Zip Zap Zoop!

Just a little update on the Deff Kopta Kit Bash.  I started modifying the pilot from the AoBR boxed set to fit the King Buggy.  It was amazingly easy.  I used a hobby saw to remove: the kopter blades, the back of the kopter, the front missle section and the landing gear.  With four simple cuts you are left with an intact pilot.  Here is a picture after three cuts, the last cut removes the landing gear.

After the cuts I dry fitted the pilot into the speeder, facing forward of course, just to see how much more work I was going to have to do.  Amazingly, he fits almost perfectly.  The chair that is left over in the original kit works wonderfully as an attachment point for the gauge display that comes with the Deff Kopter pilot.

I had wanted to paint the pilot separately and then drop him into the craft but, I am going to need to build up around the front console and patch behind the pilot, so I'm not sure I am going to be able to paint the pilot separately.

We'll see.