The Energon Pub

News Credits: 1 · by **evilratbat** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:39 am

Well i Thought I may As Well Put So far Up

As you Can see i am Cutting off the Top and Have Taken Off The Rear Windows to Give the old Subaru A Stronger Look

by **TM Devastator** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:52 am

That is awesome man! I always loved Rapido; this figure does him justice!

News Credits: 1 · by **evilratbat** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:40 am

Well This Will Be open Top To Give him Some justice, Rather Then The Box Car Look.

News Credits: 1 · by **evilratbat** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:40 pm

Update

Small Mod made to the Arms so the Doors go on and Well Done Dev for knowing the Figure , the Amount of people which said perceptor first was scary

by **Ramrider** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 10:05 pm

I love Rapido, and the mods you've made look fantastic! Are you going to redoing his face?
And who's the Windcharger repaint behind him? For some reason I can't place it...

News Credits: 1 · by **evilratbat** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 4:42 am

Update:

Rapido Update Pics

Oh Heres a Sneek Peek at the Weapon

News Credits: 1 · by **evilratbat** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:12 am

More Pics to come soon on the weapon

by **Hobbyist Prime** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:17 pm

Looking really really good! Is that weapon going to fit under the hood?

News Credits: 1 · by **evilratbat** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:42 am

am working out some ways to Attach the Weapon In Car Mode at the Moment So its Like the Original as that Sat on the Back Of the Car.

Just Means i have to Work Out More Mods For the Figure as Normal as i have been doing throughout the project on the Axelators

by **Ramrider** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 6:57 pm

Pretty.
Sounds like you're doing all the Axelerators, is that right? What stages are you at with Zap, Skram and Hotrider? I'll hazard a guess that Zap's a Corvette, Hotrider's a Jeep, and Skram's an S2000. How close am I..? :wink:

News Credits: 1 · by **evilratbat** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 5:17 am

with Turbo Fire Am using a Spare Hound in whihc i will need to make some Mods to the Car and bot Modes. Skram and Windbreaker will be done in due time as i am getting discounts from some places on Tracks Alts Now so $11's is not bad for them

News Credits: 1 · by **evilratbat** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 9:48 am

Peek at Tubrofire

i am doing 2 of them a friend is doing the other two

by **RavageX-9** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 11:56 am

evilratbat wrote:with Turbo Fire Am using a Spare Hound in whihc i will need to make some Mods to the Car and bot Modes. Skram and Windbreaker will be done in due time as i am getting discounts from some places on Tracks Alts Now so $11's is not bad for them

*cries* I wish I could get specials like that.

by **Ramrider** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 1:27 pm

evilratbat wrote:with Turbo Fire Am using a Spare Hound in whihc i will need to make some Mods to the Car and bot Modes. Skram and Windbreaker will be done in due time as i am getting discounts from some places on Tracks Alts Now so $11's is not bad for them

Oi. It's not Turbofire and Windbreaker (what kind of stupid name is that anyway?); it's Hotrider and Zap. Have some pride in your Englishness, son. :wink:

So I was right on the moulds so far, then. Which one's the Tracks, and what's the other going to be? Or are they both going to be Trackses?

News Credits: 1 · by **evilratbat** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 2:36 pm

the names are the ones that show up on all searches whether it be bwtf to tfu.info

by **Ramrider** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 7:10 pm

That's 'cause most of them are American sites.

I'll get my bio cards and snap 'em.

EDIT: Here you go; bios from the UK release Axelerators.

Rapido:

Zap (alias Cheesecutter):

Hotrider (alias Turbofire):

Skram:

Looking at the figs again, Hotrider might work really well from an Alt Prime too; the G2 version's actually a pickup. But the Jeep's looking pretty tasty anyhow, and the robot mode looks much more like him than the Ram would've. Actually, considering how G2-accurate you're getting them so far, I'm thinking Skram would look wicked made from the Mazda mould. A Shockwave (with new head and hands, natch) should be a doddle to repaint.

I really want to pick up Cyb Dirt Boss to replicate my Skram digipaint...

News Credits: 1 · by **evilratbat** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 1:08 am

funny you Should Say that i Got a Spare RX8 jazz here

by **Tramp** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:31 am

evilratbat wrote:am working out some ways to Attach the Weapon In Car Mode at the Moment So its Like the Original as that Sat on the Back Of the Car.

Just Means i have to Work Out More Mods For the Figure as Normal as i have been doing throughout the project on the Axelators

The problem there is that with the originals, as with the Alternators, the gun became their engines. Rapido?s car mode had the engine in the back like some european sports cars do. The Subaru has a front mounted engine. Your weapon for this Alternator looks like his engine and transmisson in one, and really should go under the hood, not attached to the back end.

News Credits: 1 · by **evilratbat** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:44 am

this is a Good Point but Also With the Subaru it was never a Open Top so i guess its a whole new concept in the First Place

by **Tramp** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:56 am

evilratbat wrote:this is a Good Point but Also With the Subaru it was never a Open Top so i guess its a whole new concept in the First Place

Not really, it?s just called being a convertable. Also, given the fact that it has back seats of sorts, putting the engine back there won?t work regardless.

by **Ramrider** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:18 am

evilratbat wrote:funny you Should Say that i Got a Spare RX8 jazz here

Actually, I've just compared Skram's head with a pic of Alt Jazz, and they don't look too different. If you just remove the visor and file down the 'horns', you should have a pretty respectable Skram head.

See?

By the way, are you giving them pink eyes too, as is right and proper? :wink:

News Credits: 1 · by **evilratbat** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:46 am

Yes it Will Be Pink Eyes Also a Friends Doing a Mp Version Of Skram at the moment So Should Be Interesting Will Be Happy When hes Done it

News Credits: 1 · by **evilratbat** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:18 pm

News Credits: 1 · by **evilratbat** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:02 pm

update on Skram As i Am Also Working on the Others

by **Ramrider** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 5:28 pm

Oh, wow. That is an awesome paintjob, seriously. Hat's off, my lad.

Out of curiosity, how are you applying the paints? Are you doing a lot of preparation work before painting them on, and sealing them after? It's just that I have a lot of problem with rubbing on these things, and I'm wondering if you've got round it.