The Energon Pub

by **clay** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:24 pm

Hmm. According to their website, there is a Hobbytown USA in Mayfield. That's not too far off. I'll go have a look come the weekend.

by **Tramp** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:25 pm

Good for you.

You may also want to cosider ordering a catalog.

by **clay** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:35 pm

clay wrote:Hmm. According to their website, there is a Hobbytown USA in Mayfield. That's not too far off. I'll go have a look come the weekend.

Well, no there's not. Talked to a friend in Mayfield, and apparently the Hobbytown USA has been closed for years

by **Tramp** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:38 pm

clay wrote:
clay wrote:Hmm. According to their website, there is a Hobbytown USA in Mayfield. That's not too far off. I'll go have a look come the weekend.

Well, no there's not. Talked to a friend in Mayfield, and apparently the Hobbytown USA has been closed for years

Well, then I would definately order the catalog from Plastruct and then order parts from them directly.If you plan on doing kitbashing or scratchbuilding, you will need styrene and acrylic.

by **clay** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:41 pm

It seems that'll be the only way.

There are two stores that sell in Nashville, TN though. That's too far out of the way for a special trip, but close enough that I'll check it out the next time I'm down there. I'm just hesitant to order it online without ever handling the stuff first.

by **Tramp** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:45 pm

I don't like ordering anything online if I can help it. but if it is your only source, do what you have to.You don't have to buy in mass quantities either. How far away from Nashville are you?

by **clay** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:09 pm

It's roughly a two hour drive, but I have family down there so it's not an uncommon trip to make.

It may be a little while before I go there again, but I'll snag some styrene while I'm there.

by **TF Hunter D** » Wed May 16, 2007 2:05 am

Tramp wrote:Yeah, Check Plastruct's website. They are one of the major manufactureres of styrene parts used in model making. Here is their web asddress: http://plastruct.com/

Thanx for the info!

I saw the name of a train dealer about 10-15 miles from where I live. Gonna' try to contact him.

by **Tramp** » Wed May 16, 2007 2:07 am

Glad I could be of service.

by **clay** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:25 pm

Got tired of looking at my sculpted BB head, so I went looking at his other head styles (original minibot head, Goldbug, movie, etc.). The G2 Gobot version seemed to be the easiest to pull from an existing Alternator head, so I set to work..

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f303/claywyatt1982/kitbash/minibots/P8230271.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f303/claywyatt1982/kitbash/minibots/P8230272.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f303/claywyatt1982/kitbash/minibots/P8230273.jpg

I'm happier with him now, even if it is a less iconic look.

Also, I CAN FINALLY TAKE THIS PICTURE

by **rhinox555** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:52 am

I agree with asphalt,not really bumblebee-ish,but it's a really nice design for an alternator,also,i can see the head working as a tarantulas head if it gets some new paint. :idea:

Anyway,cool bash you got there.

by **Ramrider** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:42 am

To be honest, depending on what you consider 'Bumblebeeish' you could say the cartoon doesn't look anything like him (certainly not much like the original toy). Personally I think it's nice to see other versions get referenced. Any chance you'll respray him in gold? That'd kick arse!

by **jimsloth** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 2:14 pm

Ramrider wrote:To be honest, depending on what you consider 'Bumblebeeish' you could say the cartoon doesn't look anything like him (certainly not much like the original toy). Personally I think it's nice to see other versions get referenced. Any chance you'll respray him in gold? That'd kick arse!

actually forget about G2, with the color scheme you have it looks like the G1 toy since G2 was just a gold repaint. And yea, the first two versions of bumble (or rather bumble and goldbug) both have heads similar to that.

by **Ramrider** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:30 am

Actually, I wasn't referring to the G2, rather the Gobot (Spychanger) version. As Clay said, the face looks more like that version than anything, so I just thought it'd be cool to do the shell in gold to match.