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Second attempt Armor Prime

PostPosted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 5:16 pm
by vdragonlance
I seen a few Armorhides kitbashed into Optimus Prime so I decided to see if I can make my own :grin:
As you can see from a couple of the pics the paint chipped off the joints when I transformed him :-( Any tips on how to keep it from coming off?

Re: Second attempt Armor Prime

PostPosted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:29 pm
by angelicbeef
what kindofpaint did you use? enamel or acrylic? you can use a second clear coat of paint, superglue also, to protect the rubbing points.

Re: Second attempt Armor Prime

PostPosted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:46 pm
by vdragonlance
I used Kustom Kolors enamel paint
Thanks for the tip I'm going to try and brush some superglue on the parts that rub together

Re: Second attempt Armor Prime

PostPosted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:46 am
by AlienQuiksilver
I love that mold! Easily my favorite scout class ever made.

Good job!

Re: Second attempt Armor Prime

PostPosted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:12 am
by Auto Bot
Cutey Prime. ;;)

Re: Second attempt Armor Prime

PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:38 am
by olokin
Nice custom!

Re: Second attempt Armor Prime

PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:26 pm
by Auto Bot
This is like the young, carefree Optimus. Analogous to Superboy.

Re: Second attempt Armor Prime

PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:46 am
by rhinox555
It´s orion pax. :lol:

Re: Second attempt Armor Prime

PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:54 am
by Methusalen
Heck, to round out your lil' Prime, why not try to find a Hot Wheels "Truckin' Transporter" and repaint it into Prime's trailer?

Re: Second attempt Armor Prime

PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:06 pm
by vdragonlance
Methusalen wrote:Heck, to round out your lil' Prime, why not try to find a Hot Wheels "Truckin' Transporter" and repaint it into Prime's trailer?


I'm actually using THS-02 Convoy's trailer right now and it looks perfect on him but now that you mention it I would like to try and paint a trailer for him

Re: Second attempt Armor Prime

PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:13 pm
by Auto Bot
Methusalen wrote:Heck, to round out your lil' Prime, why not try to find a Hot Wheels "Truckin' Transporter" and repaint it into Prime's trailer?



Hmm... will that fit into the scale of Classics Prime? :-?

Re: Second attempt Armor Prime

PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:04 am
by Methusalen
Auto Bot wrote:Hmm... will that fit into the scale of Classics Prime? :-?


Unfortunately, no. It'll fit Deluxe Armorhide (almost) perfectly, but would be WAY to small for Prime!

http://www.tfmaster.com/gallery_kb0238.php
Redline's trailer for Armorhide. This was made using the previous available Truckin' Transporter trailer, originally molded in grey plastic, & costing all of $5-7 bucks. The trailer decal is from Reprolabels, and I'm relatively sure you can still get one from them for $10, but if you'd like it in different colors, it may cost extra.
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The one that I just found recently was black, and fits him as well as the original one fit my Cybertron Armorhide (after whittling down on the trailer peg) as you might tell from some of these pics in my Photobucket account...

Anyways, thought you might be interested and I tossed that up there if you ever wanted to give THS-02 his trailer back. -It does look pretty good on him though!

Re: Second attempt Armor Prime

PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 4:34 am
by Auto Bot
Aww, shucks!

Maybe i should start thinking of doing the trailer myself. :lol: