The Sith Shall Rise Again! 4Tx4T

by William G

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Silly Week 2009

 

Shortly after the battle of Endor, the death of the Emperor, and the loss of not only the 2nd Death Star, but of a large portion of the Imperial Fleet.

The significantly smaller Imperial Fleet was looking at getting rid of some of the equipment that they had left on their hands gathering dust.

Several Good Ole Boys in the Dantooine system, started to pick up a few “Surplus” items.  Their attempts at taking a TIE Fighter and using it for kinrath hunting ended in a fireball ancient Crystal Cave.  Which subsequently lead to their deportation from that world and there banning in perpetuity.

They decided to try something more down to Dagobah. Scavenging enough credits they purchased several “Slightly used AT-AT’s from a local “Collector of all things Imperial” and set out to build something that would allow them to have fun as well as travel from tapcafe to tapcafe…

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AMT/ERTL has been popping out the plastic of these kits for many many years, and some of them really show their age.

This is the Star Wars AT-AT with a few extra parts and some creative thoughts added to it. I always thought the AT-AT was a cool looking vehicle. And I had that monster truck lying around, and my curiosity got the better of me, and I could keep making excuses for why my brain misfired the way it did…  Maybe I need more coffee….

Guitar strings, creative painting and a few greebles make this an interesting build.

As well as working on the best way to … Set it for a couple of Good Ole Boys… 

I was inspired by a picture of the Millennium Falcon done as the General Lee, and thought that was funny and this was the result…

Hope you enjoy and thanks for looking

Oh and what’s a bogger without some bumper stickers…

Thanks again for looking

May the force be with you

William G

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Photos and text © by William G