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Offline Supercollider

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Boring to the center of the Earth
« on: 04 July 2015, 07:18:49 PM »
I finally got around to painting a boring/drilling/tunneling machine I made a few years ago, an ongoing effort to finish off all the projects I'd started a long time ago, and left to gather dust.

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/15220207@N06/19417367371" title="Boring Machine by adeselrec, on Flickr"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/351/19417367371_86c0ccc279_c.jpg" width="600" height="800" alt="Boring Machine">[/url]

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/15220207@N06/19413192265" title="Boring Machine by adeselrec, on Flickr"><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3781/19413192265_ebc8f8c85c_c.jpg" width="600" height="800" alt="Boring Machine">[/url]

Here it is unpainted - body based on After Eights packaging (wrapped with ribbed styrene), nose cone is from an piping/icing bag, various zip ties and milk seals for textures.  I experimented with ground up used tea leaves to make the soil, and am pleased with how it looks.

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/15220207@N06/7902187076" title="VSF Tunelling Machine by adeselrec, on Flickr"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8457/7902187076_4cb679c33b_c.jpg" width="600" height="800" alt="VSF Tunelling Machine">[/url]

Thanks for looking!
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Offline Mr. Peabody

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Re: Boring to the center of the Earth
« Reply #1 on: 04 July 2015, 07:29:58 PM »
Bravo sir. That conveyance is the very soul of subterranean exploration.  8) 8) 8)
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Offline OSHIROmodels

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Re: Boring to the center of the Earth
« Reply #2 on: 04 July 2015, 07:33:46 PM »
Looks great  8) 8)

cheers

James
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Offline Duke Donald

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Re: Boring to the center of the Earth
« Reply #3 on: 04 July 2015, 11:28:04 PM »
Great scratch build!
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Offline Denizen Kane

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Re: Boring to the center of the Earth
« Reply #4 on: 05 July 2015, 12:10:46 AM »
Very nice! Love it when folks scratchbuild stuff!
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Offline marianas_gamer

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Re: Boring to the center of the Earth
« Reply #5 on: 05 July 2015, 02:06:51 AM »
Nice job on both the scratch building and the painting  :-*
LB
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Offline swiftnick

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Re: Boring to the center of the Earth
« Reply #6 on: 05 July 2015, 11:32:34 AM »
Great stuff very inspirational.
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Offline Skrapwelder

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Re: Boring to the center of the Earth
« Reply #7 on: 05 July 2015, 02:23:42 PM »
Excellent work.
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Offline Supercollider

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Re: Boring to the center of the Earth
« Reply #8 on: 05 July 2015, 07:55:33 PM »
Cheers, all! 

Next I have a couple of small 'nefs to finish off - must strike while I still have momentum!  ;D
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Offline Malamute

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Re: Boring to the center of the Earth
« Reply #9 on: 06 July 2015, 08:33:47 AM »
Very nice indeed. ;D
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Offline Constable Bertrand

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Re: Boring to the center of the Earth
« Reply #10 on: 06 July 2015, 08:50:57 AM »
BRILLIANT! That looks awesome, and the soil remaining on the device is just right for the "freshly broken surface" setting you have gone for.
 :-*  :-*  :-*

Cheers
Matt
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Online beefcake

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Re: Boring to the center of the Earth
« Reply #11 on: 06 July 2015, 08:57:00 AM »
That is an amazing scratch build! Please re title your post so it doesn't say "boring". I was far from it ;)
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Offline Traveler Man

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Re: Boring to the center of the Earth
« Reply #12 on: 06 July 2015, 09:16:52 PM »
An excellent build!  :-*
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Re: Boring to the center of the Earth
« Reply #13 on: 06 July 2015, 09:49:32 PM »
Oooh yes, very nice. I'm a sucker for that green too.  :-*
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Offline magokiron

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Re: Boring to the center of the Earth
« Reply #14 on: 07 July 2015, 01:41:39 AM »
Really nice.

A piece to be proud of.

Thanks for sharing.
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