Project Mars Emperor Titan

I have been following Black Adder's great work on his Lucius Emperor titan project and thought I will use some of his ideas and also implement some of my own in making a Mars version.  The Mars emperor titan is an iconic titan from the titan legions boxed set and bigger than most buildings.

In terms of scale, this titan is approximately 2 times the height of a warlord titan with a warlord height of around 23" making an emperor approximately 46".

Using Black adder's posts as a guide, I started with the hip joint first.

The aim of this project is to source parts which are readily available in Australia from Bunnings and other sources as I find it.  I hope any reader can follow if they wanted to build one too!

To create the hip axle, a 25mm PVC tee which has a 41mm outer diameter was used.  Markings on the tee was carefully sanded down.

Using 2mm plasticard, 2 x 74mm squares were cut and sanded down (aloowance of using 1mm plasticard on the sides later on).  I used a 40mm holecutter to cut a hole in the centre.  A light sand using 80 grit sand paper is required to size the hole to 41mm.

Next the pieces were test fitted, eventually a hip housing will made as it will cover this part and also form the lower gun housing.

My next post will show the hip housing and also the hip joints.