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Wow, it's huge! That shoulder mounted cannon rocks! Very Gundamesque. I'm
looking forward to more pictures!
Ben
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Ben Vaughan
buster@marsbase.com
http://www.marsbase.com
"Mark Sandlin" <sandlin@nwlink.com> wrote in message
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> Hi everyone,
>
> I have made my trip home, and I have good news.
>
> 1) My brother, who is entering high school in the fall, has bequeathed the • Lego
> collection to me. Until now, it has been a gigantic pile of mixed parts of • both
> our Lego collections, and it has resided at my parents' home... 1500 miles • away
> from me (doh!) since I left for college 8 years ago. I am now taking • possession
> of it (hooray!) and I plan to sort it into bins eventually.
>
> 2) While I have been home, I have been building fervently, and I have • created,
> IMHO, the finest Lego creation of my 20 years of building.I want to thank
> everyone in lugnet.build.mecha and lugnet.space for all the inspiration I • have
> gained from looking at their designs.
>
> Recently, I posted a sketch to my website showing my plans for a mecha. • This
> week, I have built that mecha: The HM-9 Heavy Assault Mecha. I have • uploaded one
> image to my website, and other images will follow early next week as I • have time
> to rebuild my website.
>
> So, without further ado,
>
> http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
>
>
> A few notes:
>
> 1) Yes, it does stand on its own, though very precariously :)
>
> 2) I tried to build Colin's hands, but I didn't have enough 1x4 hinges. I
> compromised by using the "thick" 1x4 hinge, and it looks ok.
>
> 3) The arms and legs are made from ThrowBots joints. There are Technic • friction
> pins at the shoulders and ankles. Everything else is TB joints. I managed • to
> cover them up fairly well, but you can see a bit of blue peeking out.
>
> 4) The chest section slides forward to expose the cockpit.
>
> 5) The picture on my website shows the HM-9 with the modular PBC-2 • mecha-mounted
> particle beam cannon. When I next update my website, You will see photos • of the
> HM-9's internal missile loads and the MT-5 Mecha Booster Unit. (something • for
> you mecha nuts to look forward to. :) )
>
>
> Thanks again to everyone for all the advice and inspiration!
>
> ~Mark
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