STAP with Battle Droid aka Captain Trump

Melf Boyens
I thought it is a future cigarette delivery drone? 🙂

Bart Goesaert
still have two of these... put them aside to figure out paint and glue order...so following with interest. nice kits BTW

Roger Lustenberger
Thanks guys. i'm gonna build the STAP as a seperate Model and put the Battle Droid in a, lets say, squaty position... 😄 more to follow

Bart Goesaert
bet he's going nuts there 😉

Stefan Fraundorfer
What a great idea. A droid sitting on the toilet - ha,ha, ha!

Roger Lustenberger
Well, change of plans... captain Trump it shall be

Angel Yovtshev
Good work Roger! BTW I smoke the same brand and often use the box(85x55 mm) for size reference when taking pictures in Military History Museum in Sofia.

Patrick Hagelstein
In the first picture the STAP is suspended on a single wire. What did you use for that and can it hold the total weight?

Bart Goesaert
Looks good with the paint on... Wonder for the blond head...

Roger Lustenberger
Hi Parick. Its a 2mm brass tube. It holds the STAP nicely, but together with the weight of the Droid the whole Stap will bend backwards. It won't fall over, but wont be upright. I guess if u screw the foot and stap together, it might hold. But i never fully glued those parts together, only with tape...

Spanjaard
really funny idea. count me in.

Kees Kleijwegt
Following.

Patrick Hagelstein
OK, thanx for the explanation. I'm playing with the idea to suspend a helicopter on it's 'sling rope' and am thinking about what materials to use.

Roger Lustenberger
What scale wil the helicopter be? Perhaps a steel rod will help?

Patrick Hagelstein
A 1/72 Chinook. I'm aware to let it hover as close to the ground as possible to minimise the swinging of the rope(s). That's the nice thing about Chinooks, there are up to three hooks to use.