Hello there. So a couple months back, I picked up one of the 1/100 Toynami figures. After sitting there looking at it, posed in all it's Gerwalk glory, a thought crossed through my mind. "I want to motorize this sucker." Robotics has been a side hobby of mine, mostly for the engineering puzzle solving aspect of it. So I'm going to give this a shot and see how far I can get.
I bought a couple of 1/72 Hasegawa kits to try to be lazy and just modify them for gears, etc. But sadly the size is just too small to fit what is needed. The larger kits just cost too much to justify. (most the money needs to go into parts for robotics) So, I'm just going to have to be not lazy and model the thing for 3D printing. I'm setting up for a 1/50 scale (keeps the math simple) And due to requests of some people I know, I'll be doing a progress thread. I decided to place it here mostly from when I was looking for reference images and I came across Dan Bickle's work from a few years ago . He had some great ideas on inner workings and it's fantastic inspiration. I hope he's able to get around to finishing his project. (If anyone knows if he's still active, please shoot him my way. I'd love to pick his brain)
So the few images here are just the blockout's I've started. I wanted to wait till I had some more detail, but of course it's just an excuse to keep putting off the official start of the project. I will be cutting in detail as I go. Though in the beginning here, getting the overall shell set is more important, as putting in joints and pistons will drive where certain cuts will be. My goal is to keep the same movable exterior as the models and figures, but I may have to make a few concessions for the sake of functionality.
I'll reveal what I want to do overall as I get to those stages in the project. This is more of a 'is this actually possible?' project than pushing for a final product. But it would be awesome to actually finish. It will be quite a journey and hope everyone enjoys it as much as I will.