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Subject: 
Re: My first mech!
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lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space
Date: 
Fri, 17 Mar 2000 16:41:14 GMT
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David Eaton wrote:

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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  Re: My first mech!
 
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 (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)

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