Today I'm building a motorized walking AT-TE.
I originally designed this in 2015, but I never made instructions for the full model.
I decided to finally put together instructions,
and figured I might as well update the model while I was at it.
For an explanation of how it works, you can watch the original video on my channel.
There is a single drive shaft which powers two cranks on either side of the frame.
There have been quite a few new pieces released since I originally designed it in 2015,
though the core walking mechanism has remained unchanged.
You can find step by step building instructions at jkbrickworks.com.
I'm motorizing it with the Power Functions system,
but you can use the newer Powered UP components instead .
You can even manually power it if you like.
You can just stick a crank in the back.
The battery box and IR receiver are part of the frame though,
so you will have to replace them with some bricks.
Time to build the walking mechanism.
The middle leg drives all of the movement.
Let's duplicate the mechanism on the other side.
The cranks are offset by 180 degrees, resulting in the walking motion.
It can only walk in a straight line.
You can extend the mechanism to turn, but you'll have to widen the frame and redesign the skin.
I show one way to do it in the original video.
Time to add the 'skin'.
Let's beef up those legs.
And add some feet.
The middle feet are actually slightly different from the front and back ones.
It walks a little more smoothly with the feet on.
More leg decorations.
Time for the cockpit.
And the canon and blasters.
The model is about 1/3 to 1/2 minifig scale.
Thanks for watching!