I love the Real Gears too, though for some reason I was kind of blah about Longview. I didn't like the binoculars, not just because they were small (TINY! Kid sized? Maybe for 3-year-olds!), but because they didn't really look much like binoculars to me... the transformation wasn't convincing. But part of me wondered if he could be made into something else, like a spaceship or something. For some reason, I totally didn't think of Cosmos at all! Duh! Plus little kids would gouge their eyes out on all the spikey protrusions if these things resembled movie TFs. "Mommy, mommy, look... I can see you through the camera...AIIIIIEEEEE!!!" zmog
Well it's done for now Ptitvite went with all green and Yellow. I wanted to integrate some of the original Yellow into the paint job (an not cover the Autobot Insignia). After all, G1 Cosmos had some yellow in his chest too. And I'm really happy with the way the Red pops out from the head. Side view Something I'm kinda disapointed in, where the 'nacelles' meet the 'body' there's a slight depression or chamfer. My first pass I only painted the outer edge, but it made the 'saucer' too wide. My 2nd pass I painted the chamfer itself. This worked wonders, it made the 'saucer' much narrower looking, almost sleek. But I still wanted POP on the chamfer edge. I wanted a trim stripe but it came out rather fat and miscolored. If somebody COULD do a pinstripe on this edge in a contrasting color I think they'll be happy how it give the 'ship' more dynamic shape. I'm still torn on whether or not to leave the 'foils' deployed. (which is why I haven't painted them yet.) Open the look like tail fins, which admitedly serve no purpose in space, but do lenghten the ship visually. But closed they make more definative engine ports. Things I'd like to add and suggest to others: 1.) A canopy over the 'buttons'. 2.) Some way to make the 'eye ports' into either weapon ports or jet intakes (without affecting his ablity to stand)
*bump* two months old. I wonder,,, has anyone else done a Cosmos/Longview conversion? I had a lot of people said they were going to. And if you haven't seen mine yet,,, here it is. Also I find long views hard to find now. Was it shortpacked? Or is it becomming the more popular of the Real Gear toys?
I've seen at least one, yes. It was more of a full conversion paintjob, where every yellow surface was painted green.
Nice, but I recommend you do anther coat of paint so that you get a cleaner finish, unless the effect was what you were going for
Long view isn't hard to find at all in my area. That and the camera are everywhere. The cell phone is actually the rarest to find.