2009, TIME FOR A NEW BUILD

[Captain Canada]

'Bout time I checked in....and look what I've been missing ! That thing is awesome ! I love the work you've done with the styrene rod, very cool !
And I had no idea she would open up, way cool !

Can I play with it ?

[philp]

No cushions for the poor driver?  I would think clunking along in that would get a bit uncomfortable after a time.

Interior looks good.  The blurry pics does give an idea on the controls.  I always liked the dual control levers for a walker, kinda like the M-113 only mounted on each side console with weapons buttons, etc like an aircraft throttle.

Really looking forward to any other add ons and the camo.

[HOG]

Hoy`s Agin.

"Can I play with it ?"

Well CC, you could but its frowned upon these days and it makes your hands hairy and you end up with glasses squinting at the little thing.

"No cushions for the poor driver?  I would think clunking along in that would get a bit uncomfortable after a time."

Philip the advantage of a MARS suit is that it comes with built in padding.
From `RESISTANCE IS USELESS or Meet Hog 2`
"MARS suit"
Marine Armour Reactive System. A combat suit with reactive impact system and limited ablative laser defense.
The suit has an internal reactive foam which upon impact by a projectile forms a solid shield stopping penetration, the harder it hits the quicker the wall is created by employing the heat upon impact. The projectile dosn`t penetrate but bruising and broken bones can occur. The exterior of the suits surface has limited deflective qualities to lasers but continued exposure will eventually erode this surface.
The shoulders, upper back, elbows, cuffs and head have padding which help protect the soldier in falls, nil gravity and when wearing the exoskeleton fighting frame.
In use the large collar is turned up, which attaches to the hat leaving a narrow vision slot, and gloves,which are carried in the trouser pockets, fix themselves to the cuffs of the jacket. Attached to the hat are on the left, a Com's link to the command net and on the right a multi function camera. On the left cuff is a screen that will show what the camera is `seeing`and on the right controls as to function, zoom infrared etc.
The MARS suit is regarded to be the marines best friend after his firearm and it is often said of it "A Mars helps you work rest and recycle out of the combat zone.

Its all explained in the brochure

[philp]

Well, if the driver is wearing a MARS suit, that makes all the difference.

[HOG]

Hoyhoy`al



LOOK MA  NO HANDS!











Well the feet are on and it actually stands alone without a prop. While searching for something else I found a box of control rods etc for radio control and decided to use these for the arms that I had always intended to add but was unsure how to fabricate. Hands should be an  interesting build job. Last pic is a better shot of the controls that fold away in the cockpit.
Still lots to build especially as I just dropped it and have to rebuild some. Enjoy.
All comments etc etc,
Cheers 
Gary

[cthulhu77]

*****   

Seriously nice (NICE) work !

[Captain Canada]

Looks like she's almost ready to run out there and do her first grease job !

[sotoolslinger]

Super cool  It looks really predatory with the arms on. Go with weapons instead of manipulators for hands it'll be easier and look coool

[BlackOps]

Way Cool! Love the arms! Just keeps gettin' better and better.

[Mossie]

It looks great Gary!  I've got a suggestion, at the risk of making it more complex!  Bipeds require some serious musculature & liamenture, it's the price we pay for putting all our weight on two legs instead of four.  We need much more control as well, this is particularly where curent bi-pedal robots tend to have difficulty.  Some 'mechs' demonstrate this, others don't.

It shouldn't be too much to be honest.  A few linkages, especially around the ankles & possibly a few lines connecting the the upper & lower legs.  The foot could do with at least a single toe, this could simply be scribed in.  As always, feel free to totally ignore any comments I make!

[ChernayaAkula]

Whoa!  Looks absolutely great! 

[Ed S]

Looking good, HOG.  It definitely doesn't look like an F-16. 

You're creativity with "junk" is amazing.

Ed

[Weaver]

Ooooh look - a rockery cockpit! What's the planting scheme going to be? 

Seriously HOG, this is an extremely good piece of work. I'm watching it with interest because I've got a steadily increasing pile of Mapad stationary bits.....

[lancer]

Ooooh look - a rockery cockpit! What's the planting scheme going to be? 

For the rockery I would plant little alpine's - small, colourful, don't take up too much space and not liable to give the driver/pilot hay fever!!!

Seriously though, this build is stunning beyond words. It just show's the natural genius (insanity??) of the builder. As ever superb wor from one of our resident modelling gods!!

[Brian da Basher]

So when are you gonna feed the bugger, HOG?

That's some amazing pro-style detail work!

Brian da Basher