Found Gens Voyager Brainstorm this week, modded him a bit. The alt mode has a couple problems- first, the robot arms are just folded up on the sides, looking huge and blocky and not at all like jet parts. And the rear of the jet has a big empty space above the robot feet/legs. And I didn't like how the wings sweep backward, they are mounted too far to the rear to sweep rearward. I started by changing the transformation so the arms swing backward, and fold into the empty space somewhat. This also flipped the main wings so they sweep forward, much cooler IMHO. But, this also put the small vertical fins underneath, so I swapped the shoulders left to right. This puts the fins back on the upper surface of the jet, but sweeping forward as well. Didn't like that, so I swapped the fins left to right as well. Now the alt mode has less obstructive kibble on the sides, and the empty space at the rear partially filled, and super-keen forward-swept wings. This does change where the rear sits in jet mode, not on the "landing skids" anymore, but on the blue shin parts, but I don't mind. As for robot mode, the small fins are now on his back, along with the silver-painted vents on his shoulders, which is OK by me because IMO they are jet details, not robot details. The Autobot logos on the wings now face rearward, though, but that’s easily remedied with Reprolabels. Also, the screw holes for the shoulders now face front. Lastly, I removed the ratchets in his hips and shoulders and made them smooth friction joints, so the arms and legs don't have to be so far apart or close together. And that’s it. The hardest part is pulling the pins to swap the vertical fins.
This is great ! This is gonna help me out so much for a custom that I want to make out of this mold . Thanks a lot !
God that looks miles better. I may consider this figure now. I had no interest before as I love my Fansproject Smart Robin figure, but the change you made really do make for a huge improvement.
It looks great but you can't really get away with having a jet that transforms without having visible folded joints.
I tell ye who else that mod reminds of: IDW Cyclonus, with the hip skirts and everything (It'd need a remoulded chest and the cockpit moving to the codpiece... snigger... but it'd totally work!).
much better overall look. talk to MMM about getting a 3d printed filler for those shoulders like he did for Jetfire and it would be perfect
Y'know... now that you mention it, I wonder how likely it is that we'll get an official IDW Cyclonus remold out of this figure. HMM. zmog
I figured out how to do this. It took a bit because I had to remove the pins to swap the tailfins from one side to the other. Overall, I like this look. Thanks OP!
