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Well, the Cybertron deluxe Optimus Prime (Armada Prime Repaint) is "Unequipped" (no guns, no Mini-Con, etc.), so i decided to make something

For begin, I took the sword and a gun of two Generic robots

Sword being repainted


I cutted the back of the gun.


Sword almost done.


Prime with his new sword.




Here's the Rifle


Vehicle Mode



Robot Mode


Prime's new weapons

I don't know what to do with the cutted Galaxy Convoy cannons, but i'll think on something...

Well, i'm planning another thing too: Make a Trailer & Roller for Prime

Bashing a generic Die-Cast robot.

Here's some ideas, but i'll need more powerful tools for make this.

With a Dremel in my hands, it's time to take kitbashing to the next level...

I made an Aerial equipment using a KO VF-1,




The generic Ambulance-Bot will became a Trailer that will transform into a base for Mini-Cons, Micromasters or Spychangers.

I begin to work in the trailer, but the Dremel's rippers broke in pieces when i was cutting the Die-Cast front.



Here's a photoshopping of my idea (I'll need another Ambulance-Bot for that.)


Repainting wings for Prime

The Wings are painted.


A full Robot Mode


A Half of the Die-Cast Roller project.


The Ambulance slowly becames into Prime's Trailer...

Die-Cast Roller WIP

i love what you have done with prime i think i want to play the videogame now. that ambulance is pretty sweet too. i saw somewhere if you make the runners inside the lower leg he will stand taller. good stuff bro

I Started the Trailer construction, at this moment it's 20% done

The Vehicle Mode (the "connector Prime/Trailer" was made from a piece of a KO VF-1)


One of the cannons being repainted



I'll cut some parts for make possible the roof closing.


Inside the trailer and testing compatibilty with smaller Transformers



The full base will carry LOC, Mini-Cons, Spychangers, Scout and a Deluxe Class figures.

Trailer is 80% complete.




Paint made image of Colorscheme.

This might seem like a silly question, but, why are the wheels of your trailer in the center of it, rather than towards the back where they should be. Not only doesn't it look right, but. from a functionality and safety standpoint it doesn't work very well. The back end would be swinging out widely into the next lane and cause and accident. It is also more difficult to control.

1.- Wheels are not in the center, and it have balance.

2.- When the trailer is detached of Prime it becames a secondary vehicle (like a tank, the wheels are in that position for make possible a ramming without damage the tires.)

Balance isn't the issue. Control, steering, and road safety are. Your current wheel position, while spread out some, is still centralized. Add to that, is the fact that they are spread out which makes it more difficult for the trailer to corner while being towed. On top of that, if it is capable of self-mobility, then there is no reason for it to be a trailer to begin with. By their very nature, trailers are not capable of self propulsion. Also, as a self-propelled vehicle, the wheelbase is too narrow. That thing would flip.

Simply put, it has to either be a trailer or a vehicle in its own right. If a trailer, the wheels need to be further back and closer together; if a vehicle, they need to be spread out further towards the front and back.

I'm gonna have to agree with Tramp here, on a tractor trailer the wheels should be toward the rear for easier turning. Theres a good reason why real semis are like that like Tramp said. Also kind of looks a little more like a RV than a trailer.

Nice construction though, and I definately dig Primes new weapons

Exactly. In fact, More than likely, a trailer like that would be near,y impossible to turn. The wheels are just too far apart, as well as too far forward. It would flip the first time the truck towing it tried to make a turn.

Painting in process...

Using a ladder from a Generic "Fire Engine Bot", i'll make a weapon for Prime, inspired in R.I.D. Prime, it will have missile in the ladder!

Well, i'll make the lines based in G1 Prime's trailer and not like i planned in my draw.

AceBaur Prime wrote:I'm gonna have to agree with Tramp here, on a tractor trailer the wheels should be toward the rear for easier turning. Theres a good reason why real semis are like that like Tramp said.

I started to work in something for give stability to the trailer, the legs of a robot will became the rear wheels.

Much better, but you still need to remove the other wheels and fill in the gaps left behind. As long as those wheels are in place, this trailer would be impossible to tow and still turn corners.

Man, that trailer is shaping really really good. I wish to have the skill to did something like that for my Cyb Deluxe Prime.

I Bought an "Aircraft Weapons" kit, for use it in my "Fire Engine"



Here's the missile launcher finished.

Trailer in repaint process.


Usiing a cannon from a "Triceratops-Bot" and the back doors of the Ambulance & School Bus-Bots i made a "Gun-Shield" for simultaneous attack and defense.


Usin a cannon from a "Brachiosaurus-Bot", i made a shoulder cannon.

More progress with the trailer, i'll fix the paint mistakes, i also removed the centred wheels, and i'll place them in the correct place.

More pics of Trailer with wheels.

Definately an improvement. Move the wheels just a little forward and they'll be perfect. The rear most wheel should be where the front most wheel is now. You also need to cover the empty wheelwell still.

That definitely looks a lot better. I'm looking forward to seeing how this base mode turns out...