Hello all! My name is Kyle France, I am a freshman Mechanical Engineering major. I’m from California, an eagle scout, and a four year FRC veteran. I love travelling and finding new music.
My main creative outlet is building and painting plastic models. I started with Warhammer 40k, but I have almost entirely switched to the Mobile Suit Gundam plastic models. I have also dabbled in various digital art mediums, but I haven’t put a lot of time into 2D art… yet!
My icon is a pair of digital calipers. I always strive for precision in whatever I do, which does actually often involve real calipers. A fun fact would be that the last object I used calipers on is an ice cream cone for a Solidworks project.
This is my FRC team’s robot from 2016, Manta. I worked on a few systems but most relevant is the clear polycarbonate skidplates visible down the side and top of the robot. Though not their sole function, the pieces needed to allow low hanging obstacles to pass over the robot. Being highly visible, I also tried to fit the parts into the sleek aesthetic of the bot without reducing effectiveness.
These are two photos of one of my more recent projects, which had a lot of firsts for me. I actually customized the design of the kit with other parts, plastic plate, and milliput putty. I tried a few new airbrush techniques, and did my first photo editing for one of my models.
I recently began playing around with learning DSLR camera magic, so I threw in a photo of a fish from a trip to the Sawtooth mountains in Idaho. Cheers!