Okay, first let's get some pics of the Alt-mode. The primary design goal was to maintain as much of the Porsche NFS model as possible. The secondary goal is a very Alternator-esque Robot mode.
Surprisingly, the orignal NFS model is made of over 600 pieces, so when I initialy opened the kit I had
no idea where to begin! The roof, hood, doors, headlights and tail-lights made sense, but all the other little parts and panels have to be put together in a very specific way. To make matters worse, the entire model is built on 3 big platforms which I certainly couldn't use if I wanted to have any kind of transformation...
So I basically built the outer part of the car according to the instructions, and ruthlessly pared back all extra pieces until I got the chest, legs, etc. For the first version I had the doors perfectly lined up, but I quickly ran out of space to fit in arms and a head....so I had to compromise and make the doors have gaps.
The good news is the doors, hood and trunk still open!
The back is also slightly different than the original model, so I put a decepticon logo back there...best of all no leg joints can be seen.
This is a HUGE model...size comparison with some other building block TFs...
