Modding: Laser Prime Repaint - Inexorable progress from the Workbench of DOOM

As you can see by the mess on my table, I have been busy! Witness the fruits of my devilish hands which have been anything but idle...

As you can plainly see, things are progressing very well indeed. One more can of Tamiya Gunship Grey and he'll be ready!

-Mattersmasher

Modding: How to remove chrome from plastic

Urgh, what is that? A cheap knock-off? Some kind of factory error? The truth may surprise you...

Me Grimlock Naked!

Mindset Mod Update: OH IT IS ON!

The custom Mindset mod IS ALIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!

Modding: Laser Prime Repaint - Oooh...shiny!

I busted out the Gunmetal spray this time and gave the hands, wrists, elbow joints, inside arm-panels and shoulders a blast, but now I have a question for you, dear readers...

Modding: Laser Prime Repaint - Back 'N' Black

So I had some money come in today and I promptly bought and used a can of Tamiya Black spray on the entire cab of the truck mode. The rear of the cab was blasted with NATO Black to mesh with the rear mudguard section that becomes the bot mode backpack. Assembled, he currently looks like this:

 Once I get my other wheels back, you'd better run!

Modding: Laser Prime Repaint - Well that's just Primer!

Last time we removed the paint apps. from the bonnet of the truck using isopropyl alcohol. Next we're going to work on some of the smaller parts by prepping them for painting and applying a base coat of spray paint.

Modding: Generations Laser Prime Repaint

Hello everyone,

This is a quick initial post about my Gen. Laser Prime repaint as RID Scourge/Black Convoy.

Mindset Mod Update: Stalling

Well, the Mindset mod has ground to a halt for now until I can afford to buy some more putty to smooth out his rough edges, so until then allow me to present my first repaint:

One o' dese:

Into one o' dose:

Mindset Mod Update: Getting the German look

After some deliberation, I have totally removed the face plate and started again, it's not finished, but I am happier with it already, plus now he has a jaw! The real work is around the sides where I have been layering styrene sheet and have filed and sanded it into a curved lip to emulate the WWII German helmet motif. It looks weird now due to the mis-matched black and white, but it should all come together nicely in the end:

Modding: How to remove paint apps.

Ever had a toy which would be perfect except for that one annoying paint app? I have! I'm such a picky blighter that sometimes just a little less pleases me more (that's what she said).

Take Generations Scourge, for example. Thew disagrees with me, but I really don't like the oversized faction symbol on his moob.

It's ok to be proud of your allegiance, but really? Young man, that tattoo has got to go!

Mindset Mod Update: Remodelling the braincase!

Taking a round file, I carved a channel across his brow, then sanded the top edge into the helmet to smooth it out a bit. The result? He now has the 'German helmet' peaked-cap look:

Mindset Mod Update: Engineering the gurn (edit: picture added)

I've been working on Mindset's underbite:

Mindset Mod Update: G1 windows and inner leg detail

Ok, today's busy spell has yielded the following results:

First up is a quick 'n' dirty photo-mash of Smoulder's head on Mindset's body. I'm worried it'll be too big, but at the very least I can nick the lightpiping part.

Mindset Mod Update!

So progress slinks along like a cat of some kind, soon to be halted when my final scalpel blade snaps...but until it does, here's the latest:

Making a custom Mindset...out of Mindset!

So I bought a Hailstorm and I love it, he's one of my all time favourites. Then I saw the Japanese Autobot Alliance one and got all jealous. And [I]then[/I], I bought Mindset and swapped out all the light grey parts for the dark grey ones. Result!

So I was left with a big pile o' parts and I needed to do something with them...

Modding: How to remove a pin.

This video should help anyone fixing, modding or just dismantling a Transformer toy. Let me know what you think in the comments below!