laserman Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Well, yard spring cleaning is done, my second son is graduated from college, and my wife and I have our 30th anniversary trip planned. So, I was finally able to get back to the shop and do some fun stuff....Here is my next Chief conversion I dubb Patrol Robot for lack of a better name. The head is from the Robby Piston robot and modified with a scratch built eye assembly. Operation is the same as the basic Chief. The only other "new" innovation is a Electroluminescence panel (same as what lights your cell phone) used to light the oscilloscope screen. I've been experimenting with these for other projects, and thought it would work nice here and it does. The blue color (Duplicolor Bahama Blue) of the robot is quite a bright blue metallic and doesn't always come through in some of the pictures. Enjoy, on to the next one.Here is a silent video of his operation. Lighting for the video is lousy, but it shows the basic operation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubqOd2qpHQE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robobob Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Just one word....AWESOME !!!!!! :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amoebaboy Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 cool !nice features the screen and the head look fantastic, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dratomic Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Holy cats! Now THAT'S a robot!Great job. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morbius Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 That's about as robotic as we can get!!! WOW!!! Speaks volumes, great balance all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyman Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 That is one sweet conversion LM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilroy Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Beauty!any more info in how you built the eye? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkrobot Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Laserman,,,,,,,What a robot!!!!!!Perfectly balanced,,,If that robot was in production I would go and buy it immeidiatly..Brilliant!!!!!!!!!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Beautiful job, Laserman, and thank you for including a video too!What a pity that we can't put some of these fantastic robots into production, or at least into a book like "Customized Toy Robots - The Alphadrome Collection" or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toyman Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Beautiful job, Laserman, and thank you for including a video too!What a pity that we can't put some of these fantastic robots into production, or at least into a book like "Customized Toy Robots - The Alphadrome Collection" or something.[/quoteLaserman, I'd be happy to have this in my collection anyday, what a superb conversion! :o Noel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Excellent!!!! One of the best yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboz Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 OUTSTANDING !3 Thumbs Up !! B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laserman Posted May 26, 2008 Author Share Posted May 26, 2008 Thanks all!! Kilroy, Essentially I used Evergreen Styrene sheet to make the vertical and horizontal backplane to fit into the Piston Robby face area. I then used Evergreen 3/16" and 1/8" square strips to build the light housing. I wanted a look similar to the flyeye robots with the round holes. I did not want to buy a big sheet of the material, and I found these desk organizing accessories like pencil holders and envelope organizers made from this same perforated sheet metal stuff on clearance at Office Max for three bucks. I cut a piece of this metal and glued it to a piece of red translucent plastic (taken from a rectangular trailer light assembly bought at Walmart for $1.97) with Weldbond glue which dries crystal clear. That's about it. You do need to make sure that the assembly allows enough clearance for the dome to fit over when done. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilroy Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Genius! I am not actually familiar with the styrene, will have to spend more time hanging around the modelling shops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toyman Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Genius! I am not actually familiar with the styrene, will have to spend more time hanging around the modelling shops.Hi Laserman, just to follow, I was reading the updates on your brilliant conversion and this recent refurb sprang to mind, it's the perfect solution to the red gel window I needed! I was "chuffed to bits" as we say over here!Kilroy, I'd be careful "hanging round" those model shops if they're like the ones over here...it's another world! :blink: Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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