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| ABC Robot from film Judge Dread; 1/9th scale - Vinyl kit from Thailand | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 21 2013, 01:28 PM (1,832 Views) | |
| AndyT | Jul 21 2013, 01:28 PM Post #1 |
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Hi everyone Got this kit for my birthday last week and have done a few bits to it I thought I would share. [Edit added this extra photo in to show what the finished model will be like] ![]() Like most vinyl kits from Thailand they come in a plastic bag with no instructions and allot of extra flash from the moulding process. This will be my 5th kit of this type ~ I quite enjoy them as they are quite challenging Its a bit like a flexible jig-saw puzzle as the vinyl has to be heated and cooled to re-position parts. So here are the parts where I have trimmed off all the excess vinyl ![]() And the scrap ...... Edited by AndyT, Jul 22 2013, 07:30 PM.
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| AndyT | Jul 21 2013, 01:46 PM Post #2 |
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Once the excess was removed I washed the parts and dried them off before I was able to start gluing them together with super glue.![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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| Harriet | Jul 21 2013, 01:57 PM Post #3 |
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Hasn't he got huge feet Some of the offcuts going into the spares box by any chance? There are some interesting shapes ... |
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| AndyT | Jul 21 2013, 02:08 PM Post #4 |
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The ABC Robot is armed with a triple barrel machine gun that is fitted on the back of the right hand so as to be above the fist when clenched. I decided that fibre optics could provide the flashes - so gun barrels were removed and drilled out to accept 1mm fibre optic rod and the hand was then assembled round the rods. The end of the arm was drilled and the rods drawn through to pass up the arm like veins and then into the body cavity ![]() ![]() ![]()
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| AndyT | Jul 21 2013, 02:25 PM Post #5 |
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What do they say about guys with big feet Harriet .......? Yes I think there will be some bits going in the box.....!!! Snigger
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| AndyT | Jul 21 2013, 02:43 PM Post #6 |
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The rods then pass through the torso emerging just behind the armoured cod piece so they can travel down the left leg (Harriet notice how I took the photo just so you could see the size of the feet) ![]()
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| AndyT | Jul 21 2013, 03:02 PM Post #7 |
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Next stage was to get the rods down through the feet and through the tracked souls of the shoes. As with most figure models, weight distribution is critical - this one is no different and I will have to give him some lead boots. However the rods still need to pass through so the first thing was to add a conduit through to the bottom. With this in place I could add the spirals of lead ballast into each shoe. And then add a sloppy mix of plaster of paris to hold it all together and leave to set. A pen was placed below the base to keep the plaster fluid level ![]() ![]()
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| AndyT | Jul 21 2013, 04:30 PM Post #8 |
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Plaster of paris now dry and weight of both is 12.25 oz (that should stop it toppling with a bit of luck) ![]() On to spraying the small bits .... I do this on a splatter guard - get them from my local Proper Job £1 a time brilliant and when it gets a bit clogged up bit of paint stripper or fairy power spray dos the biz ![]() That's my old cooker hood - turned upside down - mounted in the bench and I use J-cloths as filters |
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| AndyT | Jul 22 2013, 07:17 PM Post #9 |
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With the rest of the priming done I drilled out a route to get the fibre rods to the eyes At 2mm these were more rigid and far more brittle so it took some time. ![]() ![]() to get as much light through I polished the ends of the rods before gluing in place
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| Mentalguru | Jul 22 2013, 08:21 PM Post #10 |
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Please switch the eyes off- it reminds me of my ex! |
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| Harriet | Jul 22 2013, 09:41 PM Post #11 |
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Excellent one Andy! Worth the hassle of getting the rod through ... unless you're Mr Mental, that is .You going to 'rust him up'? |
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| spitfire1677 | Jul 23 2013, 05:45 AM Post #12 |
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Very nice the eyes are superb
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| AndyT | Jul 23 2013, 06:18 PM Post #13 |
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Thanks Chris ~ yes very rusty H
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| Mike R | Jul 24 2013, 06:08 AM Post #14 |
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Supremely impressive work!! One of the absolute coolest movie robots ever!! |
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| General Melchett | Jul 24 2013, 07:00 PM Post #15 |
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Come on Darling........we're leaving !!
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Nice choice Andy, I did one of these a few years back....cool robot, it was a far east repop that someone gave me for nowt, (it was either that or he was to bin it !!), that needed a lot of heat to sort out the shapes. it'll look even better with lighting,![]() ![]() |
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| AndyT | Jul 24 2013, 08:02 PM Post #16 |
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General, he must have been one of your better troops. Must have been for his turnout in the field don't you know. I see you put him on a pedestal ready for some medals.
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| foxy | Jul 25 2013, 08:09 PM Post #17 |
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Great build Andy. These models are very popular with some of our younger members. But that looks very complicated, 'nice'. Cheers foxy
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| General Melchett | Jul 26 2013, 04:21 PM Post #18 |
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Come on Darling........we're leaving !!
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Ah ha quite right...it was all that roller skating he does, poor love, still back in time for tea and medals and a nice warm cup of sump oil.... ! |
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| Jonathan Mock | Jul 26 2013, 09:20 PM Post #19 |
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ABC robot? ABC *Warrior*! C'mon, know your 2000AD please! :-P |
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| AndyT | Jul 27 2013, 06:57 PM Post #20 |
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Hi did some more on the electronics side today. I am using a Picaxe -08M2 board using two outputs to drive two LED's The first LED is driven via a pulse width modulated output This allows the LED to slowly ramp up in brilliance and is for the ABC' eyes The second output controls the cannon flash. Its intended to look although ABC is getting really wild and just at the last moment his eyes flash to full brilliance and he lets loose with the triple cannon mounted to the back of his right fist. Once the sequence ends it resets and waits for a period before starting all over again. The coding is reasonably simple ![]() I videoed the LED's from the rear as they are way too bright for the camera |
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