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not necessary a problem... you coould ahve it facing down and going further from there like you did...

i would do this... but first i would copy you...and second... i love that planet to pieces... (and yeah it is a spacestation...no moon or planet )

Not sure of actual imensions of the Death Star, but I wonder if we should have the " Pluto" debate about if its a planet or dwarf planet

I wonder how many space lien races have passed up our solar system since we sent out that golden disc letting them know where we are. I mean really we told them were in a solar system with 9 planets now we have 8 and a couple dwarf planets? We could have had the cure for cancer, space travel, trips to Risa, but no. Now we get nothing because some has to go and get a wild burr up his butt and change the course of history.

On a serious note he wife leaves this morning for a week of cheer camp. That leaves me alone with 2 of our kids, as the oldest will be at grandma and grandpas through Thursday. Whenever she's gone I don't sleep. I toss and urn relentlessly so feel sorry for my kids as i can get grumpy.

i too feel always not complete when one of my kin is not with me...i am at my best when everybody is snug at home with me... i don´t have to party with them or play or watch something in the telly all day... just everybody does their thing and i am on my top level...if someone is missing... i am not whole...

and yep... how come someone has the right to declare that pluto is no planet anymore... we had shortcuts to remember the planets names and positions ...now all obsolete... *shakes fists*
but i think those aliens wouldn´t really be bothered what some (they call themselves) astronoms call a galactic mass...i think if they would like to talk to us... then we would be either talking or battleing already... which shows... nobody is interested in us

Well, to be fair, astronomy as we understand it fundamentally changed within the last 10 years or so. Now we know that planets don't necessarily need a star or even a system. The Hubble and other fancy gadgets have proven this and a bunch of other stuff. Basically every science book needs re-written now.

Is this the point of the conversation where I chip in with science and spoil the fun?

The thing with Pluto the dwarf planet is that there are many other objects in the solar system that are of a comparable size to Pluto and so we either have 8 planets and some other dwarf planets etc... Or we have 15, 20, 50...100+ planets as to include Pluto, we'd have to include all the other Kuiper belt objects of a similar size. So that shortcut to remember all the planets names would get awfully complicated...

And Voyager I is only on the edge of the solar system (the edge of the sun's influence) and so is only a fraction of the way to the nearest star. So it would require the Aliens to bump into Voyager to find it sooner rather than later and if they're near enough to find Voyager then they should be near enough to notice the solar system without needing the "map".

That said it would be quite amusing for a UFO to descend into the capital of whatever India and China become after they've taken over the world (possibly), Hold up the gold disk and say "this has led us here, to your little blue/green planet. We like it and will take it from you puny humans...".

That said it would be quite amusing for a UFO to descend into the capital of whatever India and China become after they've taken over the world (possibly), Hold up the gold disk and say "this has led us here, to your little blue/green planet. We like it and will take it from you puny humans...".

give us a mere 200 years and i am fine with that

after me the Deluge

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

That said it would be quite amusing for a UFO to descend into the capital of whatever India and China become after they've taken over the world (possibly), Hold up the gold disk and say "this has led us here, to your little blue/green planet. We like it and will take it from you puny humans...".

give us a mere 200 years and i am fine with that

after me the Deluge

Spoken like a true American vik , who cares what happens after us .

Now I have images of the mars attack aliens zapping everyone running through my head.

Is it just me Theo or does your new gun look kinda like a boob & nipple combo? not that that's a bad thing by any means...... jus' sayin'

 nerdfest09 wrote:
Is it just me Theo or does your new gun look kinda like a boob & nipple combo? not that that's a bad thing by any means...... jus' sayin'

Here I was trying to figure out a two ball combination, just couldn't pull it off.

Just got back from watching iron man 3 at the theatre with the kids. Wife left this morning and won't be back till Friday. It was good, but not as good as the first two, and the scene with Bruce banner at the end just didn't get me as excited as the other cameos. All the suits were neat, but could have done without the kid in the movie.

Bewb and nipple Wargear are often taken together from the list

Far be it for me to break us away from boobs and nipples , especially with the wife out of town, but I saw some bits on the desk and had an idea. Wip as I'm leaving to take oldest to grandmas and all three of them to their yearly physical at the dr.



Any guesses at this early of a stage?

i felt that iron man 3 was a rather poorer follow up to the last two... specially the surprise about the mandarin... it was rather a disappointment...

and since the operation clean slate my nerd heart was suitably brusied... all that cool gizmos....argh...


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currently no clue what this might develop into...

First thoughts were a train carriage-alike and looking closer I'm now thinking a treadmill (but why you'd need one is beyond me)

 Dr H wrote:
First thoughts were a train carriage-alike and looking closer I'm now thinking a treadmill (but why you'd need one is beyond me)

Well those goliaths need to stay in shape , but nope, very close though.

The underside of a snowmobile-alike... ?

if a treadmill would be close... then...conveyor belts ? if thats the right term?

Conveyor belt, fer sure!

@dr. Hinternet still makes me laugh, sorry, but no again.
@vik, correct sir you win, it will become a conveyor belt .
@dave, you too are correct, but the German beat you to it. And you will make an excellent judge in the competition brownie points.

Should get some modeling time in tonight after the twins are asleep. Grammy is picking up the twins tomorrow to take them to the zoo, I will have a totally free day what to do?

Hmmm, new idea struck eh Theo?

As long as somewhere along the conveyor line is a meaningless giant stamper, i'm cool with it

^that!!!


but why a conveyor belt anyway??? what is the bigger picture here? we are missing a thing or two here....

a full day? maybe finish something? I would wear a tinfoil hat against the inspirational rays coming from outer space tho... to avoid sidetracking

Must still come up with giant stamper idea, but progress.

Control panel had been made a while back, but has now been repurposed for the belt.

Other side showing rivets and removable top for painting later.

No real point to this terrain piece, just saw the parts and had never seen anyone build one before. Figure it might be good cover in a building that was a warehouse.

Well I don't get a full day but six hours of free time is nice

uiiii... i really like that... the belt looks very cool and even high tech... i was expecting the real mccoy rather a real belt... but i like this even more... way more! and the control panel looks business... where is that bit from?
and i agree... very cool cover idea.... in fact more of such devices are needed... i think you should think about sending this to galorn... so he can cast it... you never know... some extra cash for you might be possible?

oh... one thing tho... how about a control stick or a big lever?

The business part as you call it along with the end pieces all came from a GW drop pod. So to resell it would cause issues. Though whole making this I was thinking of how to make more custom versions, which might be mold able.

You want more gadgets on it?
Okay


Also another part from the drop pod. This gives a grabber arm to sort incoming packages, and possibly to shove them onto an adjacent belt.

that is awesome man...looking really good.

all it needs now is a danger sign so you dont get your hand stuck in it or something like that to give it that much more character.

^that... and an emergency button...you gotta have them... it´s the law...

and that looks simply stunning now....

and i dare say... show this to galorn and then try to figure out a way to copy the needed parts and do them on your own... really this piece has a future in some shops!!!

i think it would add to a munda table

Good work Theo. Really looks the part.

Pure genius, You should do one with a bot that close the packages

@selvaggiosaky, a tape gun wielding servitor??? Genius!
@dr. H, thanks
@bama, thanks, it will add to my table at least , saw your good news in Viks thread congrats.
@vik, thanks for he encouragement , I am currently thinking of version 2.0, and how to make elevated lifts and turns. Also how to get rid of GW parts in the process to make casting legit. Here's the start of version 2.0