I'm not so worried about the vehicle modes, since what all of you have said is correct; there aren't really anyconstruction vehicle kits out there, and I doubt that the ones that are would all be in the same required scale to each other, let alone the alternator scale I plan on using. scratchbuilding the alt modes will most likely be the solution. The wheels can be made by machining one wheel from a block of styrene, and then using that as a master for a mold to cast as many as I need in resin.

 

As for the link, oneday, sorry to say it's broken. :( Hopefully, i'll get a chance to see what you were trying to show me.

 

My biggest concerns for this project are; 1) that the robot parts and materials I plan on using may not stan up structurally to the stresses of transformation and linking, and: 2) the required amount of machining by dremel tool and use of materials to get the constructicons as close to perfect as I can make them.

 

Hopefully, I'll be able to figure something out.

Here is the sketch as promised would have had it up earlier but had some net problems on my pc.

sorry about that. maybe this one will work.

 

www.easyupdateweb.com/happywell/

 

same dealy, products, robots, page 2

I checked them out but there were only 2 that combined into a Devastator type robot but they looked good. At least it wasn`t as bad as the minibot combiner Devastator that Hasbro made. I alomst bought all 6 pieces but they really looked bad. Oh well maybe Hasbro will wise up and make a 1:24 scale combiner set like W.V. is planning to make w/ a truck and trailer to make his head,chest, arms, and legs. Maybe when W.V. gets done he can get a job at Hasbro and mass produce it for the rest of us.

I was at TrU today and saw a 4 piece construction vehicle set they were about 1:24 scale it had a dump truck, a scraper like Scrapper, a cement mixer, and a shovel like Scavenger. Unfortunately you`d still have to find a bulldozer and a crane truck. They were plastic so they probably wouldn`t be to hard to customize I don`t think.

Good luck WV. The sketches look great!

I read what you said up top in the kit bash guide and I think it will work much better if you use the transforming parts truck and trailer after all bulldozers and shovels can`t drive on the road :tflaugh `sides it will probably look better and this gives you a place where you can put the Devastator head/ chest, arms, and legs without messing up the bot and vehicle modes of the constructicons. Well that`s my $.02 worth anyways.

Well, another consideration is that I'm trying to remain as faithful as i can to the original designs.

Man the RID Devastator is pretty cool. Kinda like it.

sorry for being SLIGHTLY off topic... but from "shumworld's" deviantart R.I.D. devastator... am I correct in that it was a REPAINT?

 

i never followed R.I.D., but i REALLY LIKE what shumworld produced!!!

 

what were the original colours for it? and is it still possible to find them all? did they come in a box set?

Actually, you just gave me an idea. maybe constructicon parts can be obtained fron that set.