F-Toys AT-AT diorama

Right, I'm back on with these guys!!!!

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I wasn't happy with my sub-standard rivets, so I got a thin sheet of styrene (or 12), printed out a new armour panel onto a label, stuck down to the styrene and used a needle to poke the rivets. Then, turned over the styrene and voila!

Also, you'll notice that the fuel tank at the bottom has been opened up. Anything to get it away from looking like a toy really. The bottom armour plates are more reminiscent of the 4 foot model, but I like them... they are staying!

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The new necks have worked out fine, and I've now glued them all in place. As you can see, the gun barrels have been replaced with brass rod. I always wonder if they need doing, but once you've finished the result is always much sharper and feels more in scale.

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Here's a front view. I've added a couple of thin strips just above the view port. I may add the tiny gun parts above the brass tubing if I get time.

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And finally, OCD in full swing... the chin guns. made from brass rod, with the 'plunger' part made from a tiny circle of styrene.

Next I'll be tackling the legs... really getting into this build

Cheers,
Chris
 
Ha ... I just checked my own F-toys AT-AT on the shelf ... you're crazy doing all these tiny and small upgrades on this scale ... however I know where you're coming from and I love them ... I just can't see myself going to follow you down that path :wacko

Chaim
 
I always wondered why F-toys did not accurately and properly weathered these marvelous kits ... are you going to weather these AT-AT's?

Chaim
 
Yeah Chaim, I'm going to paint and weather them. I'm pretty much doing a smaller scale version of the previous build for a commission. The F-toys kits are just 'toy' collectables so with that and their price that would be the reason why they are not weathered. I think these models have an insane amount of detail for their size, and accuracy wise are some of the best models out there.

So here is another update as I work daily on these mini beasts:

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All 6 AT-ATs now have brass guns made, and the two little points on the end of each main gun have been done too. These points are about a third of a mm thick and testing my eyes to the limits! I changed the gun design slightly from the post above because the first ones looked too thick.

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Here's what they look like primed. I think they are pretty cool considering the small size.

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The neck on this one has also been primed. Needs a needle running through the little blobs on the neck (or could easily turn them into tiny lumps of snow). Behind the neck the new panels also blend in well.

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I'm glad I redid the rivets on the armour panelling. They just looked rushed before

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Now I'm tackling the legs. One of the really unfortunate thing about the models is that the horseshoe is in a fixed position. So Once the pose has been worked out (from film stills) I'm having to go into each foot and cut the horseshoe shape and then flip into a new position. It is really time consuming but necessary. These will be filled later on and made to look a bit more finished. I've also put the ankle rods on these with more brass and glued into place. The white piece of styrene looks a bit strange here, but actually makes the leg a lot more closer to the studio model.

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After priming it makes more sense.

So, once these changes have been made the AT-ATs will be complete save for the paint job and then it is to work on the rest of the dio.

Thanks for looking :)
 
Hey Chris ... I just noticed F-toys came out with a new series 7 ... including AT-AT at 1/350 scale :wacko



There are two AT-AT's in just one set ... I purchased 3 sets a moment ago :)

Chaim
 
Until those new F-toys AT-AT's will come in the door, this pvc AT-AT (see picture) ... has been my smallest at 5,75 cm high :


(Picture Courtesy © Chaim Murzan Photography)

I always liked that picture in one of my books of the smallest AT-AT prop in the fx-guy's hand, which they made for ESB :)

And I'll give your challenge some thought ... with most of my ongoing projects easily taking over 30 some years to complete
... I'll get back to you in say 2044, okay? ;)

Chaim
 
This is so cool! You have way more patience and skill than I do. So many small pieces to work with....

This will look incredible once completed, I can't wait to see it.
 
Thanks for the link - yeah I've seen these before. For me it is not really necessary but they do look cool. I'm still working on a servo powered walking AT-AT so any technical stuff will go into that!
 
Teeny tiny update:

I was happy with the design of the turret guns but when they were next to the AT-ATs they just looked a little bit too big. Luckily I had kept the master copy and I remembered reading the following link:

http://scihighmodels.com/howto_shrink.html

So I thought I'd give it a go. I mixed 50% silicone and 50% white spirit. I had to then leave the new mould for over a week for the white spirit to evaporate. I found that leaving the mould outside helped a lot. Initially the bottom of the mould bulged and deformed, but after time it all shrank down uniformly. Here is the result, about a 15% reduction, which should be spot on:

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The one on the right is the latest one. It obviously needs some clean up, but the technique works!
Sorry for the rubbish quality - phone camera.
 
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