Big C
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Four more on the way!
Studio Scale AT AT With Full Animation Armature
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Big C
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I also got some leg details made up.
BIG thanks to swgeek for loaning me his 1/24th Stuka gunner window. I made up a mold and now just need to cast some parts.
Also BIG thanks to Ogibendogy for sending me a pack of Universal greeblies. I actually got to glue some parts together! Well, just 5 greeblies to 5 pieces of styrene. But still a nice little break from machining.
I just had to post this from bwayne64's thread.
www.therpf.com
It's the mother of all Universal greeblies! Which is actually a true statement.
BIG thanks to swgeek for loaning me his 1/24th Stuka gunner window. I made up a mold and now just need to cast some parts.
Also BIG thanks to Ogibendogy for sending me a pack of Universal greeblies. I actually got to glue some parts together! Well, just 5 greeblies to 5 pieces of styrene. But still a nice little break from machining.
I just had to post this from bwayne64's thread.
Universal Greeblie
I saw a thread a while back on the source of the universal greeblie. It was the full scale part from the Leopold gun. I think it was here, I searched for it, and couldn't find it. I did find this tribute to the greeblies on Artstation, and the aforementioned full scale part...
www.therpf.com
It's the mother of all Universal greeblies! Which is actually a true statement.
This is so much fun to watch unfold! Big C those leg mechanics must be very fulfilling to see realized through each stage of development!
“I believe in miracles
Since you came along
You sexy LEG (you)”
On a side note I now have this ear worm. Big thanks.
“I believe in miracles
Since you came along
You sexy LEG (you)”
Big C
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Mine too! lol. She has become pretty accustomed to the crazy projects I work on but when she saw the leg she said: "that's COOL!"I had to show that leg mechanics to the wife
I may be onto something here.
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Big C
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Thanks Chaïm!
That rubber band was a real head scratcher from the beginning. I think its purpose is to keep the push rod from working loose by holding it down against the cam and leg holes. At least that's what it does really well on my model.
Big C
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Got almost all the upper leg detail and mechanism parts made up. I was hoping to have all the upper legs fully assembled but I ran out of time and also discovered I was missing the 1/4 inch brass tubing for the pistons. I thought I had some but it was either lost stolen or I never actually had it in the first place. I hate when that happens.
Sym-Cha
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I still have 1 Revell 1/53 AT-AT, 1 Bandai 1/144 AT-AT, 2 Round2 MPC 1/100 AT-AT's, 3 F-Toys 1/144 AT-AT's and 1 Tsukuda metal miniature AT-AT cast (see picture) still waiting to be assembled, not to mention an MPC ROTJ 1/100 AT-AT from 1983/1989 . . . meanwhile you, Big C, poop these beautiful metal leg parts out in no-time whatsoever ... in studio scale and fully functioning and operational
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Big C
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That mini cast AT-AT is really cool! I might have to get one of those.I still have 1 Revell 1/53 AT-AT, 1 Bandai 1/144 AT-AT, 2 Round2 MPC 1/100 AT-AT's, 3 F-Toys 1/144 AT-AT's and 1 Tsukuda metal miniature AT-AT cast (see picture) still waiting to be assembled, not to mention an MPC ROTJ 1/100 AT-AT from 1983/1989 . . . meanwhile you, Big C, poop these beautiful metal leg parts out in no-time whatsoever ... in studio scale and fully functioning and operational
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Sym-Cha
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Tsukuda Hobby Star Wars AT-AT TESB 1982 mini metal model kit from Japan ... mind you these little gems don't come cheap for their size ... about 8 cm in height, that said with the Tsukuda mini AT-AT you could possibly recreate this picture of another 'studio scale' Imperial AT-AT :
Picture courtesy ILM - Lucasfilm Ltd.
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Big C
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Oh no. Now you have me thinking about another studio scale project. All I'll need to do is scale down my CAD, grow my collection of micro end mills and.... Okay just kidding. Well, sort of.
When the current AT-AT is done, I may actually attempt it.
Are there any other images of the tiny walker out there?
Big C
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Standing on the upper legs! I still have a bunch of little stuff to do. Set screws, here and there, complete disassembly followed by a thorough cleaning and degreasing of the metal parts etc. etc. and reassemble with a couple parts flipped around.
I'm really happy with how it's coming together. Images show how it's looking with the upper legs assembled and mounted to the body mount plate. I've left off the plastic sheet detail parts for now. This thing has lots and lots of parts. And this is only the upper legs!
Next up is proving out the lower leg and knee plate spinner mechanism. Planning to CNC the parts in ABS before committing to aluminum.
Every machined part, detail part and fastener that goes into four upper legs. This is pretty much every part the originals would have had.
All the pretty brass parts for the four legs.
Jig for CNCing the 1/4 square brass pistons.
The 1/4 brass pistons after getting milled on the CNC
Pistions after milling and getting the 1/16 brass pin soldered in.
I'm really happy with how it's coming together. Images show how it's looking with the upper legs assembled and mounted to the body mount plate. I've left off the plastic sheet detail parts for now. This thing has lots and lots of parts. And this is only the upper legs!
Next up is proving out the lower leg and knee plate spinner mechanism. Planning to CNC the parts in ABS before committing to aluminum.
Every machined part, detail part and fastener that goes into four upper legs. This is pretty much every part the originals would have had.
All the pretty brass parts for the four legs.
Jig for CNCing the 1/4 square brass pistons.
The 1/4 brass pistons after getting milled on the CNC
Pistions after milling and getting the 1/16 brass pin soldered in.
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Pyramidrep
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Big C, my God that is model making par excellence. Phenomenal !!!.
Big C
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Ha! And this is only the upper legs. The lower legs and feet have even more parts!
Big C
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Thanks for the kind words Pyramidrep!
joberg
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Sweet Jesus What swgeek said: knowing now what it takes to do such work on the legs makes me doubt my abilities to reproduce such stellar workmanship! I'll just stand back and relax, looking at you and your efforts into engineering the whole thing by yourself
You're raising the "Cool Bar" at every update!
What swgeek said: knowing now what it takes to do such work on the legs makes me doubt my abilities to reproduce such stellar workmanship! I'll just stand back and relax, looking at you and your efforts into engineering the whole thing by yourselfYou're raising the "Cool Bar" at every update!
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