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Showing results 1 to 18 of 18 Search took 0.00 seconds. Search: Posts Made By: Shepp Forum: Transformers Customs and Artwork 10-05-2009, 06:16 PM Replies: 20 Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Views: 6,842 Posted By Shepp Re: Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Thanks for the great feedback. I was never really sure if I got the right amount of info across. And I think this was buried way back on page like 23 or something, so its no wonder you didn't find... Forum: Transformers Customs and Artwork 04-28-2009, 02:00 PM Replies: 20 Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Views: 6,842 Posted By Shepp Re: Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress I've tried the golden disk reader. At first it fits a bit snug, but it still moves around easily. Plus it isn't any harder to pop in or remove. I've settled on leaving the brown bits on the hip... Forum: Transformers Customs and Artwork 03-25-2009, 05:27 PM Replies: 20 Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Views: 6,842 Posted By Shepp Re: Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress 3 - Retrofit Assembly Anyways, Here's a picture of my progress so far. There's only the arms and the hip plate left. The rest is assembled. 22862287 Megatron's T-Rex head doesn't clip as... Forum: Transformers Customs and Artwork 03-25-2009, 05:14 PM Replies: 20 Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Views: 6,842 Posted By Shepp Re: Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Update 2 Here's the first couple of bits of real progress 2281 First, the pin holding in the waist rotation joint is quite difficult and stubborn to remove. But its do-able. If you do... Forum: Transformers Customs and Artwork 03-22-2009, 10:22 AM Replies: 20 Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Views: 6,842 Posted By Shepp Re: Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Snag Number 2 - The Tail Solved Well, this morning I went ahead and used the superglue method for securing the tail's ball joints. As for the handle, I had to get a bit more creative. In the... Forum: Transformers Customs and Artwork 03-21-2009, 08:55 PM Replies: 20 Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Views: 6,842 Posted By Shepp Re: Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress I had heard otherwise, but I don't know how accurate my sources were. I'll edit the previous posts accordingly. Thanks for the info. With that knowledge, I think I'm still going to proceed with... Forum: Transformers Customs and Artwork 03-21-2009, 08:51 PM Replies: 20 Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Views: 6,842 Posted By Shepp Re: Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Oh, I should let everyone know that I've added pictures to previous posts. What does everyone think of this thread so far? Good? Bad? Train wreck? Forum: Transformers Customs and Artwork 03-21-2009, 08:08 PM Replies: 20 Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Views: 6,842 Posted By Shepp Re: Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Step 3 - Retrofit Parts 2245 What we have here is the preliminary stage of popping the new and improved Megatron figure together. Here we have all of the usable parts 2246 and here we... Forum: Transformers Customs and Artwork 03-21-2009, 07:40 PM Replies: 20 Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Views: 6,842 Posted By Shepp Re: Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Update Ok, I've finally removed the pins from the Megatron T-Rex mode shoulder plates. It took some gripping with pliers and then turning and wiggling to get them out. Once removed, they're... Forum: Transformers Customs and Artwork 03-19-2009, 10:52 PM Replies: 20 Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Views: 6,842 Posted By Shepp Re: Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Ok, with the differences out of the way, the next step to tackle is assembly and solving some critical snags. Those will be tackled in the next post tomorrow. Oh, and if anyone wants to make any... Forum: Transformers Customs and Artwork 03-19-2009, 10:46 PM Replies: 20 Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Views: 6,842 Posted By Shepp Re: Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress === Difference 9 - Robot Shoulder Mounting Screw 2208 2209 Megatron uses screws to keep the robot mode shoulders connected to the torso sides. Predacon uses pins. === Difference 10 - Elbow... Forum: Transformers Customs and Artwork 03-19-2009, 10:38 PM Replies: 20 Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Views: 6,842 Posted By Shepp Re: Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress === Difference 6 - Tail Ball Joint and Handle Size 2199 2200 Ok, this right here is why I've told you all out there not to mess with the tail yet. The parts are easily swappably, but... Forum: Transformers Customs and Artwork 03-19-2009, 10:26 PM Replies: 20 Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Views: 6,842 Posted By Shepp Re: Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress === Difference 3 - Neck Plate Pin Slots 21912192 21932194 Here's something very strange. On Megatron you can clearly see some slots that make sense. The slots are uniform compared to most I've... Forum: Transformers Customs and Artwork 03-19-2009, 02:07 PM Replies: 20 Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Views: 6,842 Posted By Shepp Re: Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Step 3 - Differences Between the sculpts. This will have quite a few attachments at the end of the post. I may have to split it up to fit them all. At first it would seem that Armada Predacon... Forum: Transformers Customs and Artwork 03-19-2009, 01:42 PM Replies: 20 Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Views: 6,842 Posted By Shepp Re: Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Step 2 - Take apart Armada Predacon 2175 Ok, there are a few differences here when dismantling Predacon. The legs are more or less the same. As is the waist. Set the rear half of the... Forum: Transformers Customs and Artwork 03-18-2009, 11:17 PM Replies: 20 Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Views: 6,842 Posted By Shepp Re: Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Step 1 - Take apart Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron 2159 21602161 There aren't any pictures for this part, since I had both figures apart long before I though to picture document the process.... Forum: Transformers Customs and Artwork 03-18-2009, 10:36 PM Replies: 20 Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Views: 6,842 Posted By Shepp Re: Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress First I'll start off by saying that the brown plastic on Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron is absolute crap. Its brittle on the level of that infamous gold plastic found on a number of other... Forum: Transformers Customs and Artwork 03-18-2009, 10:22 PM Replies: 20 Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress Views: 6,842 Posted By Shepp Armada Predacon to Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron - Retrofit - Work in Progress The purpose of this thread is to document my process and progress of changing Armada Predacon into Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron. Keep in mind that at this time the process has not been completed... 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