[Lego] More parts!

Hi guys! Just a small blogpost regarding the progress on my Hailfire Droid and Constructor.

Since my last blogpost about these projects I haven't really been able to write anything regarding my current progress on either of these. In the past several months I've been actively working on my Constructor, as you probably can tell from the image above. It's been redesigned completely from the ground up, and there is quite a bunch of stuff I want to write about when that time is near. I don't know when that will be, but I am considering to write some in-depth stuff about the development as I've been gathering plenty of images from earlier drafts (between April and today) to complement the writing.

Anyway, it should not be difficult to notice that my Hailfire Droid hasn't had any progress at all during these months. With the previous parts bulk, I wanted to get some substantial progress on my Constructor first. Fortunately, I'm now starting to near that time slot where I can invest some time in the Hailfire Droid.

After taking some serious consideration, thought and planning, I've decided to go bold and brave regarding my approach on it. I've been rather allergic to getting the proportions of the Hailfire Droid right up to this point, due to the fact that I really wanted to keep using those prefab wheels that came with the original Technic model. I just love those wheels, maybe a bit too much. But of course, by doing so, the Hailfire Droid proportions got somewhat out of whack, as the wheel diameter is supposed to be at least four times the size of the head section. The length between the head and the wheels also started to grow rather short on my model...

The out-of-proportion design started to bother me for a couple of years now, and I couldn't really figure out a different approach or solution that could meet my standards. However, while working on my Constructor, I've started to figure out a configuration of parts that is starting to grow on me. I've made several sketches on LDD to see what I could do with it, and the more I've been thinking about it, the more I wanted to give it a try. Thus, a couple of Bricklink orders and two weeks later, I'm now writing this blogpost to tell you about it.

So, what I'm confirming here (in case you didn't catch it by now), is that I'm going to try to get the proportions right. I'm going to give it a serious attempt and see where it goes. I'm still waiting for one particular Bricklink order, but the bulk of gray parts that I have on hand right now is enough to start making some progress.

I'll write a dedicated blogpost about the Hailfire Droid once I've managed to get some substantial progress on the next redesign. It'll be here on my blog when it's there. But until then, I'll get back to work...

That's it for today - I'll see you guys again next post!