STAP with Droid
Source: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
Brand: AMT
Scale: 1/6
Medium: Injection-molded styrene
Release Date: 1999
Pieces: 82
Life Lost: 50 hours
Enhanced: Yes (see captions)
TSF Rating: * * * * *
This was a great kit to put together, and equally great is its spectacular size.
I was always keen to not glue the droid on the platform, and instead build it so it could free-stand as well.
The one thing, as I recall, that I didn't like about this kit was the way in which the arms had to attach to the shoulders. Gluing them straight to the shoulders would have made the elbows tuck right in to the torso and look awkward. So I spent a lot of time and effort creating ball-and-socket joints in the shoulders just to give some freedom of movement to the arms.
To add even more flexibility to the droids arms I also cut and then "pinned" the forearms just blow the elbow joints so they could rotate a little.
I was always keen to not glue the droid on the platform, and instead build it so it could free-stand as well.
The one thing, as I recall, that I didn't like about this kit was the way in which the arms had to attach to the shoulders. Gluing them straight to the shoulders would have made the elbows tuck right in to the torso and look awkward. So I spent a lot of time and effort creating ball-and-socket joints in the shoulders just to give some freedom of movement to the arms.
To add even more flexibility to the droids arms I also cut and then "pinned" the forearms just blow the elbow joints so they could rotate a little.
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