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by **leobreaker1977** » 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 · by **Skyfire77** » 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 · by **Mykltron** » 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.

by **leobreaker1977** » 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 · by **Jacob P. Galvatron** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:23 pm

"2SEXY"
lol

The colors go good with Sideswipe.

by **Heckfire** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 1:27 am

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

by **leobreaker1977** » 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:

by **Heckfire** » 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 · by **Burn** » 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 · by **Convotron** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:44 am

Great paint, especially in alt mode.

News Credits: 2 · by **Skyfire77** » 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...

by **Heckfire** » 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 · by **Skyfire77** » 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.

by **Heckfire** » 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 · by **shonenfan4** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 6:15 pm

Nice, I love the alt mode.

News Credits: 2 · by **Skyfire77** » 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.

by **COMMANDER** » 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:

by **Ajad_Prime** » 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!

by **Praxus Prime** » 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?

by **Praxus Prime** » 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 · by **Skyfire77** » 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.

by **Praxus Prime** » 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 · by **Midnight_Fox** » 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 · by **Blurrz** » 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 · by **Midnight_Fox** » 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.