SGC DFT-01 DRIFT IS HERE!
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Stay tuned to this thread and Seibertron.com for more info and pictures as zodconvoy gets this interesting model kit assembled.
I just received my SGC Singapore Convention DFT-01 exclusive Drift kit! As it is a kit these are the only two pictures I have at the moment but as soon as I get it assembled, I'll post as many shots as I can!


Oh and I have the whole Classics/Universe line so if anyone want compairison pics let me know!
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Posted by Justicity on July 24th, 2009 @ 2:17pm CDT
Looking forward to seeing more.
Posted by zodconvoy on July 24th, 2009 @ 2:26pm CDT
Justicity wrote:Looks very white, do you have to paint him too or do the stickers take care of that?
Looking forward to seeing more.
I does have stickers but the sticker sheet is only the size of two postage stamps. I'm going to be painting mine in the end. I don't know if this is normal for a kit but you have drill through the holes and cut pegs to fit them yourself. They do give you 3 different sized drillbits and dowels so as lng as you have a handy drill or dremal tool(and some experence with it), you'll be set!
Posted by omegaprowl on July 24th, 2009 @ 2:48pm CDT

Posted by --B-- on July 24th, 2009 @ 3:00pm CDT
Posted by First Gen on July 24th, 2009 @ 3:05pm CDT
Posted by capellamusic on July 24th, 2009 @ 3:30pm CDT
zodconvoy wrote:Justicity wrote:Looks very white, do you have to paint him too or do the stickers take care of that?
Looking forward to seeing more.
I does have stickers but the sticker sheet is only the size of two postage stamps. I'm going to be painting mine in the end. I don't know if this is normal for a kit but you have drill through the holes and cut pegs to fit them yourself. They do give you 3 different sized drillbits and dowels so as lng as you have a handy drill or dremal tool(and some experence with it), you'll be set!
Yes, that seems to be normal for resin kits. I have 2 Mashin Eiyuden Wataru resin kits from Plaguild and I still didn't assemble them but I've seen all the parts and the instructions and the holes also need to be drilled and the pegs must also be cut to fit them by ourselves. Resin kits seem pretty hard to assemble... Also, they seem to usually have to be fully painted. The ones I'm talking about are these:
http://www.plaguild.com/r-page/jyako.html
http://www.plaguild.com/r-page/shinsei.html
They are really cool, but every time I look at them my thoughts are "these kits are in nightmare mode difficulty"

Posted by Covenant on July 24th, 2009 @ 4:22pm CDT
Unassembled, unpainted, un-purchase for me.
Posted by zodconvoy on July 24th, 2009 @ 5:36pm CDT
Covenant wrote:Hmm. I didn't realize this was going to be a kit.
Unassembled, unpainted, un-purchase for me.
As there were only 100 made in Singapore and they had first dibs, you'd probably be out of luck at this point anyway. Plus it cost $100 as a preorder and resale markup on this will be absolute murder. I got number 89 of 100 and I ordered it in the first hour it became available.
It's coming along well. I have all the excess and fittings trimmed and the shoulder assemblies worked out. It's kinda like a cross between customizing TF's, assembling a model and doing a jigsaw puzzle all at the same time. The wife wants to go out to dinner so I may not get it all finished tonight but I'm trying!
Posted by Narc on July 24th, 2009 @ 11:00pm CDT
Posted by OPTIMUS MAGNUS on July 24th, 2009 @ 11:50pm CDT


Posted by zodconvoy on July 25th, 2009 @ 2:28am CDT
Finally have him finished. The shoulder assembly broke in two places but it's nothing I can't fix tomorrow. Once that's fixed I'll do a quick paint job and have it up! But for now, here's the Drift deMilo:




Posted by same138 on July 25th, 2009 @ 6:25am CDT
Nice one, so far.
Posted by rpetras on July 25th, 2009 @ 7:30am CDT
Posted by zodconvoy on July 25th, 2009 @ 9:07am CDT
same138 wrote:Looks interesting, if (h)armless! Did you take any WIP pics to show any of your processes involved? I'd like to see before/afters of the drilling etc. just out of interest, I'd never consider buying a kit like this cos I know I'd never get it built, but I'd try and screw it up anyway!
Nice one, so far.
The PVC pipes (that I misidentified as dowels) for the joint pins for the most part didn't fit the way they were supposed to which led to the shoulder breaks. It took 20 minutes of pushing and twisting and backing it out to try again for just one of the chest pins to fit. So when the large peg in the upper arm that connects it to the body broke in the hole because it was to tight to fit, I had to improvise and the middle sized drillbit it came with and repin it with ... a Q-tip. And it fit perfectly. So that became my standard peg method and as silly as it sounds, %80 of the assembling happened in the last hour of a very long day with this thing. There were also knobs on the forearms where the elbow peg goes through but they didn't allow the arms to fold in for the transformation. They're clearly shown as fitting in the directions but they had to go. I have to hit the craft store today to get something to make the arms stay on. The pegs that are supposed to hold it in place fall right outlike there's nothing even there. I can't even get one arm to stay in for one picture but when I fix it I'll let you know how!

As you can see the one on the left is drilled through and fixed with a bit of Q-tip. Improvising is the name of the game!
Posted by El Duque on July 25th, 2009 @ 10:25am CDT
Posted by Nightscreech on July 25th, 2009 @ 11:06am CDT
Posted by zodconvoy on July 25th, 2009 @ 11:38am CDT
El Duque wrote:So how do I know when I'm supposed to get mine or if I'm even getting one. I preordered right around the same time you did, Zod. Did they ever communicate with you? They accepted my payment that's fore sure, but other than my paypal receipt I've never heard anything. I would assume if the preorder was sold out when I submitted my payment it would have been returned or something. How was this shipped?
All I received was the Paypal receipt and on June 27 I got an email with scans of the comic it came with. I joined the SGC when I ordered it, maybe that's why I got the comic email? It was sent standard mail and delivered by my regular mailman.
Nightscreech wrote:Looks really cool, what colour scheme were you going to go with?
I'm going to have to paint it white first as the parts are an eggshell color and it's so thin it's translucent in spots. For the red I'm thinking a bright bright red. Everything else I'm going to have to refer to his few comic appearences for.
Posted by El Duque on July 25th, 2009 @ 8:11pm CDT
Posted by Nightscreech on July 26th, 2009 @ 2:25am CDT
zodconvoy wrote:El Duque wrote:I'm going to have to paint it white first as the parts are an eggshell color and it's so thin it's translucent in spots. For the red I'm thinking a bright bright red. Everything else I'm going to have to refer to his few comic appearences for.
Awesome.
Posted by Stickshift on July 26th, 2009 @ 2:37am CDT
I got mine a couple of days ago and haven't had chance to assemble/paint it yet. My biggest gripe is that mine didn't come with the decals.

Off to look at back issues of AHM to sort out a colour scheme...
Posted by First Gen on July 26th, 2009 @ 1:49pm CDT





Zodconvoy stated that he will update with more pics of the figure once the decals have been added.
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Posted by OPTIMUS MAGNUS on July 26th, 2009 @ 11:00pm CDT


Posted by El Duque on July 26th, 2009 @ 11:28pm CDT
Posted by soundwave13c on July 27th, 2009 @ 11:48am CDT

Posted by El Duque on July 27th, 2009 @ 2:29pm CDT
soundwave13c wrote:thats really cool! How much does this cost again
The pre-order was for $100.00 shipped. I picked mine up from the post office today, mine's labeled 79 of 100. Have to admit I'm a little intimidated by this kit. Not so much by the difficulty but the price, and knowing that if I screw up I can't just run down to the store and pick up another. The assembly looks easy enough, but a lot of the parts are going to require quite a bit of clean up before assembly. Also there are a lot of small parts that look very fragile. One of my spoilers was broken in the package, I think it will be an easy fix though. I'm going to start sanding, cutting pegs, drilling holes, and dry fitting parts tonight.
Posted by zodconvoy on July 27th, 2009 @ 4:38pm CDT
El Duque wrote:soundwave13c wrote:thats really cool! How much does this cost again
The pre-order was for $100.00 shipped. I picked mine up from the post office today, mine's labeled 79 of 100. Have to admit I'm a little intimidated by this kit. Not so much by the difficulty but the price, and knowing that if I screw up I can't just run down to the store and pick up another. The assembly looks easy enough, but a lot of the parts are going to require quite a bit of clean up before assembly. Also there are a lot of small parts that look very fragile. One of my spoilers was broken in the package, I think it will be an easy fix though. I'm going to start sanding, cutting pegs, drilling holes, and dry fitting parts tonight.
Good luck, Duque! Just be careful with trimming off the extra bits. Not all of them are extra and you won't realize it until assembly! And check your sticker sheet, mine was cut off center making most of the useless. Another detail I didn't notice at the start. If you finish before me, feel free to post pics. I won't bitch, promise.
Posted by El Duque on July 27th, 2009 @ 5:41pm CDT
zodconvoy wrote:El Duque wrote:soundwave13c wrote:thats really cool! How much does this cost again
The pre-order was for $100.00 shipped. I picked mine up from the post office today, mine's labeled 79 of 100. Have to admit I'm a little intimidated by this kit. Not so much by the difficulty but the price, and knowing that if I screw up I can't just run down to the store and pick up another. The assembly looks easy enough, but a lot of the parts are going to require quite a bit of clean up before assembly. Also there are a lot of small parts that look very fragile. One of my spoilers was broken in the package, I think it will be an easy fix though. I'm going to start sanding, cutting pegs, drilling holes, and dry fitting parts tonight.
Good luck, Duque! Just be careful with trimming off the extra bits. Not all of them are extra and you won't realize it until assembly! And check your sticker sheet, mine was cut off center making most of the useless. Another detail I didn't notice at the start. If you finish before me, feel free to post pics. I won't bitch, promise.
Thanks, I have a feeling I'm going to need. I'm a little concerned about the little grey sliders that go in the lower legs. Those four little pegs on the corners look delicate, in fact one of them had the tip broke off in package. It still fits and stays in place okay so I guess it will be fine.
I'm not expierienced with resin kits. What kind of paint will be best, I was considering Krylon fusion for the white.
Posted by zodconvoy on July 27th, 2009 @ 7:58pm CDT
El Duque wrote:I'm a little concerned about the little grey sliders that go in the lower legs. Those four little pegs on the corners look delicate, in fact one of them had the tip broke off in package. It still fits and stays in place okay so I guess it will be fine.
I'm not expierienced with resin kits. What kind of paint will be best, I was considering Krylon fusion for the white.
Those four pegs were twice as long as needed on mine so I had to cut all eight of them to fit the slots.
I'm just using my standard craft acrylics. Putting it on in thin layers, the paint really highlights any molding defects like bubbles.
Posted by El Duque on July 28th, 2009 @ 1:06am CDT
Posted by Heinrad Prime on July 29th, 2009 @ 6:56pm CDT
I'll be constructing him fairly loose at the moment - i think the arms and legs are easiest transformed away from the body and reattached with the 2.5mm joints.
Been good to hear/see from others putting him together - very helpful, thanks!
Posted by El Duque on July 29th, 2009 @ 8:39pm CDT




Posted by GreenLantern of Cybertron on July 29th, 2009 @ 9:01pm CDT
Don't hate me for my next comment, but..
I wish they would pull a Fansproject and release a new awesome version for everyone.
Posted by OPTIMUS MAGNUS on July 29th, 2009 @ 11:36pm CDT
Good to see one up close and fully assembled. I will post pics of my progress as well once I start the build.
Posted by El Duque on July 29th, 2009 @ 11:56pm CDT
OPTIMUS MAGNUS wrote:nice work El Duque! Heck yeah, I CANT WAIT to get mine in! I will post any problems I have when I build him as well. I should get my kit in middle of next week and I am literally 'taking vacation time' just to paint and build this thing. As a modeler, I have a question...would it be easier to paint some parts then assemble and follow up with details or, just paint the damn thing after the build process? (Based on complexity of the build process, scratching paint ect.)
Good to see one up close and fully assembled. I will post pics of my progress as well once I start the build.
I decided to fully assemble the figure and work out the transformation before painting. I figured if I painted first the assembled any problems I ecountered would result in modifications that would have to be repainted. Once you get him figured out assembling and diassembling his easy anyway.
Here are the problems I encountered. The outside part of the right knee joint broke when I was trying to pin it. Luckily it was a clean break and superglue and resin work well together easy fix. I accidently drilled through the front of the chest when drilling out the holes for the shoulder pins. The front of the chest where the details are is extremely thin. Be careful when you drill out the shoulder hole, when you start getting close slow down and go easy. I just barely hit it and the drill went right through. I just drilled the other side out to so they would match. I've since decided I may try to repair the detail and plug the holes with some modeling epoxy. There are also some small detail pieces on the top of each side of the chest that are paper thin and when he transforms the shoulders go right over these. The first time I attempted to transform him one broke off. I was so small and thin I couldn't glue it back, I just removed them both. The legs have sliders inside that are held in place by four small tabs that fit into groves inside the leg and these are very delicate and probably longer than they need to be. I had one snap, but luckily found it and glued it back, I then shortened all of them. Lastly they didn't send enough 3mm PVC rod with mine, this is what you will use to pin most of the joints. I would recommend using the 2.5mm rod to pin the elbow joints. It works just as good and should ensure you have enough of the 3mm rod. I also added a couple of additional pegs in the lower legs to make the rear section of the alt mode more stable.
Posted by OPTIMUS MAGNUS on July 30th, 2009 @ 12:04am CDT
El Duque wrote:OPTIMUS MAGNUS wrote:nice work El Duque! Heck yeah, I CANT WAIT to get mine in! I will post any problems I have when I build him as well. I should get my kit in middle of next week and I am literally 'taking vacation time' just to paint and build this thing. As a modeler, I have a question...would it be easier to paint some parts then assemble and follow up with details or, just paint the damn thing after the build process? (Based on complexity of the build process, scratching paint ect.)
Good to see one up close and fully assembled. I will post pics of my progress as well once I start the build.
I decided to fully assemble the figure and work out the transformation before painting. I figured if I painted first the assembled any problems I ecountered would result in modifications that would have to be repainted. Once you get him figured out assembling and diassembling his easy anyway.
Here are the problems I encountered. The outside part of the right knee joint broke when I was trying to pin it. Luckily it was a clean break and superglue and resin work well together easy fix. I accidently drilled through the front of the chest when drilling out the holes for the shoulder pins. The front of the chest where the details are is extremely thin. Be careful when you drill out the shoulder hole, when you start getting close slow down and go easy. I just barely hit it and the drill went right through. I just drilled the other side out to so they would match. I've since decided I may try to repair the detail and plug the holes with some modeling epoxy. There are also some small detail pieces on the top of each side of the chest that are paper thin and when he transforms the shoulders go right over these. The first time I attempted to transform him one broke off. I was so small and thin I couldn't glue it back, I just removed them both. The legs have sliders inside that are held in place by four small tabs that fit into groves inside the leg and these are very delicate and probably longer than they need to be. I had one snap, but luckily found it and glued it back, I then shortened all of them. Lastly they didn't send enough 3mm PVC rod with mine, this is what you will use to pin most of the joints. I would recommend using the 2.5mm rod to pin the elbow joints. It works just as good and should ensure you have enough of the 3mm rod. I also added a couple of additional pegs in the lower legs to make the rear section of the alt mode more stable.
VERY useful info, thank you so much! I am sure I will be referring back to this thread while building him. It is sad to hear that so many pieces snapped so easily though.

Posted by El Duque on July 30th, 2009 @ 12:17am CDT
Posted by OPTIMUS MAGNUS on July 30th, 2009 @ 12:35am CDT

Posted by OPTIMUS MAGNUS on July 30th, 2009 @ 10:22pm CDT
Posted by El Duque on July 30th, 2009 @ 10:49pm CDT
Posted by OPTIMUS MAGNUS on July 31st, 2009 @ 9:33am CDT
I had a similar problem as you when re-painting the Classics/ TFU seekers with the nose cone. That thing would NEVER dry! It is still tacky 6 months later! I am not sure if it was because of the rubber surface...(I sanded and prepped it too..)It has been an ongoing pain in the arse. I am not sure why parts won't dry though...I don't think it could be the resin since we have already seen this kit fully painted. (Pics from the toy carnival.)
Posted by El Duque on July 31st, 2009 @ 10:02am CDT
Posted by OPTIMUS MAGNUS on July 31st, 2009 @ 10:10am CDT
Posted by capellamusic on July 31st, 2009 @ 10:22am CDT
http://www.gremlins.com/jim_bertges/first.html
They say that:
"Resin kits accept nearly any kind of paint you'd use on a styrene kit; enamels, acrylics, lacquers or oils, or any combination. On the other hand, vinyl kits can be very picky about paint and it's best to stick with the water-based acrylics since enamels and oils won't fully dry on a vinyl surface. Once your figure is primed, you can test nearly every painting technique you know."
I have acrylics to paint my 2 Mashin Eiyuden Wataru resin kits, but since I haven't started them yet I have no idea if it dries well or not...
Posted by El Duque on July 31st, 2009 @ 5:57pm CDT
capellamusic wrote:Try this link:
http://www.gremlins.com/jim_bertges/first.html
They say that:
"Resin kits accept nearly any kind of paint you'd use on a styrene kit; enamels, acrylics, lacquers or oils, or any combination. On the other hand, vinyl kits can be very picky about paint and it's best to stick with the water-based acrylics since enamels and oils won't fully dry on a vinyl surface. Once your figure is primed, you can test nearly every painting technique you know."
I have acrylics to paint my 2 Mashin Eiyuden Wataru resin kits, but since I haven't started them yet I have no idea if it dries well or not...
I have actually already been to that site, but thanks.
OPTIMUS MAGNUS wrote:Did you clean and do a light sanding and then a cleaning with dish soap? That works sometimes. So does Bulldog Adhesion promoter. (On plastic anyways...don't know what it would do to resin. May have to try on a scrap piece first.) other than that, I am not sure. I have used Krylon Fusion on plastic with pretty good results...then again...SGC Drift is resin. I have always used Testors on resin and it worked fine....I don't know...I am stumped...someone who knows whats up come help us!!! lol...
No, I didn't actaully clean the parts with soap and water or anything like that. They seemed pretty clean already, and the first piece that I painted with testors that I ended up removing the paint from I used testors paint thinner. I would think the the thinner would have removed any release agents left on the piece, but when I painted it the second time with Krylon I had the same problem. The parts have been drying for 24 hours and are still gooey. I think I may stop while I'm ahead and send this off to a professional, or at least see if I can find someone who will entertain the idea. I would really like this to turn out nice.
Posted by OPTIMUS MAGNUS on August 4th, 2009 @ 3:04pm CDT
Posted by El Duque on August 4th, 2009 @ 11:10pm CDT
Posted by Convotron on August 5th, 2009 @ 6:56pm CDT
El Duque wrote:I actually found a guy in my local area that does customs and from what I've seen does a great job. I've handed Drift over to him. He seems to think he won't have any problems getting him painted. He's also going to repair the chest where I accidentally drilled through, sand out all the seams and ridges in the resin, fill in any air bubbles he finds, and just overhaul him in general. He wants to put the head on a ball joint and improve the way the torso connects to the waist so it doesn't want to pull apart during transformation. Can't wait to get him back, I'll be sure to post pics.
I for one eagerly await the pics of the finished figure!
Posted by El Duque on August 7th, 2009 @ 12:13am CDT
Convotron wrote:El Duque wrote:I actually found a guy in my local area that does customs and from what I've seen does a great job. I've handed Drift over to him. He seems to think he won't have any problems getting him painted. He's also going to repair the chest where I accidentally drilled through, sand out all the seams and ridges in the resin, fill in any air bubbles he finds, and just overhaul him in general. He wants to put the head on a ball joint and improve the way the torso connects to the waist so it doesn't want to pull apart during transformation. Can't wait to get him back, I'll be sure to post pics.
I for one eagerly await the pics of the finished figure!
As soon as I get him back I'll take a bunch of pics and post them. For that matter if he sends me WIP pics I'll post those as well. Hopefully this will turn out good considering the initial price of the figure plus what I'm paying this guy for his work.