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Sat Jul 18, 2009 9:27 pm

this is rotf tracks, this is one of my favorites so far. I love the fact that the reproplabels for g1 tracks fit perfectly. I welcome all comments and criticism. and always thanks for lookin

News Credits: 2 · Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:50 am

Whoa, that is sweet! I haven't found Sideswipe yet, but can his arms swing out in vehicle form so his blades would look like Tracks' wings?

News Credits: 9 · Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:50 pm

I suppose this repaint was inevitable! But it works - well done.

Skyfire77 wrote:Whoa, that is sweet! I haven't found Sideswipe yet, but can his arms swing out in vehicle form so his blades would look like Tracks' wings?

I think you can swing the doors out. That way you can still pose the arms.

Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:32 pm

thanks guys. the underside of his hood/backpack has wing type patterns on them, I thought about drybrushing them white. I might revisist it later. I have a couple of other projects on the go.

News Credits: 6 · Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:23 pm

"2SEXY"
lol

The colors go good with Sideswipe.

Mon Jul 20, 2009 1:27 am

Y'know, after seeing this, I actually want to get ROTF Sideswipe (or Swerve) now.

Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:30 am

thank you for all the positive comments, i enjoy hear your point of views.
I told my wife that i was only goin to customize out of this line, not collect it. so i can start collecting G1 again. :wink:

Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:07 am

Y'know, it just occurred to me: if you put the Reprolabels Tracks stickers on ROTF Swerve, you'll basically be making it into Road Rage, since she's just a red Tracks, complete with all the same stickers.

News Credits: 226 · Sun Sep 13, 2009 3:00 am

Love the alt mode.

Robot mode just has a little too much blue for my liking.

News Credits: 2 · Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:44 am

Great paint, especially in alt mode.

News Credits: 2 · Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:29 am

Heckfire wrote:Y'know, it just occurred to me: if you put the Reprolabels Tracks stickers on ROTF Swerve, you'll basically be making it into Road Rage, since she's just a red Tracks, complete with all the same stickers.

The trick is actually finding Swerve. Time to go check Amazon...

Sun Sep 13, 2009 11:23 am

Waitaminnit, they're RARE everywhere else..?
*looks at the Swerves shelfwarming his local rural Colorado Wal-Mart; whistles innocently as he grabs an armload and bolts for the register...*
EDIT: LMAO, looks like someone beat me to it...10 Swerves sold in half as many days. At least they left me one...

News Credits: 2 · Sun Sep 13, 2009 12:48 pm

Yeah, I haven't seen Swerve or Sideswipe (or Longhaul, or Blazemaster, or Mixmaster, or...) here in PA yet.
You want Wave 3 Deluxes, Ironhide, or Prime? Local WalMart and Target have got loads of those.

Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:14 pm

You might have something here...we've got Blazemasters, Jolts, and Deluxe Dead Ends as far as the eye can see here, actually. Remind me who was in Wave 3 again..?
Backtracking some, ROTF Swerve-as-Road-Rage works better than I thought, since ROTF Gears bears a more than passing resemblance to her partner, Ambassador Crosscut.

News Credits: 1 · Sun Sep 13, 2009 6:15 pm

Nice, I love the alt mode.

News Credits: 2 · Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:00 pm

Heckfire wrote:You might have something here...we've got Blazemasters, Jolts, and Deluxe Dead Ends as far as the eye can see here, actually. Remind me who was in Wave 3 again..?
Backtracking some, ROTF Swerve-as-Road-Rage works better than I thought, since ROTF Gears bears a more than passing resemblance to her partner, Ambassador Crosscut.

Skids, Wheelie, Chromia. We've also got a glut of Interrogator Barricade, Cannon Bumblebee, Ravage and Mudflap.

Sat Jan 23, 2010 4:21 pm

Awesome!!I'm suprised no one else saw the similarities.I've actually been working on a similar concept for the past 3months;(been rather busy @ work,) but I'm glad to have an idea of what the finished product will resemble.My biggest issue to tackle has been both the face & feet :-?

,but it appears you've solved that problem. I really love your work here;Kuddos man! :APPLAUSE:

Sun Jan 24, 2010 4:35 pm

Wow this is just awesome, I actually said the other day this would be a brilliant idea to do and you did it! Very good job, paint applications are reminiscent of G1 Tracks and he just looks awesome as an updated Corvette!

Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:22 pm

Skyfire77 wrote:
Heckfire wrote:Y'know, it just occurred to me: if you put the Reprolabels Tracks stickers on ROTF Swerve, you'll basically be making it into Road Rage, since she's just a red Tracks, complete with all the same stickers.

The trick is actually finding Swerve. Time to go check Amazon...

There's a Wal-Mart right down the road from my house, and they have a TON of swerves. I've been thinking about repainting one, but I've never customized any transformers before. Any suggestions on what I need?

Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:28 pm

leobreaker1977 wrote:this is rotf tracks, this is one of my favorites so far. I love the fact that the reproplabels for g1 tracks fit perfectly. I welcome all comments and criticism. and always thanks for lookin

Nice! I never noticed the similarities in Tracks and movie Sideswipe until now! "All things considered, you did an AMAZING job!" -Kup

News Credits: 2 · Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:40 pm

Praxus Prime wrote:
Skyfire77 wrote:
Heckfire wrote:Y'know, it just occurred to me: if you put the Reprolabels Tracks stickers on ROTF Swerve, you'll basically be making it into Road Rage, since she's just a red Tracks, complete with all the same stickers.

The trick is actually finding Swerve. Time to go check Amazon...

There's a Wal-Mart right down the road from my house, and they have a TON of swerves. I've been thinking about repainting one, but I've never customized any transformers before. Any suggestions on what I need?

Check this out.

Tue Jan 26, 2010 3:52 pm

Skyfire77 wrote:
Praxus Prime wrote:
Skyfire77 wrote:
Heckfire wrote:Y'know, it just occurred to me: if you put the Reprolabels Tracks stickers on ROTF Swerve, you'll basically be making it into Road Rage, since she's just a red Tracks, complete with all the same stickers.

The trick is actually finding Swerve. Time to go check Amazon...

There's a Wal-Mart right down the road from my house, and they have a TON of swerves. I've been thinking about repainting one, but I've never customized any transformers before. Any suggestions on what I need?

Check this out.

Thanks for the tips man! Sounds like I have most of the stuff I need (somewhere in my closet...) to start except a figure.

News Credits: 3 · Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:51 pm

Skyfire77 wrote:Yeah, I haven't seen Swerve or Sideswipe (or Longhaul, or Blazemaster, or Mixmaster, or...) here in PA yet.
You want Wave 3 Deluxes, Ironhide, or Prime? Local WalMart and Target have got loads of those.

You need Long haul and/or Mixmaster? I can't go anywhere here in Colorado Springs with out tripping over a bunch of either one or the other...

News Credits: 1452 · Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:53 pm

I don't think Hasbro will ever do a tracks.. so I might have to try it out. My one horror is the possibility of white paint screwing up like it always does..

News Credits: 3 · Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:57 pm

Blurrz wrote:I don't think Hasbro will ever do a tracks.. so I might have to try it out. My one my horror is the possibility of white paint screwing up like it always does..

The trick: layering. My formula(with GW colors, but Tamiya and Vallejo have the same or similar color shades under different names, there's a chart somewhere): Astronomicon Grey base coat, thinned Space Wolves Grey, 2-3 layers thinned Space Wolves Grey with growing amounts of Skull White mixed in, final coat of slightly thinned Skull White.

Makes the white nice and clean without being too thick.