Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Completed GBs => Group and Themed Builds => "Automatons on Parade" Uninhabited/autonomous vehicles GB => Topic started by: Dr. YoKai on January 20, 2023, 05:52:02 AM
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I learned just this morning that the German for 'Greyhound' is 'Windhund'. Thus when I decided to make an autonomous walking drone for fast
reconnaissance, based in the Maschinen Krieger (MaK) universe, I looked at something like a cross between Kow Yokoyama's "Grosserhund" and Boston Dynamics "Big Dog". This will be a quadruped, and owes its origin to a very cheap, but wodefully simple and styrene Christmas ornament from the local Dollar General*
The inspiration-
(https://www.hlj.com/productthumbs/hsg/hsgmk-05_1485108180.jpg?v=1485108180) (Nicked from the Hobby Link Japan page)
and the original form-
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and stage one, disassembly-
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Interesting. Very interesting.
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Sounds like fun! Carry on.
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That Christmas ornament looks like a convenient packaging of 80%+ useful styrene shapes!
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This is interesting :smiley:
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So, inspired by the MaK Big Dog & the other Big Dog, you're going to be making a Grey Dog? ???
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So, inspired by the MaK Big Dog & the other Big Dog, you're going to be making a Grey Dog? ???
Exactly. I figured google would give me something like 'Grauhund' but Windhund works for me. I did a little digging around for detail bits yesterday-I think I've got some promising bits... :D Be a day or two before I get back to it-I am going to try getting the bench assembled today so I can move the rest of the tools into the shop.
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Interesting. Very interesting.
X2 :D
Mog
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Main body construction is done. The head came from two bridge bits from a 1/700 New Jersey, (Trumpeter, I think. Like a lot of my 'boutght it for bits' kits, it was remaindered at Hobby Lobby.), and a thigh from a 1/144 Tallgeese (Gundam mobile suit. You can see most of the rest of the kit in the Inspiration folder-the grey flattop robot) The hip joints are roadwheels from an Testors/Italeri Stug IV, with the last of my 90's Kotobukiya ball joints to flex the knees. I didn't reckon with the cool slowing down the hardening of my Aves putty as much as it has. I mixed it up 24 hours prior, and it was still more cold butter than soft styrene. Does the stuff have a shelf life?
Anyway, much PSR and detailing to come. And I need to find my airbrush and compressor.
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I've had Aves putty around for years and it still works for me.
I don't quite see what direction this is going just yet but I'm sure the clue light will come on shortly.
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Yes, I think because of the low temps I'm using it at, the cure time is protracted. It seems to have set up ok. I've added the legs, and am considering adding a tail, which will double as a radar antennae. Hopefully, it will warm up enough to primer in a couple of days. Have to try and find my red spot putty in the meantime.
Progress today, in spite of the weather.
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So cool !
Mog
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Indeed ... and even creepier than the Boston Dynamics dog :smiley: :smiley:
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So good :smiley: :smiley:
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Reminds me of a Bombardier beetle in that last pose.
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Reminds me of a Bombardier beetle in that last pose.
No Chemical weapons capacity, I swear, Inspector! (The 'exhaust cone' is actually the hat from a Jack in the Box 'Jack' Pez dispenser. Not likely to get much work done for a couple of days. The temps have taken a plunge, and the workshop is bit too cool. Need to re-work the knee joints-got in too much of a hurry...
Thanks for looking in and commenting, colleagues-always appreciated.
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It stands on it own! major construction is complete, next is a bit more Aves to fair in some contours, scribing access hatches and some other undetermined surface detail. The 'fenders' are just resting in place, and after looking at them for a day, I think I'll leave them off.
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A very old (90's, sometime) Drone, cobbled together from bits of a Star Wars AT-ATs armor, a pair of underwing radiators from a Frog ME 410, and missile pylons from...something. I may spruce it up a bit to serve 'Schmetterling' to my 'Hund'.
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Anyway, modelling happiness abounds=see you next post.
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That brings it together, Doc! :smiley: :smiley: 8)
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Able to dig holes and bury bones ?
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I wasn't too sure when you mentioned the idea of a 'tail' antenna but that really works! I rather like your 'fenders' too.
Those 'ear' antennae, however, are the absolute dog's round parts :smiley: Half greyhound ears, half dragon's horns! Love it :-*
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I had a windhund. When he let one rip, the wallpaper peeled.
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I had a windhund. When he let one rip, the wallpaper peeled.
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;) ;D
My Stepdaughter rescues and fosters, most recently an injured pitbull named Remmy. Believe me, I know about scorched nostrils...
apophenia-
I am going to leave the fenders/shields off, at least on this version, but the 'ears' were one of those bursts of sprue synchronicity. I was
looking at the upper works from a Trumpeter 1/700 New Jersey, mainly for 'this looks odd' when I spotted the prop shafts. the forward part of
the 'snout' is some upper works tower, and the tiny bits on the side are from the same sprue. Glad you like the tail/sail=probably the easiest
part of the build so far.
finsrin-
It could dig holes- its main function is scouting, which includes detecting landmines.
Thanks for the good words, Colleagues!
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It's looking good! The head reminded me of an animal from the "After Man" (or similar) series of books.
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Reminds me of the 'Invid Hellcat' from the 'Robotech' anime . . .
http://mechajournal.com/2016/10/invid-hellcat-unmanned-reconnaissancestrike-drone-gallery/ (http://mechajournal.com/2016/10/invid-hellcat-unmanned-reconnaissancestrike-drone-gallery/)
cheers,
Robin.
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Really nicely done Doc.
:smiley:
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Getting to the painting stage-I added some 'claws' and a mine detection rig to the legs. The smoke/chaff launcher in the background will get attached in the final stages.
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and I figured out an appropriate paint scheme. ;)
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Looking good Doc! And now a thylacine paint scheme too? :-* :-*
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Ooh, Beat me to it! ::) ;)
Thylacine camo should look great! 8)
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Well, not too bad-the proportions are a little different.
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I also added a 'Control officer' figure, modified from an old Tamiya Pkzw II figure.
Needs some refinement, but it'll get there.
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Last steps are decals and weathering.
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That looks great! The control figure looks straight out of a Mobeius c
omic book bande dessinée.
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Well, not too bad-the proportions are a little different.
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I also added a 'Control officer' figure, modified from an old Tamiya Pkzw II figure.
Needs some refinement, but it'll get there.
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Last steps are decals and weathering.
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Cool! Robo Chupacabra!
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Excessive creativity of combining unrelated parts into unrelated final build. :smiley:
Getting flashes of short legged Dachshund version.
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Excessive creativity of combining unrelated parts into unrelated final build...
Absolutely! This just gets better and better :smiley:
...Getting flashes of short legged Dachshund version.
Umm, you meant to say "steathily low-profile Dachshund", right? Words like 'short', 'kurz', 'wee', etc. are never to be voiced around Dackels! They are very sensitive about any stature-related terms ... ;)
(For our American friends a reminder: National Dachshund Day is 21 June ... chosen because it is the loooongest day of the year :D )
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Doc Yo Weirdness at its best.
Love this :smiley:
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Thanks for the kind words, colleagues! Being compared to anything from the pen of Jean Giraud is high praise indeed.
Funny thing-when I first started this build, I was going to repurpose the original legs from the donor figures as the legs, getting as far
as installing ball joints. When I compared the length of the 'body' to the legs, it did look more like a dachshund... ;D
I've turned the heater on in the workshop, and should be adding the decals here in a bit.
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And done. More pictures and the completion post first thing tomorrow.
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Nice !
Why do those SF3D - (Machinenkreiger for the new guys) - things always looks best in that shade of brown (Humbrol 84)? :D
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Maybe Tamiya flat earth?
Oops, that could start a conspiracy theory…..
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Well, it used to be either Australian Desert tan, or some variety of Panzer-ish Grey, but I have seen a bit more variety in the color pallette in recent years. These are from the recent Old Dominion Open show in Richmond Virginia.
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Flat Earth? Pshaw. Enlightened minds have know the Earth to be banana shaped for decades... ;)
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Ooh! The Eye of Sauron! :D ;)