FansToys FT-08 Grinder (Masterpiece Grimlock)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by wildfly, Jun 4, 2015.

  1. deathsheadII

    deathsheadII Not a Bounty Hunter yes?

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    how the hell did you fit the ratchets inside the torso? :lol  i just have mine as a quite tight friction joint which is more than adequate

    can you still transform it like that?
     
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  2. GodParticle

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    IT WAS A COMPLETE BITCH lol. I had to sort of build a platform inside the cavity to keep the spring level. It's not pretty, but still functional. The ratchet is pretty tight with only 1 side being a bit looser. I would show you, but no way in hell I'm taking that apart again unless it breaks :lol 
     
  3. deathsheadII

    deathsheadII Not a Bounty Hunter yes?

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    i bet it was !! i did think about fitting them in there but in the end decided not to because i would have really fucked it up :lol 
     
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    Yeah, I tried the friction way, but it was completely loose on mine. So I thought that was what everyone was doing with fitting a spring in there. I was like, how are they doing that?? But yeah, just sort of made a little compartment to hold the spring from jumping out once together
     
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    it is a tight fit on mine so the friction joint is really good , i was the first to do it and then tigerblade took it a step further printed a new part so he could use the ball jointed mp08 arms and i think someone else done something similar to tigerblade ,have seen others do it the way i did but pretty sure your the first i have seen do it they way you have
     
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  6. GodParticle

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    I definitely don't recommend my way lol. But anyway, thanks for the initial idea. Looks a lot better, even if the arms are a bit too long now
     
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    yeah the arms are slightly long i like how tigerblade done his with the shorter mp08 arms
     
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    there was no need for ft to have that gold block there between the torso and arms
     
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    Right, that made no sense after I took it apart and saw that it didn't add anything. They tend to make a lot of weird design decisions
     
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    Still an amazing figure and the definitive Grimlock in my collection.

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    So you're telling me that it's time to sell my set then. :lol 
     
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    Was rearranging my collection recently and saw that my grinder X is having black spots on the gold chrome. Is this chrome Wear and could it be avoided?
     

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  18. Chrackalakis

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    I'm still trying to fund my Haslab Unicron. :oops: 
     
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    Love the size of that guy, but he’s too chibli for me personally.