Hello,
I am a Model Customizer and I am seeking help on converting a 18" Neca Endoskeleton Terminator to mimic the movement in the opening seqence of the movie T2. youtube.com/watch?v=n0WF5Ih3Dq0
Looking at the video at the 40 sec mark, the Endo moves it’s upper body & head only. What I need to know is what parts would I need to replicate this. If I cant do the upper torso, then I would just do the head movement from left to right. I was originally planning on just the head movement only. This is one of my custom battle damaged version, http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13/qenex/Battle%20Damaged%20Endo/BD%20Endo/100_3616.jpg
Here’s one taken apart http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13/qenex/Battle%20Damaged%20Endo/BD%20Endo/35lrp8p.jpg
I figure I could hide the motors in the chest area as it appears to be hollow and mod the shaft to connect the head. The torso movement may not be too bad after looking at the part of the Endo center on the hips, but if it proves too difficult than I would just concentrate on just the head movement.
I would greatly appreciate any input you guys could give me.
Thank you for your quick reply. Yes the figure is posable. I figure to modify the parts that restrict the fluid motion I’m looking for. The head does turn left to right, but not the full 180. That I could accomplish but modded the head & neck rods. The torso does move, but I could do the same as the head to free it up a bit. Which servo motors & controller do you recommend? I’m on a budget so something fairly reasonable. I’m new to this so if you could please link me all the parts I would need. One issue I may have is that I might not have enough space to fit two servo motors unless they are fairly small. Either way let me know which parts, then I’ll see how much space I have to work with. Thanks in advance!
Cool project! Welcome to the RobotShop Community Forum
First thought is micro servos or small DC motors with encoders may work. Servo motorsare probably easier to work with for beginners and can be used with servo controllers, and you can use hobby push rods with them to help make it move the way you want considering the existing mechanics. He is posable right?
We tend not to place an order before a product is LIVE on the website. You can place an order by phone and specify RB-Hit-89 so our system will automatically add the quantity you want to our next order from Hitec.
You might also need the upcoming Hi-Tec nano Servo-Motor (the link will be dead until the product becomes available in the website) to move the head…or even all the joints.
Also, you might need some Polymorph in order to create custom plastic parts for your robot.
