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 Oct 31 2010, 10:56 PM
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Heya! Anyone still around here?
Long time no see once more, looks like it's been almost a year since a good update of the project. Well, here it is. After hundreds of hours of studying here is a quick render of the progress concerning the cables. I am done with the front cables of the mer *minus the details*. Detailing is the easy part. Once I gain psyc strength I am off to start the rear part. Photos of the rear of the mer are very sparse and very messy but since I made it this far seems like nothing is impossible. I sorted out a few cables already. Anyway, awaiting your feedback.. 
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Nov 1 2010, 12:21 AM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 691 Joined: 21-December 07 From: Clatskanie, Oregon Member No.: 3988 |
Look's Very Nice!
 . Just one question, will you eventually add surfaces to the IDD arm cutouts as well as add a bottom to the web? 
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Nov 1 2010, 01:33 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 200 Joined: 2-September 06 Member No.: 1097 |
...uhm... "bottom to the web"? what do you mean?
and I cant understand whether you mean add textures to the idd arm or something else? of course I will... the result is meant to be... the mer as in a photo... unless you mean something different :/ -------------------- |
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Nov 1 2010, 02:54 AM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8789 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Really stunning work, Scoot. You're one of the most patient people I've ever seen!
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Nov 1 2010, 06:55 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 200 Joined: 2-September 06 Member No.: 1097 |
..well, I am fresh out of patience, that's why this is taking forver
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Nov 1 2010, 07:57 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
Hi scooterlord, congratulations for your last piece of work, I would like to go back to the missing cables question (I discovered the posts only now!).
If you look carefully to the pictures from rear hazcam and to the 'empty nest' pan (from James post), you will notice that the cables were going down from MER to the lander and are cut; the cut is near the retention mechanism and is probably made with a pyro system after landing (any further detail from someone more expert than me?)... I hope this can help you! -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Nov 1 2010, 09:34 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 200 Joined: 2-September 06 Member No.: 1097 |
dilo, cool, that's what I was thinking myself, because in the "roving mars" documentary I saw no cables underneath the mer. I would take a look at the reference I have later to see the cuts - haven't studied them yet, I take things one step at a time, but if you happen to have any handy reference photos, please upload them
Any rear reference photos are welcome..
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Nov 1 2010, 12:21 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 691 Joined: 21-December 07 From: Clatskanie, Oregon Member No.: 3988 |
After going back to post #97 in this thread, I can see that you had what I was talking about rendered fully
. What I was talking about were those cutout spaces in the WEB that the IDD stows into. Also, what I meant by the "bottom to the web", I could see from looking through the arm cutouts in the WEB, that you had no surfaces to the bottom of the rover's WEB. But yeah, it looks like you just didn't render the area's I was talking about in your latest update .
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Nov 1 2010, 03:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 200 Joined: 2-September 06 Member No.: 1097 |
@James:
Feels good to see that people are still interested in this and thevthread is still alive. I can promise you that when it is done you'll struggle to make out if it's the real thing or not -------------------- |
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Nov 1 2010, 06:01 PM
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 Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 |
Scooterlord,
We are still very interested, believe me! -------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
-- "The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality. |
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Nov 1 2010, 10:56 PM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 399 Joined: 28-August 07 From: San Francisco Member No.: 3511 |
Yes, I've been a-gasp since the first post all those years ago !
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Nov 2 2010, 06:28 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 200 Joined: 2-September 06 Member No.: 1097 |
...and here is one better quality render of the left side...
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Nov 2 2010, 05:09 PM
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Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 |
Scooterlord,
Have you looked at Mars Science Lab at all yet? Might want to get in requests for pictures of key areas now before they close her up!
-------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
-- "The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality. |
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Nov 2 2010, 07:42 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 200 Joined: 2-September 06 Member No.: 1097 |
hendric: uhm... what? what am I looking for? Are we talking about the old rovers? where? url?
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Nov 2 2010, 08:07 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1621 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Bergerac - FR Member No.: 678 |
This is … EPIC !!
Thanks for all your hard working, this is very amazing ! -------------------- |
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