Blackadder's Imperator Titan Build

[zathros]

Anyone not foolowing this thread is really missing much. This is truly awesome!!

 

[Blackadder]

Sunburst Annihilator plasma cannon:

So it begins

https://i.imgur.com/kEcYyVx.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/1HvYioj.jpg

Just to bring you up to date the above images are a repeat of a previous posting. But now we are fleshed out and contoured.
I just finished rough sanding today and I'm not even sure if the contours are symmetrical.
https://i.imgur.com/dehdx4d.jpg

An hour with a belt sander has brought me to this point.

 

[zathros]

I like how you post this framework, and build on the foundation. You have shown "How to" so many times in this thread. It is a bastion of knowledge.

 

[Blackadder]

Thanks for the reply........

Pretty Dry Stuff:

Yeah, I know this is pretty dry stuff, especially when I'm not even sure the D@mned thing will even work out or even if I got the scale right but getting there is half the fun as the saying goes.

https://i.imgur.com/12hPNTi.jpg

I know now the length of the coils are more than twice as long as I need per cannon so I may be able to make two of these

https://i.imgur.com/HJqt5Ye.jpg

And here I was thinking, "Thank God I only have to make one............."

 

[Blackadder]

One Down Three To Go:

I've got four sides to do and each is at a different stage of completion

https://i.imgur.com/YbPMueD.jpg

With the four channels done I move to the reinforcing strip

https://i.imgur.com/BAuqnnk.jpg

And finally to the curved base for the coils.............

https://i.imgur.com/c5hKboR.jpg

Can Imperators have two plasma coil weapons?

 

[zathros]

You tread where none have before!!

 

[Blackadder]

You Get Two:

Due to a bit of luck and some overzealousness I made this coil core literally twice as long as it needed to be so I now have the option of building two of these extremely futuristic weapons.

The problem is; Are they too slick looking for my lumbering Imperator?

https://i.imgur.com/99NN9FT.jpg

Also the gun mount I made may be too crude for the Sunburst Plasma Blaster....... Does anyone else think that name is more appropo for a 1960s bubblegum jawbreaker?

Anyway I've managed to wrap the first strand of coil material around the core and am letting it dry overnight before installing all the almost one hundred strands for these two Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters..whatever

 

[Gandolf50]

Sunburst Plasma Blaster? 60's Hmmm Possibly! I don't know but can say for certain there were some stoners back then that would have loved it no matter what it was.. I do know that I think you could beat someone with and it and it wouldn't dent.. that is REINFORCED!! .. the stuff I build is .5 mm card only partially egg crated, wrapped in .25 mm and you can stand on it... I love egg crating for card modeling and wood work!

 

[Blackadder]

Give a Hand:
Yesterday evening I got tired of waiting for material for the Plasma Blaster so I decided to work on the Claw.

https://i.imgur.com/AfXn5Uc.jpg

By this morning I got a fairly good start.

 

[zathros]

This should be very interesting!!

 

[Blackadder]

Hands, Touching Hands, Reaching Out, Touching Me, Touching You!

You have to imagine these skeletal fingers cut down to proper diameters but for now we are going for size and flexibility.

https://i.imgur.com/lZteifU.jpg

I modeled my own hand for size

https://i.imgur.com/BnEPqx1.jpg

The first joint indicated by the axles will be where the finger joins the palm so three joints all together to the fingertips except for the thumb which will have two.

https://i.imgur.com/UqVfGp0.jpg

I may make the thumb eventually capable of crossing the palm but not for now.

 

[zathros]

I, as others have, seen your simple looking beginnings really sprout into something grand.

 

[Blackadder]

Subtlest Difference:
You can see with this subtle improvement that the grip will be more humanoid and organic (gratuitous remarks at this point are inevitable I suppose)
https://i.imgur.com/nBCMI0B.jpg

 

[Gandolf50]

Yep that looks better. you might even split the palm with a continuous joint, to add in the flexibility for the thumb and fingers. Just an idea

 

[zathros]

Subtlest Difference:
You can see with this subtle improvement that the grip will be more humanoid and organic (gratuitous remarks at this point are inevitable I suppose)
https://i.imgur.com/nBCMI0B.jpg

I bite my virtual tongue.

 

[Blackadder]

A Failed Attempt:

One of the duties of posting these updates is to show my failures as well as triumphs.

I've wasted a few days on trying to make the coils on this Plasma Blaster and I am not enthused with the result so before I try a different approach I'll show what did not work out.

https://i.imgur.com/kIFXXt3.jpg

I came up with a new idea that I believe will produce a better result and in the long run be much quicker to produce.

Once I have a good start on the procedure I'll post an update.

 

[Blackadder]

This Is Definitely the Better Way To Go:

In the space of one hour I've exceeded the work of several days.

https://i.imgur.com/EadMMJl.jpg

Note: The rods are staggered only as a demonstration. When they are glued they will be flush with the edge.

Of course I shall have to bend these to the shape of the coils.

 

[Revell-Fan]

This is so awesome - I made it a "sticky"!

 

[Blackadder]

Bend Angle Radius:

The relationship between the strength of a material and the amount of curve that can be imparted to the the material before the fatigue point where it will crack instead of take the curve
.
In aircraft it applies to aluminum alloys etc and the metal fatigues when too much stress crystallizes the area being bent to a point of material failure.

https://i.imgur.com/qGaviga.jpg

plastic is subject to similar restrictions. That is where we are now. How to impart a bend and not fatigue the styrene?

https://i.imgur.com/9rRdwgv.jpg

I am soaking the assembly in Tamiya Cement for the test tomorrow to see if I can get the parts to bend without fatiguing.

A judicious application of heat may be necessary.

 

[zathros]

Geez, I thought I had made this a STICKY a long time ago, sorry, Thanks R.F.!!