Heavy/Scratch: Transportation Captain to MP Astrotrain w.i.p.

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  1. spoonman, Oct 29, 2016
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    Turning Fancy Cell Toys' Transportation Captain into a proper MP Astrotrain.
    Boots are entirely scratch built styrene and add more than a half inch to the figure. Modified Solar Storm Grapple head adds another 1/4" for a combined height of almost a full inch to the figure, scaling him up to proper MP scale.
    The rear, booster section had to be heavily rebuilt to enlarge the cavity and accept the new head.
    Hands are from an MP seeker and the rifle is an original G1 Astrotrain rifle. Smaller than the stock one which, I feel, helps adds to his mass.
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  2. Unicron9, Oct 29, 2016
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    Very nice! That definitely does the job.
     
  3. autobot prowl, Oct 29, 2016
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    Looking good!
     
  4. jbwkkl, Oct 29, 2016
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    Great job. Any plans on possibly making a kit for others to purchase when you're done?
     
  5. TigerBlade, Oct 30, 2016
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    Really dig that head! I used Chirguh's myself but I'm tempted to swap as that's alot less detailed/more MP like.
     
  6. shiftypenguin, Oct 30, 2016
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    Cool! Good choice for the head.
     
  7. OMEGAPRIME1983, Oct 30, 2016
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    Awesome.
     
  8. cirrusstratus1, Oct 31, 2016
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    Great work!! I really like the Transportation Captain Astrotrain figure.
     
  9. kalron, Nov 4, 2016
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    Oh wow! Looks pretty F'n great man!
     
  10. captainnedloh, Nov 5, 2016
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    (Ordered my TC yesterday)
    This is looking great
     
  11. Insane Galvatron, Nov 6, 2016
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    Why didn't they make it this way to begin with? If another 3rd party ( or the one that made this for that matter ) released this as an upgrade kit, I'd buy the toy.