K9

[geminitimelord]

Eees a good lil dog there Chris ol Pal.

[rocket]

The perfect pet, at least he will be when he's finished

[chriskingbees]

Hi all
The vitually zero budget dog continues

His visor is now made, cut by the kind people of MERU, one of Elsie's pet charities



Uber cheap switches for his back:



And a foam collar, covered in tartan from my Colin Baker coat enforced with wire complete with keyring dog tag



means the ol'dog looks like this



KB

[geminitimelord]

chris, K-9 looks great

[chriskingbees]

Well, here he is KB's K9



The colour is Citroen Meteor Blue and is very nearly spot on, having that slight bluish tint IMHO.
The only problem is the RC. The monster truck I was given to adapt simply isn't isn't up to it. He doesn't like to turn and sticks on the slightest ridge. I am a complete numbskull at that stuff and being told to go just go out and buy XYZ isn't much help. If anyone can help me get K9 moving in a decent manner, I would be eternally grateful



KB

[rocket]

Awww look at the cute doggy.

[geminitimelord]

Chris, good looking Dog

[Kingpin]

Great to see it finished, Chris... I look forward to seeing it in person with Elsie again some day (although I bet those killjoys at the Treaty would deepsix having K9 be remote controlled in the centre).

[chriskingbees]

Thanks everybody, most appreciated.
Help is on it's way, re the RC system, thanks to Charity Dalek Squad.
Yeah Ben, the Treaty prople weren't best pleased with us, but what the hey. Next time we're hoping to "Invade" the pedestrianised bit

KB

[flaming cog]

Could you PM me more info on the RC help please? As I would love to get my dog moving soon

[lswl]

Me too please! the K9 I'm working on was to be put on casters, but the promise of RC is too great!

[cyberstephen]

I wouldn't fret about it not being a slavish replica, Chris- after all, each K.9 model had slight variations in colour, etc. so who's to say that yours isn't following this idea? Mine's not exactly bang on either.

You've inspired me to finish mine off though as I've not worked on it since late last year due to more pressing matters.

One question. What did you use for the eye sensor? I contacted a company regarding a red sucker but they don't have any in stock right now.

Cheers

[action_mat]

That's a great looking K-9, Chris.  A huge achievement considering your budget, well done indeed

Stephen - try the pound shop for a red sucker.  Those kids toy gun or bow and arrow sets.

[lswl]

try the pound shop for a red sucker.  Those kids toy gun or bow and arrow sets.

That's where I got mine too!

[warmcanofcoke]

A Magnificent K9 build - he is spot on.