It was sold on eBay at one time by someone named "pogo*the*clown"
He described it thusly: "I modified the helmet by carving out detail to make it look like brass plate and adding several tacks to simulate rivets. This process was tedious and took forever. I finished it off with a WWI style helmet spike, which is actually a ceiling fan pull chain and an antique paint job. The chest plate was made from a shadow box frame (8 inches tall x 6 inches wide x 3 inches deep) and a bunch of cannibalized clock, and other device parts. I wired a green LED to a switch in the back that runs on two AA batteries. The steam tank was made from a piece of PVC pipe with a vintage pressure valve inserted into it."
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" wired a green LED to a switch in the back that runs on two AA batteries. The steam tank was made from a piece of PVC pipe with a vintage pressure valve inserted into it."
...ought to get some attention at
airport security!
A Darth Vader to be sure, but something about those bright black eyes make him look rather friendly!
BB: The steampunk terrorists have come to derail our steam locomotives. Be ever vigilant.
Laura: Kind of like this vintage sad-eyed puppy puzzle?
That's pretty cool. Reminds me of the Enfield rifles you can still find in Afghanistan.
The Afghans trick them out with all kinds of cool stuff and designs, inlaying them colored stones and such...
WD: Yeah, I do wonder what it went for.
Silver: Very interesting. Afghans have traditionally done amazing things, artistically, with their trucks.
Oh yeah. Don't get me started on the jingle trucks. They've got some phenomenal mechanical creativity as well. I guess you got to when the nearest authorized dealership is 10,000 mile away...
Click here for a photo of one of these 'Jingle Trucks'.
Over in this hemisphere, we have the tap-taps of Haiti.
Yup. That's how I remember them going in and out of Kandahar.
In Panama, the buses are all painted in garrish colors and usually have airbrushed scenes from popular movies or of famous stars
Some people are so creative! I assume he puffs and hisses. Interesting!
haha! Yes, Dmarks, kind of like that :D
Impressive, but not Star Trek, lol!
The dude definitely does NOT suffer from functional fixedness. I only wish that I could be that creative.
That's kind of funny. Wonder if he (I am assuming that only a guy would do such a thing) got the price he wanted for it?
impressive
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