The Flesh Fair

Flesh Fair, screenshot from AI

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See my earlier mention of the Flesh Fair.

Another Go at a Multipaned Windows

The plan is to scribe the desired dimensions on the glazing material, leaving enough material around the edges to adhere to the inside of the building and use prepainted strips to create window panes by glueing them carfully to the scribe marks. Thanks for suggestions, my friends

My Collection of Pinterest Robots

Screenshot from AI a film directed by Steven Spielberg. This one was one of the more odd robots featured in AI. He was propelled by four spider-like legs.

This one like others were shot from a cannon, while others were dowsed with acid as the Flesh Fair crowd watched and cheered as they melted away.

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My Pinterest Collection of Robots

Creating A Miniature Knapsack

THe knapsack was one of the accessories that was included with the Robot kit I recently assembled. I thought this casting is bit too small for my taste so I decided to try to build one from scratch.

I will continue to carve the chunk of polystyrene until I am satisfied with its contours, tool out I bit of the underside so it fits snuggly on the receptor on the back of the Robot, and add a couple of flaps and straps to the knapsack.

I figureed if the robot is out on patrol with the rest, why not have him carry some of the gear for the rest of the company.

The completed knapsack with a few materials lashed to the sides for an upcoming expedition.

Some of the Lovely Things you can Create from Plastic

See some of the many things you can do with plastic.Polystyrene is versatile, is easy to work with, and is an economical medium.

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Beginners Guild to Working with Polystyrene.

Miniature Robot Kit

Ladomér the Robot stands approximately 40mm tall. I found him at BiteSizedBattles on Etsy.

I used my Artistic license when building my copy of Ladomér, which is still in process. I am am putting finishing touches on a scratch built rutsack I have fashioned and of course the specimen will need some paint.

The way I interpeted the build was, the back side allowed the placement for one of the included accessories.

Perhaps the author was being nice for in addition to the accessories, like a small rutsack, a jetpack, a arm with a space gun, and treaded wheels there were extra arms and legs. These parts will go in my kit-bash box and are much appreciated. They will come in handy for future projects.

The Robot Follies In Three Acts

A set of robot renderings from Bings Image Creator powered by DALL·E 3. I have labeled these as the Robot Follies.

Act 1:The mechanical troop is just getting warmed up.

Act 2: The Robotic Weismann Girls

Act 3: You wanted to talk about diversity?

My Second Attempt at Creating a Multi-paned Window

My first attempt went down in flames. With only about 1mm tolarence my window fell apart once I started to cut the interior portion of the window from the cardstock.

This is my second attempt at a multi-pane window and I am not all that satisfied with the results. Creating windows in HO scale is a tedious process.

Most of the card will be used to adhere the window to the structure and only 1 - 1.5 mm of the remaining window casing will be viewable from the outside. Due to their quality I will pass them on as windows in disrepair and try again.

Another Set of HO Scale Miniatures

The Gang of Six. I am in process of painting these little jewels. I am having another go at them. These are from Rusty Rails miniaturers. If the truth be known I have been working on these six figures for years; always off to something new.

Scratch Build a Small Passenger Station from Matboard and Embossed Card

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As I have built a few small HO scale buildings of my own I can attest just how easy the whole process is. The author here uses matboard, embossed card, and a few plastic castings for the windows and door to create this lovely little passenger station, proving once a gain, just how easy the process can be.

“Mobilis in Mobile” - Voyage to the Deep

Voyage to the Deep is a new exhibit at the Reading Public Museum by Flying Fish Exhibits. The Voyage to the Deep exhibit is a take on Jules Vern's Twenty Thousand Legues Under the Sea and the Nautilus submarine.

“With its untold depths, couldn't the sea keep alive such huge specimens of life from another age, this sea that never changes while the land masses undergo almost continuous alteration? Couldn't the heart of the ocean hide the last–remaining varieties of these titanic species, for whom years are centuries and centuries millennia?”

Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Another Steam Locomotive Rolls Through Town

She sure is a beautiful. This steam engine is heading south to collect its passengers for their excursion north.

Raw and Found Materials

I don't know how I missed this post and so it is a little out of sequence. The materials illustrated here are those used in the creation of subassemblies for the cleaner bot.

The material on the left is a small slab of polystyrene out of which the solvent sprayer was carved and the black object on the right was used in part for rails in which the scruber assembly will be attached.

Adam Savage Makes an Old Book From Scratch

Adam Savage is at it again. In this episoid Adam gets into bookbinding and creates an old book.

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More Book Binding Resources

Science Fiction Super Six-pack

M 33 Andromeda is the title of one of the stories within this volume and also the title of this book, by A. E. Van Vogt. As you will notice most of these stories were written sometime ago, making Van Vogt one the was one of the "most popular and influential practitioners of science fiction during the mid-twentieth century". This collection of Van Vogt short stories was copyrighted in April 1971 and published by Paperback Library, New York.

Siege of the Unseen

“For Slade, that shocking third eye was his entry into a strange dimension of terror and adventure that would wrap itself around him forever!”

Siege of the Unseen was originally published as The Chronicler in Astounding Science Fiction, © 1946.

Discord in Scarlet

“It was utterly unkillable, frightfully armed and armored – and ready to rule a new universe as it had ruled the old!”

Discord in Scarlet was originally published in Astounding Science Fiction, © 1939.

M 33 Andromeda

“From a tiny puff on invisible mist it had grown to fill a galaxy...and the death of others was its life.”

M 33 Andromeda was originally published in Astounding Science Fiction, © 1943.

The Expendables

“To the fifth-generation colonists aboard the Hope of Man, the alien invader was less dangerous than their private power struggles.”

The Expendables was originally published in If Magazine, © 1963.

Heir Unapparent

“For 50 years Arthur Clagg had been emperor of earth. Now he had a revelation on his hands. A four-day poison in his veins – and a successor who might be the poisoner!”

Heir Unapparent was originally published in Astounding Science Fiction, © 1945.

The Weapon Shop

“From the moment the shop appeared. It had been Fara Clark’s enemy… Until is sold him the gun that he needed to kill himself.”

The Weapon Shop was originally published in Astounding Science Fiction, © 1943.