Jon has to be stated that he hates arduinos and prefers parallax boards like this one. I wanted the Han part to pulse like he was thawing out, so i called my buddy Jon McPhalen, and we figured out which switch position on Fettronics board was the sequence when he is thawing out, and connected a circuit that he build off an arduino. (had to do this because i didnt foot the bill for a proper casting, i only did solid castings. The here and second volvo panel needed to have room for the lights and electronics, so i (questionably) clamped them into my bridgeport mill and hollowed them out. and then use a little 99% alcohol and my hands to smooth it out a bit. I spread it on to sorta-kinda-mostly-interpretively to match the real smear. I used Freeform Habitat Flex (from smooth-on) without any filler. Now onto the smear.īecause my fridge wont have the frame around where the smear goes, i masked out what i estimated the frame to be, and i'd end up painting it a different silver to differentiate. I learned a lot on this build, to say the least. i hit a freon line, and killed that fridge. its just insulation on the sides, right? WRONG. This was my glue for the Han and then MDF side panels.īefore i figured out to glue on the side panels, i tried screwing it into the fridge. I wanted something similar to 5 min epoxy, but more time and higher viscosity (so it wouldnt drip all over the place) so i mixed up Freeform Habitat (with no filler added) and thinned it down with epoxamite 102 (all from Smooth-on). Oh and we routed a little chanel on the back of them to run the wires for the hero volvo panel.Īll of these elements had to be glued on. Then Nick Bonamy jumped in and Routed them for me while i was workin on another step. I used my Universal Laser (i have one of these- ) to cut a router template. I know the HIC is a trapezoid and i had to take some liberties with my build.
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Then we had to decide how to do the sides. oh, and i paid a few people in beer to help clean out the Han mold. I also had help from a bunch of friends, Jedifyfe (obviously) Gordon Tarpley, Nolan Craw, Jon McPhalen, and Nick Bonamy. They are a huge supporter and help on many of my nuttier projects. THANKS A TON to SMOOTH-ON for giving me materials to do this silly project. but again, do a little search on here, and plenty of people are doing runs. The Han parts and Volvo panels i got from pals, and remolded them for my needs.
I ended up going with Bigturc's greeblies and Fettronics for the lights- Īnd i couldnt have done this without help from Jedifyfe and his build thread- Īnd a couple more threads that i refrenced for my build-Īnd dont forget the thread that found the Volvo panel-įor all of my build pics, they are on this flickr album (im not inserting everything in the post)- Īnd the video about my build is here.
then the Volvo panels and greeblies, then the electronics for the hero panel.ĪLL of this is floating around the RPF, and easy to dig up.
It starts with getting the assets, the Han face, body, and toes. (obviousy photoshopped)Īnd i have even seen the licensed "mini fridge" and a couple fan built versions of this concept.but i wanted to turn it up a notch. So, many of you have seen the photo floating around in the past of the HIC fridge.
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