Author Topic: Tricyclone (Read 9244 times)

andonio64 · « **on:** July 15, 2017, 09:04:27 PM »

Hallo,
I was looking at the "inspiration" thread of this GB and I had an idea: I am taking some medicine in small plastic tubes...
and some of the pictures of that thread reminded me of thhose tubes and I conceived the Tricyclone.

Here are my initial steps:

here is my raw material

I inserted in the back side the axles for the two back wheels and shaped the ... ehr ... how do you call it? The part that once twisted opens the tube to let the medicine slip into your mouth...

Then I cut three circles in 1 mm thick plasticard and used three o-rings from my scratch box

And this is the Tricyclone seen froma different angle.

Now I need to build some sort of cockpit and then fix the front wheel and some extra detalis...

I hope you'll like it!

Antonio

$:-\$

AXOR · « **Reply #1 on:** July 15, 2017, 09:24:01 PM »

Nice approach :) I like it !

Brian da Basher · « **Reply #2 on:** July 16, 2017, 01:48:53 AM »

That's really neat, Antonio and quite an imaginative use of found objects!

Love it!

Brian da Basher

andonio64 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 16, 2017, 03:47:42 AM »

Thans Brian, Alex!

jcf · « **Reply #4 on:** July 16, 2017, 06:23:15 AM »

Noice. :)

ysi_maniac · « **Reply #5 on:** July 16, 2017, 03:23:11 PM »

Quote from: Brian da Basher on July 16, 2017, 01:48:53 AM

That's really neat, Antonio and quite an imaginative use of found objects!

Absolutely agreed!!!

andonio64 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 16, 2017, 08:17:50 PM »

Quote from: ysi_maniac on July 16, 2017, 03:23:11 PM

Quote from: Brian da Basher on July 16, 2017, 01:48:53 AM
That's really neat, Antonio and quite an imaginative use of found objects!

Absolutely agreed!!!

Muchas Gracias!

Dr. YoKai · « **Reply #7 on:** July 17, 2017, 08:47:19 PM »

That's ingenious. Not only for the rearrangement of the shapes, but for the use of a plastic that can be really tricky to work with!

andonio64 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 18, 2017, 04:12:43 PM »

Thanks Dr. YoKai,
you're totally right, that plastic is very difficult to work on, no glue appears to work with it but the CA "gel", the liquid one does not work...

Moreover I have sprayed it with white primer and then put some masking tape on to paint some colour belts and the primer came off in one zone, so I had to touch up by brush...

In any case it is nearly finished, I guess by the incoming weekend it will be done.

Thanks everybody for the appreciation!

Antonio

andonio64 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 19, 2017, 03:18:37 PM »

Hallo fellows forumites!
this is the current state of the powerful muscle-tube called Tricyclone:

Painted, applied some decals and prepared the final details...

starboard view. The "nose" is a gunner turret from some 1/72 bomber kit, it had a unique vertical vent in the middle that was slightly enlarged with a small file to let the front mudguard / wheel cowling in it.

port view. The cockpit can be seen from this view (oops I forgot to shoot a top view!), it is made cutting the fuselage and inserting the bottom of another tube that was painted Flat Aluminum.
I cut that bottom tube chunk in a way that lets a sort of windshield out of the fuselage.

Front view

bottom view. You can see from here the effect of the insertion of the cockpit in the fuselage: two small "cheeks" appeared...

Final details:

The wheels. The small one is flat aluminum, although it may seem white.
The inner side of the big wheels is flat aluminum as well.

Seat, exhaust tubes to be glued behind the cockpit under the fin and "steering wheel".

Now I need to put some seat belts on the seat and glue those details at their place and the Tricyclone will be ready!

Thanks for watching!

Antonio

EDIT

Oops I had made the top view, here it is:

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #10 on:** July 20, 2017, 03:30:29 AM »

Coming along nicely

Brian da Basher · « **Reply #11 on:** July 20, 2017, 06:17:02 AM »

Quote from: GTX_Admin on July 20, 2017, 03:30:29 AM

Coming along nicely

Yes indeed! Love that bright checkerboarding!

Brian da Basher

andonio64 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 20, 2017, 03:58:40 PM »

Thanks guys...

I'll finish it this evening and post the final photos!

AnDonio

CiTrus90 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 20, 2017, 07:29:34 PM »

This is as tiny as it is beautiful! Great work :)

andonio64 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 20, 2017, 07:48:37 PM »

Thank you CiTrus90!

Old Wombat · « **Reply #15 on:** July 20, 2017, 10:47:59 PM »

Coming together! :)

andonio64 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 21, 2017, 03:57:03 PM »

Thanks OW... indeed it came together, and I finally call it finished.

Here are the photos.

Thanks for watching, it was really fun to imagine and build it!

AnDonio

Old Wombat · « **Reply #17 on:** July 22, 2017, 12:20:39 AM »

One wild tiny little beast! :)

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #18 on:** July 22, 2017, 05:42:15 AM »

Tophe · « **Reply #19 on:** July 22, 2017, 06:10:07 PM »

Brian da Basher · « **Reply #20 on:** July 22, 2017, 08:39:02 PM »

What a lovely little masterpiece, Antonio!

It must've taken the patience of a saint to get all those yellow squares on.

Outstanding!

Brian da Basher

andonio64 · « **Reply #21 on:** July 22, 2017, 08:46:16 PM »

Thanks everybody...
I am glad you liked it!

@Brian: the squares were a pattern decal, all the squares joined together, I only had to use the scissors to isolate pieces of checkerboard I wanted to stick on the Tricyclone.

The Saints come marchin' in on other builds indeed !!!

CiTrus90 · « **Reply #22 on:** July 22, 2017, 11:54:16 PM »

Niiiice! :)

Buzzbomb · « **Reply #23 on:** July 23, 2017, 08:24:16 AM »

Nifty,

andonio64 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 23, 2017, 04:52:21 PM »

Thank you guys!!!

BEERS TO EVERYBODY!


Swords to Plowshares GB Now Open!!

News:

Author Topic: Tricyclone (Read 9244 times)