Probe Droid ID archive

Figured this may be a nice way to consolidate all the donor part information for Probe Droid builders. I took pics of everything that I have collected and bagged. I am sure I am missing a few parts and some may now be wrong (like the LEDs?)... but this is a great start to archive this info!

Going from top to bottom:


The cap on top of the head.
1. Plastruct VHE-250
2. Tamiya 1/35 Quad Gun Tractor & 25 Pounder
3. Tamiya 1/35 SU-122
4. Plastruct LF-416
5. Tamiya 1/35 Quad Gun Tractor & 25 Pounder


These parts are used to make the eyes, the housings around them, etc.
They are all from an old tooling Airfix 1/144 Saturn V. You need quite a few unless you want to cast parts in resin.


The head greeblies (I neglected to UL so the numbers are off sequence on this one)
106. Tamiya 1/35 M3 Grant
107. Plastruct (need to measure/look up the code)
108. Plastruct (need to measure/look up the code)
Part below #108 from the Hasegawa 1/72 Morser Karl/Thor
109. Tamiya 1/35 Matilda
110. Tamiya 1/35 Marder 1A2
111. Tamiya 1/35 M3 Grant
112. Tamiya 1/35 Matilda
113. Tamiya 1/35 Matilda
114. Tamiya 1/35 Quad Gun Tractor & 25 Pounder


These are the parts that make up the multi-eyes on the head (glued to the smaller Saturn domes)
Plastruct LF-412 (Need to double check when I get home)
Plastruct dome (need to look up code when I get home)


These are on the top of the body. There are some 3D printed parts from bits we didn't ID... like the gun, it's mount, and the ring it sits in.
6. Tamiya 1/35 KV-II
7. Tamiya 1/35 M551 Sheridan
8. Tamiya 1/35 SDKFZ 222
9. Hasegawa 1/72 Morser Karl


The side of the body - those clear Plastruct bits are intended to be used as caps in conjunction with tubing for the four small capsule shapes... again, I don't know if that is correct.
10. Hasegawa 1/72 Morser Karl
11. Plastruct (need to check code when I get home)
12. Hasegawa 1/72 Morser Karl
13. Tamiya 1/35 KV-II
14. Tamiya 1/35 Quad Gun Tractor & 25 Pounder
15. Tamiya 1/35 Quad Gun Tractor & 25 Pounder
16. Plastruct LF-8
17. Tamiya 1/35 Quad Gun Tractor & 25 Pounder
18. Plastruct (need to check code when I get home)
19. Tamiya 1/35 KV-II
20. Tamiya 1/35 KV-II


These make that awesome underside assembly that sticks out a bit. Favorite part of the model.
21. Tamiya 1/35 SDKFZ 222
22. Tamiya 1/35 M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage
23. Tamiya 1/35 Churchill Crocodile
24. Tamiya 1/35 M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage
25. Esci 1/35 Sd.kfz.10/4 20mm AA Self Propelled Gun
26. Tamiya 1/35 SKDFZ 222
27. Tamiya 1/35 KV-II
28. Tamiya 1/35 M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage
29. Tamiya 1/35 M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage
30. Tamiya 1/35 SDKFZ 222


These are the rest of the underside bits.
31. Hasegawa 1/72 Morser Karl
32. Roco Flakpanzer Gepard
33. Hasegawa 1/72 Morser Karl

She's got legs, and knows how to use them.


34. Airfix 1/144 Saturn V
35. Plastruct (need to look up code when I get home)
36. Tamiya 1/700 Taiho
37. Hasegawa 1/72 Morser Karl
38. Tamiya 1/35 88mm Gun Flak 36/37
39. Tamiya 1/35 M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage
40. Tamiya 1/35 M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage
41. Tamiya 1/35 Quad Gun Tractor & 25 Pounder kit


42. Airfix 1/144 Saturn V
43. Tamiya 1/35 M5A1
44. Tamiya 1/35 M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage
45. Esci 1/35 Sd.kfz.10/4 20mm AA Self Propelled Gun
46. Plastruct LF-8
47. Plastruct LF-6
48. Tamiya 1/35 Quad Gun Tractor & 25 Pounder
49. Tamiya 1/35 Quad Gun Tractor & 25 Pounder
50. Tamiya 1/35 Quad Gun Tractor & 25 Pounder
51. Tamiya 1/35 Quad Gun Tractor & 25 Pounder
52. Hasegawa 1/72 Morser Karl


53. Airfix 1/144 Saturn V
54. Plastruct LF-8
55. Plastruct LF-6
56. Tamiya 1/35 Flak 36/37
57. Tamiya 1/35 20mm Flakvierling 38 Mit SdAh52
58. Esci Sd Kfz 10/4 20mm AA Self-Propelled Gun
59. Tamiya 1/35 Churchill Crocodile
60. Esci 1/35 Sd.kfz.10/4 20mm AA Self Propelled Gun
61. Tamiya 1/700 Hood
62. Airfix 1/600 HMS Belfast
63. Tamiya 1/35 M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage


64. Airfix 1/144 Saturn V
65. Tamiya 1/35 Churchill Crocodile
66. Plastruct LF-8
67. Tamiya 1/35 Quad Gun Tractor & 25 Pounder
68. Tamiya 1/35 Matilda
69. Tamiya 1/35 KV-II
70. Hasegawa 1/72 Morser Karl
71.Esci 1/35 Sd.kfz.10/4 20mm AA Self Propelled Gun
72. Hasegawa 1/72 Morser Karl
73. Hasegawa 1/72 Morser Karl
74. Esci 1/35 Sd.kfz.10/4 20mm AA Self Propelled Gun
75. Hasegawa 1/72 Morser Karl
76. Tamiya 1/35 Quad Gun Tractor & 25 Pounder
77. Tamiya 1/35 Quad Gun Tractor & 25 Pounder
78. Tamiya 1/35 KV-II
79. Tamiya 1/35 M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage
80. Tamiya 1/35 M3A2 Half Track
81. Esci 1/35 Sd.kfz.10/4 20mm AA Self Propelled Gun
82. Tamiya 1/35 Flak 36/37 (cut part)
83. Tamiya 1/35 M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage
(below 83 not numbered): Tamiya 1/35 M3A2 Half Track
84. Tamiya 1/35 M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage
85.
86. Hasegawa 1/72 Morser Karl
87.
88. Tamiya 1/700 Yamato
89. Tamiya 1/35 Churchill Crocodile


90. Airfix 1/144 Saturn V
91. Tamiya 1/35 M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage
92.
93. Tamiya 1/35 M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage
94. Tamiya 1/35 Quad Gun Tractor & 25 Pounder
95. Tamiya 1/35 Quad Gun Tractor & 25 Pounder
96. Tamiya 1/35 Quad Gun Tractor & 25 Pounder
97. Tamiya 1/35 Quad Gun Tractor & 25 Pounder
98. Tamiya 1/35 Quad Gun Tractor & 25 Pounder
99. Tamiya 1/35 Quad Gun Tractor & 25 Pounder
100. Tamiya 1/35 Quad Gun Tractor & 25 Pounder
101. Hasegawa 1/72 Morser Karl
102. Tamiya 1/35 Churchill Crocodile
103. Hasegawa 1/72 Morser Karl
104. Tamiya 1/35 M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage
105. Tamiya 1/35 M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage

Note - the Tamiya 1/35 M3A2 Half Track and Tamiya 1/35 M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage share many parts.

Damn, dude, this helps out tremendously!

I had to do it because I kept forgetting what went where, lol. This has been "slowly coalescing" for like five sad years.

That can be said for all of my builds. I keep saying I'm saving for retirement, lol. Military life sometimes doesn't allow me to take time to build. I was ID'ing this model but stopped. I'm sure these pics will shed some light on any parts I might be unsure of. Thanks again, Jason!

There's already a thread where guys did and gave all the IDs. And your pics are not of any help for most builders without the origin of the parts. Plus you are missing several parts.
Don't see the point of this thread. oO

I know what you mean, Joe. Three years of unrelenting house repairs and three hand surgeries really put a dent in my personal build time. And I have had to reassess which models I really want to make, which is nice. Our collections of "stuff" can quickly outpace our natural lifespans!

I plan to update the first post with IDs, but at least wanted to get the pics all consolidated in one place, instead of scattered over multiple threads and years. I might go back and label the pics with numbers, too. I remember most of the IDs so I'll get on that. It's nice to have the first post be a clear concise road map, if possible. And who knows, maybe it will encourage more people to post/build. This place has emptied out and gotten a little negative. Time to change that.

There we go - numbered where they need to be for the most part!

moffeaton said:

I plan to update the first post with IDs, but at least wanted to get the pics all consolidated in one place, instead of scattered over multiple threads and years. I might go back and label the pics with numbers, too. I remember most of the IDs so I'll get on that. It's nice to have the first post be a clear concise road map, if possible. And who knows, maybe it will encourage more people to post/build. This place has emptied out and gotten a little negative. Time to change that.

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Great ideas here thanks.

And I will start filling them in...

Jason- Just in showing what you showed, it helped me put together the last missing part for my Nice N' kit. Thanks!

Glad it helped! The other threads are filled with all sorts of deleted content, broken links, and bitter squabbling. This could be a concise fresh one-stop shop. I'll add more IDs soon - a lot are the usual suspects but a few were ones I kept forgetting to take note of and had to track BACK down again and again... finally I took the time to snip and bag.

moffeaton said:

Glad it helped! The other threads are filled with all sorts of deleted content, broken links, and bitter squabbling. This could be a concise fresh one-stop shop. I'll add more IDs soon - a lot are the usual suspects but a few were ones I kept forgetting to take note of and had to track BACK down again and again... finally I took the time to snip and bag.

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I need to do that as well. Went and bought about 30 kits, and went right into casting. Now I have to backtrack and organize loose parts off the sprues.

Lesson learned for being a little to quick on the draw.

I have a hard time retaining the IDs across all the things I have going on, so I need to keep better track now, too. It was a tremendous step in the right direction to catalog and index all my kits into a spreadsheet, so I stop buying duplicates thinking I need them! Unless of course I do.

Nice job Jason! Threads like these are great for helping people get a foot in the door of Studio Models.

This is coming from my phone, expect errors.

Without new blood, this place will die.

This project is an old old one done with hard work by many members here, with the data scattered and some times deleted/lost, and though it's redundant, I have centralized it all and made it visual. Everything laid out sure helps me when I go back to the well!

Updated a few more kits:
I have them all scribbled down - just double checking notes visually with kit scans since I did some from memory initially, so I should be done in a few days.

#27 is from a KV-II

Very cool of you Jason...!

Thanks Jason! I have been toying with building one of these for a long time, but didn't know quite where to start. This list will help a lot.

I've searched through a bunch of older threads, and there are lots of info gaps, and you have to cross reference multiple threads that sometimes contradict one another.

Here's a parts question: The head and top of the body appear to be shaped like Plastruct low-rise and very low-rise domes, but I haven't found info on diameter. 6" seems to be the largest that they make, but that doesn't seem big enough. Care to shed some light on that?

A very talented team led by Mars, here on the boards made vacformed shells for those... I will ask him to post some more about what they did!

(more IDs coming tomorrow - deep in a paint master right now)