HandfulOfJohn
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This was my first stab at making a model style kit from lots of research, Fusion 360, print and then to electronics. Sadly I can't give it away or sell due to the big cease & desist purge early this year. So instead hope you all enjoy my efforts 
First I grabbed a load of images from auction sites and diagrams of the top and side profiles. This made it really easy to 'cookie cut' the basic shape.
After refining it. The big task was to make it 'kit like'. Multiple parts, hollow and designed to be easily put together that can accommodate electronics allowing for all the room I could make and also hidden access panels. My aim was to hide screws or any fixings that the TV shows had. After all, I wanted it to look like it was from the 24th century... Although who's to say we're not using Philips screws still?!
Looking like the real deal. Although, I learnt just because it looks good doesn't mean it will print well or is practical to put together. I certainly learnt a lot about the kit making process rather than. Drawing from many years of kit making experience. I wanted to make this fun and easy to put together - fool proof.
Being that the case. I learnt about the cool explode function of Fusion 360 and got to see how things fit together. But lets be honest! I did it as it looked cool
The trick was not to make it look right. But it also had to be easy to make with location points and also hidden access panels.
Next was to 3D print on my Elegoo Mars Pro. As I have the small version, I had to slice the main body in two for it to fit on the plate. Adds to needless filling and sanding. But until I can afford the bigger version. "This is the way" First time I got to use such a cool quote that works with what I'm on about.
BTW there were many corrected prints after this
It's only now at 43 years old I learnt my eyesight needs a little help. I can just claim it's my 40 Year Old Virgin Cosplay outfit
So right no I'm using a Arduino NANO to make all the pew-pew lights and sound. I can wire this stuff up, but actually hired a freelancer from a pay a person site to work the difficult 10101010101010 for me. It barely fit! Yep I know a PCB board would have been smaller and ideal, but I neither had the knowledge or effort to work that out. Especially as this was a one-off.
As I said 'barely fit'. But it works! I wish that quote could be used for what I'm packing lol...(laughter turns into a facial expression of I wish and then sadness)
This was a second attempt to remake after the prototype showed some serious flaws i.e. liquid resin trapped in pockets, gaps too tight or too loose. The result is that this passion project really made me believe in my own abilities that I can produce stuff I love to a standard I think I would have bought from someone else.
All of this was recorded in a 2 part YouTube vlog on my channel. So if you want to check it out...
Part 1
Part 2
Beauty clip
First I grabbed a load of images from auction sites and diagrams of the top and side profiles. This made it really easy to 'cookie cut' the basic shape.
After refining it. The big task was to make it 'kit like'. Multiple parts, hollow and designed to be easily put together that can accommodate electronics allowing for all the room I could make and also hidden access panels. My aim was to hide screws or any fixings that the TV shows had. After all, I wanted it to look like it was from the 24th century... Although who's to say we're not using Philips screws still?!
Looking like the real deal. Although, I learnt just because it looks good doesn't mean it will print well or is practical to put together. I certainly learnt a lot about the kit making process rather than. Drawing from many years of kit making experience. I wanted to make this fun and easy to put together - fool proof.
Being that the case. I learnt about the cool explode function of Fusion 360 and got to see how things fit together. But lets be honest! I did it as it looked cool
The trick was not to make it look right. But it also had to be easy to make with location points and also hidden access panels.
Next was to 3D print on my Elegoo Mars Pro. As I have the small version, I had to slice the main body in two for it to fit on the plate. Adds to needless filling and sanding. But until I can afford the bigger version. "This is the way"
First time I got to use such a cool quote that works with what I'm on about. BTW there were many corrected prints after this
It's only now at 43 years old I learnt my eyesight needs a little help. I can just claim it's my 40 Year Old Virgin Cosplay outfit
So right no I'm using a Arduino NANO to make all the pew-pew lights and sound. I can wire this stuff up, but actually hired a freelancer from a pay a person site to work the difficult 10101010101010 for me. It barely fit! Yep I know a PCB board would have been smaller and ideal, but I neither had the knowledge or effort to work that out. Especially as this was a one-off.
As I said 'barely fit'. But it works! I wish that quote could be used for what I'm packing lol...(laughter turns into a facial expression of I wish and then sadness)
This was a second attempt to remake after the prototype showed some serious flaws i.e. liquid resin trapped in pockets, gaps too tight or too loose. The result is that this passion project really made me believe in my own abilities that I can produce stuff I love to a standard I think I would have bought from someone else.
All of this was recorded in a 2 part YouTube vlog on my channel. So if you want to check it out...
Part 1
Part 2
Beauty clip
