The Energon Pub

by **eggshen** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:22 pm

Finished this guy up this week. Here are the results.

by **ptitvite** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:22 pm

That's very nice!!!!! I love it! You don't seem to be having any chipping problems...
Seems to be missing some purple paint on wings and front of shuttle.
Anyways...besides some touch ups, he looks great!

by **johndillinga2003** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:03 am

What paint did you use for that grey? looks great

by **eggshen** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:14 am

Thanks guys.

John: That would be "German grey" by Tamiya (spray).

by **johndillinga2003** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:19 am

cool thanks

by **TM doomtron** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 10:35 am

sweet thats the only classic i dont have i might have to buy one now.

News Credits: 3 · by **No One** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 6:45 am

That paint app does wonders for the train mode. Doesn't seem so chopped up!

Website · by **Skullgrin140** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 7:45 am

Better than ever!

by **Auceps Prime** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:27 am

I see you've also done some repainting on Bumblebee when can we see some pics of him?

by **tentagil** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 11:29 am

I almost thought you dyied him there. They paint is so smooth. Very nice.

by **eggshen** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:39 pm

Auceps Prime wrote:I see you've also done some repainting on Bumblebee when can we see some pics of him?

Thanks everyone.

Actually I only painted the chest area of Bumblebee. I took off all the white crap by soaking the parts in iso alcohol. Shaved his beard off and did the black detailing.

by **AceBaur Prime** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 11:34 pm

Thats the Astrotrain that Hasbro should have released. Nice job, did you use a spray can for that or an airbrush? Also how long did you soak the bumblebee parts in the alcohol and did you have to repaint afterward?

by **eggshen** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:40 pm

AceBaur Prime wrote:Thats the Astrotrain that Hasbro should have released. Nice job, did you use a spray can for that or an airbrush? Also how long did you soak the bumblebee parts in the alcohol and did you have to repaint afterward?

I used Tamiya German Grey (spray can).

The Bumblebee parts were soaked for about 20-30 minutes and you don't need to repaint afterwards. The white just wipes away. (use cotton swabs). The hood/chest area is a different matter since it's painted yellow to begin with. So I just painted over it with Tamiya yellow (brush).

by **AceBaur Prime** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:56 pm

Eggshen, that was a great idea with the iso, i did it to my BB and it came off so easily!

by **Caliburn** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 3:27 pm

It looks beautifull, though indeed it could've done with a bit more purple on the train-nose.

by **eggshen** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:00 pm

AceBaur: Glad it worked out for you.

Skyfire: Yeah, i decided against it because in the cartoon he hardly had any purple on his robot form. Making the train nose purple would've been at the tips of his arms and I didn't think it would look very good. Thanks for the feedback!

Egg