Yep. While MMM is correct, I don't recall ever seeing someone showing how to do it this clearly. I know I'll be glad to add this to Tutorials  

I agree with pk and TC  

 

i love this mold. Its the only alternators figure i own atm, simply cuz its a viper   i look forward to expanding the collection....

 

Nice job... I did this with mine quite a while back, and it improves that mold's claim on being Sideswipe, though I'm still not crazy about the convertible alt-mode.

There's also a mod for rotating Sustreaker's shoulder wheels forward for extra G1-ness. Doesn't affect car mode.

 

color me intrigued. how do you do that mod for sunstreaker? also glad everybody enjoys this tutorial lol

 

I don't remember the exact steps... it was done quite a long time ago. I don't recall if there's any cutting necessary, or if it's just a matter of disassembling the shoulders and then reassembling them. Unfortunately, I'm not able to check my Sunny at the moment in order to reconstruct the process.

EDIT: here's a picture...


I think I remember reading somewhere that the Dodge Viper mold was originally sculpted to be Tracks (in fact many of the BT/ALts were originally intended as different characters), but that fell through for some reason. If facing the wheels forward like this is jut a matter of assembly, I can really see how that would have worked for a Tracks version, especially since the doors could then be folded out like wings.

And I'm sure everyone knows about this mod for Prowl by now...


zmog

 

Oh man he looks sweet like that! Prowl looks awesome too. man alternators rock
and holy crap i just figured the sunstreaker one out. it was pretty easy. thanks man 

 

Woah.. gonna try this now!

Edit: success!

 

Mind posting the pic.

1- I believe that is sunstreaker is a simple mistransformation. I think those wheels are on a swivel. So you put the swivel forward.

2- That is not prowl. That is red alert with Prowls head. You want Prowl, here is prowl



If you want to see more Alternators, check out my collection:
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-collection-showcase/414822-alucard77-collection.html

I personally consider these MP figures for stuff we will never see MPs for. They are amazing. Wish we did get some more G1 accurate molds for some of them. However, they are great.

OP thanks for this post, will eventually try this.

 

maybe someone can try a punch/counterpunch repaint.
great tip and thanks for sharing.

 

Punch Counter-punch - Alternators - Binaltech Customs - TFW2005.COM Searching the Customs Gallery FTW  

 

my bad for not snooping around 1st.
thanks for the heads up, allen.
he did a great combiner with his AT/BT Menasor.

 

Only if you could do that to deadened

 

Here is the pic of mine after some mods.

Took about 30 mins and couldn't be happier with it.

 

Also, I'd like to note that you can just mod the trunk to make the "backpack" collapse a little better. Basically, just cut the portion out but don't swap the arms/fists out.  

I thought I'd make mention here that if anyone wants to tackle shooting new photos for the Prowl legs swap, our tutorial needs updated. The mod consists of unscrewing the panels, swapping the legs around, and re-securing the leg panels.   Yes, it's a simple mod, but I actually had a few requests for that.

You'd be surprised at how much people want as much photo documentation for the simplest things. It can be very scary trying to modify a figure that hard-earned cash has been plunked down for, especially if it's the first time ever doing something like this.

 

Thanks bro for this. You made my turd shine. I finally like this mold now. Here are the two brothers:

 

man nice looking shoulder launcher you got there, those two are looking good man, glad you liked the tutorial  

 

I have the Conversion Metals KO version of Alert... got him just for that rendition of Prowl, though I'm not sure if I want to go and repaint my offical Prowl into Red Alert (and as I recall, the Sideswipe head doesn't fit into the transformation?). Alt Prowl is actually a better mold in terms of execution, I find, even though I like the classic styling of the Alt Subaru better.

Nice pic! I've tried that foot transformation for Sunstreaker before, but for some reason it just looks too awkward to me. I think you can just turn his legs sideways, (with the wheel-wells facing outward on the shins) and the way the leg is articulated, there's still a sort of knee-joint. Don't have a pic handdy, but it's one way to get a bit more shape to the legs.

Those Vipers are a tricky mold... they look great except for the fact that there are these little things about them that don't. I guess that sums up the whole line for the most part. In my estimation the only ones in the line that Has/Tak got totally right were Skids and Mirage.

zmog

 

TFMaster's Punch/Counterpunch custom that Supersquad7 posted a link to shows the legs moved around so that the wheels face outwards. It's a great idea and does help differentiate the mold but man those legs just look bad no matter what is done to them IMO....

 

Honestly this is one of the molds I had liked the least, and this has improved it massively!