ActionMaster Megatron - WIP

Hi. been a while since i've had time to do a build. thanks to the holidays i've been putting in work on this thing here and there over the last week.

i'm one of many who never liked the Classics/Henkei Megatron and it is certainly not fit to lead my Classics/Henkei collection.
this will be its ultra-articulated, Ultra Class replacement.

base mold used is Universe Ultra Class Silverbolt. other odds and ends include Alternators Wheeljack, MP Skywarp, Robotech MB07, Henkei Rodimus, KO G1 HotSpot (red version), Generations RedAlert, Energizer LED torch, some lego and a heap of putty, greenstuff and styrene sheet.

i didnt start taking photos until the second day but you'll get the idea.
i reckon this is about 40% complete so far.

thanks for looking and please leave critiques and comments, cheers.

Man that looks heaps sick, looks so much more stable than Masterpiece Megatron. Can it transform? If not, it still looks amazing!

EDIT: I just re-read the title of the thread, I am an idiot. DOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

wow thats a great start, looking forward to seeing the end result

:) cheers guys :)
ActionMaster is the kitbashers term for "can't be F#@*ed"

and forgot to mention the head, that was an odd bonus piece that came with the iGear Faith Leader. IMO it's got a real drawn manga style to it, and also has a very stern, youngish Megatron feel (see??)

tiny up-date people. i wish i had more time for the hobby but eh, life, what r ya gonna do about it?

did a little bit of work on the abdomen. and touched megatrons crotch.
also did some slop merchant texta on the chest just so you guys can see the detail stand out a little better for now.

Man that's coming together really well Mindset :cool:, are you going to aim for an actual AM Megatron colour scheme or something closer to his original colours?
Keep it up dude, I have a feeling this is going to come out looking fairly fantastic. ;):)

very nice...just wondering what putty do you use?? and where to get it?

Thanks Hursticon. i'll probably go with a simple blend of cartoon, DreamWave and IDW color schemes - not that there's any difference coming to mind.
i guess the only reason i used the term 'action-master' is for the fact that it won't transform, it would have been just as vague saying 'oversized revoltech' megatron or something. there are a lot of elements to this build that don't necessarily reflect a pre-existing megatron, but as a whole, it's unmistakable

thanks for looking

Wow, looks really good so far, I hope you managed to use junkers for that impressive list of sacrifices for this "Action Master".

do you have any concerns that the putty wont be able to support the lego joints in the shoulders over time?

A picture with leaders pointing out which bits come from shich figures would be very interesting if you ever get the time. How long did it take you to come up with the design considering all the differnt parts sources you have?

I love the torch, very inspired use of a non transformers product there.

thanks for looking everyone! appreciated

Tabias, i use three different types of putty; GW/Ci Greenstuff , Plasti-Bond (styrene putty) and Knead-it (automotive putty) respectively.

Dallas, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate, of course i used junkers LOL the parts list is still increasing. i got a massive carton of bots from the legendary Wikkid mid last year, he tried to remove himself from the kitbash hobby, wow, that lasted! the only non junker was the Ultra-class Silverbolt which i had 2 of. also pilfered the MP Skywarp hands with a swap out for alternators wheeljack as that will be turned into my classics Broadside eventually.
re: lego and stuff - everything is welded into place with perma-poxy before being re-enforced with putty. as for design, it's a mash up of many different versions of G1 Megatron with a touch of what ever happened to be laying around that looked good, the rest is in my head and made it up as i went along. because it won't transform there's no tricky engineering to consider.

Updates for this are looking good, is he going to be as tall as Silverbolt?

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Originally Posted by loophole

Updates for this are looking good, is he going to be as tall as Silverbolt?

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thanks bud. it's a touch bigger than silverbolt. silverbolt stands shoulder to shoulder with igears' peepeeprime but megs is about 1/2 inch taller than OP

UPDATE: been pretty busy as usual but have had a couple of days in hand and got some work done on mudguts last night. added some wiring (hydraulics) which i still need to twist into some kind of awesome arrangement. finished the waist area. just need to decide exactly how i'm gonna tackle the side panels of the chest without hindering the shoulder or abdominal articulation...

here's some pics chaps...

Man, this really is progressing well and looks fantastic - Sweet update dude! :D

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Originally Posted by Hursticon

Man, this really is progressing well and looks fantastic - Sweet update dude! :D

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thankyou sir.
here's a bit more...
side panels of chest and articulated housing for the fusion-canon/scope.
little more work to go on the scope and then it's ready for paint.

Interesting choice of character for a kitbash. Good work.

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Originally Posted by Metallikato

Interesting choice of character for a kitbash. Good work.

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Thanks

why is Megatron an interesting character choice?:)

Well I meant it as in Action Master Megatron (who I suppose isnt technically a character in his own right), not one you see too often as the basis for a kitbash, which is what makes it interesting. ;)

yay paint!! you know what would look good too a LED in that fusion cannon

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Originally Posted by loophole

yay paint!! you know what would look good too a LED in that fusion cannon

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Ooh yeah, that's a good idea actually! :cool:

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Originally Posted by loophole

yay paint!! you know what would look good too a LED in that fusion cannon

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i thought about doing that, and to the head also. it's not too late to do it but i am too lazy to do it (at this point).
started painting today, might upload some pics later tonight. back to W.A tomorrow for a few days with the fam. (stoked!)

this is looking really sweet!