Universe Jazz - WIP [Round 3] - Update: 8/29/09

For reference (these two links show the progress I made a year ago on this, before shelving it for a while)--shifted the project to Heavy/Scratch since I'm doing a lot more work to it than before:

Universe Jazz - WIP

Universe Jazz - WIP [Round 2]

Well, it's been almost a year since I've done anything to this sucker--it was sitting in a box for MONTHS, before ever pulling it out and thinking things over with the shin guard/hinge thing. I've been keeping tabs over at Sector70 on Wheel_Jack's Jazz re-shell and it got me motivated to finish this sucker up. I started night before last and finally worked out a nice hinge system for the shins based on a test that Radicons member "spoonman" did using Energon Downshift's leg/shin hinges (so credit to him for trying this out and giving me the idea to go with--thanks, man!). I never saw if he finished his with the new shin guards, but from the looks of it, he had the hinge a little too far in and the second hinge would have overlapped the other and it wouldn't transform correctly (at least that's how it looked from the image). I fixed that by shaving down just enough of the hinges to allow them to function correctly and still allow transformation. Now I'm trying to work on getting some sort of feet or small notch to work with the transformation and hinges.

If you look back at the other pictures in this thread, you'll see what I had previously done--well since then, as of about 2 days ago, I decided to rip the old styrene strips off and completely rebuild the front with styrene to resemble the G1 styled front end. I'm not done with it yet and I plan to drill out some larger headlights (the holes in the front) since they look kinda small. I plan to fill the gaps with Procreate putty and sand it smooth a bit. After that, the paint. I've also changed the transformation of the doors a bit--just moved them up and folded them behing the back/head. I had already cut the pieces for the car's front end a year ago and I've now glued them in place and painted over the original lights (to help me get a better feel for Jazz without staring at the clear plastic. The feet you see in the pics probably won't be staying (not enough clearance room--I took the screw out of the middle of each lower leg and cut out the plastic piece it was screwed into--this allows for the legs to fold in a little deeper and the shin guards/hinge to fold flush in alt mode. I'll toss some alt mode pics up soon once I finish a bit more here and let some glue dry.

Enjoy!

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eBay Feedback - punk_guy1

awesome. Probaly next year i'll try to make mine again.

Woah! that is awesome bro! can't wait to see it with decals. keep it up!

That looks great!

Thanks! And yes, you should--I'd like to see it, man.

Thanks, man! Glad you like it.

Thanks, Solrac!

eBay Feedback - punk_guy1

I'm not a huge fan of having wip projects becoming fine wine, but I've also found that with some of them I have and continually work on the time spent is still sweet versus bittersweet. It's especially nice when things come together when this happens.

I think I can say the same for your piece here. I think you're doing an excellent job on it, and I commend you on simply not rushing it for whatever reasons. Keep up the good work, bud

dang, that's looking awesome

That looks fantastic!!!!

Originally Posted by Twin Twist Jam sucker

Cool, I love looking at these sorts of projects.

I didn't think anyone had used a hinge system but myself. color myself educated I guess.

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