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Classics Skyfire Completed!!!

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Classics Skyfire Completed!!!

Postby Massdestruction » Mon May 14, 2007 11:44 am

Couldn't resist making a Classics Skyfire when Target clearanced Jetfire for $10.

I kept the movement that used to release the backpack booster guns. I made it so in jet mode they are pushed back allowing the front of the booster to extend closer to the front cockpit while the upper cockpit stays back. In robot mode, they are pushed forward which allows the front of the booster to be closer to the robot's head and the upper cockpit is pushed more toward the top of the robot's back. This also allowed the wings to automatically swing up when the booster is compressed in robot mode.

The reason I made the backpack have 2 modes is that if it was just solid with only the wings moveable, I would have either had the front of the booster too high in robot mode, or the back of the pack hanging too far off the back of the jet. The 2 modes allow it to look larger in jet mode and smaller in robot mode. The split image shows the backpack's 2 modes.

As for the size of the backpack in general, it is accurate to the cartoon in jet mode. But, yes, in robot mode the toon shrunk the backpack to fit onto his back. If I had made it accurate to the toon in robot mode, then it would have been too small in jet mode. Unfortunately, it wasn't possible to create a backpack that is proportionate in both modes.

This is a work in progress. Backpack still has work to be done. Need to finish the backpack cockpit and repaint. Then I need to give the main figure slightly more cartoon accurate paint apps.
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Robot mode back view
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Robot mode front view
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Jet mode angled view
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Jet mode fron view
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Jet mode side view
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Jet mode top view
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split image of backpack's 2 modes
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Postby Godmodule » Mon May 14, 2007 1:22 pm

Not bad. I like the original better though.
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Postby Massdestruction » Mon May 14, 2007 2:18 pm

Godmodule wrote:Not bad. I like the original better though.


Yeah, the original is good... as Jetfire.

But for $10, how could I not make a toon accurate Skyfire.
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Postby Godmodule » Tue May 15, 2007 3:25 am

I'm doing a repaint of a 10 buck one into the Skull One from Robotech/macross.
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Postby Nujevad » Mon May 28, 2007 3:03 pm

Other people may not appreciate your work but I do. That's one kitbash that I never though of doing myself. Pretty cool, A few adjustments here and there (specifically with the cockpit) and you'll get it perfectly.
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Postby Sonray » Mon May 28, 2007 3:57 pm

i wish i could find one of these beauties for £10 here in the yUK, but alas they seem as rare as gold dust.
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Postby Massdestruction » Tue May 29, 2007 12:02 pm

Here he is completed!!!
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Jet Mode
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skyfire robot front.JPG
Robot Mode
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Action Pose
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Postby Sonray » Tue May 29, 2007 12:09 pm

Im not quite sure what the original version looked like so i cant see the differences, but i still want one of these bad boys!
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Postby Nujevad » Tue May 29, 2007 12:43 pm

Great job, you did Skyfire justice with that kitbash.
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Postby Venomous Prime » Tue May 29, 2007 3:36 pm

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Postby --B-- » Tue May 29, 2007 8:31 pm

Motto: "Doing things my own way and never giving up!"
I think I liked it better before the backpack cockpit and repaint, but it's a sweet custom. Nice job.
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