HJR-Holland Posted December 27, 2010 Posted December 27, 2010 Dear all, I'd like to present my newest MOC to you, which I've made for a Star Wars MOC Building competition at Lowlug.nl (hence the logo's in the pictures ;-) ) The AT-XT is a vehicle used during the Clone Wars, and got known from various Star Wars videogames ('Star Wars Galaxy', 'The Clone Wars' etc.) My MOC has a tilting mechanism and a turning plate, which makes the head tilt both horizontally and vertically. You can position the legs at any hight you want, and by tilting the cockpit up and down (by using the Technic Axle) the cockpit stays horizontal at all times: A picture of the back side of the machines (getting original pictures of that part of the vehicle are actually hard to get): In the vehicle you can fit two Clone Troopers: On the 'original' AT-XT the top guns are retractable, something which is close to impossible to do with LEGO. So on my MOC they are (easily) detacheable, so you can close the two side covers: For comparison some images of the 'real' AT-XT: And for the entire picture set just click here. Comments and questions are naturally welcome! Quote
Nightshroud99 Posted December 27, 2010 Posted December 27, 2010 I always LOVED that vehicle! Played it alot in "The Clone Wars" Great job you did with it Quote
KimT Posted December 27, 2010 Posted December 27, 2010 Nice work- I'll frontpage this when my fingers aren't frozen anymore... Quote
Brickdoctor Posted December 27, 2010 Posted December 27, 2010 Great job; the curved shape of this walker is not easily replicated, but I think this is among if not the best AT-XT I've ever seen. And your Technic rotating functions are the icing on the cake. Quote
Cpt. Dan Posted December 27, 2010 Posted December 27, 2010 This is incredible, excellent work. Instant favorite for me, I love it. Quote
indyman09 Posted December 27, 2010 Posted December 27, 2010 That's great! It's so smooth and sleek. I love it Quote
Oky Posted December 27, 2010 Posted December 27, 2010 Dang, you beat me to it! I was planning a MOC of this thing using the same pieces for the side panels! Oh well, yours is probably more accurate and articulated than mine would have been, so good job. Quote
Masked Builder Posted December 27, 2010 Posted December 27, 2010 Wow that looks good! You used an ingenious system on the cockpit. Nice work everywhere! I think I started one back in time but I have no idea what happened to it.... Quote
Artizan Posted December 27, 2010 Posted December 27, 2010 This vehichle is exactly the way I imagined that it would look if built in Lego, and even better! Quote
Toa_Of_Justice Posted December 27, 2010 Posted December 27, 2010 This is an awesome MOC! I really like how the cockpit is built (that windscreen fits perfectly!) and the tilting mechanism is ingenious. How well does it balance though? It seems a little front-heavy. -Toa Of Justice Quote
BrickArtist Posted December 27, 2010 Posted December 27, 2010 (edited) All the detail, part usage, and the pure resemblance between the MOC, and real thing is what makes this such a great MOC. The only flaw is there appears to be some large, slope on top of the vehicle that are sort of 'abbreviated' on yours. If those were accurate, this would be a new level of perfection Great job! Edited December 27, 2010 by brickartist Quote
XimenaPaulina Posted December 28, 2010 Posted December 28, 2010 Excellent MOC HJR! Very accurate overall design using all those curved and sloped pieces. The full rotating and swiveling functionality are very well done too. Great job! Quote
Lego universe player Posted December 28, 2010 Posted December 28, 2010 In my opinion it's a perfect replica. Quote
Future74 Posted December 28, 2010 Posted December 28, 2010 (edited) Wow that's a great MOC HJR! Great use of the cockpit and I love the round sides, also the legs and feet are very well designed. It looks exactly like the real AT-XT. Great job! Edited December 28, 2010 by Future74 Quote
Delta 38 Posted December 28, 2010 Posted December 28, 2010 Wow, great! It looks like an official set as it looks accurate. If this appeared in the Clone Wars (tv series) then I won't be surprised if this is actually released. Personally, I'm only familiar with it from The Force Unleashed, but it looks pretty good to me. Quote
Prime Brick Posted December 28, 2010 Posted December 28, 2010 That is very realistic AND accurate, a very good combination if I do say so myself. Quote
commanderneyo Posted December 28, 2010 Posted December 28, 2010 Excellent MOC one of the Best I have seen since I joined Eurobricks Quote
CommanderFox Posted December 28, 2010 Posted December 28, 2010 An Excellent MOC HJR! I really like all the AT series vehicles and this one is really cool. You have done it spot on to the real one! Keep it up! CF Quote
Fancyman Posted December 28, 2010 Posted December 28, 2010 that is fantastic! I love that you can move it around and position the "head" Quote
HJR-Holland Posted December 29, 2010 Author Posted December 29, 2010 Thanks for the positive reactions, people! There are several categories more in the competition, so I'll be presenting some more MOCs in the forthcoming period. Meanwhile, it's Q&A time: How well does it balance though? It seems a little front-heavy. It actually balaces rather good; as you can see in the pictures, no matter how you place the legs, it stays on it's two feet. For a walker the feet are rather long (8 studs) which may also help in why it's well balanced. The side panels are of course big in size, but very light. And inside the main cockpit I only used two brackets like these: Which also reduces a lot of weight. LEGO really should use these a lot more I think... The only flaw is there appears to be some large, slope on top of the vehicle that are sort of 'abbreviated' on yours. If those were accurate, this would be a new level of perfection Great job! What you mean is probably the two gun hatches which lean out diagonally when they open. As in the middle of the top rear there's also some sort of an 'air duct' (the same you see on formula 1 cars), in most of the 'official' pictures it seems the slope on top is one big chunk, whereas it isn't. The 'air duct' ought to be light bluish grey, but to the best of my knowledge that colour doesn't exist yet. The dark bluish grey breaks a bit of the 'light grey mass' of the total of the vehicle, so I'm happy with it (for now) It looks like an official set as it looks accurate. If this appeared in the Clone Wars (tv series) then I won't be surprised if this is actually released. Well, the only Walkers I've seen up to now in the Clone Wars, were AT-RT's, there aren't even AT-PT's in the series! The Clone Wars shows little to no Walkers (bar the AT-TE), which is a real pity, as I really like them. Time will tell if the AT-XT ever makes it in the show, although I guess the AT-PT would probably be preferred over the AT-XT... If you have more questions, they're always welcome. And again, thanks for the positive feeback! Quote
lightningtiger Posted December 29, 2010 Posted December 29, 2010 AWESOME 'HJR'......a totally AWESOME walker.....has a Mechwarrior feel to it I guess, oh, yeah congrats on being front paged too ! May the brick be with you ! Quote
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