WIP 2x SS AT AT 42 inches long 1/24 scale

This shows the test for the elbow that connects to the hip to the floor, this was taken over a month ago, this is all much more refined now...also a peak at back end part which has been straightened out a bit since this pic, some of the upper leg parts, early footpad, the "chin", harrier parts grown by Mike R. another look at the forward Sat V part.
mike

Jezus H Christ..............

Very Nice, great build.



Al

Sweet Jesus......

Gene

Nice work... Can't wait to see more of it.

Thanks guys, I realized after posting the pics that it is a little hard to tell just how big this thing is, here is a pic of just the center part of the foot on top of the SS AT AT...
mike

I seriously had to check my calender to make sure it wasn't April 1st. That is amazing.

so many questions....WOW all scratch built , i guess the SS parts from kits are a bit small to some degree..

Incredible Mike ! Cant wait to see this baby finished, it will be really cool !

It should be close to the SS pyro ?

Mike, can I come & live with you for a few months, just seeing these pics is not enough. This is just going to be mind blowing.

Wow!!. Incredible is all I can say. The size is just staggering!. Is this the same size as the big ILM AT-AT?.
This is definately the year for giant sized builds, bring it on I say lol.
Stu

Rock out with ya **** out Mike...thats insane....KUDOS!

lee

Man ! that's awesome !!!

Phil

Thanks, I have had lots of inspiration to build big watching your amazing Star Destroyer build!

If you believe the dimensions in the books this a handful of centimeters shorter in every direction, but only a few. I don't know why they would have made the 4 footer slightly bigger than 2x the mid sized models, but this is pretty close to the dimensions in the book for the 4 footer. I did not put this in SSmodeling forum because it is slightly smaller and it shares some characteristics with both the 4 footer, the mid sized models, and some stuff i just plain felt ok embellishing on since it's a scaled model and not a representation of any one studio model.

thanks everyone...
mike

MonsieurTox said:

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Incredible Mike ! Cant wait to see this baby finished, it will be really cool !

It should be close to the SS pyro ?

Wow!! Very nice..

Absolutely Stunning! I'm into 1/16 armor and figures big time and have thought of building one of these for a while. Glad to so someone else tackling it.

Looks awesome. I'll be watching this with great interest in hopes that when finished, they will be reproduced.

Quick look at the chin guns, again still a little smoothing to do and I need to build that outer guard detail that goes over the back, as well as the detail in the center of the "wheel"

For some reason i used the think that the whole gun recoiled under the chin, then after watching an old ESB making of special I realized that the gun was split in the middle horizontally and only the bottom half recoiled while the upper guard stayed attached to the floor of the head. Engineering this was a bit tricky and i am pretty happy with the way it came out, the back slides smoothly over a 3/8 inch round rod while the top will stay firmly attached to the floor. That "wheel" detail is a cap that will be cast separately so that the biggest part of the gun can remain as light as possible...
mike

mslz22 said:

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Quick look at the chin guns, again still a little smoothing to do and I need to build that outer guard detail that goes over the back, as well as the detail in the center of the "wheel"

For some reason i used the think that the whole gun recoiled under the chin, then after watching an old ESB making of special I realized that the gun was split in the middle horizontally and only the bottom half recoiled while the upper guard stayed attached to the floor of the head. Engineering this was a bit tricky and i am pretty happy with the way it came out, the back slides smoothly over a 3/8 inch round rod while the top will stay firmly attached to the floor. That "wheel" detail is a cap that will be cast separately so that the biggest part of the gun can remain as light as possible...
mike

Correct me if I am wrong but, from the photos, it looks as though only the rear of the gun will be able to recoil as the distance from the tip of the muzzle to the upper guard appears to remain the same in both photos.

It could be just the angle the photos were taken at. Am happy to be corrected.

You are right but it was just an oversight when i took the pic, the muzzle is not glued to the back of the gun and i forgot to slide it back for the pic, when it's all properly assembled it will recoil with the bottom of the gun...
thanks
mike

Junk Pilot said:

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Correct me if I am wrong but, from the photos, it looks as though only the rear of the gun will be able to recoil as the distance from the tip of the muzzle to the upper guard appears to remain the same in both photos.

It could be just the angle the photos were taken at. Am happy to be corrected.

Wow!!! Just......WOW!!!

Here is the "wishbone" and the upper foot, the upper foot is long enough so that it can expand and compress withing the lower foot. Both parts are headed for molds today/tomorrow. They have the 3/4 inch rod permanently attached to the pattern as a place holder for molding, this will ensure that the holes are in the correct place. When they are cast another 3/4 inch metal rod will be inserted into the mold and later removed. It's a much better way to get the holes in the correct place than trying to drill out the castings later. The "bolt" detail part location is marked on the pattern but will be a separately cast part, it's a recipe for mold disaster to have a fine detail like that on such a large part.

Legs almost ready for molding, the legs will be mostly hollow reinforced with 2 1/4 inch x 1/2 inch aluminum square stock on the upper and 1 in the lower leg. All additional details on the legs will be cast separately to lengthen the mold life. The 2 bars on the upper leg are located where the screw/bolt intersects on the hip joint, the nut for that connection will be hidden under the uppermost panel, which will be removable via a magnetic connector.

thanks
mike

This thing is wayyyy too big...