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After spending half a week pretending to be able to do sound, it seemed necessary to modify the pearl to reflect my effort over the week.
My main goal was to change the engines. I ordered some parts to make the front of the engines more realistic - this is a modification I've seen many others do as well.
Firstly, I needed to shorten the overall length. The only section of straight pipe was these small 'silencers' so I decided to remove them.
I cut away a lot of plastic to bring the LCD closer to the front of the bezel.
The LCD is mounted with high strength bonding tape.
This is a modification of LEGO official set 60227 - Lunar Space Station.
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This car has many features of a house cat: whiskers and projecting nose, moving tongue, front and back paws, small ears, and even a tail curled onto the roof. There are stripes and eyes, too, of course. Judging from the name and graphics (crucifix) on the door and tailgate, there is some connection to Christian outreach. This photo was taken at the parking lot near the John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids on a Friday afternoon. The non-zoo surrounding parkland attracts people and their cars, too. So if not a business trip by the cat car to the zoo or in connection to a fieldtrip there, perhaps the cat car's rendezvous is with others in the park.
Modifying a car to this extent is a rare thing. That makes it eye-catching and memorable. For that reason, it seems the money is well spent to attract curiosity and to raise the organization's visibility and public presence. Besides, few members of the public will take offense at the playful expression. So it probably will be welcome wherever it may venture.
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I TIG welded a new piece of aluminium into the hole in the coolant channel. This was my first time TIG-ing Ali and cast ali is the hardest due to all the impurities and the difficulty with the heat conducting away so quick.
I'm pretty pleased with the result visually though have no idea how strong it is. It only has to contain the coolant pressure rather than having any real structural significance.
I stripped the electronics, added a John East Sweepable Mid controller as well as series/parallel switchrs for each pickup. she sounds amazing!
I bought a kit from a guy in the owners club that consisted of a bunch or blue LEDs, a blue gel for the clock and a set of instructions. An hour or so later the job was done.
My Nike Air Dual D II shoes, post-op, sock liner removed. Beneath the initial cloth layer, there was some light foam, 1/8 (approx) inch thick. When that was taken out, it wasn't deep enough for the chip, so I continued to slice into a soft rubber layer, about 1/4 inch thick until I reached the sole, seen here. I sliced into one of the air pockets accidentally.
Detail of where the 3/4" conduit (EMT - electrical metal tubing) is anchored to a wall stud using an L-bracket. On the back side of the conduit is a slot I cut in order to slide it onto the L-bracket.
Professional Stone Setting class with Jo Haemer at Metals Week 2015 Idyllwild California. Graver and plier modification.