Last year some time I had the idea that I was going to turn Cybertron Hot Shot into Hot Rod. I started a WIP thread, but as I got into the disassembly I realized that what I thought would be a simple little repaint was turning into a bigger project. I was also getting pretty frustrated with how my red paint was turning out over the blue plastic. I eventually shelved the project until I saw Cybertron Excellion and some of the other repainted versions of him on various kitbashing forums. It sparked my interest again and when I went back to work on him, the whole process went much smoother and I learned a lot as well. I know it's a repaint that's been done to death, and I'm a year late getting on the boat, but here is my vison of Cybertron Hot Rod:

 

 

For his gun I simpley glued the rocket into place, drilled a hole in the barrel, and cut the spare back wings and glued them into place so his gun would resemble his G1 rifle.

 

 

A couple of the small details I had fun creating were a custom Illinois license plate and givinig him actual rear tail lights.

 

 

Leg stickers that I created and printed using a variation of the G1 design.

 

 

It's kind of hard to tell, but the seat detail is painted silver.

 

 

I also put a Autobot emblem on the steering wheel and custom printed gauges on his dashboard. If you look, the space is actually molded above the steering wheel for something like this.

 

 

 

 

 

More gauges, and I thought it might be fun to have the flat screen on his dash showing Kickback about to be run over from the movie!

 

 

...and of course the leftovers.

 

That's nice. I still prefer the pipes on the outside like on mine but YOUR DETAILS ARE F'N FABULOUS.. man i love all the little gimmicks you put on.

HOLY SH*T :eek

 

That is flipping great, and one of the better Hot Rod mods I've seen so far! You really stuck with the GEEWUN feel here :thumb

^^^Talent.

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Damn, that looks good. At first, I'm just impressed by the solid look of the red. Then, I'm thinking that the gray tones you've chosen are perfect. But then I'm seeing dashboard stickers and little touches along those lines--those kinds of add-ons are always my favorites.

 

You really put a lot of work into this guy. I think it's the best Cyb Hot Rod I've seen to date! :)

i'm lovin the stickers. please make some me? how much?

OMG! That is so tight! You are very talented and imaginative.

That's really some amazing work you've got there, the painted detail alone is quite amazing. The wings look so much better in a solid color than the translucent wings we've been seeing.

 

Great stuff! :thumb

 

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Thanks for the comments fellow TFans :D

 

STPrime: I'll have to see what I can do. I printed out the stickers on a leftover sticker stock paper that was going to be thrown away at the printing company I work for. I'll have to see what I can do about that...