Re: Bring on the infantry [TANKS]

[strangebut-at-aol.com]

Great! Cardboard is much underrated as a modelling material. I recently did a lot of pirate ships for wargaming from card, and it has proved very durable and easy to use.

 

Over the weekend I built the legs, knee-joint and weapon system for test-rig 2 (call it 2A). I'lldoa photo if I have a moment.  I used plasticard for the struts and plastic rivets, made from sprue stretched over a candle. Worked a treat and very quickly.

 

For the "real thing" I suspect I'll use aluminium strip and small boIts or rivets, perhaps.

 

Phil

 

-----Original Message-----
From: sockless67-at-gmail.com
To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
Sent: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 4.30AM
Subject: Re: Bring on the infantry [TANKS]

lol i use mechano too but i prefer to use: hot glue, lego(technic), cardboard, copper sheeteing, string etc. etc.

and i use the hot glue to attach the lego to other stuff

 

On 2/3/07, strangebut-at-aol.com <strangebut-at-aol.com> wrote:

I ought to explain that Robot test 1.jpg is slightly oversize, because that's the size the meccano comes. The gold cog goes round clockwise, causing the feet to describe a flat ellipse, placing a foot on the ground in front of the other.

 

Robot test 2.jpg is a half-size mock-up of the same mechanism. The tubes on the side are part of a steering mechanism, and basically what this rig taught me was that this didn't work.

 

By the way, nothing wrong with Lego, I got meccano but Lego was mostly bricks when I was young. The danger comes when you say to yourself " I bet I could do that". Who knows were you will end up!

 

Phil "How did I tak myself into  this" Palmer