Recent content by coffeehedake

After some feedback in the RPF thread, some better reference shots came to light. I've made some adjustments based on these, still need to add the solid bits under the top arms, but the switch-panel details should be better now: Rockers are now quite a bit wider, added the slot below the...

Another small update on the Camtono. I've roughed in the details of the I-Beam 'legs' and modified some of the interior of the can: Getting the angles to match up was especially challenging, and there's still a long way to go to make those legs accurate but it's looking better. Digging out...

Small update: Reworking the cylinder walls, and focusing attention on the inside of the Camtono: Here's my source reference: As you can see the walls are actually quite thin, and each of the three 'legs' are shaped kind of like extruded I-Beams. with details between. I'm working on carving...

I'll probably print this as a display piece, but we'll have to see how far it gets past the prototype stage, and whether or not the electronics controls for mechanically unlocking the doors is feasible. If it doesn't end up looking like doing a 'kit' would be attractive/wanted or efficient, then...

Small update: Working on the switch panel. Fusion has me backed into a corner on the rocker switches for some reason, (can't sketch on an object that is extruded from a projection?) so I might have to rethink a plan of attack on those. Details are slowly falling into place though. Added some...

Hey everyone. Started working on my "Camtono" today for toting my stockpiles of Beskar. Figured I'd share the progress. I've got a thread over on the RPF as well, but thought it best to also post here. I know the original prop from Empire is an ice cream maker, but the one featured in The...

Thanks Digi. I kinda thought that as I posted it, since it is quite red. I had 2 other versions that I do not have the renders from anymore, one was an unweathered ESB Boba, and an unweathered Jango as well.

Sorry, yeah I couldn't tell from the picture if that small piece was what you had overlapped... That's why I asked, you know the old saying... measure twice, cut once... Hehe, yeah I took a look at your website (although I'm definitely not fluent in German) and your profile. I was a little...

Thanks again Alan! Appreciate your time, and might I say, that was a really quick response! - Coffee

Ok, there's one area of WoF's template I'm a little confused about: Is the area highlighted in red meant to be removed? Is it meant to over lap there? Or is it just part of the design? I'm trying to figure out where the seam is supposed to be, and I wasn't sure if that thin strip is...

Wow, that cement worked really well on my test squares. It DOES weld the two pieces, I noticed around the edges that I could see the plastic had bonded together. PERFECT! It sets in around a minute, and permanently bonds in under an hour. Should I be using the pipe primer that is typically used...

Sounds like a plan, thanks Digifett. I came home to get a drill for some work I am doing at my job, and found, to my surprise, that the 2nd roll of Polystyrene had arrived from US Plastics! It's about the same thickness as what i bought from FastSigns, but textured on one side, and black. I'm...

I am not exactly sure what the thickness of the material is, suffice to say, it is probably 3 or 4 times THICKER than the garage sale signs, and MUCH more flexible, actually it seems to do exactly what you are showing, except that the piece I am playing with is substantially larger (and more...

Stopped by FastSigns today, and they sold me the ONLY sheet of PolyStyrene they had, which happened to be 48"x96" in White. It was a lot more than the Black sheet I ordered ($65.00!!!) but I didn't care, because I want to get started on this now. Had a nice chat with the folks that work...

Dang... the RC shop went out of business a few months ago! No luck on the Styrene at Home Depot, they had Clear Polycarbonate Plexiglass, glass, and so forth, PVC piping, and For Sale signs (smaller than the ones at Wal-Mart which I have butchered) but no ABS sheets or the like. I stopped at an...