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oever532
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:27 pm |
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Martian War Lord |
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Keep up the good work!
The Tempest is an advanced assault vehicle, which carries two heavy Heat-Rays and a Canister Launcher.
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Lonesome Crow
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:43 am |
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oever532
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:51 am |
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Martian War Lord |
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Well, it would be more appropiate to have THE legs of the Fighting Machine, and not just some branches, toothpics or something like it...
The Tempest is an advanced assault vehicle, which carries two heavy Heat-Rays and a Canister Launcher.
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Loz
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:21 pm |
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Martian War Lord |
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I've used my own legs on mine.
Bah bah black sheap April diamond spheres, Rigsby, Rigsby, Eight sided Pears.
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Lonesome Crow
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 12:21 am |
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Martian War Lord |
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Lonesome Crow
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 9:47 pm |
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Martian War Lord |
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oever532
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:08 pm |
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Martian War Lord |
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And what about the funnel for the Heat-Ray?
The Tempest is an advanced assault vehicle, which carries two heavy Heat-Rays and a Canister Launcher.
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Lonesome Crow
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:40 pm |
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Martian War Lord |
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Lonesome Crow
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:42 am |
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Martian War Lord |
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I have been wondering about the number of tubular sections there are in the upper part of the legs.
It clearly says there are 'Three tubular sections with circular intersections' but I think this is only for the lower part of the leg, the Thunder Child picture shows what looks like a square arrangement of tubes with a square intersection, this would suggest four tubes, all the other pictures (those that are detailed enough) seem to show the same arrangement except the Dead London picture and that seems to show only two tubular sections in the upper leg.
The Handling Machine picture (at the bottom) says the upper leg has 'four tube sections' and the lower leg has ' three tube sections' so I'll go with this arrangement for the Fighting Machine as well, it looks right to me.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DldFBFJgWmw&feature=player_embedded
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Lonesome Crow
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 11:52 pm |
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Martian War Lord |
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Trim says all three legs are identical in construction, this should make things easier in the long run.
I am using 5mm & 7mm polystyrene tub for the long parts of the legs (you can get this from any model shop). the tapered parts of the legs are going to be made of Milliput, these need to taper from 7mm down to 5mm and you are going to need to make 33 of them So to make things easy you can make this very simple device for mass-producing these tapered rods and make sure they are all identical.
Step 77. Tapered rod mass-production machine .
You will need:
2 small sheets of glass or perspex.
2 lengths of squared wood, 7mm & 5mm thick.
6 nails.
and some double sided sticky tape.
Assemble all these parts as shown in assembly stage 77, the double sided sticky tape goes on the bottom of the lengths of wood to stop them sliding around.
Put a small lump of mixed Milliput in-between the two pains of glass and push the top pain back and forth. this will produce a perfect tapered rod 7mm to 5mm, repeat this 21 times or until you have 21 rods
Note; leave the mixed Milliput for about 45 minutes before putting it in the device or it will just stick to the glass.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 1:34 pm |
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Lonesome Crow wrote: Step 74. I almost forgot the circular hole at the front. I always thought this was a spotlight but H_C says it's a loudspeaker.
When doing the interview last year with Mike Trim, I put this to him about the circular hole in the front of the cockpitt. I asked what this was, saying that many had suggested it was a light, but Mike said it was not and he said it surved no other purpose than for decoration. I commented on the machines having a possible external speaker for the siren calls of 'Aloo / Ulla' saying this could be used as that speaker and Mike agreed in the end.
H_C
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Lonesome Crow
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:23 pm |
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Martian War Lord |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:53 pm |
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Martian War Lord |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 6:56 am |
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Martian War Lord |
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GREAT! Now we'll get to see the full version of the mighty Fighting Machine!
The Tempest is an advanced assault vehicle, which carries two heavy Heat-Rays and a Canister Launcher.
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 1:32 pm |
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Lonesome Crow wrote: Thanks H_C for clearing that up. Do you know anything else about Trim's design that may be of interest? e.g. what are the circular depressions on the top of the body?, What are the six rectangular holes under the cockpit? and Where is the Black Smoke launcher?
The circular depressions on the top of the hood I think Mike said were just for decoration along with the 6 cut-outs in the hood. I always thought the 6 black cut-outs you see are some kind of air vents. One thing I did point out to Mike was the support strut pods on the side of the hull. The album cover painting shows the right side pod with the light fitted. The left side is differant in appearance. He couldn't remember why he did it this way. My idea was that it could be used as a Black Smoke launcher, then again the Heat Ray funnel could be also multi purpose and spray Black Smoke aswell as the Heat Ray & steam.
H_C
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Lonesome Crow
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:42 pm |
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Martian War Lord |
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Thanks H_C.
I came across these on the net the other day, I don't think they are official, The Martian is the one from G. Pal's 53 movie and there are several mistakes I have noticed, e.g. it says the side pods are "Disintegrator Projectors" like the ones in G. Pals movie again.
Although they are inaccurate it would be interesting to see these blueprints a little clearer, Does anybody Know where there might be a better image of there pictures?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DldFBFJgWmw&feature=player_embedded
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:36 pm |
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Tripod King |
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I have seen those before and your right - there not official. Last I heard JWM had jumped on the poor guy who had produced them. I was going to get a set but was too late.
H_C
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Lonesome Crow
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:02 pm |
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Martian War Lord |
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:35 pm |
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Martian War Lord |
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Uh oh...
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Lonesome Crow
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 2:33 pm |
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Martian War Lord |
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:04 pm |
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Martian War Lord |
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Thanks, Lonsome, you're the greatest.
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 12:44 am |
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Martian War Lord |
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Anyway back to the model
Step 82. The Leg hinge.
You are going to need a sheet of 4mm modeling Polystyrene (this is thicker than most model shops stock so you may need to glue a couple of 2mm sheets together)
Cut the hinge sections out as directed in the cut out diagram (don't forget to mark the little dot in the centre of each oval you will need this later).
Assemble the parts as shown with a 2mm high tensile steel rod (a bicycle spoke ) sandwiched between the upper and lower ovals. the steel rod wants a 70 degree bend in it about 14cm from one of the ends.
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Using a countersink or a large metal drill-bit (I used a 7mm bit) drill the shallow indentation in the centre of the ovals and smooth the edges of the ovals off with a sheet of fine emery paper.
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:00 am |
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Martian War Lord |
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:20 am |
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Martian War Lord |
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Wow! So realistic! So freaikin' awesome!
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Lonesome Crow
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 1:23 am |
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Martian War Lord |
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