[MOD] Back to Kashyyyk - AT AP Walker Redux - 75043

[BigEl]

Whats your favourite aspect of the Star Wars prequels? To me it always were the memorable designs of the various ships and land vehicles.

Especially Revenge of the Sith with the Venator Class Republic Cruiser as well the Clone Turbo Tank and the AT-AP Walker featured some of the best the trilogy has to offer in my opinion.

The only sad thing here is that those designs got barely any screen time in the movie.

The AT-AP in particular is actually never seen fully or is ever focused on, the model just walks trough the background in the Battle of Kashyyyk several times.

A real shame since its design and functionality is great and really beats all the other smaller walkers in the Star Wars Universe to me.

The second System-Scale Version of the AT-AP from Lego was released last year and its a very good set.

Only when you look up source material of the Sniper Tank, you will notice some mistakes and flaws in the design. One of the bigger ones, besides the usual wrong colorization and the play features, is that the Engine of Walker is actually missing. Instead the official Lego AT-AP is hollow on the back side and features some sad big gaps all over the place. So the decision to tackle some of those flaws was a fairly easy.

First some reference/source material I used for modding the Lego version:

And now for my own modded Lego Version:

Besides the usual color tweaks, cover ups and gap filling I really tried to seperate the light and dark bluish gray to recreate the sillhouette of those thick armor plates on the front and sides of the walker, while the legs and the engine are uncovered. The gun on top of the main artillery cannon has been changed as well. The springloaded shooter is gone and instead the control console is now where it belongs (Instead being on the ground).

Also the cockpit interior got enhanced and stuffed out. The main technic frame is nearly completely covered, there are more controls and greebling, accessory holders and the inside actually connects with the engine to create a more bulky and authentic look.

Some pictures of the official Lego model to compare the MOD to:

And while we are at comparisons, together with the big one:

What do you guys think? Got any feedback or suggestions? And what do you think about the model itself?

Would like to hear your thoughts.

Edited December 30, 2015 by BigEl

[Calanon]

This looks really good! I think the only thing that could really be improved would be if the two main legs could move more. Excellent work.

[Kristof]

Very good mod. Looking at it, I almost desire to own one of these, which certainly wasn't the case of the lego set :D

[Junior Shark]

You are a walker master! Great mod. Can't wait to see what you do next....

[BigEl]

This looks really good! I think the only thing that could really be improved would be if the two main legs could move more. Excellent work.

Thank You! Yeah about that matter, would love to have a walking ability. Its unfortunate that the walker is just not designed to walk, it needs both legs in the fixed position to balance out the long front section.

Being able to set a foot behind that balance point would lead to the AT-AP falling over.

Interestingly enough though, because of the big brick built engine block I added to the back, the walker naturally leans back a bit now. Maybe even enough to hold on its own with the legs in a motion position. Will definitely look into that again to see if there is a possibility.

@krisandkris12

That was my thinking when I bought it Just needed to Mod it or I would never be satisfied with it as display model.

Exchanging the dark bluish gray trap door plates on the sides with light bluish gray normal plates alone already enhanced the look greatly.

Besides being pretty hollow from the inside and back, the devil is in the detail with this one. If you plan to look at this thing from the front for the most part, the set is already worth it in my opinion, since minor changes can improve it a lot.

The basic hull design and the angles Lego did here are already pretty accurate and good looking to me.

@Junior Shark

Thanks again for your praise

I am actually thinking a little bit towards diorama now, setting an approriate scene for both Walkers might make them even more enjoyable to look at as display models. Other than that, my next project could very well be a ship for once

Edited December 30, 2015 by BigEl

[Tariq j]

This looks very good! Looking forward to seeing a diorama.

[BigEl]

Thanks, much appreciated

Since its the biggest change and probably the most interesting part of the MOD, some more pictures and angles on the Engine in the back:

[Marshgray]

That looks really nice, but I would prefer to use the old scout troopers rather than the new... That's just my opinion, it looks really nice regardless of that