General Atomics M-7771 "Custodian" Armoured Security Vehicle

[zenrat]

I've seen it done with a Maschinen Krieger hover thingo.  It was tethered with a fuel hose and if you nudged it then it returned into position.  If you poked it then it fell off of the magnets but the tether stopped it shooting off like a maglev train.

[Old Wombat]

You mean the Antigravity Armored Raider Pkf.85 Falke.

I have 2 in the stash, 1 almost completed (has been for ... 7? ... years) & 1 unstarted.

[Captain Canada]

Nice. Love the camo on her !

[Old Wombat]

Thanks, Cap! I'm rather fond of the camo, too.

[zenrat]

You mean the Antigravity Armored Raider Pkf.85 Falke.

I have 2 in the stash, 1 almost completed (has been for ... 7? ... years) & 1 unstarted.

If that's the P38 meets Yakult pot, then yes, I do.

[Old Wombat]

Very basically; Yes.

For a full list of parts used to create the original see here: http://www.maschinenkrueger.com/models/bk25_2.html

[rickshaw]

Or for the truly ( and I mean truly) dedicated,  rare earth magnets set in the base and vehicle underside so they repel  and balance the model. 

Yeah, right. 

One of my aeromodelling friends tried that and the model would only stay 'in the hover' one try out of ten. You only had to touch it slightly and the thing would shoot off as if it was a linear induction motor!

What I would recommend would be five rare earth magnets.  Two pointing downwards and there pointing up.  That way you'd have it partially attracted downwards, gripping the base while the three point upwards would repel it.   It would have a slight greater push than pull, which would make it "float", Kit.

That's principle he used I think, with eight magnets, one on each corner of the model, and it did lift up quite a distance. But the slightest force sideways force would send it whizzing off and it would crash onto the table. It needed something to restrict its sideways movement I guess.

Have four extra ones, putting upwards, pointing inclined inwards, around the periphery...

[PR19_Kit]

Or for the truly ( and I mean truly) dedicated,  rare earth magnets set in the base and vehicle underside so they repel  and balance the model. 

Yeah, right. 

One of my aeromodelling friends tried that and the model would only stay 'in the hover' one try out of ten. You only had to touch it slightly and the thing would shoot off as if it was a linear induction motor!

What I would recommend would be five rare earth magnets.  Two pointing downwards and there pointing up.  That way you'd have it partially attracted downwards, gripping the base while the three point upwards would repel it.   It would have a slight greater push than pull, which would make it "float", Kit.

That's principle he used I think, with eight magnets, one on each corner of the model, and it did lift up quite a distance. But the slightest force sideways force would send it whizzing off and it would crash onto the table. It needed something to restrict its sideways movement I guess.

Have four extra ones, putting upwards, pointing inclined inwards, around the periphery...

Hm, that just might work. I'll suggest it to my mate and see what he thinks. Thanks Brian. 

[Old Wombat]

In case you haven't figured it out: This build is a fail for the GB. Sorry!

[zenrat]

D'oh!

[Old Wombat]

Doesn't mean I've stopped work on it, though!

Decals/Transfers are on. Just need to finish fixing the anti-grav units, weather it, & matt coat it, & she'll be done!

[NARSES2]

Would you like the thread moved mate ?

[Old Wombat]

Sure, why not!?

[NARSES2]

Moved. Looking forward to the finished product 

[Old Wombat]

Where I'm at. Need to finish the being-rebuilt anti-grav units, fix up the f_-ups, a few final paint touch-ups, fit the landing pads & build a dio base for the vehicle & two other figures.