Life-Size Shuttlecraft Help

[Bradester]

Done as of 4:47pm on 10-17-10!

 

[Tom Riley]

Done as of 4:47pm on 10-17-10!

Oh man...

But seriously, that is AMAZING. And huge.

 

[Nowhere Man]

What, no flames

 

[Bradester]

What, no flames

Thanks and ummmm NO! :-)

 

[MadMan1701A]

Awesome.

Has anyone come by and reacted to it, yet? If I was driving by and saw something like that, I would have to stop and say something....

 

[Mytran]

That is one mightily impressive piece of work!

I'm curious about the small size of the leg wheels - was that a deliberate design choice?

 

[Bradester]

Awesome.

Has anyone come by and reacted to it, yet? If I was driving by and saw something like that, I would have to stop and say something....

Hah...LOTS! People drive by and slam on their brakes, drive by and stop on the sidewalk, drive by and turn around to drive by multiple times, people come running down the sidewalk to look or out of their cars and take pics. Multiple groups of people who walk for exercise everyday changed their route to visit, school kids come by to ask questions and get their picture taken. It's getting tons of local attention, even before he was done being built things were happening like that. The rumor around town is that the gun shoots candy. Hmmm....

 

[Bradester]

That is one mightily impressive piece of work!

I'm curious about the small size of the leg wheels - was that a deliberate design choice?

I did buy foam to make bigger wheels, but the foam's thickness was killing my carving knife and burning out the motor so I had to double-up on smaller foam and make smaller wheels. Some Primes have big leg wheels, some have none at all; so mine is in the middle :-)

 

[Nowhere Man]

What, no flames

Thanks and ummmm NO! :-)

Not to nit pick, but you did forget the windshield wipers

 

[Bradester]

What, no flames

Thanks and ummmm NO! :-)

Not to nit pick, but you did forget the windshield wipers

Then you climb on there and paint them on :-P

 

[Potemkin_Prod]

What a terrific sculpture! I hope you have plenty of trickortreaters!

 

[Nowhere Man]

Thanks and ummmm NO! :-)

Not to nit pick, but you did forget the windshield wipers

Then you climb on there and paint them on :-P

Ok,ok, you got me. Seriously, very cool. Michael Bay can suck it.

 

[Mytran]

That is one mightily impressive piece of work!

I'm curious about the small size of the leg wheels - was that a deliberate design choice?

I did buy foam to make bigger wheels, but the foam's thickness was killing my carving knife and burning out the motor so I had to double-up on smaller foam and make smaller wheels. Some Primes have big leg wheels, some have none at all; so mine is in the middle :-)

Ah yes, foam is tough stuff! I ended up using a hand saw the last time I worked with it (an ostrich costume - it turned out well though!)

Prime is fantastic - can't wait for halloween to see Megatron as well!

 

[Bradester]

20 - 40 mph winds this Saturday night. Wish Prime luck and send good mojo!

 

[MyClone]

20 - 40 mph winds this Saturday night. Wish Prime luck and send good mojo!

One shall stand. One shall (hopefully not) fall.

Best of luck, and thanks for the awesome pics!

 

[Bradester]

20 - 40 mph winds this Saturday night. Wish Prime luck and send good mojo!

One shall stand. One shall (hopefully not) fall.

Best of luck, and thanks for the awesome pics!

Well...he survived the 35-40 mph winds!
So I thought I would show off my costume so far that will accompany Prime. What ya think?

 

[Nowhere Man]

^ Couldn't ask for anything more, cool.

 

[largo]

you're a brave man, wearing that. watch out for police SUVs.

 

[Albertese]

Not bad at all. Are the feet going to be scaled to the cartoon bumblebee or the toy bumblebee? Either would cool for their own reasons.

--Alex

 

[Mytran]

That looks cool! Fitting a human into a Transformers shape ain't easy.