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In lugnet.build.mecha, Tony Knaak writes:
> March 3, 2002
> 300 Hours
> The increased security has payed off. The first images on the new mecha
> menace now codenamed "Carver" have been received.
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> Hey all. I would like to showcase my newest and largest mecha ever...Carver.
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=12674
Very nice! I've been waiting to see these pics; when you posted your teaser
pic, I was intrigued by the hint of a worm gear in the thigh area. My favorite
parts of this mecha are the head and the feet. I also like the way you made
the lower legs, with the Gundam-esque bulge. A fine model indeed! And it
looks very poseable!
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> Carver Stats:
> 26 points of articulation.
I never quite understood what qualifies as a point of articulation. I mean,
does a point of articulation have to rotate by a certain amaount to qualify? I
think this term Bandai made up to advertise it's models, and yet some of their
"points" barely move at all! Oh, wait, back to the issue at hand...
> 15 3/4 inches tall (the largest I ever built)
Thats about the same size as My Cepheus and Eric's "Little" Blue Bot. I think
that's a good scale on which to build mecha; at that scale, technic axles are
much more agreeable than they are on the 2-3 feet scale. Yet it's large enough
to detail sufficiently (see, for example, Mladen's Coyote or Azriel).
> Utilizes worm gears, click hinges, and ball joints
Excellent!
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> Armament:
> Four Vulcan machine guns (internal)
> Two MFGL (Multi Function Gernade Launcher) (internal)
> Four heat blades
> Two RTC missle clusters (9 missles each)
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> The name Carver is from the four giant heat blades on each arm. The dishes
> on each shoulder are massive iField generators for added protection.
> Internal jump jets are located on the calves and shoulder assembly for
> manuverablity. Additional ramjet booster pack is added for maximum speed and
> jump distance.
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> Inspiration and thanks to:
> Pilot Canidate (main style influence)
> Christopher Snead (worm gear idea)
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=103938
Heh! I'm glad you found use for this gearbox. Now I have to let you in on a
little secret. The axle used that has the stud on one end? I cut the stud
off. That way, the axle can be locked in place, and fit inside a four stud
wide gearbox. One can also make a five stud long gearbox, and not cut the bump
off; either way, the axle is locked in place so that the leg can take much more
weight...
I generally don't like cheating like that, but I have so many of those axles,
and it works, so...
Later, Chris
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| (...) For my articulation, I just counted all the moveable joints. I strive for the most poseable creations I can make, as close to real human movement as possible. The problem I run into is that I add alot of weight in the torso and arms, and the (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.us.ks)
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