Amt Star Wars 1:6 Stap With Battle Droid

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Hope I can do mine half as well as this John, great work


Ade

[Guest]

fantastic work John, the weathering is just right for this sort of subject

[Gern]

Getting the droid on the STAP properly is the bit that sorts the men from the boys John! I never did get mine straight before it fell over. I'm sure I read that some builders cut either the hands or feet off, and rotated them a few degrees to get them to join properly.


PS Don't forget to add some weight to the base. The balance is critical and you don't deserve anything to happen to this having done such a marvellous job so far.

[john i am]

Getting the droid on the STAP properly is the bit that sorts the men from the boys John! I never did get mine straight before it fell over. I'm sure I read that some builders cut either the hands or feet off, and rotated them a few degrees to get them to join properly.


PS Don't forget to add some weight to the base. The balance is critical and you don't deserve anything to happen to this having done such a marvellous job so far.

Yes Dave patience of a saint needed here. After a few failed attempts I decided it was in the droids best interests and my sanity to break it's arms in two places shoulder and elbow joints and I used straightened paper clips as joint pins giving me a 360 degree of adjustment on both joints which helped immensely his feet were also drilled super glued and pinned to the foot pedals and eventually both it's "hands" we're super clued to the handle bars   All painting now completed it now just needs roughing up and weathering to give it that "look" almost done more later...................


           Thanks john

[tr1ckey66]

This is the droid we're looking for!


:$  Crap Obe Wan ref there but the sentiment is right.


This droid is looking really good nice subtle weathering in the paint finish - excellent.


Cheers


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