Transformers Classics 70's Bumblebee
 

Hey! It's you! How are ya?

I had this Transformer. You may have him. Cybertron Downshift is his name. Now, Cybertron Downshift has a nice Wheeljack noggin, but the rest isn't so Wheeljack-ish. I couldn't think of any TFs to customize him into, so I harvested his head and deemed him useless. Then, I decided to try out the Classics Barricade I finished recently, and it came to me, as if I'd come in contact with an Allspark shard...Classics 70's Bumblebee!

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It took quite a bit of work, actually. After masking the windows and doing the stripes, I started with a base coat of yellow enamel and black, then silver drybrushing. Panel lining was done with a darker shade of yellow, then light yellow drybrushing.

Then, I went in for the mud and rust. I tried to make the rust a redder shade, with a darker core, while the mud is darker on the outside but lighter in the center to make them look a little different. Then I went back, added some scratches, and added little rusty holes where he'd seen combat. Clear dark flesh was used, and also added to the underside to give a patina, rusty look.

The head rests on a newly constructed ball joint. I had to use a dremel to hollow out some of the inside body to allow for the new head to lower during transformation.

I thought this one would be easy and fast as I could just slop everything around, but that wasn't the case! I guess you could say I needed alot of order to make all that chaos! Whew!

Thanks for your time!