Minmay Fanboy Posted March 18, 2012 Posted March 18, 2012 Checkout this blog detailing the building of SDF-1 completing from LEGOs. http://legomacross.com/blog/ Quote
Lobizon Posted March 18, 2012 Posted March 18, 2012 (edited) Awesome! Well detailed blog posts with M3 imagery and stuff and friendly reading, keep it up! Thanks for sharing! Edited March 18, 2012 by Lobizon Quote
UN Spacy Posted March 18, 2012 Posted March 18, 2012 Thanks for the link. IN on one. This guy is really putting time and effort into this. Quote
Mr March Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Good work so far! An ambitious project, to be sure. It makes me feel very proud when I see Macross fans using the material of the M3 as reference for fan creations. It was always one of the top reasons I built the site. I'd love to add one or two finished pictures of your Lego Macross to the "For Fans Only" if I may. I look forward to seeing more of your project. Quote
pfunk Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Very cool, keep us posted. Cant wait to see the final project! Quote
Chronocidal Posted March 22, 2012 Posted March 22, 2012 Man, I can feel that pain about not having strong enough rotating joints. Large transforming stuff often times just doesn't work with Lego versions, because the typical rotation joint is only held together by a simple axle, and those are nowhere near sturdy enough for heavy duty assemblies like these (or the hips on my 1/18 VF-1 from ages ago). There are certain joints that make heavy rotating sections possible, but they're not shaped well to be used the way I need them. While they work fine for things like arms, they aren't very useful for things like hips and shoulders. This thing is big enough that the largest type of detended pivot could possibly work though. I don't know the official name of them, but I could show you a picture. I've been using the Lego Digital Designer program recently to work out the proportions and construction for a 1/32 VF-19F, and it's been really helpful for laying out the dimensions, but it can't tell you how heavy something is going to be, or if it will work in real life. Quote
SchizophrenicMC Posted March 22, 2012 Posted March 22, 2012 LCAD is much better than LDD for Lego Drafting on a PC, but it's harder to work with. Pretty cool to see such a large-scale SDF build. Can't wait to see how it turns out. Quote
paramat Posted May 8, 2012 Posted May 8, 2012 Hey don't glue it ... that's a crime against LEGO Considering the size of this anyone will forgive you for supporting the weight of each section using stands or wires ... it will still be awesome. Quote
Swooshiex Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 I'm keen to build one too! How much would this attempt above cost approximately? I'm also wondering how much this one would cost: http://www.youtube.c...h?v=cI_AmjF1NQ8 Quote
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