Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Alternator Ricochet

Based on the characters from Transformers G1, Takara and Hasbro have brought new life to old familar names like Smokescreen and Trunks by re-creating them using existing car models.

Here we have Ricochet being re-built as a Subaru Impreza WRX:


The flames are starting to look a bit tacky to me:


Look at the details



Robot mode:


The flames don't look too bad in robot mode.

Close up:


With a bit of alcohol (mouthwash) and a lot of patience:

Robot mode without the flames:


A cleaner car mode:


No more tacky flames for me!


A great looking (after removing the flames) mold

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

how'd you get the flames off?

Eric said...

I used nail polish remover. It takes off paints really easily