Transformable Micro Truck Machine v1.0 [pic heavy]

[armamentfactory]

Hey everybody, here's the "mysterious" truck model. I hope it stimulates in the right places.

Truck mode.

Robot mode. Plus drone vehicle.

Hail to the king, baby!

Drone turret mode.

Base mode.

Repair bay mode.

NOTES:
-100% fully transformable (From tractor trailer - to robot - and back!)
-Dual laser cannons!
-Laser cannon storage (cab/machine mode & drone vehicle)
-Chainsaw arms
-30 transformy segments
-3.5 inches tall
-Drone vehicle
-12 points of articulation for robot mode
-individual rolling wheels!
-Trailer w/ repair drone

Thanks for looking!

 

[DMC 12]

That thing is incredible! We need a picture with a ruler to see how small it is!

 

[armamentfactory]

WIP notes & pics:

It started off as this concept sketch.

Early stage of the build.

Start of the trailer chassis.

Here it is next to a 9mm cutter for scale.

Here's version 1 of the forearms, nice, ugly gap between the elbows & wrists.

Revised forearms with chainsaw gimmick.

Trailer starting to look like a trailer. (Official licensed product for scale)

More shots with official licensed products.

Robot & cab mode (plus drone) before paint.

PS:
Thanks, DMC 12 !

 

[YenChih Lin]

Prime looks cuuute!!! His head and feet could be a bit bigger, first for aesthestic reasons and second for stability, you want him pose properly. :thumbsup

 

[JBReplicas]

that is just incredible, I love it! Such tiny detail, and he is even poseable?? Nice work!

 

[Sigma-LS]

Roughly 1/144 right? Gorgeous and the transformation is just fantastic. The engineering really blows my mind.

 

[Sentinelforce]

Wow, very cool.Great scratch build of the mini Prime!

 

[Wes R]

Absolutely stunning. If you can do that why can't we get a nice one like that lol. Well they have the Worlds Smallest Transformer line if you like paying 40.00 but still. The trailer really makes it stand out.

 

[armamentfactory]

Prime looks cuuute!!! His head and feet could be a bit bigger, first for aesthestic reasons and second for stability, you want him pose properly. :thumbsup

Thanks! The head & feet needed to be small to keep the balance between limited space, function & durability. It's pretty stable even with the small feet, it's got a fair amount of surface area to stand with. There's always room for improvement, v2.0 I suppose.

that is just incredible, I love it! Such tiny detail, and he is even poseable?? Nice work!

Thanks! It definitely needed poseabilty, it would've been a shame to waste all that time on a brick. :lol

Roughly 1/144 right? Gorgeous and the transformation is just fantastic. The engineering really blows my mind.

Thanks! The design & engineering took about 14 months before I was confident it could be built. It's 1/100, here it is next to a 1/100 figure.

Wow, very cool.Great scratch build of the mini Prime!

Thanks!

Absolutely stunning. If you can do that why can't we get a nice one like that lol. Well they have the Worlds Smallest Transformer line if you like paying 40.00 but still. The trailer really makes it stand out.

Thanks! I have this silly dream that maybe someday, "They" will hire me to do this kind of stuff. Haha.

And... if anybody was curious, this is how tall a transforming truck is, next to Metal Gear Rex.

 

[Wes R]

Oddly enough I think that would be the correct "real world" scale as the Transformers in the live action movies are way larger than in the animation and even the original comics.

 

[armamentfactory]

I think the scale is pretty accurate too. I'm also pretty confident I demonstrated that (without mass-shifting) a cab-over truck still makes a taller robot than a front-engine truck.

 

[Wes R]

Sadly Hasbro and the live action movies have never really had a good sense of scale in the toys or films lol. Well to be fair the comics and the cartoon kinda tossed it out the window at times for come of the characters.