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G1 Bumblebee!

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G1 Bumblebee!

Postby UFO » Sun Apr 22, 2007 4:42 pm

This is my very first kitbash, so go easy on me. He doesn't transform.
He's made out of an RX-71...erm...RX-78 2 Gundam action figure, a Reissue Bumblebee keychain, expoxy repair strips, hot glue, sliver, black, and yellow paint.
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Postby DTM » Sun Apr 22, 2007 5:55 pm

That is cool. I like the articulation on this guy. Cool first kitbash!
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Postby jimsloth » Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:19 pm

damn fine bash. And yellow paint is always a bitch, so nice job considering.
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neat

Postby Jestermon » Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:56 pm

Ver, ynice I have been wanting to articulate my reissue keychains as well but am trying to think of somehting small enough so they still transform, but yours has a very Revoltech/statue feel to it.
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Postby Ramrider » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:12 am

See, they could have done Action Masters better... :P
Great first 'bash, and like Jim says, yellow's always hard going, so even higher congrats for making it work.
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Postby UFO » Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:53 pm

That yellow paint was an ass to work with and it took a good 5 or so coats of the stuff to actually get the color I was looking for. The moulding on the legs is kind of weird, it doesn't even look all that mechanical, but more of like lumpy armor. I need to take a poster from Seibertron's advice and work with the expoxy in layers and use actual tools, seeing as how the moulding was worked from using only my hands. If I can some some expoxy, I'll try and make another bot...or Con.
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Re: neat

Postby jimsloth » Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:22 pm

Jestermon wrote:Ver, ynice I have been wanting to articulate my reissue keychains as well but am trying to think of somehting small enough so they still transform, but yours has a very Revoltech/statue feel to it.

something I was working on ages ago. Still am every once in a while:

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Postby tentagil » Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:47 pm

Henshin wrote:That yellow paint was an ass to work with and it took a good 5 or so coats of the stuff to actually get the color I was looking for. The moulding on the legs is kind of weird, it doesn't even look all that mechanical, but more of like lumpy armor. I need to take a poster from Seibertron's advice and work with the expoxy in layers and use actual tools, seeing as how the moulding was worked from using only my hands. If I can some some expoxy, I'll try and make another bot...or Con.


Once suggestion when trying to do yellow or any light color. Lay down a coat or two of a white or light grey primer. Then paint the color you want over it. Should allow you to get there without so many layers.
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Postby gawd6sic6 » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:14 pm

yeah. i use battleship grey for a primer... and i usually have to put one layer of yellow. and then maybe do some touch ups.
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Postby jimsloth » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:22 pm

what yellow are you guys using. I'm having very different results from one to another.
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Postby gawd6sic6 » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:35 am

i used krylon.. works great. and i have a bottle of model master insignia yellow for touch ups...
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Postby Ramrider » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:47 pm

I generally find an warm off-white base coat is the way to go. I usually use Inscribe Desert Sand.
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Postby UFO » Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:09 pm

I used a bright yellow Krylon paint pen. I'm soo much better with those than a brush.
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Postby Flashback77 » Fri May 11, 2007 11:58 am

Hey first bash or not thats damn cool. The proportions work really well too. Good job.
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Postby TM doomtron » Fri May 11, 2007 5:22 pm

you did a good job now i want one
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Re: G1 Bumblebee!

Postby Auto Bot » Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:19 am

It's nice that he can grip the vines.
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