Yes, building a car called "Robocop" with the design of the chassis and body paint hopefully to be representative of the imagery found in that '80s cult favorite.
Robocop began as a police officer who died a horrific death, only to be reborn by doctors/scientists who used portions of his body to create a cyborg of great power. If you have not seen the movie, it feels like a cross between Mary Shelly's "Frankenstine" for theme, "Starwars" for techno glitz, and "Rambo"!
Throughout all three movies Robocop/Murphy gets torn apart by bad guys and subsequently rebuilt. He generally saves the day in the end, sometimes hanging on by just a wire and his moral code. Oh and there are guns involved and some humorous moments too...
I started by cutting up an old JK Flexi chassis for the pans and center section. I wanted the steel sections and the attempt is to make this car look more "production" than "scratchbuilt" since Robocop is suppose to be the first of a proposed line of production police force officers.
Pans are hinged and a bite-bar installed. Thing is lighter than I would have guessed it would turn out to be... but then the front axle is not yet installed. Body is a Gene ZR-1 hand carved special called "Hydro-Kompressor". Front wheels are Tamiya "O" ring units with ball bearing races.
Every attempt on this build is to keep the primary materials either of black plastic, hard steel and wires. The look will be representative of the Robocop figure as much as possible with a little of ED209 thrown in. Not so much a cartoon figure painted on top like the Joker... but one that looks as if it could have come from that era with approprate styling.
Prime directives: Serve the public trust, protect the innocent, uphold the law.
