Customizing Q&A Thread

[Malwave]

dude, improvisation is the name of the game. If you can;t find any acessories you need, make em out of stuff you find

[Vangelus]

Has anyone had experience disassembling/working with the ROTF scout motorcycle (Knockout, Reverb, Trenchmouth, etc)? I had a repaint idea for him and thought I'd see if I can mooch from the past experiences of others first. I am a hardcore noob and fully expecting this to take me a billion years.

Rough idea for the repaint is here:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...der_ridero.jpg

The top half is the important part (Trenchmouth looks like he'd be the easiest to work with), bottom half was mostly just me trying to figure out what I could do with a spare Slap Dash.

I'd also like to go for a metallic red on him- I was thinking I'd just hit the hobby shop and look for a paint jar that looks promising.

He seems easy enough to pull apart into pieces, aside from all the pins in the main transformation joints on his torso. Unfortunately I dunno if I have the equipment to mess with those, I was thinking I could just go through a longer process of moving them around to get at all visible sides of the pieces.

[Nemesis Predaking]

Can't really help you with the disassembly on those two.
But if your looking a paints that would pull of a metallic look really well.
Go get yourself some Testors silver & gold to use as a base coats
& then pick up some Testors #1529 Red Metal MF & #1542 Gold MF.
They are not so much paint as they are "candy" clears (in a way).
It will take numerous coats (5 to 10) to get the look you want, but will some care in application.
It will give you a really great glossy metallic look.

[GMfan]

lol Chopper and Magno? I want you to make a Ferbus custom damn it! :P

Originally Posted by Nemesis Predaking

Can't really help you with the disassembly on those two.
But if your looking a paints that would pull of a metallic look really well.
Go get yourself some Testors silver & gold to use as a base coats
& then pick up some Testors #1529 Red Metal MF & #1542 Gold MF.
They are not so much paint as they are "candy" clears (in a way).
It will take numerous coats (5 to 10) to get the look you want, but will some care in application.
It will give you a really great glossy metallic look.

This is pretty much what I like to use, the testors stuff is great. As for diassembly considering what you want to do it doesn't seem entirely necessary since it seems like simple additions...easiest way to disassemble without a screw driver just pop off what you can, ball joints, pegs, etc. That figure has many so you're lucky. The other tip I can give ya is to try and remove the current paint apps as best as you can, Isopropyl alcohol bath works, or some REALLY vigorous rubbing....

[Nemesis Predaking]

Anyone ever ran into the problem of paint not wanting to stick to Beast Wars figures.
I'm working on Mal's customs & for the second time, the paint is not sticking to TM Cheetors blue areas.

Any thoughts?

[GMfan]

Try using the Armada repaint for TM Cheetor? Never worked on the original so I don't know what to do there but that Armada one was just black plastic for the most part.

[Nemesis Predaking]

Yeah, that's not going to work.
All the black parts on that one, are not the pieces I'm having issue with.

[TTT]

What paints are you using ?

[Nemesis Predaking]

Krylon Fusion & Krylon Outdoors Spaces.
My tryed & tested brands of choice.

[TTT]

Hmmm well all's I can say is, sanding the plastic may help.
There may be a coating on that plastic that your paints cannot adhere to.
Sanding & primering is an even safer bet.
But theeeeee safest...acrylics.