I took out the other red translucent tail light part. Doesn't look that bad actually. If I find a replacement for the missing one, I'll put them back on but as of now, I'm fine with the way it looks.

Now I just have to find a way to heat up some of the pins to tighten some joints.

 

Same for me as well *hopes for the best*

Unless the seller shipped mine out in a different shipment, I should be getting mine here very soon as mine and RW's orders aren't that far apart (and nor is the shipping distance).

 

If you have a sodering gun you can use it to heat up the pins that might help, And ask the resident Alt parts collector (Superquad7) he might have an extra tail light or depending on if I buy that 1/25 Acura Body kit which I might use the custom tail light lenses I'll send the originals off mine to you.

 

Awesome. Thanks for keeping me in mind. I really appreciate it.  

Let me know if you plan on going that route!

BTW the previous post by machinegeist about the figure smelling weird? It's true. I think I get headaches from the smell.

 

Sorry to hear that man. Mine didnt have any of those problems. Only problem with mine is that the plastic used for the head and arms is a bit beige. But maybe its meant to be that way

 

Me? Extra parts? What NONsense!

 

Are you holding back on me? SHARE!  

 

W00tage! I got mine in the mail yesterday! The quality appears ever so slightly better than KO "BT police" Prowl. These guys will be even better modified  

And mine came with all of the lights  

 

lol good to see you got yours Im just waiting on mine hopefully it will come tom... 4-14 days like funexport said... and monday will be day 14.

 

I got my Alt KO Prowl from A3U yesterday, and WOW! I gotta say, I'm impressed! I've had (And have) many KO figures, and some of the other KO Alternators, and this one is surprisingly well-made!

Granted, there are a few flaws -- on mine, one of the seats, both of the hands, and one of the doors are all floppy, but that's nothing a little 'bashing can't remedy. The paint was surprisingly high quality except on the face, which really needs a touchup before it'll be presentable. (It looks almost exactly like the ones in the photos..) ...And of course, there are sharp little sprue thorns everywhere that need to be trimmed off...but all in all, this is quite a nice KO! All the panels line up and it transforms easy. Bonus points for the unique Chinese Police Deco.

If the head were a little better painted, I wouldn't have any problems displaying this as if it were a real alt... especially compared to the Wheeljack and Grimlock KOs, which are sort of hit or miss, and even at their best aren't remotely passable as the real thing.

I'm definitely going to pick up the Blue one -- even if it's not perfect (with the lightbar ports still on the roof and all) It's wayy cheaper than the blue BT, and if the quality is anywhere near this one, I'm sure I won't be disappointed.

 

Mine came yesterday, I just need to find out the exact kind of paint they used on the blue one there was a scratch on the roof I tried to cover it with my own blue metalic paint but it's too dark... compaired to the car's paint. The right front wheel pin sticks out too far so it's slighty floppy but i can fix that.

I think he's gonna be night beat though... Just gotta find a good Nightbeat-ish head.

 

I hope to get a blue KO Alt Prowl myself soon* to do the same thing (Nightbeat). They don't seem to be in a short supply right, which is a good thing since my expendable cash is  


[*If someone wouldn't mind picking one up for me and is able to hang on to it for just a bit, I've got yer back  ]

 

If you find a match let me know! I want to fill the light holes with some modeling putty and repaint the roof.

 

looks nice to me...

 

Well Since the real Type R, Acura uses the same color paint as it's Jap counter part the Honda Type R, Im thinking an Auto supply store might have the right color paint in one of those emergency touch up bottles...

The Grill on the other hand I might have to mod to get rid of the cookie medalion that's on it and maybe paint a Honda emblem on it and on the trunk.

Nightbeat will be a modified Japanese import  

 

"Cookie medalion" = Prefecture Police seal. Somehow I know that,  

 

I haven't gotten ahold of my blue Prowl yet (Though he's incoming) so I've got my fingers crossed for an intact paintjob... but I admit filling in the roof holes would be an improvement.

Could there be a Tamiya spray paint in a similar blue? Like the metallic Mica Blue perhaps?

Also, I remember using a can of auto spray paint on a Bluestreak custom once upon a time; a small tamiya-sized can I got from Wal-mart in the Automotive section. The result was a gorgeous, PERFECT metallic blue that looked really similar to the Prowl, as I see it now and as my memory serves. It went on clean and strong and was pretty much the perfect metallic paint...

 

I tried the Tamiya Metalic Blue first, it's to greenish light blue compared to the Blue used on the K.O.

 

You could try the blue I used on Alternators REV [Racing Finish Peal Blue].  

 

Hmmmm possibly Who makes it and where did you get it, If I can get it up here that might work better since the testors Metalic metal flake blue, paint I bought today is the exact same shade as Tamiya's Metalic Blue   in fact I can use it to finish up Alt Rumble  

If not I may have to repaint the entire figure... but i lose the Type R stamps... which I want intact.

Ether way I stripped the paint off the entire roof section so right now im also debating added a Sun roof