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Thanks Shajaki, you are right of course. I did do some more work on the diorama today.

Fastened the walls to the floor.

I made the wiring harnesses for the Teletraan and affixed them to the base and as well as routing them through the wall.

I also put some connectors in line so I can unplug for portability/storage.

I also made the tansition/threshold from the interior of the Ark to the hallway outside (It's got the little silver pentagons on it...).









Next up wiring harnesses for the "hallway" lights, and foam work to make the mountain side...almost done the main part of the diorama...getting there...

Got the entry way lights wired and the entry way walls/flooring in place. Also started laying the styro-foam and shaping it for the rock face. Things are coming along quick now...

Jesus mate this is insanley good!

By far the the best Ark recreation I have seen, (no offence to any other posters here) how functional is the screen? For example could you loop footage of the G1 show through it?

leakin' lubricant wrote:Jesus mate this is insanley good!

By far the the best Ark recreation I have seen, (no offence to any other posters here) how functional is the screen? For example could you loop footage of the G1 show through it?

Thanks LL! The screen is a color/touch screen with a good resolution and the controller for its an SD slot for holding large files and I think that it could handle the old G1 toons with no issue. The problem will be asking the Arduino (which runs the controller) to render the images/sound...it's not a particularly beefy processor so the videos would probably be herky jerky. I was thinking of looking into another type of micro controller that could handle that kind of processing.

In the meantime, the Arduino should be able to render stills like a slide show with no issue so I want to try something like that first.

How goes the MP hunt? Any new additions?

leakin' lubricant wrote:By far the the best Ark recreation I have seen, (no offence to any other posters here)

none taken.

donny, Sir Lube is right, ya know? I'm getting really excited for this thing. Can't wait to see how you tackle the mountain.

donny1975 wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:Jesus mate this is insanley good!

By far the the best Ark recreation I have seen, (no offence to any other posters here) how functional is the screen? For example could you loop footage of the G1 show through it?

Thanks LL! The screen is a color/touch screen with a good resolution and the controller for its an SD slot for holding large files and I think that it could handle the old G1 toons with no issue. The problem will be asking the Arduino (which runs the controller) to render the images/sound...it's not a particularly beefy processor so the videos would probably be herky jerky. I was thinking of looking into another type of micro controller that could handle that kind of processing.

In the meantime, the Arduino should be able to render stills like a slide show with no issue so I want to try something like that first.

How goes the MP hunt? Any new additions?

Sounds great, you could get a lot of intersting content on the screen, actually could it handle animated GIFs? If so This thread at TFW might be of interest.

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-toy-discussion/1004092-stop-motion-transformation-gifs.html

They would work great with you MP display, if the processors up to the job.

The hunt goes well thanks. Got a couple of new MP's this week, MP-13 and MP-17 arrived a couple of days ago, I'll update my thread with a few pics this week.

Cobotron wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:By far the the best Ark recreation I have seen, (no offence to any other posters here)

none taken.

donny, Sir Lube is right, ya know? I'm getting really excited for this thing. Can't wait to see how you tackle the mountain.

Sir Lube Always makes me smile.

leakin' lubricant wrote:

donny1975 wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:Jesus mate this is insanley good!

By far the the best Ark recreation I have seen, (no offence to any other posters here) how functional is the screen? For example could you loop footage of the G1 show through it?

Thanks LL! The screen is a color/touch screen with a good resolution and the controller for its an SD slot for holding large files and I think that it could handle the old G1 toons with no issue. The problem will be asking the Arduino (which runs the controller) to render the images/sound...it's not a particularly beefy processor so the videos would probably be herky jerky. I was thinking of looking into another type of micro controller that could handle that kind of processing.

In the meantime, the Arduino should be able to render stills like a slide show with no issue so I want to try something like that first.

How goes the MP hunt? Any new additions?

Sounds great, you could get a lot of intersting content on the screen, actually could it handle animated GIFs? If so This thread at TFW might be of interest.

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-toy-discussion/1004092-stop-motion-transformation-gifs.html

They would work great with you MP display, if the processors up to the job.

The hunt goes well thanks. Got a couple of new MP's this week, MP-13 and MP-17 arrived a couple of days ago, I'll update my thread with a few pics this week.

Those GIFs are really kewl! Once I get this thing in a more complete state I will focus on the programming aspect and look into some of these suggestions.

Enjoy your figs love soundwave and prowl they are great figures.

Cobotron wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:By far the the best Ark recreation I have seen, (no offence to any other posters here)

none taken.

donny, Sir Lube is right, ya know? I'm getting really excited for this thing. Can't wait to see how you tackle the mountain.

Thanks Cobs I am getting excited for the end too, but gotta keep steady and not rush...

I did do some more work on the mountain and wire everything together to make sure it all works...

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:By far the the best Ark recreation I have seen, (no offence to any other posters here)

none taken.

donny, Sir Lube is right, ya know? I'm getting really excited for this thing. Can't wait to see how you tackle the mountain.

Sir Lube Always makes me smile.

Got some more work done on the Ark project today. Half of the mountainside is carved and put in place on either side of the entrance way.

Cutting foam is hateful, even with a hotwire tool because then it's respirator and ventilation time...and it still stinks... oh well.


After these mountain sections are done drying(glue) I can put more fine detail on the rock face and get rid of some of the uniformity. After that I'll be working on the top half of the mountain side which I'll need to shape around the Ark...should be oodles o'fun.















Sorry 'bout the focus on the last one. I have to get my DSLR out and setup to take some proper photos...I have gotten so lazy with the advent of the touch phone...

Go donny. Go donny. Sculpt rocks like it's yer birthday.
Looks AMAZING!

donny1975 wrote:Got some more work done on the Ark project today. Half of the mountainside is carved and put in place on either side of the entrance way.

Cutting foam is hateful, even with a hotwire tool because then it's respirator and ventilation time...and it still stinks... oh well.


After these mountain sections are done drying(glue) I can put more fine detail on the rock face and get rid of some of the uniformity. After that I'll be working on the top half of the mountain side which I'll need to shape around the Ark...should be oodles o'fun.

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Sorry 'bout the focus on the last one. I have to get my DSLR out and setup to take some proper photos...I have gotten so lazy with the advent of the touch phone...

WOW your actually building the mountain too! Cant wait for the end result.

Cobotron wrote::DANCE: Go donny. Go donny. Sculpt rocks like it's yer birthday.
Looks AMAZING!

Thanks Cobs!

leakin' lubricant wrote:WOW your actually building the mountain too! Cant wait for the end result.

Me either LL!

Gonna work on it some more this morning...

Cobotron wrote::DANCE: Go donny. Go donny. Sculpt rocks like it's yer birthday.
Looks AMAZING!

LOL

In all seriousness though.

Awesome.

Freaking.

Ark.

3rd Party/HasTak better finish off the missing Season 1/2 MP 'bots/'cons immediately for display in/around this!

itscramtastic wrote:

Cobotron wrote::DANCE: Go donny. Go donny. Sculpt rocks like it's yer birthday.
Looks AMAZING!

LOL

In all seriousness though.

Awesome.

Freaking.

Ark.

3rd Party/HasTak better finish off the missing Season 1/2 MP 'bots/'cons immediately for display in/around this!

True dat! LOL...off the top of my head I still need a Mirage (DX9's is a possibility...), Cliffjumper, Hound, Trailbreaker, Gears, Sunstreaker, Ratchet, Ironhide, Jazz, Windcharger...

I was playing around with a few of my car/mini-bots and prime to see how they scale fit through the entry way to the base....

I think it's a bit narrow going by the cartoon dimensions but being confined to the 4x4 area needed to make the dimensions work. At any rate, I am please they can actually go Noah's Ark style -- Two by Two...

You are an artist donny. And seeing all those guys in their vehicle modes shows the incredible VASTNESS of this thing. I mean I knew, but I had no idea! I can't wait to see this finished! How close are you do you think?

donny1975 wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:

Cobotron wrote::DANCE: Go donny. Go donny. Sculpt rocks like it's yer birthday.
Looks AMAZING!

LOL

In all seriousness though.

Awesome.

Freaking.

Ark.

3rd Party/HasTak better finish off the missing Season 1/2 MP 'bots/'cons immediately for display in/around this!

True dat! LOL...off the top of my head I still need a Mirage (DX9's is a possibility...), Cliffjumper, Hound, Trailbreaker, Gears, Sunstreaker, Ratchet, Ironhide, Jazz, Windcharger...

I was playing around with a few of my car/mini-bots and prime to see how they scale fit through the entry way to the base....

I think it's a bit narrow going by the cartoon dimensions but being confined to the 4x4 area needed to make the dimensions work. At any rate, I am please they can actually go Noah's Ark style -- Two by Two...

Even more awesome. Pretty sure the dimensions are just fine!!

Find a G1 fan that wouldn't love a setup like that and you've found a LIAR!!

This is Awesome, we may be looking at the biggest playset since the USS Flagg. I cant wait to see it when its done

shajaki wrote:

You are an artist donny. And seeing all those guys in their vehicle modes shows the incredible VASTNESS of this thing. I mean I knew, but I had no idea! I can't wait to see this finished! How close are you do you think?

Aww shucks! Thanks Shaj! I appreciate that. Well I have been super lazy this week, but I am planning on doing some work on this weekend. I am hoping to get the remainder of the mountain side done and maybe get started on the painting. So with that out of the way and they remaining detail work being the only thing left I would say inside of a month...assuming I can keep working on it regularly.

grimdragon2001 wrote:This is Awesome, we may be looking at the biggest playset since the USS Flagg. I cant wait to see it when its done

Oh wow! I never thought of that LOL. But oh man I wanted that play set so bad when I was a kid! Although when the Defiant came out I wanted that more! Thanks for the props too! Much appreciated!

Well I have been popping in and looking through the forums for the past week or so...been traveling for work which is meh...

Anyway I was home today and got to work on my project for the first time in a while! So I was excited to show the progress.

I've got the rock face mostly molded around the tail end of the Ark.









The round nacelle of the Ark is continues to be fun to shape and carve the foam around...

apparently I was dropped from this thread too, Don de la 75.
posting to resubscribe.

those roxx Rock!
Slow and steady wins the race.

Beepin hell donny!

That's damn fine work went into this project well done mate