Enhancement - LEXAN BODY SHELL about sawppy_rover HOT 12 CLOSED

A Lexan shell would be a good optional component for Sawppy builders who want to make their rovers resemble Curiosity not just in mechanical geometry but also in cosmetic appearance. At the moment my focus is not on the rover's looks, but if anyone else wants to make these cosmetic shells happen that would be fantastic!

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I'm happy to share that one of the Sawppy builders has made great progress at building cosmetic add-ons to make Sawppy look like Curiosity Rover. Please see Laura McKeegan's project CJ ("Curiosity, Jr.") rover on hackaday.io.

And for anyone else who wishes to undertake a similar project, I've shared all the 3D resources I've found for Curiosity rover. The best one seems to be the Blender model released by NASA JPL.

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https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1-10-RC-Car-Lexan-Clear-Body-Shell-200mm-Lexus-LFA-Will-Fit-Yokomo-TAMIYA-HPI-/121875609990

was imagining a cover like this -

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQc6gAWl4dY

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https://www.lego.com/en-us/service/buildinginstructions/search?initialsearch=42081#?text=42081
came across this volvo concept - looks mint

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Hi Roger!
I just finished the mechanical build a few minutes ago and started planning on some “cosmetics”, especially on the body. As soon as I’m done id love to share the inventor-Files if you like to?

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Hi @Playville - there are some png images inside the official 3D project (first link at top) that I guess could be used as decals.

Feel free to post screen shots of work in progress. Would love to see. When your happy you can submit a pull request to merge your updates into project. Welcome to the world of open source.

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https://bitbucket.org/theconstructcore/curiosity_mars_rover/src/94974385f14a1f229bf436f91552ab6384fd89b4/curiosity_mars_rover_description/meshes/tex_01.png?at=master&fileviewer=file-view-default

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Found this -

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3493597

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1606181

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![00003-630438868](https://github.com/Roger-random/Sawppy_Rover/assets/289994/6209cf4c-4f4c-4541-ad8






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hi @Roger-random - you might be interested to play around with stable diffusion

Here I just prompt
"mars curiosity rover lexan body shell, technical drawing, pencil

also not sure you saw this -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY32WFY-LuM&ab_channel=RobotGarden

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