[Primacron]

The project I have spent most time on (I started about 4 or 5 years ago) was Metroplex. An old housemate donated a load of Transformers to me including a broken and yellowed Metroplex missing most of his accessories including his chest ramp.

I set about picking up replacement parts on eBay, I won a particularly good auction which was the chest ramp and Metroplex's lower half (a substancially less yellowed set). I got him a set of reprolabels and he was looking a lot better. He did still have a broken waist however.

My first attempt to fix him was to use a bit of wood and screws which also gave him a bit more height. From a distance it didn't look too bad, but really it was crap. I later discovered Jin's site as well as Hobby Link Japan and then I was set to do a better job.

I decided to make a series of upgrades which (apart from fixing the waist) were removable if I wanted to return him to his original self. I gave him knees, swivel thighs, elbows, wrists, articulated hands (thanks again Jin!), a slightly shorter waist (with the longer legs the long waist looked out of proportion) as well a neck and ball jointed head.

Look out Trypticon!