LDraw files for popular Mechaton models

As you might have noticed from my other Mechaton posts, I’m still pretty new to building giant fighty robots out of Lego. Part of learning more about this includes looking at some of the popular Mechaton frames others have made and figuring out how they work.

I haven’t found this easy, as often all you have to go on are some low resolution photos that never seem to include the angle you need. To spare would-be frame builders some of the irritation I went through, I created some LDraw files detailing step-by-step instructions on how to make some of these frames. (You may need to right-click on the .ldr files and “Save Link As…”.)

	The “Classic” by D. Vincent Baker Source: Mechaton rules LDraw file: vincentbaker-classic.ldr		Chucker by D. Vincent Baker Source: ptimanya designs LDraw file: vincentbaker-chucker.ldr
	5gen by D. Vincent Baker Source: ptimanya designs LDraw file: vincentbaker-5gen.ldr		AIn-11 by Joshua A. C. Newman Source: the glyphpress LDraw file: joshuanewman-AIn-11.ldr
	Radial by David Laurence Source: Brickshelf LDraw file: davidlaurence-radial.ldr		Conscript by Soren Source: Flickr LDraw file: soren-conscript.ldr
	MgN-302 by Malcolm Craig Source: Mechatonic LDraw file: malcolmcraig-MgN-302.ldr		Mini-frame by Squieu Source: Brickshelf LDraw file: squieu-mini-frame.ldr

To view these files, you’ll need some kind of .ldr viewer. I use Bricksmith, but there are others. Note that a number of viewers can also generate part lists from a model automatically.

There may be part mistakes, as I pretty much just guessed on a lot of things. If you find an error, please drop a comment about it below. It would help if you used the LDraw part numbers to identify both what part is wrong and with what it should be replaced.

Lastly, a plea to all you frame builders out there: when you come up with the next great frame, please give the world an LDraw file for it, so we can marvel at your genius from any angle we like. Heck, post a link to it in a comment below. I’d love to see it.