Model Boat Mayhem
The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Any Other Builds => Topic started by: Martin (Admin) on May 30, 2006, 05:11:14 pm
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http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=18403
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I was just browsing through the builds when I saw this topic. Where else would military ship modelers go? I saw the link and thought, "naw." So I clicked on it and there's my baby! The lower half is done except for a few details to include finishing the stabilizer actuators and the anchor well.
The top part (flight / storage deck) will be another 8" high and have all the fun details in it like elevators, cranes, main opening door and lighting. - MT
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I like the Idea of Sci-fi ship, can you post some pictures here?
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http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/283447/SID/344618/blFP/1
and many other fantacy future warships here
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Well I've finally tacked Mechtech (Phil) down..... which wasn't actually that hard but I've been snowed under with.... stuff, but I'm got time to post the pictures Phil sent me.
Phil says:
Thank you very much posting the Daedalus build photos.
Here are the “SLV-111 Daedalus” construction photos I have so far. It is scratch built, over six feet long, fully radio controlled and loaded with extra functions like working cranes, elevators and main hatch. It's been a 1.5 year build so far and will be about another 1.5 due to details and engineering. Thank you for posting these since I don't have much time to spend on-line, (family, job, and then some building time).
All of this work was originally posted at: http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=18403 (http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=18403) (Macross World); a fan site for the Macross series and sagas. They migrated servers and now the older photos are currently unavailable.
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The ship is a fictional design (but REALLY COOL). It comes from the Japanese Animated series “Super Dimensional Fortress Macross,” also known as “Robotech” by some when it was combined with two other series to make a three generation long saga. What am I building? It's a futuristic design from 1999 (back in 1983 :^)) of an amphibious assault ship that carries giant robots, or “mecha,” also appropriately named “Destroids.” It also carries VTOL capable aircraft as well. Here’s some design drawings from the Designer (Kazutaka Miyatake), mostly translated to give you an idea of the design. The model is 1:200 scale which translates to over six feet long (yes, bigger than a super carrier).
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The attached pictures of mecha are what it primarily carries as it's assault teams. In real life the mecha would average about 11 meters tall and the subdued one in the back round (two carried on board) are 22.50 meters tall.
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Construction is in four major parts for easy transport, bow, stern, bow hanger deck and stern hanger deck sections. The lower half is completed, primed and just needs paint. It took me about 1.5 years to finish the lower hull, who knows how long for the hanger decks! This post starts the lower hull construction photos.
The design is mostly flat bottomed so I started off easy. The keel with bulkheads shows the larger stern section. ALL construction here is 3mm (1/8”) styrene; heavy but durable and already waterproof waiting for paint. The gray quarter round stock is actually 2 inch ABS tube I ripped into quarters length wise. Good cement is needed to get the two to work together.
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That's not a dry-dock, that's the main hull with a 1:200 destroyer in it for comparison.
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Here are the bow section photos. The bow skeleton is also 3mm styrene. The bulkheads were doubled up to make copies and glued 90 degrees to each side of the bow spine. The bow is planked with .060” styrene strips cut with 35 degree angles on them. The cuts aren’t totally smooth, but the Revell Contacta fills the little gaps in well.
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I couldn’t find a powerful enough bow thruster so I made one with a 500 size motor for propulsion. Please not I altered the stem and bow areas a couple of times to get the shape I wanted. I even built up the bulbous area with expanding foam, sanded it and coated with P-38/Bondo body filler.
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Thank you again for posting these. There are a lot of photos (and a LOT of building). After the main hull was built came the motor pods, tower, stabilizers, and connectors to electrically connect the two hull halves.
Propulsion is by four motors (720 size – 5 poled) in pods sealed with oil and grease seals (and a tight fit). Props are 6 bladed 50mm Raboesch scimitars (great props too). The motors had to be machined down and re died to 4mm threads. The motors had full bearings installed and motor pod end caps sealed with silicone RTV. The pod assembly hangs on a threaded rod to raise or lower the pod. The original design has the pod too high to work so this was the compromise between reality and function. Put a gear on it and the whole pod steers. With the bow thruster, there is not a maneuver you can’t do.
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I got a sail winch servo for half price at the local hobby shop (it sat there for months calling my name ;) I took the potentiometer out and connected it to spur gear mounted on a block with ball bearings on it. The servo horn was replaced with a pinion gear that fir just right. I got my 180+ degree rotation, more power, and slower turn speed (closer to scale).
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q168/MBmayhem/Forum/ServoMod.jpg)
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(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q168/MBmayhem/Forum/PodGearcaseClutch.jpg)
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q168/MBmayhem/Forum/90DegreeTurn.jpg)
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Video Clips....
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q168/MBmayhem/Forum/th_SteeringBelow.jpg) (http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q168/MBmayhem/Forum/?action=view¤t=SteeringBelow.flv)
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q168/MBmayhem/Forum/th_SteeringSide.jpg) (http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q168/MBmayhem/Forum/?action=view¤t=SteeringSide.flv)
I got some more 3mm styrene and borrowed the toaster. I melted the plastic in the center and made rounded 90 degree angles; very strong and perfect to make supports for the steering tower. There is a lightweight (and slow) gear case on top to raise and lower the pod).
Everything is then connected via an umbilical cord to include to silicone fuel tubes to cool the speed controls (which really don’t need it). “Steering Below” and “Steering Side” show the whole thing working together. There is a micro switch that actually cuts off the steering servo feed if it not in the right position. That way it won’t break itself to little pieces. That’s it for now. - Phill
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Wow,
pleese dont stop
colin
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Blimey ! Thats something different and very very impressive it looks as well .
Keep up the good work MT :D
Shane
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at 1/200, that destroyer is dwarfed, should look great on the water. ingenious pod-drive assembly, though personally i'd have a standard array at the back with 4 screws exiting the transom with rudders behind. may cause less problems in the long run. turning her may prove fun, especially as she will have som much wind-borne structure, so in a cross wind she may want to go sideways more than forwards.
interesting concept. hope to see some water videos soon to see how it performs
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UPDATE 26 AUG 07
Here's some updated photos...
I took 132, 3mm white LEDs and sanded all the tips down (with a jig) Talk about boring...
Then I took acrylic stock and shaped strips with it on my table saw and cross cut the individual lights on the band saw. Using a jig I drilled out a 3mm hole for the LEDs to glue into. These will line the starboard side of the hanger decks.
Added A LOT more rod to strengthen up the deck areas and add on the second deck (giant cat walk).
With flooring added (rough fit, not glued). Both decks test fit.
Ribbed starboard side fitted and from a distance. The last picture is darker to bring out the ribs. Brighter "burned them out" in the photo.
The main entrance sheeted with styrene (note rounded corners in upper area). The flash brought out the white better.
Note in this drawing the starboard side interior. Now you know why and where the lighting and ribs are supposed to go.
That's it for now. Next step is to scribe the outer details to the starboard and port sides and THEN cut them to fit onto the frame. Talk to you all later. - MT
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Sorry, couldn't post the drawing. It's too big and if made smaller, you can't see the detail. - MT
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Now that is good.
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simply awsome work :D
Do keep us all posted won't you!!! O0 O0 O0
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Here's more updates of the starboard bow hanger/entrance side. I took 3mm styrene strips I made, ripped channels into the ends, and cut those off to make conduit for the wiring. I even had to make the wires since I couldn't find what I needed. Easy though. Just take thinner gauge bell wire and fasten ends into vice, and take other ends in Dremmel and run it slowly. All lights will be LED's for weight, longevity on battery/age and to minimize yellowing that fluorescent lights cause. - MT
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hi there ,wow what can i say apart from very very impressive please do keep us posted cant wait for the next update. Should look ace on the water , but will be intresting to see how she handels with that unique drive system. O0 O0
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More Photos....
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More Photos....
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Videos....
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(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q168/MBmayhem/Forum/th_WinchMoving.jpg) (http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q168/MBmayhem/Forum/?action=view¤t=WinchMoving.flv)
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q168/MBmayhem/Forum/th_DaedalusPropRotation.jpg) (http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q168/MBmayhem/Forum/?action=view¤t=DaedalusPropRotation.flv)
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q168/MBmayhem/Forum/th_360Spin.jpg) (http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q168/MBmayhem/Forum/?action=view¤t=360Spin.flv)
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q168/MBmayhem/Forum/th_HighSpeedPass.jpg) (http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q168/MBmayhem/Forum/?action=view¤t=HighSpeedPass.flv)
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hello . How does she Handel on the water. Can she go side ways with the use of the pod and the bow thruster. Is she very manoeuvrable . great boat . john
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hello . How does she Handel on the water. Can she go side ways with the use of the pod and the bow thruster. Is she very manoeuvrable . great boat . john
Did you not watch the videos, she turns in her own length. O0
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hello . How does she Handel on the water...
Are you trying to say the videos should be put to music? ;D
Handel's water music no doubt. {-)
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yes i did watch the video clips. What i was trying to get across was. She has a very unique drive system nothing like i have seen before . Does she dig in on turn or tilts etc etc you know. I did not want to ask a million and one questions. I was mealy asking how the builder thought how she handled . john
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This is by far the coolest model I have ever seen.
Great job!
Talk more about how you got started, and the plans?
Did you enlarge a set?
Eric
Homeport Model Ships
www.homeportmodels.com
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Amazing model, looks like a labour of love, very interested to see it finished
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hi there .Is there any more up dates of this build O0
john
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Sorry everyone for the delays. I only get a little time on-line so I neglected double posting here for the main site I'm usually on here: http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=18403 You'll have to sign up to see photos. Macross World is a great place to go if you're a sci-fi modeller. As the name implies, the main subject is the animated series "Macross."
Martin e-mailed to see how things were going so I thought I better make some time. Sorry guys!
UPDATE 6 AUG 08
The next BIG part is the self folding ramp. It is almost a foot wide and about 25" long. Carbon fiber frame skinned with styrene and actuated by three modified thin wing servos. The whole thing is very thin thanks to the servos. The whole ramp assembly extends on a machined brass screw drive driven by a 280 sized gear motor.
This selection of photos shows the ramp frame and linear drive. Left out are the failed linear drive to fold the ramp parts and other engineering "blunders" that didn't "cut the mustard" and work properly. A lot of this was trial by error, emphasis on the ERROR. Next post shows the folding mechanisms and covering. - MT
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By the way, I got so into posting I forgot to say THANK YOU for the compliments and encouragement! It helps when you're working on the same model day in and out. The good part is that every component is unique and so actually it's a different ship everyday - sometimes literally!
COS918 - She handles beautifully! Very responsive and very 2-D. Very little bank in the turns - even with all that pod hanging far below the hull bottom. It's flat bottomed so it helps. It would make a good gun platform O0 Hopefully the massive hanger deck won't affect that much - especially in a breeze!
Sputnikk - There are no plans! I took a few concept drawings not intended for plans and "improvised." That means that a lot of the engineering I had to do was complicated. The part looked good on paper until I went to engineer it! Something called "anime magic." It looks good in the drawing / cartoon until you make it a reality. For that reason the modeling part is not 100% perfect, but close enough.
I did make my own side profile plan and yes, did blow them up page by page on my printer doing a mosaic of sorts. I can't tell you how many feet of carbon fiber are in the upper hanger deck areas!!! The home grown plan allowed me to place the carbon down like standard ship / plane plans. It's easy to get out of alignment with six feet of model!
AndyGH - Yes, it's a labor of love. Four years planning and a LOT of pondering. Of yeah, and then there's that money thing too!!! I wish I was keeping track because I'm sure I passed the £500 / $1000 mark some time ago! Of course that's spread out over about three years.
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Take two N-20 micro motors, modify the shaft to accept the servo pinion gear, THEN stick that into the servo with a little shaping of the case and you get A LOT of power in a thin case. Add metal gears for extra durability!
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Next comes the styrene on frame bit. By the way, styrene goes great on the carbon fiber with super glue. As does carbon fiber to carbon fiber! Just clean up the edges to be mated and clean thoroughly with solvent to get the dust off. Carbon makes a lot of dust!!! Protective gear is a REALLY GOOD idea ::)
By the way, all wiring on the frame is printed ribbon cable "recycled" from dead equipment. ALL of the ramp components run on 3 volts so thin wire works great!
Ramp maximum thickness (at the styrene joint) 13mm. Sixth picture if it posts right. Also included is a sample of the engraving done on the sides.
The ramp is now done - MT
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And to catch you up with my posts at MW...
The main hatch! This is the business end of the ship. In the series the main hatch opens up with about 7 heavily armed destroids (robots) that let loose their salvo of weapons. And of course there's the less dramatic opening of the hatch to unfold the ramp and let your mecha depart for battle.
An old and highly modified floppy drive - screw drive actuates the main hatch (third photo in the top of the frame). Very thin, strong and light. Best of all it has a built in clutch - just in case.
The bow hatch lip shows the styrene just sitting in place for the interior deck. No glue yet since there's still a lot to be done!
The hatch is nearly complete requiring interior / exterior details. That's it for now. I'll keep you guys updated as well from now on! - MT
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I'll try to post some movies of the hatch opening. problem is they are slightly over the limit, but under 500k. Any secrets short of showering Mayhem with e-mails? - MT
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This topic shows how it can be done really easy., just a small download to do.
http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=23.0
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ER, WOW. looking forward to seing the hatch video. wonderfulll bit of heath robinson engineering. Magnificent.
colin
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Truly awesome!
regards
Gary :)
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Wow.
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Hi there . Thanks for the updates . Your level of workman ship +detail is very very good. I have been doing a loading ramp on my ferry no were near as complex as yours. I the work i had was hard put pales in to insirnifecants compaired to yours. Cant wait till the next up date.
john
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Thanks everyone for the compliments! The work looks minor, but it's a LOT of detail work.
Now we're getting closer to line art reality. The progress is slow, but there is a lot of detail and measuring. Two notes, the hatch plastic is so thin, you can see through the corners after smoothing them over. Only the super glue is there (visible as lines).
The indents on the front of the hatch on either side towards the middle aren't going to happen. The carbon frame is under there. So I'm going old school and using raised panel lines and black paint to represent them. Plus the structural integrity would be weakened.
Putting the side marks on. A piece of brass channel for spacing/alignment.
Most of the external details applied. The "deflector dish thingy" is sitting in front before gluing on. This was a piece of cut tubing and A LOT of shaping. I tried to wrap some 1/2 round plastic around a tube. It looked wrong and was too heavy, so I went this way.
Nearly complete exterior views - sorry about the lighting.
The lower lip indented to match the hatch. The fit is pretty good over all. Next comes panel lining and cleaning up some corners and scratches. - MT
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As promised, keeping the updates coming. UPDATE 30 AUG 08
The hatch and floodlights are completed. The hatch has a tiny 4mm wide plug to connect to the rest of the lights.
The entranceway details are done as well. The hard part was making the compound curves on the corners of the hanger deck area.
The port side will not be covered permanently, it will open to reveal the internal details like a display case. Not to mention the inside will be fully detailed as well like a massive "robot garage."
The starboard side gives you a good idea of how it all should look when done. Thats is for now. - MT
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UPDATE - 13 SEPT 08
The exterior of the front hanger bay is done except for the top. That will come later due to fitting, engraving and installation of interior parts and motorized cranes.
Added interior port lights, detail pieces and engraved port side siding (removes to reveal interior details).
The last photo (3/4 port) compared to included line drawings. These drawings are the most I have to go on for the external parts of the design. That's it for now. - MT
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Im really enjoying this build. How are you getting on?
Do you think it would be easy to adapt your propulsion pods design into azimuth thrusters?
G
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One word: Ooooohhhh, Ahhhh, Wow. Sorry couldn´t help myself MT! Like many before me I´m the last (now, this second!)one to humbly admire your talent, I´m afraid that many more will follow (right after!). Boo
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I'm Soooooo hooked on this, I can't wait for the next instalment :-)) :-))
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Just think of the steam plant you could put in that %%
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Just found this thread Whoooooooooooo
What a cracker will follow this with great interest.
In admiration Colin H.
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Hi there
Is there any update to this top build. Love the level of engineering you are doing
John
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Fantastic job.
Forgive me if I am trying to mention what you already know.
I see in one of the pictures, with lighting fitted, that the light is bleeding thorought the palsticard.
A fix for this, if you did not already know, it to paint the object black, before going over it with white.
We used to do this with window glass.
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My friend told me about this last night so I have spent the day dipping in and out of your posts here, and on the Macrosse forum. What a magnificent madness!
I read the title and it did not connect at first - I have one of these in something like 1/3000th scale from a Bandai kit - I believe.
Your attention to detail - and the engineering behind it - is, to use a very much over exercised word, AWESOME! I am making notes of your techniques and while I can't match some of the engineering - mechanical or electrical there is tuff I can learn from you. Thank you.
I hope one day it will be possible to see this breathtaking piece of work in all of it's glory, or at least buy the DVD.
In deepest admiration.
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First off, my apologies to everyone for me not keeping up on the posts. I've had a lot of things going on and didn't see any feedback from this post so I concentrated on the posts at the main site on Macross World (macrossworld.com) and I forgot about this post. I've got much more done since then so without further graveling...
Thank you all for the kind comments! This is a labor of love and a fun one at that! I love doing little engineering jobs like this and especially on ships. This particular design (not mine) has lots of bells and whistles on it and I'm trying to re-create as many of them on the ship as there are in the drawings.
Thank you TigerTiger, the lights you saw showing through will be painted over. My other lights have foil backing behind them, but there was no room for the side ones.
The videos are too big to post and can't be shrunk anymore so I'll ask Mayhem to post them up.
Here's build pictures in the condensed version (there's lot's from the past year). All of the internal parts of the ship will be controlled by a small wired controller. I can mess around at shows or the lakeside and not worry about impounding radios. The front half of the ship has a DB-37 connector (think old school printer cable) and so does the controller. You can see what functions they have by the labels. The unlabeled yellow buttons are for sound bites (more on that later).
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Not going off on a tangent, several deck surfaces need to be covered with simulated tie downs (those little start shaped things every so many feet on a ships flight deck). The best way I could think of was to build an X-Y table (manual crank) to evenly and quickly space them out. Since I can't buy anything that BIG, I made my own. Never be afraid to make your own tools {:-{. You crank so many turns and run the pounce wheel across the plastic (an old R/C car gear that was HEAVILY machined and filed sharp is the pounce wheel).
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I said there is sound gear on it. There are two sound clips I can play from two separate boards and there is an option to plug in an MP3 player for clearer sound and extended playback o either background music or sound effects. That thing that looks like part of an inhaler is actually part of a styrene towel rack cut and ported to make the speaker twice as loud and improve response. I specifically bought those boards because they are 3 volts like everything else. The problem is they won't run off the same battery pack. There's a feedback loop so I'm stuck putting batteries on the amplifier. That's all the first photo.
The next photos are of the cranes. There are two fully functional cranes in the front half. The highest one traverses forward and back with hoist (video pending upload). The second one traverses back and forth and across with hoist. The motors used in this are MICRO 6mm wide planetary gear motors. I have to say, none of it would happen without the gear motors I got from http://www.gizmoszone.com/shopping/storepro5/agora.cgi (Gizmoszone) A cool video is here at you tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHjUhgLciws The one in the video is 7mm wide (older) not the 6mm ones I'm using.
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By the way, if anyone would like more detailed build up photos, just PM me and I'll see what I have. I love helping others out with designing ideas.
Here are some interior detail photos of styrene work progress... Remember, this was designed to carry giant robots and aircraft ok2
The last photo shows a 1/200 catering lift truck (for aircraft) to scale; anyone hungry?
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Have been keeping an eye on this , it really is a great build , please keep posting.
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The latest work (July 09) has been building one working elevator out of the two actually in the design. There's video of these pending too. Basically a geared motor turns a worm gear which drives gears on either side of the elevator. The gears mesh into geared strips (racks) and provide strong and positive travel. Boy was this one fun to work out. The elevator goes up and down and stores folded up as on the older U.S. amphibious ships. When the elevator goes down, near the end of it's travel there is a little peg that sticks out (bottom left of the stowed -darker-photo). The elevator pivots up as the carriage continues to pull it downward and visa versa. The dark photo was taken underexposed to show the engraving details.
Note the tie down holes on the elevator decking. That's what that X-Y table was made for. This and the hanger bay/decking.
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Some pictures of the "sail" and one of two towers. This one is for the tactical bridge. The bridge is fully furnished with all the chairs and monitors a commander would need to run what I would think is the flight deck. The picture of LED circuit has an X-Acto knife blade in it for scale. Maybe I missed my calling as a brain surgeon? {-)
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A couple more photos I couldn't squeeze into the last post...
The first shows how the sail fits over the top of the ship (although further back when completed) and how the bridge fits onto the sail. As you probably guessed it, the large and small radars (air and surface accordingly) rotate. The other mast parts are on springs. If someone accidental hits them, the bounce back instead of breaking. Still more details to go on this and the other tower that still needs building.
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Here's a few more photos showing more detail of the interior build up. Note the changes in the control tower. The catwalks will be covered with fine mesh stainless steel when completed.
That's it for now. I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I had fun making all this stuff. I'll keep up on my posts here too! - MT
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Gob smacked
That is some of the best work I've ever seen, please can we see a picture of all the assembled parts as they are at present
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wow is all i can say :o :o :o
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just amazing. poped over to yer main site, cant access it! any one else had a problem>
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Thank you guys for the compliments! It helps fuel the fires of tenacity! As requested, here's some overall progress photos. I didn't think to take some!.
On a side note, Macross World has been up and down lately. - MT
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Hi there . this build is great . I have been watching in on Macross World as well for a while. I love your idea of the plug in controller so you can use Rc or the controller to control function. I am going to put this on my Ferry.
2 questions
1 were did you get the yellow box for your controller.
2 Do you know were i can go on the net and see a photo or video clip of your ship when it on the TV I guess.
John
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Cos, thank you for the compliments!
I'll have to re-look up where to get the box. The vendor I purchased it from no longer carries it. I looked for another one myself earlier because it's cool to have around.
When I get everything assembled and put together, I'll make a video and post it up on You-tube. In the mean time, you'll see videos on Macrossworld and here when Mayhem posts them %) Thanks for watching! - MT
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Here are a couple of UK based places you can find the case I used:
http://ru.rs-online.com/web/5135319.html
http://www.selectronix.co.uk/series.asp?did=222&sid=243
All else fails, go to their US website: http://www.hammondmfg.com/1553colors.htm Nicely colored cases. Hope that helps. - MT
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PROJECT ON HOLD
A few more photos and then this project gets crated and shipped with the rest of my house hold goods! I'm moving soon.
I've added a few more braces to the very rear hanger deck area that is for the "unloading system" that is on the ship. I managed to skin a little of the lower area of the rear hull as well. To give you an idea of size, I had to stand all the way against the wall with the camera held so I couldn't see the viewer. I still didn't get it all in. There is another 4 inches or so to add to the rear section and then the length will be complete.
That's it for probably the next two months I'd say. Thank you for viewing and I'll chat with you later. - MT
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Still looking good! :o
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That is a phenominal piece of scratchbuilding Mechtech,please keep up the good work. :-))
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I nearly cried when I got to the end of this thread... Please come back and keep going. It makes my Warlord Titan build look like poop!
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I really hope this thread restates. I would love to see it get finished. Come back soon and show us some more of your great work. :-))
thanks Steve
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oo man would it be nice to see some more progress on this the build quality is outstanding :-))
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go here and sign up to see the rest
http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=18403&st=460&start=460 (http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=18403&st=460&start=460)
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WOW! i don't know what you do for a living, but if you took this build to any movie producer, you could have a job on any film, doing special effects and the likes.
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MT I just found your build & I find it fascinating, keep it going please.I want to see this on the water. Your propulsion unit is brilliant,Mick B.