Ok, looks like as if those are all the members that are going to join in the GB.
From my side everything is setup and ready to go. The next 2 weekends will be solely dedicated to the art of sniffing glue & thinners and chopping fingers off. [;)]
Got a few kits on the bench that will need to be finished before the end of the month.
Alas, I must withdraw from this ceremony. I will be leaving Japan soon, and that weekend we found a great deal to do some travelling - something we couldn’t pass up! I will look forward to the pics & the next MAD Robot/Android/Whatever Day!! - Calvin
Ok, guys the countdown has started for this build.
Unfortunately the participating memberhsip has been reduced to 4.
Everybody got their kits ready and is set to get started??
I’m stil here. I know I will forget something but I’ll cross that problem when I get there. I did some googleing and found some good definitions of “robot” just to get all four of us psyched:
From http://www.ethicsweb.ca/robots/whatisarobot.htm
What is a Robot?
Not an easy question. Oxford English Dictionary defines “robot”
as an “apparently human automaton, intelligent but impersonal machine…”
This seems too simplistic, and begs too many quesitons.
According to the Australian Robotics and Automation Association, there
is no standard definition. But the ARAA suggests that a robot has
“three essential characteristics:”
The ARAA further notes that:
“The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has
developed an international standard vocabulary (ISO 8373) to describe
‘manipulating industrial robots operated in a manufacturing environment’.
According to this standard such a robot must possess at least three
programmable axes of motion.”
This technical definition helps ISO keep track of how many robots there
are in industrial settings, but seems too limited as a general definition.
Why must a robot move in 3 dimensions?
In my view, elevators are actually robots – limited to travel along a
single dimension, but with a brain and behavioural rules that dictate
how it responds to environmental stimuli.
According to The Tech Museum of Innovation, “A robot is a machine that
gathers information about its environment (senses) and uses that information
(thinks) to follow instructions to do work (acts).”
This page defines a robot as “Any machine that does work on its own,
automatically, after it is programmed by humans.” This definition makes
alarm clocks and VCRs, not to mention personal computers, count as robots,
which seems a bit broad.
(Say…if a robot is a thinking, moving machine, then an institution is
just like a robot, except for the thinking part…)
So it looks like anything that does something is in someway a robot, so everything we build is a robot.
See everyone Fri night!!!
Robot, Cyborg, Adndroids, etc are all fairly loosely designed concepts.
Look at the robot competitions most of the are actually remote controled and only have partial functionality programmed/build into them.
Said that I actually got 2 proper robots at home.
MM,
I will be out of town and returning sometime this Saturday. I may have to do mine on Sunday (or some similar 24hr period between the two).
I have the Crusher Joe Crawler in 1/60th scale. Quick kit with few parts so perfect for the build and it doesn’t look like a robot so will be something different.
Phil,
MM has apparently cancelled his account here. This build’s forum is still open so I still plane to post something of my work this weekend.
I noticed this also in the airbrush forum. I won’t speculate but I hope he gets back. I’m still in. Good to have Phil here.
OK, let’s keep this going. Will try and post pics as I go. Not sure when I will start but will be done by Sunday (sometime[:)]).
Allright were underway!!! How is everybody doing? All three/four of us anyway. I got started right at midnight. No more words, here are some pics.
time shot (no need to waste bandwidth so this is just the link):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/tarmac04/MadRobotDay/021205_001.jpg
cut away from sprues, trimmed with exacto, and sanded a little
legs, arms, and backpack thing glued. Body dry fitted. Bondo in some plastic inperfections. Trying out liquid porcelin filler for the seams, don’t know how its going to work. time: 2am
Nice start, i-beam.
My daughter was helping me this morning on my Dougram. It was a bit slow going to start because I have no instruction sheet. Right now, the only thing I’m unsure about is the leg attachement to the hips -I’m not sure what the hip joint structure is. I’ll have this assembled with the 24 hour span but maybe not painted.
I’ll get a big chunk done tonight. Tomorrow I have some Valentine’s duties.
Total building time so far: 1 hour 30 minutes.
Excellent Aurora-7!!
I’ve had one of those good/bad days [:)][:(!] Good because I was working, bad because it wasn’t on my model. I was all ready to go this morning. The phone rings at 9am with an emergency call from work (computer networking, the sky will fall if this isn’t fixed RIGHT NOW) Well I do like money so I was busy with that all day till 7pm. No calls all week and then Saturday hits. Murphy is with me all the way on this one. [:o)] I will have to go back to this customer tomorrow but I’ll get some model hours in tonight.
It’s now Sunday. I only got 6hrs model time in on my 24hr MRD. Wasn’t happy with the porcelin filler, had to go back to bondo. All glued together though and ready for paint.
Ok, Here is my update (pics later).
Got back in town around 5pm Saturday. Took care of a few things around the house and managed to get started on the kit just before 7pm. Got most of the pieces together so now it is a matter of getting it painted. One problem. Still don’t know what color(s) to do it in. For the build, I may just pick a tan or green and go for it. Got to get to bed.
So far I have put in 5 hour 30 minutes into my dougram. Constructionn wise, it’s about 85% complete. I’ll get it fully built before misnight tonight but not fully sanded and painted. I’ll post what I have by midnight (EST) but will keep a running count of the building/finishing time as I continue to work towards getting it complete.
Good to hear your updates. Got my networking client almost squared away but they want me to do more now. Still managed to get about 5 hours in today on the model so I’m up to about 11 hours. Built most of the “factory”. Here is my update pic
Here’s my work so far. Only a total of 7 hours have been put into it so far. This weekend had a sleep over at our place for our kid’s friends, a day trip for the family and a tired dad.
I tried to get the basic body construction done and figured I could still sand the seems even with the appendages glued on. Since I don’t have the instructions there are a few small parts that I’m not quite sure where they go. I found an image on the net of an assemled kit and I’ve been using that as a guide. The kit is modeled in the two basic colors of the robot from as it appeared in it’s series but I think I’ll be painting it in a motr traditional camoflage scheme to lessen it’s toy like appearence.
Once I get the seems sanded I’ll start painting the body by brush (maybe I’ll airbrush and undercoat first) and then I can add some elbow and shoulder protecting armor.
Looking good guys.
I woke up this morning to a stove that died while making breakfast. Spent much of the day out looking for a new one. By the time I got that installed my 24 hr period was pretty much up. Looked through my spray cans but don’t have a good green. Pulled out some desert sand but really want a woodland type scheme so did a little putty work instead.
Making good progress Aurora-7 even when your still busy wth other stuff. Sorry to hear about the stove going out Philp, at least it wasn’t the fridge (knock on wood).
Here is my latest progress. 3hrs paint prep and masking, 3hrs wrestling with the airbrush (the airbrush always wins [:(]), 2.5hrs detail paint. Total so far - 19.5hrs
Still to go:
Valkyrie: decals, future, washes/drybrushing (optional), final satin spray finish
Factory: quick gray/blue airbrush layering, detail painting, decals, satin finish
I don’t think I’m gonna make it [:0]
Looking good I-beam. I like the camo.
Oh, and thanks a lot for the fridge comment. You won’t believe this but…No, still works[:D]
you must of knocked on wood.
If I can swing the right color(s), will try to get mine done this weekend (still only got 1.5 hours in on it). Here are the pics I promised.
ambitious start
that went together fast
moving so fast it is blurring (or just my photo skills)
The wheels and turret are not attached to make it easier to paint.