alanyuppie Posted May 7, 2019 Posted May 7, 2019 As the title suggest, Titanicus transforms into RMS Titanic ,the tragic ship that sank more than 100 years ago. The length:width ratio of the ship is about 10:1 ... so I've decided to use a LEGO scale of 38 :4 studs to build this. Actually I really enjoyed "sculpting" the front and rear hull of the ship. They took me many iterations before I am finally satisfied. One man's (lego) flower is another man's propeller I'd say! One of the final additions to the ship were the masts at the front and back. This required me to redesign the robot arms to accomodate these masts. STORY TIME! How's the Ice-breaker mode? Looks pretty cool eh despite being an "after-thought". Since the ship is only 4-studs wide... and 2 studs were allocated to form the hull/side panels... I'm left with 2-studs thickness to work with when it comes to designing the inner core /structure of the robot mode. Reinforcing the core requires me to slide a Technic axle inside the core as a backbone (think Kebab). *Ship funnels played important roles in padding up the hollowness of the shoulder. 2 of them helps to hold the back kibble in place ,preventing it from drooping. *funny though . Earlier in this project, I started building the funnels short and stumpy coz they kept getting in the way during transformation. After I redesign the transformation method, those funnels become helpful. Ok guys, hit my blog for more photos and visuals on the transformation:http://alanyuppie.blogspot.com/2019/04/lego-transformer-uss-titanic-ship-aka.html Don't forget to subscribe my youtube channel:https://www.youtube.com/user/alanyuppie And follow me in IG too!https://www.instagram.com/alanyuppie78/ Quote
Mr Misty Posted May 7, 2019 Posted May 7, 2019 As someone who has loved both the Titanic and Transformers since he was 2 let me just say that this is one of the coolest things I have ever seen done with Lego. I've often thought of how cool it would be if a big ship like an ocean liner or aircraft carrier was a Transformer. I don't suppose you have instructions available do you? I would love to have one of these. Or 2 so it could be displayed in both modes Quote
deraven Posted May 7, 2019 Posted May 7, 2019 Fun concept, and great execution. Such poseability, too! Must be quite a rough ride for the passengers, though. Quote
alanyuppie Posted May 13, 2019 Author Posted May 13, 2019 (edited) On 5/7/2019 at 4:18 PM, Mr Misty said: As someone who has loved both the Titanic and Transformers since he was 2 let me just say that this is one of the coolest things I have ever seen done with Lego. I've often thought of how cool it would be if a big ship like an ocean liner or aircraft carrier was a Transformer. I don't suppose you have instructions available do you? I would love to have one of these. Or 2 so it could be displayed in both modes Thanks! You're in luck! This year my projects are co-incidentally related to the sea. One of my work in progress is Broadside triple changers v2 . I made Broadside v1 almost 10 years ago (pics below). [ [ [ As for Titanicus' building instructions.. I'm still in a dilemma whether to produce it or just submit this project into LEGO ideas. Edited May 13, 2019 by alanyuppie Quote
Mr Misty Posted June 2, 2019 Posted June 2, 2019 Wow! That's amazing. That 10 year old model is great. I bet you can make it look better with some of the newer parts that have been released over the last decade. In all my years of building I could never get the hang of making my own transforming robots. I'm more of a static builder. I'll be waiting to see if you release the instructions or put these up on Lego Ideas. I'll have to remember my login info to vote for them. Quote
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