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Post by ira on May 9, 2014 13:02:54 GMT -5
Low Walkers!Here are all four Feet with the Sides attached. They still look Very Heavy, like Elephant Feet...  So using a cut-off wheel, I cut the height on the Feet by about 3/8 inch. Here are the New "Low Walker" Feet!  More Coming... 
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Post by ira on May 10, 2014 9:33:50 GMT -5
Iron Toes!I marked and then cut the excess plastic and Toes from the bottom of the Feet. Then I cut the excess plastic from around the Toes.  Next I traced the gluing area of the Toes on to the Feet. I found it easier to to this on the bottom of the Feet.  Here is the Traced area cut out, ready for the Toe.  Here are the Feet with all of the Toes glued in place.  More Coming...
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Post by ira on May 11, 2014 9:46:48 GMT -5
Shocking!Almost forgot to replace the Shock Supports on the Feet. Instead of Cutting and Fitting the Original Supports back on the Feet, I made New Supports with Plastic Tubing.  More Coming...
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Post by ira on May 13, 2014 9:35:54 GMT -5
Long Legs!After doing a little fitting, I decided that the AT-AT Legs were too long. So I used two strips of 1/2 inch wide tape to define the 1 inch section to be removed.  Then I marked the lines to be cut and removed the tape.  I used a Cut-Off Wheel to make the cuts. I always cut on the outside of the Line and I never cut over the Line. Next I use a sanding board the clean up the cuts right up to the Line. This was done to all four Legs.  More Coming...
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Post by ira on May 13, 2014 12:10:05 GMT -5
New Legs!I cut four Plastic Strips to fit inside the Legs. I glued a Strip in the slot in the Lower Leg. This will increase the gluing surface and give make it easy to line up the Leg Parts.  Here is the AT-AT Long Leg next to the Chopped AT Speeder Leg. I and glued all four Chopped Legs together with Zap-A-Gap, Green Label.  More Coming...
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Post by ira on May 14, 2014 8:27:00 GMT -5
Swing Arms!The AT-AT supports for the Legs are similar to Motorcycle Swing Arms. Here they are attached to the AT-AT with the Legs snapped in place.  After the AT-AT Underbody is glued to the Underside of the AT-Speeder Body, I plan on adding four BiG Off-Road Shocks!  More Coming...
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Post by ira on May 15, 2014 9:44:02 GMT -5
It's Alive!Here is a quick Mock-Up with the Speeder Body on the AT-AT Chassis & Legs.  Side View.  Rear View.  More Coming...
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Post by ira on May 17, 2014 9:12:53 GMT -5
Body Mods!After fitting the Legs to the Body, I marked half-moon Sections to be removed from each side, to clear the Front Legs. Then I cut the Sections out and sanded them smooth.  I marked a triangular Section the be removed from each Rear Side.  Then I cut them off with a cut-off wheel.  Here is the rear after the Sections were removed and sanded smooth.  More Coming...
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Post by ira on May 23, 2014 9:47:11 GMT -5
Big Butt!I decided to change the rear end on the AT Speeder. The Big Heat Sink looks Great on the Snow Speeder Space Ship but it looks too Big on the AT Speeder. It reminded me of one of the Robots with the Big Butt from the movie "Robots". So I traced the Heat Sink Shape on to some sheet plastic and cut it out.  After a little more cutting and fitting I got the new plastic piece glued in place.  Next I cut two small pieces of plastic to fit on the rear sides and glued them in place.  More Coming...
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Post by ira on May 23, 2014 17:28:14 GMT -5
Arm Mounts!I marked a section on each side of the rear to be cut off. They aren't needed with the New Rear End.  I cut those sections off and I then I cut the ends off of the rear Cannon Mounts and glued them in place as shown. These are my new Robot Arm Mounts.  Then I glued the two front Cannon Mounts under the Rear Cannon Mounts.  More Coming...
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Post by ira on May 25, 2014 9:23:28 GMT -5
Rear End Details...I noticed that this part from the Speeder has a Detail I would like to add to the rear end...  So I cut it off and glued it in it's new place.  Then I glued the two ends from the Cannon Mounts underneath.  More Coming...
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Post by ira on May 26, 2014 9:56:44 GMT -5
Arm Shocks! The undersides of the Arm Supports are flat and un-detailed, so I decided to add Shocks on the flat undersides. I found these parts in the Snow Speeder Kit. I cut off the ends so they will fit under the Arm Supports.  Here they are glued in place.  More Coming...
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Post by ira on May 26, 2014 22:37:20 GMT -5
Support Backs!I am using the other two Front Bulkheads to Finish the backs of the Arms Supports. Here is the one on the right in place.  Here are both Bulkheads in place.  More Coming...
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Post by ira on May 27, 2014 9:49:13 GMT -5
Side Details!I am going to use Snow Speeder Cannon Parts for Side Details.  Here is the back part of the Cannon in place.  And here is the front part of the Cannon in place. Both parts were added on the other side.  More Coming...
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Post by ira on May 27, 2014 12:47:37 GMT -5
Gun Grebles!I found these Guns in the AT-AT Kit. Just what I was looking for!  Here is one of them glued in place. I added on to the other side too. They kind of look like hydraulics or something. I like them!  More Coming...
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