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Re: Lego AT-AT
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lugnet.starwars
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Thu, 7 Dec 2000 13:37:59 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Jason J. Railton writes:
> Well, I don't have any of these corner brackets (I missed out on the whole
> grey castle theme), and I don't fancy buying 12 Castle Expansion Packs just
> for these parts - though your angle arches are a nice touch.
> I've just had a thought actually - instead of building the feet upside-down,
> I could build them sideways. Wrap forward and inverse slopes around the
> foot in an octagon... Don't laugh.
Actually, Dave Thomas Jr. had that idea too:
http://soli.inav.net/~thomas/mglm/prog_04.htm
(His ankle brace is stolen on my new design and also on Shaun's foot design
too as I recall). His looks a little rough-- perhaps with tiles it'd look a
bit better, but a very interesting idea... Definitely worth a shot now that
the SW hinges are available in such vast quantity.
> DaveE - that AT-AT is big! I don't have that much grey - and the UK has
> only just got SHOP@HOME. I'll have to put some bulk orders in. Detail is
> good, but I think the legs are a little fat - they either need to be longer
> or thinner, I'm not sure which.
Actually, yes. The legs according to the blueprints I've seen should be 1 or
two studs thick (Depending on where in the leg you're talking about). I
ended up making them 2 studs thick for two reasons:
1. sturdiness (it's a LOT more stable)
2. detail (you can make the inside and outside of the leg different)
Also, I think the knee coverings would need to be re-worked... But you're
right, they *should* be thinner. Another reason (that I haven't followed
through with) is that a 2-wide posable knee joint may be possible with a
pneumatic piston or a geared mechanism (although I haven't found such a
mechanism yet)
> Great model though. Far more accurate than
> mine! Can you get some photos up of how far you've got with your next one?
Well... I guess so... really I've just redesigned one leg fully, and four
feet with the new foot design. I haven't gotten around to re-designing the
body, the undercarriage or the head yet... I keep hoping I will any day now,
but I haven't had the time... possibly with upcoming vacation time.... And
now that those new 1/4 8x8 curved pieces are available (and I'm getting 6 of
the inverse 1x5x4 arches in grey), Maybe there'll be some good progress :)
DaveE
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| (...) Interesting - the foot looks quite good, the leg is nowhere near long enough for a foot that size. All a bit too big for mine at the moment. Jason Railton (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Lego AT-AT
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| (...) Interesting - the foot looks quite good, but the leg is nowhere near long enough for a foot that size. All a bit too big for mine at the moment. Jason Railton (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Lego AT-AT
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| (...) Interesting - the foot looks quite good, but the leg is nowhere near long enough for a foot that size. All a bit too big for mine at the moment though... Jason Railton (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Well, I don't have any of these corner brackets (I missed out on the whole grey castle theme), and I don't fancy buying 12 Castle Expansion Packs just for these parts - though your angle arches are a nice touch. I've just had a thought (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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