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David Eaton wrote:
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> Well, inspired by the prospect of a "brickwars" event here in New England, I
> built a first draft of a mech:
> http://www.suave.net/~dave/mech.html
> He still needs more weapons (and that laser arm needs some improvement) but I'm
> pretty happy with him overall... Thanks go to Colin for the cool hand design
> and his general mecha tips!
>
> DaveE
Dave:
OK, I had to: I built one last night. I am *astounded* by how
easy he is to pose! He can stand, kneel, sit, squat, balance on
one foot, you name it!
Couple of questions, though:
1 - In mine, the shoulder-to-upper arm rotation joint is a bit loose;
I used a technic half-pin/half axle, which doesn't provide any real
friction. Did you manage to overcome this?
2 - I discovered to my horror and chagrin that I appear to have only
TWO 1x3 gray inverse slopes in my collection. TWO! Since there are
eight on your model, I was wondering if you know the origins of yours?
I obviously need more if I'm going to make the Mecha "rockettes"
chorus line I'm considering... :)
Jeff Elliott
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| I'll add my superlatives to everyone else's: Stunning! Cool! Marvelous! The side-rotation of the hip is especially nice - as well as the four fingered hand (that's Colin's?) But I'm *very* disappointed in the fencing en garde pose - the back foot is (...) (27 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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