iowadude41
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Hey everyone,
Sorry I haven't posted in awhile, but if you live in the United States, specifically in Iowa, then you'll understand why. We have been having Arctic weather here for the last few weeks. Actual temps below zero, and wind chills near -30 or colder. That being said, I haven't been able to do much on my build, but I have done a little which I'll discuss here. I'm still working on my chest cavity, and have decided to add some hydraulics to the pistons once I get that far. In the meantime, I've taken a few new pics to give you an idea of my progress thus far. I'm going to also attach a pic of what I'm trying to achieve on the back. You can see in that pic that there are some 3D angled pieces going up both sides to the neck. On mine so far, you'll see at the top 2 small white pvc pieces that are for reference right now. This is proving to be a challenge, but I do love a good challenge. Now onto the good stuff. You can now see that I've actually glued into place the side pistons that attach to the pelvis. These were actually made out of 3" shatter proof pvc christmas ornaments. I glued the pistons to them, and re-enforced them with gorilla glue. The tricky part was how to keep them from falling out of the chest cavity. I was able to find a pvc pipe that the orbs fit into, and I created a small pvc ring that goes around the top as you can hopefully see if the pics, and then another with a curved inner side so the orb can rotate around. I glued that one on the under side, and with these rings in place, the entire piston can do a 360 degree rotation. I've also attached the 2 side pieces that go down around the spine. Still a work in progress as there are some parts I need to make to attach to them. I'm also working on a part that nobody has done yet. It's a hydraulic motor, and pump. I'm going to have the hoses attach to it as if it is a real system. My thinking is, if you're going to have hoses going to the pistons, and everywhere, you need a hydraulic motor and pump to give it realism. Once I get all this done, I'll paint it like I did to the rest of my T-800, and take some pics to share of the finished product, both off the body, and attached. So here are some new pics for you to view and leave comments. Hope you like what you see...
Sorry I haven't posted in awhile, but if you live in the United States, specifically in Iowa, then you'll understand why. We have been having Arctic weather here for the last few weeks. Actual temps below zero, and wind chills near -30 or colder. That being said, I haven't been able to do much on my build, but I have done a little which I'll discuss here. I'm still working on my chest cavity, and have decided to add some hydraulics to the pistons once I get that far. In the meantime, I've taken a few new pics to give you an idea of my progress thus far. I'm going to also attach a pic of what I'm trying to achieve on the back. You can see in that pic that there are some 3D angled pieces going up both sides to the neck. On mine so far, you'll see at the top 2 small white pvc pieces that are for reference right now. This is proving to be a challenge, but I do love a good challenge. Now onto the good stuff. You can now see that I've actually glued into place the side pistons that attach to the pelvis. These were actually made out of 3" shatter proof pvc christmas ornaments. I glued the pistons to them, and re-enforced them with gorilla glue. The tricky part was how to keep them from falling out of the chest cavity. I was able to find a pvc pipe that the orbs fit into, and I created a small pvc ring that goes around the top as you can hopefully see if the pics, and then another with a curved inner side so the orb can rotate around. I glued that one on the under side, and with these rings in place, the entire piston can do a 360 degree rotation. I've also attached the 2 side pieces that go down around the spine. Still a work in progress as there are some parts I need to make to attach to them. I'm also working on a part that nobody has done yet. It's a hydraulic motor, and pump. I'm going to have the hoses attach to it as if it is a real system. My thinking is, if you're going to have hoses going to the pistons, and everywhere, you need a hydraulic motor and pump to give it realism. Once I get all this done, I'll paint it like I did to the rest of my T-800, and take some pics to share of the finished product, both off the body, and attached. So here are some new pics for you to view and leave comments. Hope you like what you see...
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