Thursday, October 22, 2009

I'm not made out for kitbashing

I recently went to Michaels and saw a few models there that would perfectly fit in with some of the Prototytans, so I picked them up, along with a few other supplies.  I picked up a couple of packs of Legos for the joints and set out working on them.

I didn't get very far though.  I believe my designs will work as good toys, but the model itself may be too small for what I want to do with it.  I'm not used to using the tools and it certainly showed today.

As I was working with my Dremel to shave off some excess Lego bits, the blade broke and cut me in the forehead.  On top of that, I can't even find the piece I was working on.  I looked over the place for about 20 minutes, and it's nowhere to be seen.  So I'm definitely not made to kitbash.  I didn't even get very far either.



As you can see, I removed the wings and cut them in half so I can glue hinges to them to let them fold up.  I did the same with the tail.  I glued one wing together, but the hinge is so tight now, I don't think I can get it to fold if I wanted to.  The engines on the side would split in half and fold down to become the legs, but the wings would only interfere with it.  And I have no idea how to mod the plane's nose to make it a head.  And just so you know, it was supposed to end up being a wolf.  

So anyway, I think I'm giving up on this.  Or at least until I can find that piece that shot into my noggin.  At least the models were cheap.  Maybe I should just stick with 3D models.

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