Pig Bot (a model for under $1)

[marc_reusser]

On my way home today I needed to relieve some stress, so I thought I would stop by Michaels and see if they had the crackle stuff.....no luck...they had the ink pads, but not the paint bottles. On my way out the door, something at the register caught my eye.....and after seeing some of Jesters models...gave me an idea/inspiration to have some fun.

Here is the original item.





...after a few hours of clean up, sanding, filling, scribing a new parting line, adding some small detail, and a coat of primer.





Now lets hope the rain goes away, so I can shoot some paint over the weekend, and finish this up.



M

[finescalerr]

Marc, your medication seems to be wearing off. -- ssuR

[TRAINS1941]

Marc, your medication seems to be wearing off. -- ssuR

Unc the light is on but no one is home!!!

J

[Mobilgas]

                                                           Craig

[DaKra]

Looks like a design proposal for a TSA robot bomb sniffer.     Too bad "cultural sensitivity" will prevail. 

[NE Brownstone]

Ohhhh, I've been trying to dream up something to do with Desire's collection of Happy Meal toys and I think you're on to something there Marc.  I will watch with great anticipation.

[Ken Hamilton]

Marc, you forgot your helmet again, didn't you?

[RoughboyModelworks]

This is what comes of drinking other people's Scotch.... 

Paul

[gin sot]

Once Piggy got covered in primer, the nose looks almost like a pair of goggles.

How will it be propelled?  Wheels?  Tracks?  Rotors?

[Ray Dunakin]

LOL! What a fun little project. I look forward to seeing how you finish it off.

[artizen]

I like this! A top hat, some goggles, a propeller at the back and you have a flying pig! What track gauge is it going to be?

[chester]

I want some of what you're on Marc.

[JohnP]

Now that's putting lipstick on a pig...

John

[JESTER]

Kit-bash it and turn it into a flying pig spaceship! 

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[danpickard]

How will it be propelled?  Wheels?  Tracks?  Rotors?

Methane 

Surely by Marc actually pausing at the store to look at this seemingly useless keychain, is proof of how twisted our modelling minds can be...always picking up something to consider what else it potentially could be.  Its the same way I always get looked at funny at work, when ever I'm caught studying different pieces of medical equipment, to see how it could be utilised or bashed into something once its in my modelling room.  Not quite as weird as the pig...but you get my drift?

Cheers,
Dan