Fort Max

 

I'm giong to try to make a supersized Fort Max (3-4 feet long, who knows how tall). It will be a rolling fortress/City/Robot, maybe more. It will function more as a transport for Transformers and will hold a crap load of weapons and mini-cons. Right now all i have is the vehicle mode figured out. I use paint because it is the easiest for me to do simple line based drawings and such.

good luck

Ditto

Ok, part 2. I have decided on a rough idea of the Transformation. It will be very box like. I do not think that will mater because he will have a lot of features to make up for it (i hope). It will be made from Balsa wood, wood, plastic, and a lot of other stuff at this point I'm thinking along the top of the back section will be mini-con ports. more as i get the drawings done.

Hmm.It's an interesting concept.

 

Reminds me of my Fort Max project I wanted to do.

 

About 3 years back,I started making a 6 ft tall Fort Max,to be in scale with G1 Magnus and Optimus.Well I got as far as his head/Cerebro and his upper torso.

 

The project started to get pricey,i spent about 500 bucks just on the upper torso.

 

So best of luck to ya man.

wood might be a hard thing to work with. I would rather use plastc for a more toy like feel, plus balsa is very fragile. That is just my opinion.

wood might be a hard thing to work with. I would rather use plastc for a more toy like feel, plus balsa is very fragile. That is just my opinion.

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I have a workshop and would be usuing wood for the main frame of the body, might use plastic on the outside. Balsa would only be used in certain areas where i need well sculpted pieces.

that sounds alright. whats your plan for attaching the plastic shell to the wooden frame

Ok, the base mode is done now (more or less). It will feature a few simple platforms and the main guns will rotate in all modes allowing for a well defended base. The back side of the base mode will be a wide open space that will allow for transformers to be repaired and or set up smaller bases inside it. I was thinking of maybe adding a launch pad for Micromaster Countdown's rocket, not sure yet.

 

As for attaching plastic to wood will be a test and trail thing. I have heaps and heaps of spare wood of all types and can get plastic sheets, pieces, whatever i need to work with without too much of an effort. This will NOT be the perfect looking toy, but I am aiming for a decent toy that looks good, holds together well and will look good with other Transformers.

is the colour going to be brown?