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Brickshelf Gallery:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=104719
First some links for those unfamilar with this design:
http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/seed/gat-x105+aqme-x01.htm
http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?BAN914211
After accumulated enough bricks, I decided to start one of my dream MOC projects
- a large scale, highly detailed Gundam. I picked Strike because it is one of
the better design in recent years, most of it’s surfaces are flat, and I haven’t
seen one made in LEGO yet.
First I wanted to have two trans-yellow 1x1 plates as the visors (a.k.a. eyes).
That basically defined the scale of the head, and the rest of the body. Click
hinges were the obvious choice for the joints, since warm gears are too large
for this scale. It took several weekends to put it together - head, hands,
arms, foots, legs, lower body, upper body, shield, beam rifle, and the aile back
pack. I aimed to finish and show it at the Hobby Show in Toronto last weekend,
and I made it in time.
As for the result, IMO...
Good:
I really like the head and the upper body. The back pack is also quite good.
It is quite posable, with double hinged fingers and knees, but...
It’s big, and is quite a presence at he show.
Bad:
The scale is quite off in some area, especially the lower body. The legs are
too far apart, limited by the technic click hinges. The legs should be longer
and thicker. The head and the chest looks too big due to the legs. I already
try tweaking it but didn’t work out too well
It’s too big, hence heavy. The
click hinges are too weak for the weight. Even without the back pack it will
fall without the stand. The arms can only hold a few angles when carrying the
shield and the beam rifle.
I added a cockpit since there is room, but it is
totally off scale.
I wish I can use dark gray on the body instead of black.
No
Armor Schnieder. Not enough room for it.
From the Hobby Show:
Some fans recognized it right away. Well Gundam Seed is currently running on YTV
so that is expected.
Heard many parents said: “Look, a transformer!”... ^_^;;
Well next time I think I will try a smaller scale, or have a better scale plan.
LMKWYT
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| In lugnet.announce.moc, Ka-On Lee wrote: <snip> (...) This thing is friggin' awesome Ka-On. There's so much SNOT hanging off it I feel a sinus cold coming on just looking at it. :) Seriously though, the SNOT work is phenomenal. The head is a (...) (20 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| Wow, wow, wow, (...) If you could get those flat techic plate click hinges, those would probably suit you well for the knees in this scale. (SW AT-AT or AT-TE joints) I should say though, I think you captured the Gundam quite well! (...) Don't (...) (20 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) wow! an excellent lego translation! i knew it was the aile strike from gundam seed without even looking at the folder discription. though i've never seen the series, i am quite familiar with the various gundams just from studying pics from the (...) (20 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) I'll agree with both your pros and your cons. The backpack looks great, I like the hands, and the upper body is exactly right. I don't think the legs need to be longer, but I think they would be improved if they were "beefier". If you built up (...) (20 years ago, 11-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) Oh wow, I checked out the construction great job! (...) Fine choice I'd say. (...) Excellent. (...) I agree. It big, That's why I like it too! (...) Efforts for the next round? Incorporate in to future attempts? (...) LMAO, I get that too. hee (...) (20 years ago, 28-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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