Customizing Q&A Thread

[Shepp]

If you're willing to do a little bit of modding, check out Energon OP-3
http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/Opt...timusprime.htm
And harvest its drill bit. More detailed than the standard corkscrew style.

Or look into Cybertron Menasor
http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/Menasor/menasor.htm
He's got two drill arms, one becomes a claw.

Lego Power Miners, Rock Raiders, Mars Mission, City-Construction, and City-Mining sets should provide some nice drills and other construction accessories you may want to use.


edit:

And keep an eye out in dollar stores for cheap toys that may contain drills.

edit 2: Also check out the Thunderbirds MOLE models. Not sure about scale though. And for some added kick to Hercules, harvest Cybertron Metroplex's weapon and Cybertron Quickmix's arm (mod into a gun).

R.i.D. Build team (or Universe Devastator if you want to paint less) can give you some nice smaller accessories like a crane arm that turns into a sniper rifle, a dump truck bucket that turns into a shield (or folds out into a barricade), and a backhoe arm and shovel that turns into... some kind of claw?

Plus check out Smashmaster Seismus for a hammer mini-con. Also look into Power Core Combiner Mini-Con Throttler, Prime Arms Micron Balo, and the Armada Destruction/Road Wrecker Mini-Con team.

There's a number of other Mini-Cons and Microns that have to do with construction that you could harvest.

edit 3:

Power Core Combiner Steamhammer comes with some construction based drones, one has a smaller arm with a smaller drill on it.

Or Beast Wars 2 Galvatron's neck/drill might work well for you http://www.tfu.info/1998/Destron/Gal.../galvatron.htm

[shockwave555]

I've heard that some of you use lego ball and sockets in your customs and i was wondering how you cut some pieces? i need to cut a piece off and I don't know what to use and I don't want to be there for 3 hours just sawing at it with an xacto knife. thanks for any help.

[FreedomGundam]

There's a Customizing Q&A thread in the Customs/kitbashes section of the forum.

But to answer your question, you can use a Dremel or other rotary tool to cut up Lego stuff. Or even a small/thin hobby-saw.

[shockwave555]

can a mod move this thred there please? also is it a cheap way to cut it?

[FreedomGundam]

Are you asking if the dremel is a cheap way? Maybe, depends if you have a dremel.

Otherwise, a hobby saw shouldn't be more than $5-10. That's probably your best effort/price ratio.

[UltraPrimal]

Not so much a customizing question, but I'm working on a project for school and I need a material that I can shape and mold easily by hand and then have it dry/cure over a day or 2 until it's hard. I know people use a lot of different materials like this for their scratch customs. Can anyone suggest a material and where I can get it?

[Commandoclone87]

Originally Posted by UltraPrimal

Not so much a customizing question, but I'm working on a project for school and I need a material that I can shape and mold easily by hand and then have it dry/cure over a day or 2 until it's hard. I know people use a lot of different materials like this for their scratch customs. Can anyone suggest a material and where I can get it?

Depending on what you need to shape, may I recommend Green Stuff. It's a package of yellow and blue material. Available at many hobby shops. Once it dries and cures, it's pretty much like solid plastic.

[brr-icy]

epoxysculpt is good as well

[shockwave555]

To you customizer captains, what do you use to cut G1 transformers (specificaly g1 magnus) because i need some part for a custom

[jourdo]

Originally Posted by shockwave555

To you customizer captains, what do you use to cut G1 transformers (specificaly g1 magnus) because i need some part for a custom

Dremel, knife, snips? What part are you trying to remove exactly?