Actually I am not into seekers compared to a typical G1 Transformers fan...
PROLOGUE
About a month ago, I was performing Chinese New Year housekeeping, and tidied up my dusty shelf filled with LEGO Transformers (what else?). As I took a glance of the Snarl I made using set 31130 just a few months before (video below), I suddenly felt that he didn't age well !
So, the poor chap above was pushed to the top of my "to-dismantle" list for me to make a new Transformer from, hopefully better. So there!
ABOUT SET 31130
Set 31130 is one of the rare regular LEGO sets that provided me TONS of ball joints , found on the Octopus' arms ! However, it has it's drawbacks. Well, the presence of big round plates from this set really put a spanner in my works! There aren't that many classic plates either from the set to make my life easier!
ABOUT PROJECT THRUST
This year I will focus on building more LEGO alternate creations based on official Transformers characters,. I remembered there's a Seeker* with dark red color scheme and round wings but (then) I've forgotten his name! A lil googling solved that , obviously. And his name is Thrust! (My initial guess prior to googling was Dirge actually).
*Seekers = team of Decepticon jet planes led my Starscream, from G1 Transformers cartoon series
Original Thrust jet mode doesn't have vertical tailfins, and I must implement them here for very practical reason, which you'll find out more later on.
I attempted to improve the rear with jet engines but they still did not looked good after heavy modifications, so I undoed my efforts and revert to what you see above. The folly wasted me 2 hours!
I'm still in a dilemma over to whether to have the wing tips be gray (using 1 x 2 cheese slopes) or the final choice above (using red 1 x 2 slopes). I think both choices are equally good.
TRANSFORM!
The blue parts underneath the wings are connected there , to help to align the arms that is tucked in snugly in the formed gaps.
Observe how the hinged arms are raised up to form the flanks. This is my favorite part of design process.
ROBOT MODE
Actually I didn't like his official wing placement. It's too wide and affected his poseability as well. But for the sake of staying true to source material....
Lemme readjust the wings to improve him. Much better , don't you think so?
Vertical jet tailfins providing wider footprint in this bot mode for much needed stability.
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