I can see this thread becoming a very useful resource, especially if we continue to push these as a starter set. A repository for ideas and examples on how to adapt these sets for use in MFZ.
As it happens I chose last night to play around with this set as well. Though I took a different approach. I bought 3 more sets to make a 5 frame company. The MHC by itself is a good frame, so I wanted to keep it as close to the original as possible and just experiment with modifying the system load outs. I built all 5 MHC's and then set about modifying them into a
"soldier" company. The first step I took was to remove all the "stingers" and 2 of the legs on each frame. Also I flipped the "head" upside down. (To be honest, I had originally built the head upside down, and I have been doing so since day one, because instructions are for smarter people than me

) This gave me a good pool of parts to make these guys.
MHC_company by
Carpemortis, on Flickr
On all of the frames I made some standardized modifications. The upside down head allows me to use the spare slopes to represent heavier armor in the front for a

. I took the trans-orange rounds off the rear and replaced them with the 2x1 cheese wedge I took off the head. I then placed one of them on a blue 2x1 plate with clip, and attached it to the bar behind the head to make a spotting light for a

. These combined with the 4 legs for a

, gives us the basic "soldier" stats minus the weapons.
MHC_Soldier by
Carpemortis, on Flickr
For the two Soldiers, I simply took the original "stinger" and modified it a bit. I flipped the rod around and used two of the blue cones to make a more "solid" looking direct fire weapon.
MHC_Arty by
Carpemortis, on Flickr
The two Artillery frames use a significantly different "Stinger". I took some of the left over trans-orange rounds and sandwiched them between the modified plates in order to create the familiar "Rail Gun" look.
MHC_H2H by
Carpemortis, on Flickr
The Hand to Hand frame lacks a stinger. Instead I opted to flip the slopes on the front legs over, and attach the blue 2x1 plates with clips to make battle claws.
