WARBOTRON/MACHINE BOY VORTEX to IDW ROTORSTORM kit

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This kit is designed to transform your Warbotron/Machine Boy Vortex into a Rotorstorm in the style of IDW. I have made changes to the transformation schematics by rotating the waist 180 degrees to allow for an up-sweep of the tail, and some tweaking to the arms. Take a look at the pictures and you'll figure it out. I want to thank my good friend Marcin Starzomski here. Thanks to him, we have a great Rotorstorm head that has been slightly redesigned to fit inside during transformation. You just need to rotate it 180 degrees to face its back before transforming. The tail transforms without detaching into the configuration shown in the pictures. The fins rotate 360 degrees so the proper configuration can be reached without partsforming. Please be careful when installing the shoulder axle, as I had mine printed slightly too tight and it snapped, leaving half of it inside the socket. I strongly suggest printing the axle in a horizontal position to avoid this problem. This way, it will be much less prone to snapping in the worst possible way. When you print it vertically, the circular layers will just snap off and stay inside the body, forcing you to drill them out - it's a pain, believe me. The nose section fits inside the back of the figure under the flap. The hole in front is intended to house the original L-shaped connector, which you need to remove from the original nose/gun section. The long connecting rod that goes through it and connects the front section that follows the nose can be stored inside the body of the figure underneath the nose section. To remove the old canopy, you need to knock out the pin with a small screwdriver and a hammer, then fit the canopy and squeeze the pin in with pliers. The arm connectors go into holes in the arms and are used to store the split nose section in bot mode and the wings in heli mode. The smallest cylinder is intended to be installed on the bottom of the butt in one of the screw holes. It will prevent the helicopter from tipping back constantly. Unfortunately, I ran out of energy before getting to the landing gear - sorry! You have feet that nicely replace the originals. You need to play with them when transforming to get them out of the way of the tail. Please be aware that if you print the feet in a way that the sockets are too tight, you are very likely to break the pegs - just as I did. The knee cover fronts are to be detached and swapped during transformation, so they will cover the back of the guns in alt mode and continue the side line of the chopper nicely. You have to detach the back caps of the guns for transformation. Unfortunately, there is no good place to store them - you can mount them on top in the gun holes in the flap or underneath the wings in his hands. All the files have been printed a couple of times now and are good to go, depending on your printer's resolution and calibrations, you will have to put some time into making the holes round and the tolerances sit. Otherwise, the prints will crack and get stress marks. If you have any questions, please ask - I can write an assembly manual if required. P.S. You need two shoulder connectors 01, two shoulder axles (please be very careful with those!), two rotor blades (obviously), two feet, two arm connectors, and two gun sets. Enjoy!