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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 (24 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.build)

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