I re-purposed RID Sideswipe into Windcharger here. The head is made from a Prime Cliffjumper, styrene and apoxy sculpt. I also used apoxy sculpt to fill in that hood divot the QR faction sticker was in. And I made some decent stickers of my own for the chest, wheels, grill, feet and roof. I initially tried a faux rub sign on the hood to homage the G1 toy, but it didn't look right.
Great use of the mold! Looks awesome! LOVE the Beachcomber too! You should get a photo with all your updated mini-bots together -- I still love that Cosmos you did a year ago!
That mold works so much better for him than for Swipe. I always thought he should be a deluxe fig. as well.
Thanks, this has been a fun ongoing project. Pipes is on the WIP shelf now. I still need to do Tailgate, Swerve, Outback, Gears and Seaspray. Seaspray is going to be the biggest challenge. I have an idea, but it might have to wait till I have a 3D printer. It's actually getting hard to get all these guys in a frame together.
I know some people like to see the "in progress" pics, so here's one. I made the outside shape of the head out of styrene, then shaved down the sides and back of the Cliffjumper head. I glued a magnet inside the bottom of the outer frame, then glued the CJ head into the frame and filled it in with apoxy sculpt.
