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by **alhaw** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:11 pm

My first ever kitbash was an attempt at Alt BB but I was never happy enough with it to display it amongst my collection, so I thought I'd do a repaint (with a head resculpt) that would fill that hole in my display.

Hope you like it.

by **TM dak** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:48 pm

very smooth paint apps.

by **Nemesis Sturmvogel** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:18 pm

It looks great.

by **rhinox555** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:08 am

can you shoot a picture where his torso and head are turned around to replicate the G1 Look of the roof being his chest?

by **J.T.Silversmith** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:44 pm

Very nice, the paint is very clean, and I really like the head re-sculpt. Bumblebee has a bit more maturity, and the head design is different enough to be fresh, yet still recognizable. Well done.

by **AutobotSDG** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:32 pm

I have to also say that the paint apps are very smooth and look factory applied. Very nice and generally not too easy to do with yellow. The head sculpt also came out very well done.

Awesome job!

rhinox555 wrote:can you shoot a picture where his torso and head are turned around to replicate the G1 Look of the roof being his chest?

You know that's not really possible right? He would have to remove the hood piece that rests behind his head now, and move the windshield down. Otherwise the head will be completely obscured. It's a nice idea though.

by **piranacon** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 4:22 am

wow that is a nice BB, i can never use yellow paint to that effect

by **Leon S Kennedy** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:21 pm

Wow nice! Sorry but, which mold is it? I wasn't that into TF's during Alts. So i dunno. Is it Jazz?

News Credits: 5 · by **horus** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:18 am

looks like the silvertreak mold

by **seali_me** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 4:44 pm

i love this thing. maybe the bee should lose the 'tee, goatee that is.

by **rhinox555** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:41 pm

Leon S Kennedy wrote:Wow nice! Sorry but, which mold is it? I wasn't that into TF's during Alts. So i dunno. Is it Jazz?

The subaru´s (Smokescreen,later bluestreak.) but Jazz was a heavy retool of those,so you're not far off.

by **onewaydown** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 10:33 am

rhinox555 wrote:
Leon S Kennedy wrote:Wow nice! Sorry but, which mold is it? I wasn't that into TF's during Alts. So i dunno. Is it Jazz?

The subaru´s (Smokescreen,later bluestreak.) but Jazz was a heavy retool of those,so you're not far off.

Uh .. what?

The Subaru WRC mold was done for Smokescreen and slightly tweaked (different front bumper, removed the bolts from the hood & removed the thingy from the roof) for Blue/Silverstreak -- which was then repainted in the US to Ricochet.

Jazz was a Mazda RX8 - which was then tweaked slightly to Shockblast. http://tfu.info/2004/Autobot/AltMeister/meister.htm

Nonetheless, I agree with all the rest. Fantastic paint job, alhaw!

by **rhinox555** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 11:17 am

The Mazda mold was a reshell of the Subaru mold.

by **onewaydown** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:10 am

rhinox555 wrote:The Mazda mold was a reshell of the Subaru mold.

If by 'reshelled' you mean 'redesigned completely', then sure. =)

Albeit the design/transformation style are similar, there is nothing sharing the same mechanics/engineering.

by **rhinox555** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:47 am

I know a lot of alteration was done, but The mold is still altered from the subaru mold.

Long story short:confusing them is understandable,even though they are very different when seeing them next to each other.