Custom Meister

[gamblor916]

Cheers guys.
The texture was actually moulded on the seat, I just added a bit of orange peel over the top

[gamblor916]

Assembleage



"What are you looking at?"

[STL]

Assembleage



"What are you looking at?"

Whoa, ur Sideswipe looks unbelievably awesome. Can't wait to meet the man behind this talent.

[loophole]

that Sideswipe looks so much better with that head mould, that just looks pure awesome!!

[Wheel-J]

that Sideswipe looks so much better with that head mould, that just looks pure awesome!!

+1 that head mold surely put swipey in such stunning looks!!

[gamblor916]

Cheers guys.
Meisters head is just temporary until Sideswipe is painted

[loophole]

Cheers guys.
Meisters head is just temporary until Sideswipe is painted

but the Meister head looks so good

[turtle boy]

Drules.. I need a sec. Any one got a towl? Or I could call keya.. *rings keya*

[gamblor916]

Onto the last stage - the front lights.
Here are my push moulds, made using the original lenses reinforced with putty.
Staple the clear plastic to the wood cut out, warm up the plastic (I used the gas stove) and push the mould through.



My first attempts with clear styrene was disastrous.
I looked around to see what I was doing wrong and it turns out clear styrene is terrible for DIY moulding (whereas ordinary white styrene is excellent).



Something that has a wider working temp range and more usable I found is PET ie, tf packaging.
Much better results.



For the hardware I picked up some stuff from modeluphobby.com

[gamblor916]

Lenses slightly tinted and cleared then fitted. The inner light pod still needs work. Side indicators are gundam eyes backed with chrome sticker.