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TFmaster's Scratchbuild WW Megatron WIP UPDATE Mar 8
Posted:
Fri Feb 25, 2005 9:36 pmby TFmaster
Here's a pic of what I got so far.
TFM
Posted:
Fri Feb 25, 2005 10:00 pmby TM Valandar
So he turns into a collection of fabric dye?
Seriously, nice work so far! I can't wait until I can afford the ABS plastic and all that to start my G1 Ironhide "re-envision"...
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Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:11 amby TM Devastator
Man, that sucks. You suck. I hate you!
Nah, it's awesome man! When I was wondering what you were scratchbuilding this should have been the first thing that came to mind!
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Sat Feb 26, 2005 8:14 amby OdeeanRDeathshead
is it going to transform? is that a g1 megatron part at the back?
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Sat Feb 26, 2005 1:32 pmby Viagra Prime
You know when you were complaining about how you had no clue about scratchbuilding and that its beyond your skills, I was expecting some kindergarten work when you tried it out.
But dang man, thats some good stuff there.
Posted:
Sat Feb 26, 2005 1:35 pmby TFmaster
OdeeanRDeathshead wrote:is it going to transform? is that a g1 megatron part at the back?
Yup.Talked to Don a couple times about him and Don has told me that I pretty much have the proper transformation down pat.
Right now I just have the arm/shoulder on a swivle forward base like Sixshot's arm but later they will totally disconnect from the body so the upper body can turn when it transforms.
TFM
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Sat Feb 26, 2005 1:37 pmby TFmaster
Viagra-Prime wrote:You know when you were complaining about how you had no clue about scratchbuilding and that its beyond your skills, I was expecting some kindergarten work when you tried it out.
But dang man, thats some good stuff there.
Glad to know I'm doing so well my first time out.
It's not really that hard either.Just very time consuming.
TFM
Posted:
Sat Feb 26, 2005 3:08 pmby Viagra Prime
TFmaster wrote:It's not really that hard either.Just very time consuming.
TFM
Yeah, not too hard if you have the right tools. But your very correct about being time consuming. You need extreme dedication and patience for something like this. Part of doing kitbashes is the satisfaction you have when your done. That satisfaction came rather quick doing just repaints/bashes. But this scratchbuilding stuff...man. But I'm sure the satisfaction you get from finishing a scratchbuild will be far greater than any bash. So I'm looking forward to finishing mine....6 months from now, lol. Looking forward to seeing yours as well.
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Sat Feb 26, 2005 4:32 pmby TM PROWL
Daaammn, you work fast, that or you've been holding out on us
it's coming along great TFM! is he going to be the same size as MP Prime? Or is it the camra playing tricks?
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Sat Feb 26, 2005 4:34 pmby jimsloth
so did you make the head yourself? If not, whats it from?
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Sat Feb 26, 2005 4:59 pmby TM dak
Nice work TFM!
jimsloth wrote:so did you make the head yourself? If not, whats it from?
I believe that's a G2 Green Tank Megs head.
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Sat Feb 26, 2005 5:10 pmby TFmaster
PROWL wrote:Daaammn, you work fast, that or you've been holding out on us
it's coming along great TFM! is he going to be the same size as MP Prime? Or is it the camra playing tricks?
No.I work fast.
I started that 2 days before I posted these pics.
TFM
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Sat Feb 26, 2005 5:11 pmby TFmaster
dak wrote:Nice work TFM!
jimsloth wrote:so did you make the head yourself? If not, whats it from?
I believe that's a G2 Green Tank Megs head.
Yup.
TFM
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Sun Feb 27, 2005 3:17 amby BillyBadAss
Aww, man - that's looks good! I love seeing Don's designs come to life - in 3D form. Makes me want to see Don's stuff in pog form..
You even put a dent in the helmet. It's those little things that make customs special. Well - what makes a custom special is that it's a custom.
You.. you know what trying to say.. buhh.
Can't wait to see more pics. And more pics of your MasterPiece Megatron kitbash , too! Please!
.billy
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Sun Feb 27, 2005 12:29 pmby Pepie
Thats so awesome!
I agree with Dev, when you stepped up on the scratchbuilt bandwagon I too thought you would do a Megatron first, since you have made your love for that figure very obvious
Looks spot-on, clean, symetric.. and yah.. you work fast man!
Posted:
Sun Feb 27, 2005 3:52 pmby TFmaster
Well, if you guys noticed, there are clear peices for the light up chest tubes and I made sure to hollow out where the ceter chest area is so I can use electronics later in this guy.
I'm using E Bulkhead's electronics so he has both classic transforming sounds and cannon blasts as well as help with housing the lights.
Right now I'm in the middle of building the lower arm.I got the upper part to turn alread and I should have some pics up tonight of how it's comming along.
Hope you all Like it.I'm really getting into this too and he's going to turn out pretty bad azz.
TFM
Posted:
Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:44 amby TFmaster
Alpha_&_Omega wrote:I'm speachless. how much do you want for him when he's done?
I dunno. I don't think I would have the heart to sell him and if I did it would have to be a pretty penny.
TFM
Posted:
Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:53 amby TFmaster
OK. Here is a update of how much I have done so far.
Last thing I did was sand it down to get rid of any rugged edges.
Some updates I did was finnish almost 80% of the one arm adding the lower arm and detailing the edges there as well as add all the toobs in the chest and in the shoulder.Oh and replace the stem to the back long cannon.
I hope I can fit the electronics and lights in there when I'm done.I'm purposely leaving open a space below the head (The head is on a detachable lid for now.)
Hope you all enjoy it.This guy is going to be one bad mammajamma when I'm done with it.
TFM
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Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:21 amby TM Josh
that is some splendidly awesome articulation man
this is lookin great!
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Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:47 amby Pepie
I love it!! Excellent work man! Like Josh pointed out.. that arm has some marvelous articulation.
Do you have some pics from that contruction to show us ?
If not.. any chance you can shoot some when you're building his left arm ?
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Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:33 amby TM Valandar
This is AWESOME!
I assume you're going to cast the arm and simply mirror it?
Posted:
Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:43 amby TFmaster
pepie wrote:I love it!! Excellent work man! Like Josh pointed out.. that arm has some marvelous articulation.
Do you have some pics from that contruction to show us ?
If not.. any chance you can shoot some when you're building his left arm ?
I'll try. I can't do it and take pics while I'm doing it.And I could take a pic of every peice I lay but that will take more time then I want.
We'll see.
TFM
Posted:
Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:44 amby TFmaster
Valandar wrote:This is AWESOME!
I assume you're going to cast the arm and simply mirror it?
Nope.Going to scratchbuild it like every other part. (Except for a couple key peices here and there.)
TFM
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Mon Feb 28, 2005 6:43 amby OdeeanRDeathshead
that looks good. I have not seen a pic of tww megs in alt mode
but I guess the arm goes up into the sholder. How are you going to make it stay there?
How dose the styrene hold up to the abrasive action of the steel pins in the joints as it rotates? Even on bought tfs they use vinyl for the joints so how dose it compare to that (I have never built a complex toy from styrene)?