On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 5:51 AM, Noel Navarro <[email protected]> wrote: > My current project - a 1/2 scale (roughly) Wall-E built almost > entirely out of recycled cardboard (in keeping with the environmental > message of the movie). > I just completed the weathering test on his back panel tonight. I > didn't intend to achieve this level of detail in cardboard - my > daughter will be playing with it after all, and a rough model would > have sufficed. Oh well, in for a penny, in for a pound, as they say. > > The only non-card parts are the wheeled base that will go under the > dummy treads, and PVC pipe elbow fittings for his neck - it needs to > be sturdy and be able to pivot. > > I might use magnets to attach the arms to the body, with thin steel > strips glued inside the body box, so his arms can achieve multiple > positions. > > Hope you like it so far. My daughter can't wait for him to be finished! > > Noel
Looking good, Noel, and as always it's great to hear from you! :-) Are you working from your own "blueprints" or the ones from Elso? -- Mike Hungerford http://users.sdccu.net/chthulhu2/models.html Fools! I will destroy you all! (Ask me how!) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
