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Loved looking at all of those crazy ideas

I like the log cabin idea, it's a really interesting and unusual way of taking this. Sweet!

This is what I was talking about:

Gyroscope: Gyroskop, Kreisel

From Wikipedia:
Device for measuring or maintaining orientation, based on the principles of angular momentum. Applications of gyroscopes include... ...for the stabilization of flying vehicles like radio-controlled helicopters or unmanned aerial vehicles.
...An electric powered flywheel gyroscope inserted in a bicycle wheel is being sold as a training wheel replacement...

(In der deutschen http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreiselinstrument)

Thus, it would not need an external stabilizer/third wheel.

Hope it helped.

PS: Log cabin is coming along nicely, and I like the idea of fitted interiors!

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Loved looking at all of those crazy ideas

Yeah. Good find.
Strangely, quite a few of them are already in my "inspiration" folder...

need a imperial guardsmen that looks like Abe Lincoln, and I'm not talking about the vampire/zombie killing Abe Lincoln .

No!..I said Hey Blinkin!

Your creativity is endless vik. I like it. The ball tank. Reminds me strangely of something id see in starwars. With the intricately reinforced windows and such. Is this your current project? Its hard to tell :( Either way its gonna be fantastic

Truly great to see you fully back in the swing master.

Camkierhi wrote:Truly great to see you fully back in the swing master.

indeed in full swing... my son oskar asked me to use some of my spare plastic junk bitz...(formerly known as plastic one way picnic goblets...in pink...) he started with me on a soon to be shown gretchkin titan...yeah...I'm fully swinging...

bebopdrums2424 wrote:Your creativity is endless vik. I like it. The ball tank. Reminds me strangely of something id see in starwars. With the intricately reinforced windows and such. Is this your current project? Its hard to tell :( Either way its gonna be fantastic

I can never deny star wars influence...it is always there in the backside of my brain...you refer to this design, eh? :

dsteingass wrote:No!..I said Hey Blinkin!

whut?

Theophony wrote: need a imperial guardsmen that looks like Abe Lincoln, and I'm not talking about the vampire/zombie killing Abe Lincoln .

I actually still feel ashamed to ever have watched that movie... what will they think of next?...dunno if I will add any ´mericans for this log cabin tho...it will have british influences ...again^^

Dr H wrote:

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Loved looking at all of those crazy ideas

Yeah. Good find.
Strangely, quite a few of them are already in my "inspiration" folder...

oh...I know that page almost by heart... if I ever get to make PC into curved lines with precision...then this tank will be for my army for sure...:
[img]http://www.twilighthistories.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/strange-tank-1917-american.jpg
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Littletower wrote:This is what I was talking about:

Gyroscope: Gyroskop, Kreisel

From Wikipedia:
Device for measuring or maintaining orientation, based on the principles of angular momentum. Applications of gyroscopes include... ...for the stabilization of flying vehicles like radio-controlled helicopters or unmanned aerial vehicles.
...An electric powered flywheel gyroscope inserted in a bicycle wheel is being sold as a training wheel replacement...

(In der deutschen http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreiselinstrument)

Thus, it would not need an external stabilizer/third wheel.

Hope it helped.

PS: Log cabin is coming along nicely, and I like the idea of fitted interiors!

werl....you have me almost convinced...I am actually thinking that the connection of the "training ball" to the main ball is too long... but actually needs to be so spaced out to have the tracks I planned on... I need to do some heavy thinking....

shasolenzabi wrote:Loved looking at all of those crazy ideas

yup... that is a page full of inspiration...I sometimes venture on long forgotten pages of your thread too for inspiration...

inmygravenimage wrote:I like the log cabin idea, it's a really interesting and unusual way of taking this. Sweet!

look below for more sweat eye candy^^ log style^^

Ruglud wrote:Hey Vik, I vote to scrap the stabiliser - I thought at first that your tank would need it, but I don't like it now I see it - sorry... I say go with the gyroscope stabiliser idea...



Some other awesome tank designs here... http://www.twilighthistories.com/2012/08/17/top-20-weird-tanks-alternate-history-of-design/

And interesting start on your wooden build... Looking forward to your progress

thanks mate!... if I recall right you were the guy who asked for a stabilizer wheel?...I might be wrong tho... but I am more and more not liking the training ball look too....damn...back to the drawing board...


speanking of boards...
update time on the cabinof the woods...

changed slightly the setup of the tiers of wood...it will now be more raised...and thus gets some small stairs...


this is the first glued together parts of the walls...with cut out windows and doorframe...all will be made way neater in the coming days...


and then the floor was done too today...:


for now everything is made of the wood you get of those firecracker rockets for new years eve...all salvaged from the streets of berlin...so currently all 100% recycled materials...

cheers, vik

That's a lot of rockets...
Good job, Vik.
Not a lot more I can add at this stage.

oh...I forgot to add that I started with the roof too...this will get to be shown here tomorrow...

thanks doc!

Making that cabin al ready for action eh Vik?

that´s the deal

Man, I really wanna do terrain..... all you and Dave do ismake me jealous......

Haha Vik..probably something that gets lost in your crazy German dubs of Mel Brooks movies



Max, I can guarantee it's a helluva lot easier than building fething titans! ;D

mxwllmdr wrote:Man, I really wanna do terrain..... all you and Dave do ismake me jealous......

that is quite a very big...maybe a bit too big for my shoes a compliment to be named in one breath with daves terrain making prowess...

dsteingass wrote:Haha Vik..probably something that gets lost in your crazy German dubs of Mel Brooks movies



Max, I can guarantee it's a helluva lot easier than building fething titans! ;D

a hell lot easier as it is more and easier to be planned and the maths are easier to do your willing... also...terrain looks faster convincing than tech stuff... that needs to convince you that there is actually the possibility of movement as intended... terrain just needs to look as if it is able to sit there... which in essence it does already right from the start when you heap up the materials


and yes dave...dubbed version totally ruins this joke...as in german that fella is actually named "Blinzler" which is a very straight translation but just doesn´t make this joke possible anymore...


well...back to this current project...today was roof day...




and this roof option also made it possible to have a second floor...which of course needs another floor made of timber...and of course again...a stepladder





the roof...should it have shingles...or should it be a massive wooden roof?...also... I think I might need some help to make appropriate furniture fitting for this kind of rough hewn block house style...?

cheers and thanks in advance, yours truly vik

I was going to say that the roof pieces needed a cross beam to make them like 'A's, but if you're putting a floor in there, that should do the trick.

For the roofing, I would say the same as I did with my hut; you could make the roof from wood, but then you have a building with wood for the walls, the floors, the support structure AND the roof. It all gets a bit "wood-y".
You could do with another material just to add a little more interest to the whole.
That was why I didn't make a wooden roof to my hut anyway.

It will be too top-heavy as solid wood. You should use cross-boards (or a solid, thin piece) over the length of the rafters, then shingles over that

Also, at that angle the overhang of the roof looks a little too much. Can they see out the windows?

Doc has a valid point on the overhang...

Dr H wrote:I was going to say that the roof pieces needed a cross beam to make them like 'A's, but if you're putting a floor in there, that should do the trick.

For the roofing, I would say the same as I did with my hut; you could make the roof from wood, but then you have a building with wood for the walls, the floors, the support structure AND the roof. It all gets a bit "wood-y".
You could do with another material just to add a little more interest to the whole.
That was why I didn't make a wooden roof to my hut anyway.

so...I get it that you don´t like woody? ...poor chap ...

no seriously... my wife said the same to me (not about the woody tho ) and suggested shingles too...I agree it will need a bit of variety and the roof is a good way to add this...

dsteingass wrote:It will be too top-heavy as solid wood. You should use cross-boards (or a solid, thin piece) over the length of the rafters, then shingles over that

agreed, that would be indeed too heavy looking...and I indeed try to build this log cabin as classic as I can... so crossboards and such things will be needed and be done!
and it will get individual shingles too!

Dr H wrote:Also, at that angle the overhang of the roof looks a little too much. Can they see out the windows?

the pic was before my wife (again) informed me to the fact that if I raise the wall with a new floor I will have it easier to get the roof build without the need to cut out angles

so now I can assure you that the windows are full use!...

Your Wife is a very clever and sensible person.

Vik, go chop up some of your yard and Do a real sod roof very little house on the prairie.

Dr H wrote:Your Wife is a very clever and sensible person.

she married me...any further questions?

Theophony wrote:Vik, go chop up some of your yard and Do a real sod roof very little house on the prairie.

I take that as a compliment...I actually helped my father in law with his work on the roof of a outside porch...built like a log cabin...which was very helpful for this build...^^

Vik is going all swiss with his roof! snow shedder that one for sure!

well... you have to have a means to get the moisture off the walls... it is something our own house hasn´t has and thus we have quite the moist wall in our bedroom....which is rather crap, believe me!

Not tempted by corrugated iron then?

Looking good mister, shingles will look great. Will the upper floor be removable? Maybe just a couple locating pins and the whole upper section comes away?

As to furniture, simple palet beds and a table maybe. Look to DrH's Hut for table and bench design done perfectly for this situation. Oh and Daves botbelly stove with Rivets!

Toothpick furniture Vic. Make lots of rocking chairs an his can b the imperial guard rest home for the aged .

Camkierhi wrote:Not tempted by corrugated iron then?

Looking good mister, shingles will look great. Will the upper floor be removable? Maybe just a couple locating pins and the whole upper section comes away?

As to furniture, simple palet beds and a table maybe. Look to DrH's Hut for table and bench design done perfectly for this situation. Oh and Daves botbelly stove with Rivets!

you are already way ahead on the way I am currently heading...^^...the roof will be detachable... I think I will skip the location pins as I have a sort of guiding rail for the floor and the finished roof will just sit in place on its own accord...
and you summed it up pretty much what I have currently planned for furniture... if I have the bitz and the room I will do some see-through maps and other tech like we know from star wars...the upper level will hold the sleeping dens ...after that...future planning as time allows... as for the roof itself... well I can´t really warm-up with corrugated iron as it looks too rough and too makeshift ... shingles will be better for that more neat looking stereotype I have in my head of british military structures^^...if I could get the look right I think slate would be perfect... but I have no idea how to get the look right of rough cut slate...

Theophony wrote:Toothpick furniture Vic. Make lots of rocking chairs an his can b the imperial guard rest home for the aged .

already working on toothpick furniture...look no further as the no presented ladder. (oh and a rocking chair... how to do that with toothpicks...damn....)..--->

update time...the roof is still further shaping up...may I present to you the almost finished gables...:




and to get to the upper level

there is now a ladder...which I built this way...:





hope you´ll like...

cheers, vik

Great stuff. Great minds and all that.

For the slate, very laborious, but you could cut each from Plasticard, then cut the chipped edges on, similar to the way I did my scimitars. I would suggest doing it in rows and cutting the joints in after. but I suspect the best person to answer this is Dave. I have done slate roofs in the past but just from cardboard. I would not worry at the chipped edges.