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Posted 8/17/2016 5:03:32 PM
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SOME QUICK IDENTIFIERS THAT INDICATE THE SUITABILITY AND SCALABILITY
OF TOY VEHICLES AS REFERENCES FOR REAL VEHICLE BUILDS.

PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT IDENTIFIER: “THIS TOY MADE FOR 6-INCH FIGURES.”

TRANSLATION: This vehicle is scaled for 1:12 One-inch on the toy
vehicle equals 12-inches in full scale.

A 6-inch figure equals a 6-feet tall human. (1”=12”) (1”=1’) (6”=6’)

By making a toy vehicle accommodate 6-inch figures, the dimensions and
scale of the toy vehicle have been forced to conform around the
dimensions and scale of a 6’ tall human.

The scales of the human figure and the toy vehicle are equal and scalable.

Thus the combination of equally scaled toy figure and toy vehicle mean
that the toy vehicle is fully scalable to 1:1 into a real world
full-sized vehicle and that a (1:1) 6-‘ tall human would be able to
fit into it. Even though the toy vehicle is usually significantly
skewed, the dimensions that accommodate the 6-inch figure are not. The
possibilities related to this when fully grasped are breath taking.
The human form exists in near perfect dimensional reality surrounded
by equally scaled abstract skewing. A very useful concept.

Once the principles of this concept are fully grasped, one could
easily extrapolate to other similar figure to vehicle relationships.

12” tall GI JOE figures in 1:6 scale Navy Seal dune buggy (sandrail).

12” tall Batman figures in 1:6 scale Tumbler.

3” tall plastic figures in 1:24 scale vehicles.

2.88” tall Batman figure in 1:25 scale B v S DOJ Batmobile vertigo
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TWO VARIABLE 3D PICTORIAL ANALYSIS
A fancy description for comparing and contrasting two models in the same scale.
In this case I used two 1:25 scale models. One a Dodge Ram pickup truck and the other a Mobieus B v S DOJ Batmobile. Unlike using photographic images which are 2D, flat, and untouchable in 3D reality the 3D models can be experienced in 3D, rotated, and touched. A very intuitive way to reveal, compare, and contrast attributes of each and between the two. vertigo


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hello everyone,
I have a attached 7 images of the B v S DOJ Batmobile suitable for re-sizing and skewing.
Most computers come with PAINT so you could use this to experiment with the images.
Down load the images.
Click on the image and select edit.
Once in go to resize the image.
Deselect: maintain aspect ratio
This will allow you to resize the image on the horizontal and vertical with each of them independent of the other.
This is an excellent way to see how the Batmobile would look in a different aspect ratios.
Example the movie correct Batmobile is 12 feet wide and 21 feet long.
Want to see how it would look street legal at 8-1/2 feet wide? Extra long or less length? Made taller or shorter?
A few clicks and you're there. I have included complete images and images without the tires. (Body only).
This way you can manipulate the body without the interference of the tires.
You could also do the same thing with Photoshop or virtually any other photo edit program as they all have image re-sizing and aspect ratio programing. vertigo


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B v S Batmobile 012-DD.jpg (1 view, 127.95 KB)
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WE HAVE DISCUSSED 3D PRINTING, CNC PLASMA TABLES, CNC MILLING
MACHINES, CNC LATHES, and briefly on mounting a HAND HELD ROUTER or
MIG WELDER on a CNC PLASMA TABLE, but there is one more.

THE DEDICATED CNC ROUTER TABLE

3D PRINTING, except to make small parts, is not practical at this time
for home Bat Vehicle builders, but a CNC ROUTER TABLE is. The CNC
ROUTER TABLE can do everything needed to make large 3D parts such as
those curve laden cabin roof tops, body panels, and most curvy parts.

I AM PLANNING ON USING ONE IN THE FUTURE TO CARVE OUT THE MASTERS for
the B v S DOJ Batmobile CABIN ROOF TOP, TURRET GUN ASSEMBLY, etc., and
some parts on my TUMBLER.

The auto-vehicle, boat, airplane, and thousands of other product
building industries have used computer controlled router tables for
years to make their masters; even, carving full-sized vehicle body
masters.

A CNC ROUTER TABLE is a computer-controlled cutting machine related to
the hand held router used for cutting various hard materials, such as
wood, composites, aluminum, steel, plastics, and foams. CNC stands for
computer numerical control. CNC routers can perform the tasks of many
carpentry shop machines such as the panel saw, the spindle molder, and
the boring machine.

A CNC router is very similar in concept to a CNC milling machine.
Instead of routing by hand, tool paths are controlled via computer
numerical control. The CNC router is one of many kinds of tools that
have CNC variants.

A CNC router typically produces consistent and high-quality work and
improves factory productivity. Unlike a jig router, the CNC router can
produce a one-off as effectively as repeated identical production.
Automation and precision are the key benefits of CNC ROUTER TABLES.

APPLICATIONS
A CNC router can be used in the production of many different items,
such as door carvings, interior and exterior decorations, wood panels,
sign boards, wooden frames, moldings, musical instruments, furniture,
and so on. In addition, the CNC router helps in the thermoforming of
plastics by automating the trimming process. CNC routers can help
ensure part repeatability and sufficient factory output.

QUICK OVERVIEW OF CAM (computer-aided manufacturing)
CAM software makes the CAD drawing/design into a code called g-code.
The code the CNC machine can understand. In short, CNC technology is
not very complicated. It is a tool controlled by a computer. It only
becomes more sophisticated when considering how the computer controls
the tool.

SIZES AND CONFIGURATIONS of CNC ROUTER TABLES
CNC routers come in many configurations, from small home-style D.I.Y.
"desktop" like k2 CNC, to large industrial CNC routers used in sign
shops, cabinet making, automotive, aerospace, and boat-making
facilities. Originally CNC routers added computer control to consumer
router power tools. Although there are many configurations, most CNC
routers have a few specific parts: a dedicated CNC controller, one or
more spindle motors, servo motors, Stepper Motors, servo amplifiers,
AC inverter frequency drives, linear guides, ball screws and a
workspace bed or table. In addition, CNC routers may have vacuum
pumps, with grid table tops or t slot hold down fixtures to hold the
parts in place for cutting. CNC routers are generally available in
3-axis and 5-axis CNC formats. Many manufacturers offer A and B Axis
for full 5 Axis capabilities and rotary 4th axis but you can do most
everything you would need when building with X, Y, Z axis tables.
Home hobby tables are available in 2 x 2, 2 x 4, 3 x 5, 4 x 4, 4 x 8,
and 5 x 10. A 5-6" Z axis depth is standard but 12" is often available
as an option. Prices start at 1,000.00 for small tables such as 2 x 2,
run around 6,000.oo for a 2 x 4, and 10,000.oo for a 4 x 4. There are
some on line that claim you can build your own 4 x 4 table for around
3,000.oo

CONTROLLING THE MACHINE
The CNC router is controlled by a computer. Coordinates are uploaded
into the machine controller from a separate CAD program. CNC router
owners often have two software applications—one program to make
designs (CAD) and another to translate those designs into a 'G-Code'
program of instructions for the machine (CAM). As with CNC milling
machines, CNC routers can be controlled directly by manual
programming, and CAD/CAM opens up wider possibilities for contouring,
speeding up the programming process and in some cases creating
programs whose manual programming would be, if not truly impossible,
certainly impractical.

A TYPICAL CNC WOOD ROUTER
A CNC wood router is a CNC Router tool that creates objects from wood.
CNC stands for computer numerical control. The CNC works on the
Cartesian coordinate system (X, Y, Z) for 3D motion control. Parts of
a project can be designed in the computer with a CAD/CAM program, and
then cut automatically using a router or other cutters to produce a
finished part. The CNC Router is ideal for hobbies, engineering
prototyping, product development, art, and production work. These are
found in every movie production PROP SHOP of any size and used mostly
to cut foam. They usually have several with a Z axis depth range of 12
inches. Many movie sets contain >50% foam and routed foam parts
finished in unique ways.

Note: A CNC PLASMA TABLE can be converted by adding a Z axis and a
router to do 3D cutting. This will most likely be my method to route
my Bat Vehicle parts. vertigo

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HOW TO BUILD PROXY TIRES; tire substitutes and why would I want to?
Think of a proxy tire/wheel as a stand in double for a real tire and wheel.
There are several benefits to using proxy tires/wheels.

You can make a cheap stand-in for the movie original tires/wheels out
of wood and mount it on your donor/build vehicle instead of buying the
real tires/wheels for thousands of dollars and then maybe finding out
they are not suitable to your build. The second benefit is that proxy
tires/wheels allow you to fit and build around them. I will be using a
set of proxy tires/wheels on my TUMBLER to set front axle lengths,
wheels/tires, and nose assembly clearances, as I will be substituting
Mickey Thompsons for the Hoosier dirt tires. I will also use Proxy
tires/wheels on my BvS DOJ Batmobile, once I have my donor Dodge Ram
1500 truck stripped down to build around. The third reason to use
proxy tires/wheels instead of the real tires/wheels when building
around the tires is to avoid accidental damage to the real tires. It
does not take much; a grinder/saw/screwdriver/punch/drill/welding
torch/hot metal slip into a tire sidewall could destroy a tire costing
hundreds of dollars. I hope to build a set of proxy tires for my
Tumbler front this weekend and will photograph the process for those
of you who don’t already know how to build proxy tires.
vertigo
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Cut out the wood parts for my Tumbler's front proxy tires. Measuring and cutting took about 2-1/2 hours. Expect to have 3-hours, or so in each proxy tire/wheel before I'm finished. Same process will be used for my DOJ Batmobile's tires. Will assemble them tomorrow. Once assembled I will cover the tread and inside wheel area with cardboard since they are for just for operational clearance measuring and checking. The one's I build for the DOJ will have the tread and inside wheel area covered with sheet metal roof flashing since I will be welding around them. vertigo

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Assembled the proxy wheel frames. One big advantage to the proxy wheel is that you are free to experiment with wheel backsets before ordering a custom wheel/tire. You may even find the tire/wheel you were considering was totally useless. A proxy wheel costs 25-30.00 each to build. A small price to experiment with tires/wheels before buying the real tires/wheels which likely would be in the thousands.

If you are thinking about building a life-sized Bat Vehicle but don't have the money, you could build your vehicle in wood for a few hundred dollars and later when you were able to afford to build the real Bat Vehicle use the wood vehicle as your life-sized patterns and assembly guide. vertigo


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Proxy building is an excellent way to create a Bat Vehicle build pattern.
Since we are on the subject of PROXY BUILDING TECHNIQUES, might as
well cover another. Once I have stripped down my Dodge Ram 1500 donor
vehicle I will be using other aspects of the PROXY METHOD. I am
currently planning to build a proxy frame on my donor vehicle out of
wood. Once I’m satisfied with the frame design in wood, I will conform
it into steel; exchanging wood for metal. The B v S DOJ Batmobile will
require a complex, above and below frame, built around the donor Dodge
Ram’s frame. I would much rather experiment, design/re-design, and
correct my mistakes in wood than steel. This way I should only have to
cut my steel parts one time; conforming them to the fitted wood
pieces. Using PROXY building techniques in this case will not increase
the time needed to build this vehicle, rather they will shorten the
build time, if all those errors, that will surely be made, are in wood
instead of steel. I most likely will not build the wood frame to
completion, before conforming into metal, but rather complete the
PROXY wood building in logical sections, conforming them in steel as I
go along. vertigo
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Vertigo’s Bat Vehicle building philosophic body of thought:
IF YOU CAN NOT BUILD IN REALITY YOU CAN PREPARE TO BUILD MENTALLY.

PREPARING TO BUILD MENTALLY includes:
Bat Vehicle builds related research
Rational reasoning: Why do I want to build a Bat Vehicle?
Bat Vehicle relevant Intellectual deficit corrections: Studying and
reading about learning to weld, how vehicle chassis are designed and
built, composites history and how to use them, etc…….
Bat Vehicle perceptual awareness; interpreting or become aware of
relevant Bat Vehicle attributes through the senses.
Conceptualization: building and improving a collective vision of your
Bat Vehicle’s possible existence.
Symbolized Realization: Starts when your Bat Vehicle begins a physical
representational existence in the real world, often in the form of
drawings, images, blueprints, on paper or digital files.
BUILDING IN REALITY:
Physical Realization: Your Bat Vehicle begins to take physical form in the physical word.

This is the best and easiest to understand summary on defining philosophy I have found.
So, exactly what is philosophy?
Philip Pecorino
“Philosophy is not a "Way of Life.” Every person does not have his or
her own "Philosophy". Philosophy is not simply a theory about
something. Nor is Philosophy a belief or a wish. Philosophy is an
activity: a quest after wisdom. Philosophy is an activity of thought.
Philosophy is a particular unique type of thought or style of
thinking. Philosophy is not to be confused with its product. What a
philosopher provides is a body of philosophic thought, not a
Philosophy. A philosopher enacts a Philosophy, a quest after wisdom.
Philosophy is a pursuit. Philosophy is an activity of thought, a type
of thinking. Philosophy is critical and comprehensive thought, the
most critical and comprehensive manner of thinking which the human
species has yet devised. This intellectual process includes both an
analytic and synthetic mode of operation. Philosophy as a critical
and comprehensive process of thought involves resolving confusion,
unmasking assumptions, revealing presuppositions, distinguishing
importance, testing positions, correcting distortions, looking for
reasons, examining world-views and questioning conceptual frameworks.
It also includes dispelling ignorance, enriching understanding,
broadening experience, expanding horizons, developing imagination ,
controlling emotion, exploring values, fixing beliefs by rational
inquiry, establishing habits of acting, widening considerations,
synthesizing knowledge and questing for wisdom.

Art remains as a discipline capable of demonstrating, representing and
encouraging values but it is not a discipline of thought, least of
all, one that is characterized by the critical and comprehensive
features of philosophical thought. Today the term "Philosophy" is
often misused. So often in fact, that the term itself has been
corrupted. Most think of Philosophy as a "way of life", "view of the
world", "theory about life", etc... The public has little conscious
appreciation for the philosophic tradition.

So, Philosophy is an activity of thought, which may become a way of
life. It is primarily a pursuit after wisdom. It is a critical and
comprehensive inquiry into the ways in which what we know can be used
to obtain what we value.”








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