Custom Tutorial:

Making A Flight Pack From The Beast Wars Hornet Toy

Hi guys and gals. Welcome to another installment of how to take care of you pet house fly. Rover here has been a little to frisky with the female house flies in the neighborhood. It's time to take drastic action and remove his wings for a flight pack of my own... Then maybe I can get around to the Micro Ladies a lot faster myself.

You will need the following:

  • A rover of your own
  • small cutting saw
  • exacto knife
  • super glue
  • pen drill
  • drill bit
To start out with, I use a exacto saw and gently cut just at the base of the wings where the joint connects to the body. This leaves the majority of the wings and attachments still in one piece
Here you see that we have removed the wings from the body. I then take my exacto knife and trim off any rough areas on Rover. This way he can be used for a good security fly around the hospital.
Now I gently push the rod through the wing pack. The rod was what held the wing to Rover in the first place. Leave the center plastic connector on as it will be needed later for when we make our final connections to the flight pack.
Here I'm taking the exacto knife and trimming off some of the excess plastic that was left over from when I cut off the wings. I'll be removing the plastic tab that is right in front.
Not that I have the front trimmed down a little, I'm going to start getting ready to drill my main connector hole. I like to make a small hole first. This helps me make a guide for when I need the larger drill bit. If you don't want to make a guide hole, that is okay, but I tend to find I ruin more pieces when I don't make a guide. I use a pen drill to make the hole. A pen drill is basically a pencil sized drill that you can use for craft projects.
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