Air cannon

This is a project that still isn't technicaly completed.
I had an idea to build an air cannon like one youd find at many effects shops, only smaller.  I found a 5 gal 135 psi tank and a sprinkler valve and thought these would work fine.

I even made a nifty remote to flip the valve

But when I finished all the soldering, filled it with my compressor to very low psi (about 5), plugged it in and flipped the switch, it just acted as a VERY loud airhorn.  So that ones back on the drawing board.  The soldering connections were very poor due to a faulty soldering iron (not my soldering skills of course ; )) and the value definitely wasn't opening fully and instantly.

Blood work

These are a few examples of my blood work.

This is a recipe I found and altered a bit to make it more viscous.

This is the pump I use.  200 or so pumps and that canister is ready to blow.

The hose is filled with blood and the end of the hose capped with some foam rubber bits.

Then its Kaboom!

Plastic Models

Here are just a few models I have made over the years.  Some of these I did in Highschool in 2005 and 2006.

This is a motorcycle I made 5 years ago. It's from one of those kits. I forget which one...

This is a model of a P 51-B Mustang.  It is a very small model.  2 incehs in height.

This little plane can fit easily in the palm of your hand.

This next model is a suit of armor.  It's about 6.5 inches tall

The final model is a WW2 tank.  I had an idea to build a giant 4ft by 5ft scale scene of a war torn town in Germany with a bunch of tanks and buildings, but after this tank, that idea flopped.  It will most likely be revived in the coming years!

Pelvis

This one's a bit more interesting...

        I had a CT scan done of my abdomen a year ago and received a cd from the doctor full of images of, well... my guts.  The CT scan took 81 cross section images of my abdomen and then a full body scan.  The bone was clearly white and visible in each image.  I printed out each cross section image and determined how much distance was in between each image using the number of slices and the distance the scanning took place.  The result was about half a centimeter.
        Then I measured the waist size on the print outs (which were smaller than actual size) and measured my actual waist size at the corresponding position.  I found a scaling factor and used that factor to find out how thick each bone slice would have to be to reproduce a correctly proportioned miniature pelvis. It turns out the slices were 2 mm, exactly the thickness of my matte board I used for many projects.  SO I used that to build a miniature version of my own pelvis.
          I glued each of the 81 images to piece of matte board and cut out the bone section and glued them together layer by layer using the images to help me guide the positioning. 

THE RESULTS:

       

The full model is about 3 inches tall and can fit in the palm of your hand.  This was an entire summer project.  Created Summer of 2009.  It now has a home on a bookshelf in my apartment.

Miniature UFO's

These were done in a day for the same 30 second film project.  Quickly thrown together with foam and paper clay. Finished with silver acrylic paint.  A string of fishing line was run through the middle to hang them.

The idea was to make a simple 1950's style UFO.  Simple color and an instanly recognizable shape.

Miniature street

After the success of the first miniature building, I went on to make 2 more.  The first of the two were some corner shops built sturdily with the same balsa wood and matte board.  The second was a terraced house set designed to be blown up.  I built these out of paper and matte board strips for support.  I scored the back of many parts to allow for easier break apart.  Then a street set was built out of matte board.  These were for a friend who was making a 30 second short film project.

The light is from a lamp positioned behind the opened back building to simulate how the final shot would look.

Miniature Building 1

This was my first attempt at a detailed miniature building.  The model is from scalescenes.com, one of my favorite kit companies.  John Wiffen and his boys do great work, and the model kits are SUPER cheap!  This one was a free download.

The model is made from matte board, balsa wood, paper, and glue. Built in August 2008