios. I'm guessing that's the one they will put on the shelf because every other piece there is behind glass and or, out of reach.
Also, after watching the movie last night, I counted at least 7 new props that" In My Opinion" will be worked on here very soon if some of you haven't started already . I will keep those hush hush for a few more days or a week to let others see if the film they haven't already. I believe this movie gave us a bunch of new prop ideas for sure. Can't wait to see them in action threads here.
I will say the dial at times looked to be larger than the static prop on display. I'm sure this will be proven or disproven shortly. The static prop was around 8 or 9 inches using my open hands as a crude scale. There are times when it looks larger on screen. Kind of like the crystal skull. Either way, I would be very happy with the prop on display, if that is indeed the one that will end up on the shelves in the store or online.
Below are photos taken by me the Friday before Father’s Day . So yes, I touched it and my daughter got mad at me
- I know they have a static one on display unprotected sitting out at the snack bar restaurant outside of the Indiana Jones attraction at Hollywood Studios. I'm guessing that's the one they will put on the shelf because every other piece there is behind glass and or, out of reach.Also, after watching the movie last night, I counted at least 7 new props that" In My Opinion" will be worked on here very soon if some of you haven't started already
. I will keep those hush hush for a few more days or a week to let others see if the film they haven't already. I believe this movie gave us a bunch of new prop ideas for sure. Can't wait to see them in action threads here.I will say the dial at times looked to be larger than the static prop on display. I'm sure this will be proven or disproven shortly. The static prop was around 8 or 9 inches using my open hands as a crude scale. There are times when it looks larger on screen. Kind of like the crystal skull. Either way, I would be very happy with the prop on display, if that is indeed the one that will end up on the shelves in the store or online.
Below are photos taken by me the Friday before Father’s Day . So yes, I touched it and my daughter got mad at me
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