ESB AT-ST redo new revelations

[scotthothpatrol]

I originally made an at-st with a resin armature I made. Then I bought the Merlin armature when that became available. I was in the process of stripping it down and stripping the paint off. I used VMS Clean Slate for that. During this Jason Eaton did a video with new revelations on the build and making an announcement of a new more accurate armature. Well I already had the Merlin one so I decided to make some modifications to it. I started with the neck by making some shorter resin replacements. I then made a circular disk to attach to the head and cutting the metal bar and screwing that to the disk. After that the main body section needed to be shortened. So I cut the front off removed around 3/16 , 1/4 and re attached it with recessed screws. Finally the block in the back needed to be shortened.

 

[joberg]

Looking sharp and clean already

 

[scotthothpatrol]

Here is an update. The black parts are from the 1/12 Tyrrell and 1/12 Lotus JPS. That bar at the bottom connecting the two Lotus parts always puzzled me. But when finding the part I was looking for in the Tyrrell kit there that bar was on the same sprue.

 

[joberg]

Looking excellent

 

[Boxcar Bret]

Cool! You're the first person I've seen make one based off the new information.

I have to laugh about these new revelations. As I watched the video I kept smiling with my hand on my forehead. Especially after I just finished my build. This is the archeological/forensic part of this hobby I love. Just when we think we know everything about a model, a new discovery is made that blows up everything we new before. That said, I have no intention of going back and revising my model but rather keep it as a representation of the "before we knew" time and a testament our evolution of knowledge.

 

[scotthothpatrol]

Cool! You're the first person I've seen make one based off the new information.

I have to laugh about these new revelations. As I watched the video I kept smiling with my hand on my forehead. Especially after I just finished my build. This is the archeological/forensic part of this hobby I love. Just when we think we know everything about a model, a new discovery is made that blows up everything we new before. That said, I have no intention of going back and revising my model but rather keep it as a representation of the "before we knew" time and a testament our evolution of knowledge.

Thanks Bret. I am sure a lot of others are in the same boat. For me all of this just came at a perfect time when I was redoing mine anyway. In posting this thread I was thinking it might give some of the guys out there on ways to improve on the older armatures we bought if planning on redoing the build. The ESB At-St is my favorite so I just had to go all out on this one including buying the 1/8 Revell Jaguar.

 

[dirtydave]

Can you share a link to Jason's video?

 

[Boba Flint]

Can you share a link to Jason's video?

 

[Boba Flint]

I originally made an at-st with a resin armature I made. Then I bought the Merlin armature when that became available. I was in the process of stripping it down and stripping the paint off. I used VMS Clean Slate for that. During this Jason Eaton did a video with new revelations on the build and making an announcement of a new more accurate armature. Well I already had the Merlin one so I decided to make some modifications to it. I started with the neck by making some shorter resin replacements. I then made a circular disk to attach to the head and cutting the metal bar and screwing that to the disk. After that the main body section needed to be shortened. So I cut the front off removed around 3/16 , 1/4 and re attached it with recessed screws. Finally the block in the back needed to be shortened.

I'm going to do these modifications too. I just have built the armature.
Where in the video did Jason say the main body needed to be shortened?

 

[scotthothpatrol]

I'm going to do these modifications too. I just have built the armature.
Where in the video did Jason say the main body needed to be shortened?

I Know he mentioned it somewhere I re watched the video it must be in a different video I will see if I can find it. In the meantime you can see how things line up in these two photos

 

[scotthothpatrol]

I'm going to do these modifications too. I just have built the armature.
Where in the video did Jason say the main body needed to be shortened?

I found it at 59:54 he says moving the neck back a few millimetershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qp-5JKC8zA its from shooting the ships workbench wednesday projects from a month ago video before the ESB atst one

 

[Boba Flint]

I found it at 59:54 he says moving the neck back a few millimetershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qp-5JKC8zA its from shooting the ships workbench wednesday projects from a month ago video before the ESB atst one

I can live with a few mm.

 

[moffeaton]

The new armature will have all the bells and whistles
Probably this Fall? We are taking our time.

 

[Boba Flint]

Is anyone willing to part with a pair of this part from the 1/12 Tyrell so I don't have to buy the whole kit for just two parts.
Please PM me if we can work something out.

 

[scotthothpatrol]

I can live with a few mm.

I hear you.

 

[scotthothpatrol]

Here is the completed body. The front section has areas that are in deep shadow in the reference pictures so nothing can be seen so I kept that to a minimum and if anything better comes along in the future it can be added then. The two support triangle things going from the base of the neck outward are just some generic things I made represent similar shapes that can be seen in the ref photos

 

[Boba Flint]

Thank you for your help Scotthothpatrol.

 

[scotthothpatrol]

Here is the upper leg with the Jaguar parts. I found that the front part of the leg armature should be brought in a bit so it does not stick out from the kit parts but I thought modifying the front wound be too risky so I am leaving it as it is. Maybe Jason will make that correction. I made castings of the Jaguar parts and used them instead of the originals TOO pricey of a kit . The disk behind the circular jaguar part is scratch made who knows what is going on there.