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Re: Introducing Mech Cat
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 23 Jan 2003 23:07:01 GMT
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Anyone willing to generate instructions for this MOC?
I haven't had LDraw installed on my work or home computer for a while due to
upgrades, and last time I tried to run it, it bombed repeatedly, but I'd
definitely like to see the build steps for this, as I have several of the
Microscouts gathering dust.
I'd be happy to host the directions on my site if Dean doesn't mind, once
someone has generated them (with GIFs, not BMPs, obviously).
Dean Hystad wrote:
> In lugnet.technic, Thomas Avery writes:
> > In lugnet.technic, Dean Hystad writes:
> > > Hi All,
> > I like cats too, so it's cool with me. I suppose it moves exactly like the
> > little animation on the MicroMIBO.
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> The gait is quite different. I placed the cam used to drive the legs 1 stud
> closer to the center of the body so it lines up with the hip pivot point.
> This made the motion of the front and rear legs more symmetric and resulted
> in a smoother walking motion. The front feet are more under the cat, and it
> doesn't tip from side to side while walking.
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> > I think you could have an alternate tail made of 24t gears strung along a
> > long axle to create a "poofy tail"- the result of a sudden scare.
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> This would be appropriate as the shape of the Micro-Scout gives the back
> that characteristic scared kitty hump shape.
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> I'm not really happy with the tail. I can bend it to give the tails some
> "swoosh", but it eventually straightens out and is not cat-like at all. If
> anyone has ideas for a nice "swooshy" tail please let me know.
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> Andy Evens has posted that when he opens up the .mpd file that the legs and
> tail model are missing. I don't have this problem when I open it up with
> MLCAD. Is the MLCAD multi-part document format something that is
> incompatable with other LDRAW tools?
>
> Dean Hystad
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