Tall, small boilered, internal pistoned, doover

[Rowan]

Thanks John and wdwray,

Fact is, I have yet to find a suitable 'cat'. It has to be thin... bobble heads have fat heads, furry toys are usually too large also. And, yes, it must be cheap.....

I've taken a copy of the 'wacky wobbler' and may attempt a home made version... my second try at a clay figure. (The first was such a disaster I've never spoken of it.. even now I've said too much )

Cheers
 

[trainboy]

i made one once there not that hard....i can make ya one if you want. How tall?

[Rowan]

i made one once there not that hard....i can make ya one if you want. How tall?

Trainboy, That's an offer I cannot refuse. You are kind.

The feline should be between 6 1/2 and 7 inches tall (inclusive of that hat), and not taller, otherwise he won't be able to see out the window.

Also, the figure needs to have a 'footprint' of no more than about 1 and a quarter inches square, otherwise it won't fit in the cab. Ideally the figure should be much skinnier than 1 and a quarter inches, so it should be v e r y skinny.

I will of course cover the shipping cost...... but we can work that out later.

Cheers and I'm sure we all look forward to progress pictures.

 

[crackingjob]

Why not draw it out on card and make it a flat figure, like mine on the clockwork loco

Crackingjob

[Rowan]

CJ, what a great idea..........I'll try that and see how it turns out. At least it will be thin..........
 

Later.....
.....I've spent hours doing this.......... Thanks to CJ for the suggestion, and to OzTrains for the pic of the Cat... which is of the bobble head, and thus somewhat of a caricature of the cartoon character.. is that possible?



Here's a word document carrying the picture of the ad for the bobble head...
 Cat in the Hat.doc (313.5 kB - downloaded 28 times.)
Looks ok in the photo, but not really great in real life...... Trainboy?? How's it going?

 

[Tommy Two Strikes]

Execution of Crackingjob's suggestion works wonderfully! Rowan you integrated the Cat in the Hat that's Flat purrfectly!!

t2x

[crackingjob]

Flat figures are fun, I have them in my coaches also...think I will use them more

Rowan glad to have been of some use....it looks super and it flat packs even better

Crackingjob

[Tommy Two Strikes]

I have a few hundred paper flats that are used for wargaming. Paper locomotives, buildings scenery etc are all fine for my to use and to be admired, not to be looked down on 

[Annie]

I still have a paper flat High Elf army stashed away somewhere.  From memory it was around 2000 points and it included war elephants.  It looked really good on a wargaming table and it received a lot of positive comments too.

[Rowan]

I'm encouraged now to include flat figures in my constructions.... cheaper and easier than the 'real' figure when one is not available.

Cheers
 

[trainboy]

well im just getting the design put together on paper, do you want mr. cat to have a hold of something?

[Rowan]

tb,
No, Mr Cat can just be standing there.........

Cheers
 

[Rowan]

Final pictures of 'Suess' with name plates etc.






And the disassembled parts.........


All that is needed now is a 3D Cat.........


Cheers
 

[Annie]

Amazing!  How does it all fit together, - do you use magnets?

[Tommy Two Strikes]

Duct Tape!