SMC #55 - Sentry Gun - Vote Closed

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Kura

Exactly. The turning mechanism on Tom's first entry was very, very nice. It's also a well made model, so I gave it my vote. BTW Tom, how did you come up with the mechanism? Did you use some references or is it actually own your design? Either way, great job!

I made it up as I went along tbh. I started with the gun itself. I've always been a sucker for hard edges/surfaces so it came very natural to me. After that I figured that it needed freedom of movement in both horisontal and vertical axis to engage all kinds of targets.

So I started by making the vertical axis. Time was a factor so I quickly made the pivot point and thought I could figure out a way to connect the gun to the pivot point while I was modeling the pivot. Then I realized that it would need some sort of counter weight as it seemed pretty front heavy. Thats when I decided to make the gun/counterweight a single component that could be mounted on the pivot (I'm also a sucker for components...). Then I needed the horisontal axis, and I made another cylinder. I needed something that could turn it, and for some reason I though of a ball bearing-ish solution using some small motors to drive the main horisontal disc. Thats about it. Added some detail here and there where I had time for it and saw the need for it.

I dont know what it is about that design, a lot of you seem to like it. Personally I like some of the other entries better
Seriously, there is a lot of cool designs and nice models there. Many of them are even nice and clean even though they are complex.

[MagNet]

Hah, I just realised that I put the bloody shells backwards. D'Oh! xD. Ah well. Anyway I voted for fabiodan. I of course as many of you liked Tom's first entry but to me it looks more like some sort of an AA gun rather than a sentry gun. But he's getting well enough votes to win anyway

[Tom]

Hehe, if you look closely at my 2nd entry you will see the the rounds are facing the wrong way too .. my first entry wasnt supposed to be a AA gun - however the pose I set it in kind of made it an AA gun :/