Mech Bay Project Part 4

December 7th, 2006

. . ."I got Joe's email and it looks like there are 5 mechs now.  Maybe including Neils hovertank or other ground vehicle."

Mmmm, pie. Side of a Mech Bay in a cutaway mountain bunker.
Tony:
"Today between deliveries, I did some quick sketching playing around with a 'pie' shape circle with robotic arms mounted in the center.
Each robot has multiple repair arms and the units can raise and lower itself according to the height of the mech.
Each mech would stand with it's back to those units while repair technicians mill about around and on top the mechs.
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Side a Mech bay. Tony:
"The next one is a side view of the interior just inside of the garage doors.  I was thinking of an elevating crane system that can raise and lower depending on the mech.  You can see the slots at the rear on either side of the slanted garage door.

The tubes can be small diameter pvc piping and the connectors can be mastered and replicated in resin.
The structure above the garage doors can be the observation area where repair techs can supervise the sliding robot repair gantry.
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Front view exposing the cross bar for a shop crane. Tony:
"The next pic is the front crossbar with the safety markings.  There would also be a repair arm attached to the bar that slides back and forth and rotates as well.  Still early but I like the large boxy corner sections for some reason."

Tony:
"Well that's it so far and I'll see what I can do with the pics that were on the Warhawk site. I just needed to get these particular ideas out of my system.  I figure the smaller the footprint with out extraneous walls the easier it is to focus the viewers attention to the mech itself and as to why it is in a repair facility.

Later Larry,

Tony
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