A Mother Ship and Lunar Rover.- Made from card and junk......

[rtfoe]

"Ground control to Major Tom": Just letting you know you're not alone. Maybe we can't help directly, but you got a lot of moral support!

PS When you talk about life, but not as we know it, does that mean you've finally found a use for all that pink belly-button fluff you so carefully collected and saved all those years ago?

First of all I don't know why it's Pink. :thinking::confounded: Anyway I see a Picasso in space coming up, Ron.

Cheers,
Richard

[Gern]

First of all I don't know why it's Pink. :thinking::confounded: Anyway I see a Picasso in space coming up, Ron.

Cheers,
Richard

I don't know why it's pink either Richard, but that's the colour Ron said it was a few years ago when the topic first came up. I seem to remember suggesting it could be used for sheep's wool, but Ron said he couldn't think of any way to change the colour.

[Tim Marlow]

You don’t think he’s finally knitted a clanger from it do you Dave?

[spanner570]

Nice one boys!
Re. the pink navel fluff. It was left there when my missus's hair was that colour! :flushed:........Photos sent in a plain brown envelope (if required!)

Moving swiftly on.
After a fair bit of thinking as to just what I would want in a roving Lunar vehicle, I've started on the design and construction . It's going to be like a 'Push me, pull you' Bendy Bus. More later, but here is the start.
I drew the shape out directly on to thin card. Then cut and scribed the outline.

Here are the stages thus far.

Marked, cut out and ready to scribe and fold.


Folded and glued. I used UHU general purpose glue. All a bit rough just yet.....


The second, identical one ready. This one will go back to back with the first.


Ignition sequence started...

[Mini Me]

Nice start 570.......will it be tracked or a multi wheeled vehicle? :thumb2: Rick H.

[spanner570]

Thanks Rick.

Both........

[Jim R]

Hi Ron
A fine start there. Two for the price of one. No sign of the word Kellogg's anywhere to be seen :thinking:
Jim

[Gern]

Hi Ron
A fine start there. Two for the price of one. No sign of the word Kellogg's anywhere to be seen :thinking:
Jim

Come on Jim! Keep up! It wouldn't be Kelloggs - it would be Weetabix!

[spanner570]

Thanks for all the great input so far chaps!

I've completed the basic construction of the Lunar Rover.
When I designed the thing, I wanted, not unreasonably I thought, to have as good a chance of survival should things go tit's up. So I came up with the idea of having two rovers stuck together. That way, if one broke, I could quickly scuttle off into the next, lock myself in and skeedaddle off back to the mothership, dragging the useless piece of junk behind me.

So here's the early stages of my belt and braces Rover.

You can see the bendy connecting bit. This will allow the rover to turn almost on it's own length and made from part of a drinking straw. There was no real need to cut out the windows, as I have another plan for those, so I omitted them from the second cab. The slabs on the side are plastic card to kind'a start to beef things up a bit.

The bendy bit also will act as an escape route/airlock from one unit to the other......



I've also added a couple of solar panels made from kitchen foil......Just spotted this near corner needs a bit of trimming off!


Next up, I'll add the running gear and stick on all the things that have come to mind that I can stick on........It's a fair old list and could well make the things look like a couple of Sea Anemones on steroids!

All good fun and as hoped, not a rivet counter within miles!

Cheers,
John Koenig

[Tim Marlow]

Love it! I may yet build my idea, but I now need to clear the bench of current projects…..

[spanner570]

Thanks Tim.

The hanger for the Rover.
Made from card. All the appendages on the rover retract into it's own body, hence the minimal space required around the vehicle. Thus saving on the size of the mother ship. Clever, what?








Incidentally, that is not a lunar landscape, but my rather abused cutting mat......

Your friend,

Buzz Lightbulb

[Jim R]

Well Buzz
You have clearly studied all the physics involved and come up with a design which will be the envy of all those less able guys at NASA. Your contribution to space exploration deserves recognition - Sir Buzz Lightbulb perhaps?
Jim

[rtfoe]

Rivet counter alert! Rivet counter alert! :smiling6: It's missing an astro-dome. :tears-of-joy: I'd put one just forward of the solar panels I presume that's what it is. Basically to take readings from the stars and pictures from above.
Very imaginative Ron. I like the idea of the flexible center tube...does it function as a conduit between the rover modules? Can't wait for all the parafhernalia that will stick out the rover in travelling mode.

Cheers,
Richard

[adt70hk]

Ron

Coming on very nicely indeed!! Keep up the great start.

Andrew

[spanner570]

Thanks for your support chaps...:thumb2:

Rivet counter alert! Rivet counter alert! :smiling6: It's missing an astro-dome. :tears-of-joy: I'd put one just forward of the solar panels I presume that's what it is. Basically to take readings from the stars and pictures from above.
Very imaginative Ron. I like the idea of the flexible center tube...does it function as a conduit between the rover modules? Can't wait for all the parafhernalia that will stick out the rover in travelling mode.

Cheers,
Richard

Giz' a chance Richard. I've only just started building the things....

I gave reference to the solar panels earlier in the build.

It's isn't missing an Astrodome, it's a special concertina one I have recently patented, retracted so the Rover fits in it's hanger for the picture and I do know what they are for, honest.
I also mentioned the reason for the flexible centre tube.

Thanks for your input. Much appreciated.