What have you made in real life (showcase)

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

I am not very proud of my Hobby Kit assembly "skills".. Most of them are quite ugly.

To the left most is an unfinished F-16, and a Typhoon and a Spitfire Mark XIV beside it.

http://i.imgur.com/pz8jBoo.jpg

Nice! The camouflage on the prop planes is great!

[Majorjim!]

I am not very proud of my Hobby Kit assembly "skills".. Most of them are quite ugly.

To the left most is an unfinished F-16, and a Typhoon and a Spitfire Mark XIV beside it.

http://i.imgur.com/pz8jBoo.jpg

Yeah these look great!

[FlipNascar]

I should really read more of the other forums this thread is filled with amazing stuff.... Only fair that I add to it in the spirit of things.

I (and my flatmates well more them I was working a lot) [re]built my '77 Honda XL125 a few years ago, tore it to pieces, refurbed, bare metal repsray in the garage, put it back together again.... Never did manage to solve some of its inherent electrical issues, and parts can be either non-existent or way too expensive for NOS. But got to do a "bit o' brapping" on it.

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[lajoswinkler]

I made CASE using thick paper.

It has 3 rows of magnet joints, 18 tiny magnets in total.

I used this.

http://progue.co/paperstellar

Edited September 20, 2015 by lajoswinkler

[Hydrazine_Soup]

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Edited March 5, 2020 by Hydrazine_Soup

[Columbia]

Some of my (horrifyingly cringe-worthy) Sketchbook illustrations:

The N700 Shinkansen Japanese Bullet Train:

B-29 Superfortress

MD-11 (Unfinished)

And perhaps the only one I really consider decent, my Shih Tzu whose name is Kimchi:

[Just Jim]

Wow... where to start....

I paint, do computer graphics, make music, hand-craft flutes... and I'm currently building a wooden model of the Charles W. Morgan (New Bedford whaling ship), and I'm making myself a new cane. Sorry, I don't have pics of that yet, but here's a few examples of the rest. This is just a sliver, I could fill pages with my paintings alone...

They're not easy to see, but in these shots I'm playing flutes I made myself.

And I got lots and lots more...

[LordFerret]

That Charles W. Morgan is super nice ... can tell already, going to be beautiful when done.

[CommanderSpock]

Would you consider photography something I made in real life?

Also, working on a custom headphone stand.....

[LordFerret]

If you took the picture, developed the negatives, printed and developed the print - I'd say yes.

I used to have a darkroom in my basement. I miss working with film.

[CommanderSpock]

If you took the picture, developed the negatives, printed and developed the print - I'd say yes.

I used to have a darkroom in my basement. I miss working with film.

I use my neighbor's darkroom...

I will be buying an Olympus XA this holiday season.... One of the best film cameras ever, in my opinion.

[legoclone09]

I made a little system wih on/off and two LEDs that alternated at a switch. I disassembled it and the stuff is somewhere in that breadboard box I have at home.

[Castille7]

Incredible talent!! I love the model ship, post pictures when it's complete!

[pTrevTrevs]

A week or so ago i has this wonderful plan to build my own submarine out of trash cans and PVC pipes. I have sketches of what it would look like and everything. Unfortunately, a few days later, I realized that I lacked the money to build it, so I'm not really sure whether I'll be able to finish it or not.

[Majorjim!]

Would you consider photography something I made in real life?

Also, working on a custom headphone stand.....

sure go nuts!

[Just Jim]

That Charles W. Morgan is super nice ... can tell already, going to be beautiful when done.

Thank you! She's currently on hold until I get the right size lettering for the side rails and stern. Then I can start planking the deck.

[Spacetraindriver]

I made something in ksp in real life.

[Ethanadams]

I make people laugh and people mad and that's not even my job

[Columbia]

Finished my Tamiya 1/35 M26 Pershing plastic kit recently.

Although it's not the best one I've built, it's my first tank assembly and I'm still satisfied by it.

 

Also, it gave me a chance to cringe how blurry my photos are practice my photography.

 

[kiwi1960]

I'm currently making a wind turbine out of an old washing machine motor...

I'll try and take some photos shortly.

 

[Waxing_Kibbous]

That is a sweet T(h)om Servo, half the battle is collecting the parts- well done. My mom has the Tupperware flower holder that is part of Crow, but it's unfortunately damaged

[NovaSilisko]

As mentioned on my books thread, I've been rebinding two books I have that were broken. Here's The Andromeda Strain, not finished as, again, mentioned before - need to remove the green edging somehow.

Edited December 5, 2015 by NovaSilisko

[Tex Mechs Robot]

I made a Settlers of Catan board. The water has since been painted but no pics.

The hexagons and water are resin casts painted with acrylic.

The game pieces are designed in AutoCAD and 3D printed.

The cards are custom designed and then printed by a "one-off" printing company.

The card rack was designed in AutoCAD and lasercut out of 1/4" MDF and assembled. (no glue)

The card box was designed in Photoshop, printed on glossy cardstock.

The foam enclosure was custom cut to protect everything.

https://flic.kr/s/aHskeWYC4Q

Edited December 5, 2015 by Tex Mechs Robot

[WinkAllKerb'']

i push two button to relax.

[ArkisVir]

Cool stuff in this thread, I spent far too much of my spare time making a video that kind of emcompasses all of the sci fi games, board games, and literature I grew up with. Heres a promo I made a few weeks ago.

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=ed9XbjEHPCE

Other than this, haven't had much time to do anything else with a family and full time gig!