Dcrutchleo
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Awesome! I have quite a few of those RC cars laying around. I'm definitely going to have to give this a go soon.
MSE-6 Mouse Droid Build
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Sith Lord
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Cheers mate.
Finally some more progress. Ordered all the greebie components. Mostly from Hong Kong via eBay. Maybe AUD$350 for my cancelled Moncal order, down to about A$70 for absolutely everything. Bargain!
The bits
Started by cutting down the Boards
A lick of paint before I start sticking stuff on
Left side
And right
I did make some sacrifices with exact placement and sizes due to my 80% build, but it's pretty close.
Side pieces out of 1mm sheet styrene
Which will go about here
And that's about where I'm at
Finally some more progress. Ordered all the greebie components. Mostly from Hong Kong via eBay. Maybe AUD$350 for my cancelled Moncal order, down to about A$70 for absolutely everything. Bargain!
The bits
Started by cutting down the Boards
A lick of paint before I start sticking stuff on
Left side
And right
I did make some sacrifices with exact placement and sizes due to my 80% build, but it's pretty close.
Side pieces out of 1mm sheet styrene
Which will go about here
And that's about where I'm at
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Looking good!
Ive got a smaller build going as well. Would you be willing to send me a link to your kit?
Thanks!
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Sith Lord
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Sorry mate, what "kit"? The only kit I bought was the RC Car chassis. Everything else has been custom designed.
Sith Lord
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Ah yes, initially I ordered the Moncal kit of greeblies, but after 6 months of changing goalposts, I got my money back there, then researched and ordered the components separately.
There was a guy selling 10 sets of the IC Sockets for like $50- on Astromech.net and they went like that! Mine cost me about $8- or something ridiculous... Crazy!
Sith Lord
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Top Greeblies! Admittedly not quite 100% accurate, but quite reasonable and a lot better than some I've seen if I do say so myself 
Frames. I thought it would be easier out of styrene, rather than metal/aluminium
Main cylinders
Group of 3 little thingo tubes
Resistors underneath
And skipping a few progress shots, the finished product
And I think I'm done, will install onto shell and paint over the next few days
Frames. I thought it would be easier out of styrene, rather than metal/aluminium
Main cylinders
Group of 3 little thingo tubes
Resistors underneath
And skipping a few progress shots, the finished product
And I think I'm done, will install onto shell and paint over the next few days
Sith Lord
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Wow, that'll be interesting. I've seen a few E-11 cylinders 3D printed, so I guess it's just 3 of them plus the others 2 main types of cylinders, oh, and the bottom detail. That'll be a big detailed design - you doing the design yourself?
Tiny P. did a 3D model of them. I don't have a 3D printer, but I have access to one to get them done. Some of the parts won't successfully print, but the bulk is all there. I think a mix of both will help sell them as scratch built.
Raging Celt
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This guy looks great. I am starting my build soon. What RC did you go with?
Sith Lord
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Thanks mate - It was a TOP Racing Rebel. Pic on the first page, just pulled the aluminium axle/steering components. Any 1/10 Pan Car would do the same trick
Sith Lord
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Can't remember if I kept the details of not. Some will be on my eBay account. I'll what I've got saved around....
