Nice! This is going to be interesting :)
Hmm, three-legged Mecha ... interesting notion Jeremak.
Could the 'recoil spade' be something like a hydraulic jack? I'm thinking of vertical tubing mounted in the the centre of the rear (engine?) plate. The spade foot could drop by gravity (for speed during an engagement) then retract hydraulically to reposition for another shot or get the mecha underway again.
I was thinking of maybe using a 1/35 81mm mortar base plate.
Quote from: The Zod on June 14, 2012, 08:44:23 AMI was thinking of maybe using a 1/35 81mm mortar base plate.That sounds promising. As you said, accommodating terrain might be tricky. Some kind of ball-and-socket joint perhaps?
Agree, some sort of recoil spade would be prudent to preclude Sturm Mecha falling and can't get up.Feature to consider (if you had part available) is M-48/60 machine gun turret on top.Congrats on another creative build. :)
This is just a quick mockup of a recoil spade.
Quote from: The Zod on June 21, 2012, 05:23:13 AMThis is just a quick mockup of a recoil spade.I like it! I guess twin spades would be more stable. But damn practicality! A single, big-honkin' spade just sounds cooler :)
Great idea!!
Looking good! It would give the stability you're wanting when firing but appears as if it would be fairly compact when stowed for travel. :)
As said before "Congrats on another creative build".With both walking armor and anti-gravity hover armor BTS has two new genre of armor.Modeling world is a better place for it.Bill