guitarhero123

Alright-- I finally finished my bookshelf Hoth MOC featuring the new AT-AT. I built 2 of the Brickvault custom snowspeeders (https://www.brickvault.toys/products/snowspeeder-minifig-scale), 2 of the custom Hoth turrets by The Brick Trooper (https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-45660/TheBrickTrooper/rebellion-hoth-turret/#details) and then a custom snowfield and rebel trench of my own design. The AT-AT is loaded with a full compliment of snowtroopers and there are a number on the ground as well led by a lightsaber wielding Darth Vader. Used a number of lighting elements from "Light My Bricks" to give the battle some life. Here's some pics:

I made a few more modifications since I last posted. I did a complete overhaul of the crane/winch system (inspired by Carp's mods). I wanted a winch that could stay attached to the body of the AT-AT regardless of if the exterior panels were on or not. it folds nicely into the body of the AT-AT on both sides of the model and has good stability. I also added seating for my scout troopers in the speeder bay (had to remove a plate or two from the exterior armor to achieve this), as well as "cargo" (listed on the UCS plaque) with Imperial insignia in the empty space in the engine room. I really liked the idea of a "door gunner" to cover deploying troops that someone mentioned here, so I used some old playscale AT-AT driver minifigs and a modified e-web to achieve that. The base lighting kit is from "Light My Bricks" but I've made a number of additions there as well-- mostly in the speeder bay and the engine room.

I added a very simple foldable deployment crane to each side of my AT-AT. It’s pinned into the technic doorframe and secured by another pin that, when removed, functions as storage for the deployment hook. The whole assembly takes up little space in the body of the AT-AT and doesn’t interfere or catch on anything already there.