MSE-4 Droid (plain)

Please forgive the weird aspect ratio on the photos. Thingiverse refuses to keep the correct ratio for some reason.

This is a lightly modified version of the Mini MSE-6 body by Hobbit2513.

The changes I made were:

• Bottom-modified.stl - Cut a notch for a front mounted rectangular LED into the Trench between the upper and lower sections (I had already replaced my original car's headlight LEDs with this type.)

• Top-modified.stl - Removed the greeble mounting pads on the top and the circuit boards on the sides. I treat this build as an MSE-4 droid (from the scene with Vader and the Separatists on Mustafar in Revenge of the Sith) rather than a scaled down MSE-6 droid, so the details don't have to be exact. I intend to use real circuit boards and found parts to decorate my droid rather than printed ones. I also wanted the option to convert this into a small GOUD-4 messenger droid as well as other fun "disguises" in the future, using magnetically attached accessories. So the top half is just a plain undecorated shell.

Later, I plan to also thicken the screw posts along part of their length (above the recesses in the chassis), add supports connecting the posts to their mounts, and also some supports connecting the front mount to the outer shell. (After I printed the lower body, I had concerns that these connection points would be likely to snap if the droid hit anything or fell hard enough.) I might remove the "Front" text in the process, as the notch I put into the part already indicates the forward direction, as does the bit of the lower body that descends closest to the ground. These changes are low priority right now, as I've already printed the part and have too much going on.

This attaches to the same RC car that the original Thing was designed for: the 1:43 scale Blomiky 9 MPH High Speed Race RC Car, which comes in three colors (there is an Amazon link to one of them in the original Thing). The only difference between the three versions that matters for the droid is the color of the wheel trim (assuming you don't change or paint the wheels).