Hello my friends! By popular demand members want more how to videos so they are more confident with starting a project they have never done. This is a video series with a few pics to give you the basics on modding a toy to join in on air soft powered mech warrior battles in first person view!
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Fantastic idea Josh!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8mUGQVWKrE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Video tutorial part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bx2GPh_Ppo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Video tutorial part 2
I won't video taking it apart just a few snapshots of where screws are then another video guys.

First sit the robot face down and remove all screws.
Remove the screws from the bottom and save them all!
Cut these four wires long. They are the right and left motors and we will connect these to a l298n h bridge motor controller.
You can see internals. Just a gear with can and a motor to drive the system.Video 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN_Pf8ZDRXg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Cutting the upper body away from the waist with a scroll bit.
Video 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17wN1sEU4zo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Here we show how the cuts have created a place to mount guns and a EZ Can for a first person view.