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27th March 2013, 08:31 AM #1
First glmpse of the "Alien 4 ***"!
Started on somthing new this week. I'm still not sure if it will work ou the way I want it, so I'm keeping it a bit secret wat it's gonna be... Just took some pictures.
If enlightment is not where you are standing, where will you look?
Zen-Master Dogen
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27th March 2013, 09:07 AM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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Wow .... Nice !!!!!!
(My best guess ... a chopper)
Greg
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27th March 2013, 03:20 PM #3
My goodness me Leo,
You sure have had a very productive winter in the cold north....What a top looking design.
I think Greg has nailed it??
Keep the photos & build notes come.......well done.
Cheers, crowie
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27th March 2013, 09:57 PM #4
What a tease! I also think it is a chopper. Although not sure how the rotor is going to clear the exhaust. Either way I love the design of the cab. Leo did you just imagine the recurring theme with these trucks or did something you saw give you the idea? Bret
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28th March 2013, 01:24 AM #5
Tease...
Sorry guys, this thing is not supposed to fly...
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Zen-Master Dogen
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28th March 2013, 01:28 AM #6
The cab design comes from a hexagonal airport tower I once made. When looking at it, I thought that wit a half ring on it it looked to be round. It turned out well...
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Zen-Master Dogen
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28th March 2013, 01:44 AM #7
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28th March 2013, 12:33 PM #8
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28th March 2013, 01:29 PM #9SENIOR MEMBER
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OK .... this is a waaaayout guess ...
In the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Arthur Dent discovers that the Planet Earth is actually a Computer, programmed to provide the answer to Life, the Universe and all that.
He meets Slartibartfast on the Planet Magarathea who takes him on a tour of the Workshops in which the Planet Earth was constructured ...commissioned by mice ... (I spelt construction rong, but on 2nd torts it looks OK) ... and as they travel the vastness of the workshop void ... they do so in a small machine identical to this, and it also is attached to a long toothed 'quill' gear, exactly like the gear attached to the rear of the cabin in your model .... Slartibartfast works the levers similar to those in your cabin (this is in the TV series not the movie in 2005.)
HowDidIDO ?????
Greg
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29th March 2013, 09:38 AM #10
Some more pictures, to keep everyone on edge...
Just added a few things. I'll explain: if you make elaborate toys this size, they have to WORK! The Alien 2 crane does, and the Alien 3 truck also works. I've been working (on my pc) on this one before I started with the crane. Some mathematics were involved, and I had to search a lot of things about gears...
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29th March 2013, 10:06 AM #11SENIOR MEMBER
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Originally Posted by Leo_3344;
greg
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29th March 2013, 10:13 AM #12
Very nice work on the gear set, Leo....
You're not only a fine craftsman but a scholar to boot.
That looks like a blade on the bottom of that gear set??
Cheers, crowie
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29th March 2013, 11:04 AM #13
Its a Road Grader! Bret
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29th March 2013, 03:28 PM #14SENIOR MEMBER
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Yes ... I think you both nailed it. Why didn't I see that blade
Greg
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29th March 2013, 11:56 PM #15