Topic: StarAlien70's custom vehicles

[Starchaser]

Wow, such good attention to little details. This was really well conceived and turned out just brilliant. You have done a spectacular job building a vehicle that totally fits the Star Wars 'verse and is really functional to boot. Great job.

[Tamer]

With each section you have shown us you have shown how much playability and interaction vehicles need to have for our action figures. This is so awesome. Thanks for sharing all the small details that really make this one of the best creations I have seen for some time. Off to the front pages.

[MandoMuggle]

Wow! Gotta loce troop transports!

Is that a workin LED inside? If so, how does it work?

[(SID)]

Wow. This is sooooo good. It makes Hasbro $80 stuff look like commercial junk. Your work is a reason to DIY and not support di$ney owned stuff. Please keep it up.... And make more vehicles 😉

[StarAlien70]

Thanks everyone for your comments.

Is that a workin LED inside? If so, how does it work?

No, it's just the light shining through the orange skylight. I would like to have put lighting inside it, but I'm no good at electronics.

[Tamer]

I would take a vehicle like this with all kinds of play features over any kind of electronics any day. You have created a blueprint here Hasbro should follow. I am gonna send them this thread link this week so they can see what we here at ISY thinks a vehicle should look like.

[Clonehead]

Wow again, I like the view screen on the turret base, reminds me of old school gi joe.
  Good use of the Naboo Royal starship droid mounts. I always did like those things

[glorbes]

This is gorgeous. The scratch built components are beautifully done, and the modifications to the front section really transform that vehicle into something that looks in universe.

[StarAlien70]

Thanks for all your comments on the Swamp Crawler, glad you liked that so much.
Here's a custom Imperial Speeder Bike for 3.75" figures.



I never managed to get hold of the remodelled exclusive Speeder Bike (I think it was part of the Movie Heroes collection ?), so I kitbashed 2 of my own version from these parts:

TFA Elite Speeder Bike
• Main body, engine & foot controls
• Thrust flaps
• Manuevering control unit (cut from outrigger section)
• Blaster cannon

SW Saga Deluxe Clone Trooper Speeder Bike
• Side pods
• Hand controls
• Vanes & outrigger section (cut from manuevering control unit)

The parts that needed most work, were cutting the 'outriggers' off their 'manuevering control units' and getting the side pods to fit nicely.

Also, the pegs on the foot controls are at the back, but the Scout Trooper's foot holes are near the middle rather than the heel. I drilled new ones at the heel, but they can't be too deep because of the ankle joint, so I shortened the pegs a bit on the foot controls (the feet stay on reasonably well).

[Tamer]

Just a great bike. Just awesome. Nice work. Love your images too. Lots of skill to doing that right too.

Off to the front pages.

[Starchaser]

Nice job on these speeders, great combination of parts. The pictures are really cool!

[hemble]

I actually thought that these were 1:12 scale at first, you did an excellent job mate.

Ron

[JDeck]

Great job piecing this together it looks great. The TRU speeder is great, but this is better. Notably the handlebars, my TRU handlebars are all bent up.

[Darth More]

I'm late to the party, but your Speeder Bike looks absolutely stunning! Such a great mod. I was really surprised when I learned that Hasbro utilized the brilliant mold of the Toys "R" Us Exclusive Speeder Bike from 2012. I've been keeping my eyes open for the TFA Elite Speeder and can currently find one for 12€. Your masterpiece would be perfect to be released in The Vintage Collection. Excellent work on modifying and painting this one!

[StarAlien70]

Thanks for all your comments on these, I had missed some of them as I forget I'd posted on the vehicles forum. Glad you like them.