Edit: added top left view with open crew hatch.

My second serious Star Wars MOC was the AT-ST walker. It has been my favourite Star Wars land vehicle for a long time, and I made at least one attempt of re-creating it from Lego pieces (it had a leg-turning mechanism, by the way), submitting it on lego.com and earning 15 likes. After building the TX-225, I decided to make a second attempt, so here is the result:

While my first attempt was based on the bad drawings from the vehicles book, this build was created with the ESB version in mind. 

The MOC is quite fragile, but looks nice for me.

Here are two interior views of the model. I tried to make it as faithful to the cross-section as possible:

I hope you liked it.

Edited November 20, 20231 yr by Max_Lego

Very nice. The interior is great. I go for the faithful models. You did a good job there. 

Just now, KennoMonkey said:

Very nice. The interior is great. I go for the faithful models. You did a good job there. 

Thank you for your comment. I always try to make my models as accurate as possible. I don't always succeed, though...

This looks fantastic! It's very faithful to the original design, including the interior. Excellent work. Is it sturdy? It looks like it is. How many joints can be posed in the legs?

Only thing I noticed that maybe could be a small flaw is that the legs look like they could be made longer if it's an ESB AT-ST. They look very long on the movie model.

 

Edited August 25, 2024Aug 25 by erik1

36 minutes ago, erik1 said:

This looks fantastic! It's very faithful to the original design, including the interior. Excellent work. Is it sturdy? It looks like it is. How many joints can be posed in the legs?

Only thing I noticed that maybe could be a small flaw is that the legs look like they could be made longer if it's an ESB AT-ST. They look very long on the movie model.

 

Thank you for your application! 

The walker stands freely on its two legs when in correct position. However, it may loose balance if moved uncarefully. It is also quite fragile - especially the drivers' cabin. When displayed, I try not to touch it, though I don't have much problem bringing it back to normal.

All joints are poseable, except for Technic lower part of the leg, which connects to the foot.

The legs initially were longer, but it looked ridiculous and disgusting. I decided that the finished version looks like a compromise between ESB and ROTJ. Also, regarding the two movie versions, it seems like the difference is partially because of the positioning of the legs - they are a little extended in ESB.

I may try and find the photo of my old cursed AT-ST, which I posted on lego.com long ago and was based on the drawing from the Essential guide to vehicles - it had long wide legs and ridiculously small feet

Inspired by @erik1's comments, I decided to improve my AT-ST a little, to make it more accurate to the source material from ESB - after all, my T-65 X-wing is strictly the one seen in ANH, not the T-65B from later movies. Its legs were completely redesigned, and its feet were enlarged for better look. After studying high-resolution photos of the actual model, I decided to replace the weapons on the left side of the drivers' cabin with more accurate-looking ones. The upper one in particular looks very much like a Maxim gun, but I can only use the parts I have at the moment, and I'm quite satisfied with the result.

...Those long legs look creepy as heck, and I'm not sure they are very accurate, but it's the best I could... Looks better than before anyway 

Edited August 26, 2024Aug 26 by Max_Lego