Building a Tachikoma with LEGO 3
I received the parts I ordered, so I'm going to copy 1x4 Curved Slope Leg Tachikoma.
leg
- I didn't have a blue plate 1×1, so I used transparent orange to make it flashier.
hand (of cards)
- The joint at the base does not appear to be this one, but I don't know what it is.
- original:
- Oh, I thought it was a clip coming out from the top, but LEGO:Handle is sandwiched between round plate from above and below.
- original:
- Heads of side stud blocks face the root side, but cones the other way around.
- Inverted by pin.
- I changed the position of the pin, is this better?
- original:
- original:
Gatling
centerpiece
- At first I didn't realize the top half was through and thought there were three 30 degree slopes.
- I didn't know how to fix it, so I wrote on Twitter and they told me.
- But I'm still not sure how to fix all three eyeballs in this small space.
- You can't put a T-bar on the side in this state, it will hit the T-bar at the back.
- Another side stud would cause the left and right T's to collide.
- Discussion of Tachikoma eye modeling → [Building a Tachikoma with LEGO 5
antenna
Forgot to buy blue dish and sticks.
This looks good on the outside, but how the heck do you fix it?
- It's not impossible...
- original:
Carry side handle
- I tried putting it on the side of the side stud block because the dish wouldn't stick against the top of the 2x2, but this doesn't add up.
- Oh, right, center stud.
- Write a description and notice the solution.
carry
- I made the mistake of forgetting to buy a blue 1×1 slope (ugh).
- It looks good at first glance, but when compared to the original, it is very different.
- Tiles stick out compared to the original.
- The original does not appear to have a difference of one panel in the red round.
- These two are in essence saying that the middle four rows are sticking out too far, or should I change them to brackets?
- I switched to brackets and it got better.
- These two are in essence saying that the middle four rows are sticking out too far, or should I change them to brackets?
- Side 1 x 4 curved ramps lower than original
- This is due to the low stud position of the side studs
- On the other hand, brackets would leave a horizontal gap.
- Good height, but gaps in lateral direction
- Oh, right, this is due to the fact that you're using the second side stud, so just use the first one.
- At the time of the photo, the red round was being supported by the first side stud, so it was the second.
- Hmmm, now there's a gap here...
TODO What to buy
- gilding the lily - Dish 2 x 2
- Blue stick (what's your name?) - Antenna 4H
- Blue 1 x 1 plate
- Blue 1 x 1 slope: sold out
- Blue 1 x 6 plate
- Blue 2 x 2 center studs 3 pcs.
- If you use it at the base of the hand, you have 2 degrees of freedom.
- This would be a simpler solution.
- I wonder if this could be used to make a three-fingered hand.
- Also listed what is missing to make [3x3 plate belly Tachikoma
- 3x3 https://www.brickers.jp/?pid=61606589
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