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Ahhhhh, figures. I'm good at things with straight or curved lines with models, but not there on something as as freelance as figures. We had an art teacher in our club who encourage making figures for our surface boats. He would give talks and demos and handouts like you posted. His figures were 6-8 inches. He did great work.
I made half figures, with helmets so no face details for my powerboat.
I need to make 1/24 scale figures for my fishing boats, 2-3 inches tall. Need lots of different types of people. Standing and sitting. I'm avoiding it as too difficult to manually make them. Thought of 3D printing. Either way is a steep learning curve. Another craft to overcome. Well I managed learning to scribe and weather a submarine with with an airbrush. Neither one I never did before. So all I need to do is try and see what happens and learn along the way.
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Not overcome. Embrace! Like you would a woman!
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LOL. She started it all after we sat down for a late-night viewing of the movie, THEM! Totally creeped her out.
She was no push-over; once I saw her take down a gal twice her size (once we pulled them apart Ellie still had handfuls of hair). but if she saw a bug in the kitchen, she would scream like a little girl while at the same time clawing up anyone nearby to get some altitude between herself and the bug. Island girls hate bugs.
So, during a IPMS swap-meeting -- a twice-a-year event where members dust off unopened kits in the closet and bring them to the meeting to foist said kits on another guy who, in turn, will never open the kit -- I scored an 'ant' kit. To please Ellie, I assembled the ant kit and turned it into a diorama depicting one of the grisliest scenes of the move: a worker-ant performing house cleaning chores at the mouth of the colonies nest.
The picture? Ellie snuck up on me half-way through the ant's assembly, and that's when I talked her into this gag shot. She lost it when I shoved the mandibles into her neck. (Couch time for the kid, but it was worth it!).
David
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Love it. Thanks for sharing.If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub.Comment
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Wow great job thanks.
Good morning David.
I am enclosing two photos of a UC-5, is the finish one, yours?
If so, did you make a build log? Or one that I can use to help me build my UC-5?
The second one is one that I brought from Bob, and just started work on her.
Thanks for any help you can give me.
Bill
Athens Ga.
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Sorry, Bill, I've never worked up a UC-5.
I did submit the work I did on a recent (I've assembled two so far) 1/35 Bronco Type-23 to the forum. Good luck digging it out. You may have to scroll through the entire' Today's Work' thread to find it. Lot's of good assembly tips there.
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OK Thank you
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wow thank you on my way
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I like the Ant.v/r "Sub" Ed
Silent Service "Cold War" Veteran (The good years!)
NEVER underestimate the power of a Sailor who served aboard a submarine.
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OK! I guess I will chime in! There certainly is more to model building than "Submarines"
The above are all some CAD work and then 3D Printed mechanical Robots!
This is a Totally 3D printed Robot! This particular robot stands at 40" tall and is capable of full movement including walking. Not there yet, but I am working on it. It will require large robotic standard type servos along with the electronic hardware and software to operate the components as well the balancing mechanism. As soon as I can afford to purchase these components, this robot will be working for me!
Rob
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"Making a Change"
I have been building RC Submarines for approximately 4 years now. I have fabricated approximately 18 fully functional 3D Printed submarines. 90% of them from STL files that I purchased from Nautilus Drydocks.
I have posted most of my builds on this forum, and I must say that I have had some really great help on my builds from the builders on this forum. My encounter's with the people here has been exceptional and very rewarding for me, and I want to thank you all for the help!
I am moving on, and I am now moving into the world of 3D printed Humanoid Robotics. You may,or may not be interested but I have listed my current builds below.
Aster the Robot Build - RC Groups
inMoov Robot Head - RC Groups
inMoov Torso Build - RC Groups
The above listed inMoov Robot will be a full life size robot. It will also be functional in some areas. Its going to be extremely complicated, and will take 100's of hours and a lot of PLA to fabricate.
I will most likely stay with the Dive Tribe at this point. and of course be checking in with this forum to keep up with what is going on in the RC Submarine world.
Rob
"Firemen can stand the heat."
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