Customs: Wipping AB into Blastoff Wing advice

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  1. transmasterc

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    Looking to mod Alpha Bravo into Blastoff. The one thing is I need some advice on what wings could be used and where would be a good place to get them. I am not happy with the repaint of Firefly(Fire flight) as Blastoff.
     
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    If I got the Space Shuttle kit. How would I get the wing off of it?
     
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    You could use the wings from the upcoming blastoff toy. Just mod them onto AB. They're shuttle-shaped.
     
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    The repaint of Firefly right?
     
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    you'd have to use an exacto knife to cut it off, then glue it on AB. from what i've seen, you could carve an L shape using the shuttle as the lip, then you could glue it on the weapon ports. thats how i would gowith it.
     
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    Yep
     
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    If you had a spare Classics Astrotrain junker figure you could take the wings from him. Now you have me thinking about a future project.
     
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    Or a G1 blastoff. Or G1 astrotrain
     
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    Here's some advice for an even more G1 BlastOff (with skyward shoulder nosecone) than an AB mod.
    1. Get the CW BlastOff and remove its wings.
    2. Get a space shuttle kit around the size of the Deluxe.
    3. Divide the kit into 4 parts: front (cockpit~nosecone), central section (cockpit~beginning of wings), left booster section (beginning of wings~boosters), right booster section, tailfin.
    4. Hollow each piece out and cover BO with the pieces like a shell. The front goes on the nosecone, central section on the torso and arms, booster sections go on legs. Slice off the original tailfin and glue the Shuttle fin in place.
    5. Mod for seamless transformation and paint.

    Hope you like it.