Heavy Mods & Scratchbuilds classics skylynx with pm berko

[chans formers]

ladies and gents,my version of classics skylynx with a target/powermaster berko.
(berko was his buddy in the original marvel comics,that's why he sports purple highlights as he was usually seen in a purple suit)
originally i planned to bring this bot up to tfcon this year just to show him but in light of how stuffed my bags are getting,he may not make the trip.(it was a total pain to bring up classics omega that one year and overlord was just as big.i don't want to hold him like a child on the plane all the way there again.
made from a matchbox space shuttle set,a g1 skylynx also died in the process of making this.
the shuttle portion has bits and parts salvaged from a g1 including the guts,shuttle bay engine,levers/mechanisms,pivots,wings,etc.the original skylynx legs were extended with a set of swiveling ratchets taken from energon hotshot.
the cannon in the mouth is from the original.the shiny chrome side decals are simply permanent marker,a ruler and some clearcoat to seal it all in.
much butchering was done in order to make it all fit the way it should.
of note,he is now just over twice the size of a regular g1 skylynx.more to come.

the set that this started life as


with swerve for scale


and the slaughter begins....


















with legends cosmos for scale


more incoming....

[chans formers]

lynx portion.
to the slaughter house here=
x2 optimal optimus primals for the legs
animated deluxe bumblebee's torso and legs for all the folding required to hide the lynx head in transport mode and to allow articulation in the lynx head itself.
lots of styrene work,the lynx head is actually 90% hand cut/eyeballed styrene,covering the orange claw shown clipped to the stock shuttle sets wing above.because of this,he now sports a spring loaded jaw,strong enough to open wide and clamp down tight on other deluxe sized bots.
he also has 10 led lights on his back that run on x2 AA batteries,hidden in the very back,which explains what the square shape thing is with the autobot logo and reflective tail lights.
lots of kibble from the bash bin went onto him to help beef him up in certain spots to more resemble is g1 self.





here you can somewhat make out the AA battery box on his butt.



the crawler/launch pad powertrain/roller.
this thing takes x4 AA's and is extremely strong.god help you if you get your hair stuck in there.it can propel skylynx in stock g1 alt mode at nearly twice the speed of the original.it can also detach from under the lynx and go scouting on it's own.
cosmos is in there for scale.




with the power unit combined to the bottom of the lynx.




the lynx found a new chew toy.










more incoming....

[chans formers]

combined/dinobird/launchpad modes







with cosmos again...


target/powermaster berko bot mode


berko serving as his roof mounted twin cannon


lights on in standard shuttle mode


launchpad mode with lights on


with the upper engine bay doors open ala g1,even includes the original gold chromed engine thing,just mounted "transverse" instead of inline.


backside of launchpad


dinobird mode




with other bots for scale


with a bot more common that almost everyone has by now.


sunbathing outside on the front lawn,thinking someone needs to cut the grass soon or he'll never find the predacons...

[dingd0ng]

That's amazing work!!!

[xueyue2]

Very nice! great work, love to see this.

[Stapler]

Nice! I love me some Skylynx and I'm always impressed with what people do to recreate him. I always imagined he'd be one of the more difficult characters to do a custom of.

Great work as always, Chans.

[JLvatron]

inCROYable!!

[wervenom]

Awesome work

[Tekkamanraiden]

That's awesome.

[Malwave]

stop it sir. Stop it.














oh god damn it now I want to make one. Thanks Otis