Sooo.....
Even though I am tired and ready for bed, I am going to share some pix I have just taken of the Iron Clad! Most of this work was done Sunday and yesterday, I did a little bit more tonight.
Here's a pic showing what he looks like now. I added a two layered groin skirt, and belt, and a doohickey attached to the top of that and his chest. It looks simple but I put a lot of work into it, the buckle has a sheet of styrene cut out, glued to the back of it, and then sanded down to match the edge. the doohickey, had to be bent to fit the chest, and then I cut out a little piece of sheet, and glued it to the back of that...etc. etc. I just had to say that because it takes so long, and then I look at the pix, and think, "Is that it"?
A close-up
Here's a close-up of the hydraulic cylinder assembly for his right arm.
Here are the leg hydraulics.
Now here's an example of a lot of work for little to no result. I spent quite a bit of time cutting, heating, bending styrene tubes trying to get them to fit from the Steam Compactor (tm), and to the leg Power converters. I finally got a couple to where I liked 'em, and then when I applied liquid cement to one of the pieces it snapped. So, I will probably just go to Michael's and get some thick Copper wire to use instead.
Here's a side shot of his head, now he has some sound amplifiers attached, and you can see more detail on the Steam Compactor(tm).
The tube bending worked out very well this time. No copper needed. Also, I scratch built the muffler for the "Stack" on the top of the S.C.(tm) I took a bit of sheet styrene, and wrapped it into a basic cylindrical shape, glued a thin strip of styrene on the back of that, and then glued on some bolts/rivets. There is a piece of styrene rod at the center of that, with a bevel to the rear.
SOOOO.... That's it for tonight! Oh yeah, I did a bit of welding on the joints between his boots and his knee armor.
I hope you guys like this stuff.
