[MOC] Mars Mission Walker

[KennoMonkey]

This is another quick project. I really like the Mars Mission. I hope that goes again some day when someone gets serious about a human expedition. I wanted a walker and started with the legs. If you motorized them they would actually walk. Not much more than a small cab could be supported and even that was hard enough to balance.

Lucked out, the EVA ladder reached the ground perfectly and folds up underneath.

 

I know it looks simple, but I spent quite awhile on the exterior details--getting every sensor I imagined would be useful. It felt especially clever to include a ground-penetrating radar (right-side picture) and an interferometer (left-side picture). Of course, the astronaut wouldn't open the cockpit except when docked at an airlock. It just didn't show well through the glass)

 

The interior is jam-packed with EVA equipment--suit, gas, tools...

And, of course, it being Mars Mission it had to have stickers.

For the toolbox, since plain red is a lot more available 

Free downloads https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-158032/KennoMonkey/mars-at-st-all-terrain-survey-transport/#details

 

[PsychFox]

i love the use of parts for the levers in the cockpit! :0

[KennoMonkey]

Thanks. She needed a clear view of where the thing was stepping. :]

Edited November 18, 2023 by KennoMonkey