Mass Effect M35 MAKO

[Gattaca]

I've been wanting to build this for a while, even though I never played the game (I own it, just haven't gotten very far). I found a set of paper craft drawings and used them to get the shapes. I intend to vacuum form the upper and lower half then model all the vents etc. The wheels will be casts of one I made on a 3D printer (Makerbot 2) from a design I drew on Tinkercad. And that's why I built the roto-casting machine as shown on another thread.

 

[Falk]

Wow, that looks good.

I am not a gamer myself, but I like that Mass Effect design a lot (probably because I like 6-wheelers in general...)

What scale is it? It seems to be larger than 1/35.

And do you plan to offer (partial) kits? That would be nice.

Cheers!

 

[metal wood]

very nice Gat! where did you come across the paper crafting for this bad boy (girl). have been looking but not yet found...

 

[Gattaca]

Thanks
Don't know what scale it is cause I don't know what size a MAKO is supposed to be, but the model is 14 inches long, I just picked a size that would be good to work on. Could make the vacuum formed pieces available but I don't know anything about copyright issues, so that would be about it. Maybe some tires too.
Here's the link to the papercraft that I'm using:
Mass Effect Mako model by ThunderChildFTC on deviantART

 

[Gattaca]

Spent today casting and sanding tires. Casting material used was Smooth-On's ONYX fast. Slow would have been better it think, more time in the rotocaster to get even coverage, but I'm happy with the results.

 

[Joker Laugh]

Great start I'll be watching this......

 

[Jedi Dade]

always loved the mako... Boom Boom - Geth die...

Jedi Dade

 

[Wes R]

Looks really good so far. I think this is the one vehicle everyone wished had been in the 2nd game instead of the hammerhead.

 

[NormanF]

People need to stop looking at my "to do" list. I keep thinking it could be a fun RC project or BigTrak conversion.

Sent from my Etch A Sketch.

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

That looks pretty good! I think someone at Starship Modeler was doing a 1/35 kit. Either way I would display it bouncing end over end down an impossibly steep hill to be realistic to the game.

 

[Wes R]

And it's a scale you can pose some figures next to it (not the 6" mass effect ones but smaller ones).

 

[NormanF]

That looks pretty good! I think someone at Starship Modeler was doing a 1/35 kit. Either way I would display it bouncing end over end down an impossibly steep hill to be realistic to the game.

I see someone was watching me drive. I almost always went in a straight line between markers.

 

[Gattaca]

So I've gotten back to this project. Built up the details on the top of the hull, as well as re-designing the suspension and 3D printed them. Not a lot of reference for the suspension that I could find and the paper-craft version seemed kind of wimpy. I also built the cockpit interior today.

 

[cosmic_x]

looks great!

 

[Gattaca]

Spent the last couple weeks adding paint and doing final assembly. Soon I'll begin weathering.

 

[HaVoC373]

That looks great! Personally i prefer the Hammerhead but the mako will always have a soft spot for me are you going to add any electronics to it? lights or perhaps even RC functionality?

 

[Gattaca]

... are you going to add any electronics to it? lights or perhaps even RC functionality?

No, it's just gonna be a static model

 

[Gattaca]

Just a few pics of the finished model.

 

[HaVoC373]

Nice work! love the detail and the paintwork very accurate to the game!

 

[PoopaPapaPalps]

Absolutely lovely! Make all the jokes you want but the first game is the best partly in due of this gravity-defying, bad beast!