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Yes, his AT-AT is MOST impressive. To be fair(biased more likely). I
preferred his AT-AT to yours(Shaun) and Dave's(Eaton???). I make this claim
as I was at Brikfest last year and had the opportunity to see firsthand your
guys' Echo/AT-AT display. I had a very ungainly black Imperial spaceship on
one of the tables sitting on a Classic Space landing plate.
Your display was hard to argue with with TWO AT-AT's!! Not too mention the
AT-ST and multitude of non-megaphone equipped Stormtroopers 8^_)
You mentioned use of a turntable in the head. What about the turntable that
came in set 6776?? It is a 'click' turntable as I recall. Would that help??
As an aside, you think his AT-AT is impressive?? Ask him about his X-wing
'collection'...
Jason Krish
> > > > > As if that wasn't enough, there was the whole Echo base layout.
> > > > > Was that all your effort as well? Good grief, that's impressive.
> > > >
> > > > AFAIK that was Chris' and John's handywork.
> > > >
> > > > Did you notice Joel's trick with the AT-AT neck? :-)
> > >
> > > I went through the pictures again, and I can't make out what the trick with
> > > the neck is. It's dark grey, but what does it consist of? Does it support
> > > the head in various positions? Tell me, tell me!
> >
> > 6-tool sprue rings :) I don't know too many of the details of how he did
> > it, but I know that's what he used. Currently the head is single position
> > only, but he's planning to try and give it some mobility. Same basic
> > problem as the legs: the weight is such that if it can move, it moves to the
> > lowest available position (more quickly than is desired) and stays there.
>
> That's a gorgeous idea, using the 6-tool sprue rings. Tonight I'll try and
> post some pictures of the head-support mechanism I used in my AT-AT, which I
> think is fully compatible with the use of these sprues. Basically, it operates
> on the principle that in order to move the head, you have to fight the combined
> friction of about 18+ friction pegs simultaneously. That's usually enough
> friction to hold the head up. Side-to-side motion is achieved with a simple
> turntable, so the head will swing easily from one side to the other, but it
> still allows for a good deal of pose-ability.
>
> Cool idea, Joel.
>
> -s
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