Project: Motorized Madness!

That switch is awesome. Slowly but surely this is just getting better and better.

you are crazy, theres no two ways around, your crazy

You know, the back right of the case looks kinda blank. Ah, sorry. Just trying to jab you for not posting enough pictures. It really looks awesome. This turned out better than I could have expected.
+Rep (even though I should take it away 'til we get a real update)

may i ask what models you use 4 kitbashing?

Just basic military tanks, air craft etc. Correct me if I am wrong.

Well, here it is finally. The long awaited video of everything in action. It's a pretty big video, almost a minute long, so if you have a slow connection, let it load, its worth it. -I spent the last few days finishing the monitor compartment and adding some more kit bashing. Here a a few final pics first.

This is a shot of the lighted power switch that stays on constantly.

And here is a shot of the right side of the case. I still have more kit bashing work to do before its done, plus I want to add a frame around the monitor area.

Notice in the video that I added the switch for the lights to come on when the base trays fully extend.

And without further adue....
the video showing everyting.

See my next post for how I did it!

So now that you've seen it in action, here is how I did it.

this is the monitor that I ordered.

and here is a test shot to make sure it works. -lights off.

I started by making a frame out of styrene.

and I glued the sides to the front panel, but I left the back off.

here you can see the screen installed in the box.

And this is what the back of the lcd looks like.

I then added some gussets, blocking and a rim along the back side to attached back cover. I made it removable for painting and servicing the monitor. I also dilled a few holes to adjust the contrast and brightness.

Then I glued and screwed a servo horn to the inside of the case.

you can see I had to grind down the screws so they wouldn't hit the monitor.

Here it is with the servo attached and I started to sleeve the wires.

And here is the finished monitor box.

Next came the rotating assembly.
I started with another and last servo (9 all together now). and mounted it to piece of styrene.

You can see here how I just made a box for it. It has another servo horn on the bottom.

Then I made another box to house the entire assembly.

In this shot you can see how I ran the wires. I still have to sleeve the servo wire. (I forgot!) lol.

Then I added a removable cover over the wires and tilt servo.

I added this small "guide" to help the wires not flex out of the channel.

then to mount it, I added some gussets and a block on the sides of the box.

then I drilled and tapped into the verticle acrylic drive supports. Man those thing really hold this thing together!

here are some shots of it in the case:

I Cut an opening in the side panel to fit around the monitor case.

and that brings us up to the final images and video.

I hope you guys liked how it turned out. :)

next up, some more kit bashing!!!!

Man that's cool! great job!!!!!

Looks awesome.. I cant say enough good things about this build.

One concern though.. it looks as though the weight of the LCD is causing it to sag a bit.. a bit of extra reinforcement may be needed to keep it supported. :)