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Re: New MOC: L-21 Mobile Multi-Role Platform (MMP)
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Tue, 24 Jan 2006 02:25:00 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Lindsay Frederick Braun wrote:
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Mladen Pejic wrote:
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Finally! This mecha took way too long to complete. I started it after
Christmas, and only got it done yesterday. I guess age slows you down. Heh.
:-p
Anyways, this mobile platform is similar in some ways to my
MTP, which I did all the way
back in 2003. However, there are references to my other mobile platforms, as
well.
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Mladen,
As always, a magnificent piece of hardware, looking so much the utilitarian
part and warming the cockles of my heart for so being. I pretty much just
lurk now but I had to come out and comment on this--seeing new ones is always
welcome. The “hammerhead” effect of the hull front is really nice, and a
great step up from the old MTP.
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Thank you LFB! I always look forward to reading your replies! :-)
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Like on the older machines, I really like
the LAMPS/sensor turret--though I wonder if the cheek railguns are reaching
the limits of stability? How well do the body/waist junction and gun
elevators hold their positions? I’ll understand if they’ve been secondary to
leg stability, naturally. :)
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The railgun turrets are connected to the body with my
joint-stiffening technique that
I’ve been using since the MWP.
However, I had to modify it sideways by using this arrangement:
 
 
So yes, it is a bit weak, because the turret wants to slip off of the 2x2 round
brick. With a few rotations up and down, it eventually comes off. :-(
As for the railgun connection to the turrets, that is done with two of those new
blue technic axle pins (3749), which are stiff enough to support the lateral
movement of the guns.
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My favorite single detail has to be the smokethrowers, though--well posed,
and well placed. That, if nothing else, makes it instantly “tankey”.
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Oh yes, over the years I’ve become crazy for them. I even get the urge to add
them to spacecraft and such, but then restrain myself with effort. :-)
Thanks for the reply LFB. Hope to see more of your posts on LUGNET.
Mladen Pejic
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| (...) OK--I'd wondered if you were using the soft-plastic-rod stiffening technique in this somehow. Is there no way to use the 4x4 round brick, which also has a center axle groove? It might hold the guns better, though I don't know what effect it (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) Mladen, As always, a magnificent piece of hardware, looking so much the utilitarian part and warming the cockles of my heart for so being. I pretty much just lurk now but I had to come out and comment on this--seeing new ones is always (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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