| I normally have a number of projects running at the same time and here are the ones I'm working on at the moment. Once they're finished they'll get their own section on this website. |
| Hawaii - The Big Island |
| Not technically a project, but a chance to share my adventure of cycling in Hawaii. I took a waterproof Panasonic Lumix FT2 with me and got some amazing pics and video from it. Here's the link to the trip details, which covered 576 miles of cycling over 12 days. |
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| Laser Bike |
| I saw a prototype of this online and I thought I could make something similar. It needs tweaking, but the results got peoples attention (and cats too) It cost less than £5 to make my first attempt and about £14 to make version two. |
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| Vintage Star Wars AT-AT |
| This will be re-modelled to match the film version, because the head is completely out of proportion to the rest of the body. Then it'll be doctored to copy an amazing model by Dimitri Kaliviotis. |
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| Tape Measure Robot |
| This will be a demo version of the Geosystems Zippermast product... |
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| These are some of the projects I've started, but have had to put on hold due to a lack of decent workshop space. |
| Click any image to enlarge it and view a brief description |
| Strv 103 - aka The S-Tank |
| I've been a fan of armoured vehicles for years, especially large scale custom-built ones. This one is a turretless tank from Sweden and it just looks different to anything else out there. As you can see I've built the tracks, hull and wheels, as well as a small mock-up to test the torsion beam suspension. It will need a complex suspension system to raise and lower the main armament, but I have a few ideas. The plan is to use a strimmer engine to power it, but I might use wheelchair motors, as it will be easier to steer. |
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| Games Workshop - MkIII Land Raider |
| Completing the Transporter Challenge 2004 gave me an idea to make one of the vehicles from the Games Workshop universe, using the same principle of drill motors and timing belts for tracks. As usual I'm using a plastic model to work out the scale for mine and a scale drawing of the chassis has been drawn out. The cordless drill motors and wheels/tracks have arrived, now I'm working on finishing the chassis. The original models are beautifully detailed and I'm looking forward to creating the parts for it (and painting it in Haydn Automation colours!). The first 3 pics below are of a plastic model I found on the web, just to give you an idea of what I'm building. As you can see the model is 3 times bigger than the original and it's roughly 1:11 in scale. |
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