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Re: Proof of Principle: Click-Turntable 'Mech Legs
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Thu, 6 Jun 2002 01:51:44 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:

  Hi everyone,

  This is just a little building technique tester I put together to
  showcase the possibilities of the click turntable in .mecha building--
  I haven't yet seen anyone do this, so if I've overlooked someone else
  making the same discovery I apologize.

  But what I discovered is that macaroni, 4x4 radar dishes, and 4x4
  wedge pieces make a very cool hip design--which may be useful for
  Battletech-style mechs and (possibly!) AT-ST/AT-TE sorts of build-
  ing.

  http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lfbraun/newlegs01.jpg
  http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lfbraun/newlegs02.jpg
  http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lfbraun/newlegs03.jpg
  http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lfbraun/newlegs04.jpg
  http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lfbraun/newlegs05.jpg
  http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lfbraun/newlegs06.jpg

  These are basic pictures, but the posability of the legs is excellent.
  I'm looking into adding a lateral hinge at hip level but for large
  numbers of small mechs this works quite well.  I've loaded a bunch
  of bricks atop this construction and it's remained stable--something
  about the 4x4 click turntable makes it unusually resistant to collapse,
  and it seems to contribute to stability of the overall leg structure.

  Any thoughts would be welcome, and as always, feel free to borrow
  any or all of this structure for your own MOCs--it's my only way
  of "giving back" to the .mecha community.

  best

  LFB


Nice design. I am unfamiliar with the click turntables, what sets can you
find these parts in.

-Steve
http://icdweb.cc.purdue.edu/~mcdonous



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  Re: Proof of Principle: Click-Turntable 'Mech Legs
 
(...) sets also have them. One set has a blue-based one, but I have not yet found it. It's possible, however, to space the legs out a bit with 4x4 round bricks and "fairing" it with 1x6x2 arch pieces. best LFB (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.build)

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