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by **Boanerge** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 5:48 pm

I was able to find a way to modify the wing/body structures on the movie starscream/thundercracker mold. I think it is a great improvement. It is a fun mold and has interesting proportions but I like it better with a bit more "normal" build.

the mod doesn't affect the vehicle mode much.

critique and comments are welcome.

by **keeblezak** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:37 pm

Asphalt wrote:I dont have the fig, what did you do?

i have the fig and i have no idea either :oops:

by **TM badbadryan** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:17 pm

I have to know how you did this!!!

by **Retread** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 5:53 pm

Looks like the wings fold in now, instead of up? Shoulders look like they sit up higher, closer to the head.
Slims him down a bit and looks pretty good. I'd think about painting the grey parts too, but I guess hasbro is to blame there as well.

by **TM Devastator** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:11 am

How the heck did you do that?? I demand a tutorial! He really does look better now.

by **J.T.Silversmith** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:48 am

Hey, that does look really cool. I don't want to "steal his thunder" so to speak, but one of the things he did was add a ball and socket joint to the wing root in jet mode, this let the other parts fold up better when transforming. I do know he would like to do some other mods, and if he can pull it off, this thing will look SOOOOO much better than the original.

by **rhinox555** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:56 pm

The arms move up WAY further now,my complaint about movie screamer was the arms,this mod actually makes him look likable.
Awesome work dude :!:

by **Boanerge** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:39 pm

Yes, as J.T. said I added a ball and socket joint at the base of the wing to pivot the whole wing assembly toward the back so things folded up alot more. I am hoping to post a tutorial here soon but, I am not on much. I have some pictures of some of the steps I took in the off chance some body wanted to see.

The ball I used for the joint is a bright bllue and you can see it in both pictures so you may be able to get some idea of how I did this, if you are familiar with the figure.