Motor-Boatman
Row row row your bug
As with many of my projects this mechimal went through a couple of variations in the body shape before I created one that I was happy with (one variation in below gallery)
The blue ‘windows’ on the outer shell are solar panels and to date is the only one of the mechmals to use a renewable energy source
As with real water boatmen (Notonecta glauca not Corixidae) this little mechimal is meant to glide across the waters surface or just beneath it without breaking the water tension, and in this instance is propelled by two rear engines.
most of the materials used are simple metallic setups, the solar panels use the brick texture and some distortion to create the impression of inlaid wires in them.
