What I've always wanted to see was someone utilize the transformation mechanisms of 09 BB on a 79 BB, but that's only if there's room...
...or at least apply the tri-fold chest design, and rotate the roof panels on the backs of his legs to the insides, so the "foot" panels could fold up like 09 BB, to give room to a crab-claw foot design (that I want to design for 09 BB too, to get rid of the huge clod-hoppers that hang down in car form...)
That way, his 79 model would look more like his bad-arse angular self in the film (which is my favorite version BTW...)
Great job on this by the way...
Any chance we could see pics of the back with the roof in place?
...maybe folded up to turn into a shoulder cover
...or even paint the inside of the roof to look like machinery
...or sculpt something
...or mount a hinge in the middle, so it folds upward, against the tab below the windshield and the head cover...
I just always wanted something that covers up the hood panels behind BB's head, so it'd look less like a toy, and your roof mod gives a chance for that...
LionBoogy wrote:No idea just yet on 79 BB, as I'm already in the middle of chopping up my Ironhide and building a new base form for him. Transforming him a coupla times and inspecting the actual movie designs. Ironhide doesn't rotate his torso at ALL... his front bumper should stay in the front and just pull up and skew down towards the corners. That's easy to do. The legs and lower torso might be tougher, but I can do it with some hinges and improvised supports recycled from model kit parts (ALWAYS save those model scraps! hehe).
Ironhide's front tire assembly will need to be completely chopped off so instead of pivoting upward, it needs to pivot downward and around on an improvised axle as well as hold the door assembly (the doors are not mounted on the body, they're mounted on the arms). His head is also mounted too far back. That means more hole-drilling, chopping, and gluing new pieces in. Fun!
The '79 Camaro will be an adventure, I'm sure. hehe
- Lionel
