This blog is mainly a place where I can record my current interests. It is also a place where I can showcase my current projects, obtain inspiration, keep track of suppliers, and the many other little things that make-up who I am and what I am presently about.
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Friday, February 23, 2024
The Start of Another Robot Vermin, #3 ; Materials
Materials for my next robot vermin unit. Most of the materials come from my plastic bits collections. The materials sit on top os a very thin sheet to styrene sheet, this will be used as material for shims.
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Reflections of Club Embrujo
"The darkeness of the corridor spilled out into a hugh cement chamber that reaked of alcohol and body order. The scene was surreal- a deep mountain gratto in which hundreds of bodies moved as one. They surged up and down, hands pressed firmly to their sides, heads bobbing like lifeless bulbs on top of rigid spines. Crazed souls took to running and diving off a stage and landed on a sea of human limbs. Bodies were passed back and forth like human beach balls. Over head the pulsating strobes gave the whole scene the look of an old silent movie."
Digital Fortress, Dan Brown
Monday, February 19, 2024
Robot Vermin #2, Complete
All that is needed is some paint.
I used material from a sprue like this for the robots appendages.
Stanley stands tall next to the little robot. That is American quarter between the two of thmm.
RV#3
RV#1
Saturday, February 17, 2024
Change of Plans
I was planning on adding a propulsion system unit to this drone, but have changed my mind. Instead, I am going to add a set of mechanical appendages. The propulsion system unit will be completed saved for a future project.
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Was this the Start of the Field of Robotics?
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
It Caught my Eye - I am Inspired
From a recent browse on Pinterest, this structure cuaght my eye. Apparently this structure resides somewhere in an urban environment. With its extreme ramsackal appearence I thought it might be fun to build someday. I wonder if I would have enough material on hand?
The whimsy of Andrew McIntosh
Monday, February 12, 2024
Buildable and Greeble Bits, Collection #2
This is greeble container #2 and is comprised mostly of my homemade greeblies.
In the top far left there are some red specks that were recently created by cutting a leftover section of red tubing into small ovals. There are also some small bits of polystyrene strips. To the right are some bits I cut from plastic bread ties, and to the right of thaese are a collection repurposed HO gauge locootive detail parts that are still on the sprue.
Sunday, February 11, 2024
Scratch Building Low-relief Canadian Industrial Buildings
It looks like the structures are being built in O-Scale. Scroll down to the bottum of the page and read your way to the top of the page. Interesting reading and there are plenty of images of the buildings being completed.
Saturday, February 10, 2024
A Versatile Fix-it All Bot
As found in Run Silent
This is one of three such robots featured in "Run Silent", a science fiction film created in 1972. These robots were generally used for repair work, inside and outside of the spaceship, but could be repurposed for work in the surgery or in the horticulture pod.
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Robot Vermin # 2 Under Construction
I never get as much done as I had hoped, but at least, I did make some progress.
I am working on the propulsion system unit.
If I can stop adding bits of greegle I might have completed the unit by now.
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Saturday, February 3, 2024
Friday, February 2, 2024
Robot Vermin #2
I have started my second robot vermin unit and is being built from a drawing. That being said, the unit has already undergone a few unconscious changes during construction.