G1 Optimus Prime Truck made from Tamiya Globeliner Kit (Complete with trailer!)

[lofty401]

Here's a video link to the transformers truck we made, it has a 3 speed manual gearbox and we intend on adding lights soon :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qKipjp7E0Y

[Starscream]

Here's a video link to the transformers truck we made, it has a 3 speed manual gearbox and we intend on adding lights soon :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qKipjp7E0Y

That is awesome. I want one. Now. I'm frontpaging this.

[bumblebee]

that looks really cool

[dxprime]

wow, nice man, where to buy...

[lofty401]

Sorry about my ridiculously slow reply guys! Thankyou for frontpaging this, I made a comment!

If you want to know how to build this, where to get the parts and stickers etc. then just go to our website - www.gascupboard.co.uk and use the links on the contact us page there :)

We are in the processs of setting an entirely R/C orientated website, at which time we plan on doing more models, Bumblebee, Sideswipe, and more ;)

[lofty401]

http://www.facebook.com/groups/transformersrc/ Our new facebook group ^^ We spent yesterday planning an additional 9 vehicles, we just ordered Jazz.... =D

[Richyx]

shame there isnt a nitro truck like that get the exhaust stacks to get smoke out off

[lofty401]

Haha yeah that'd be cool, but a crap load expensive and i've never encountered a nitro truck in this scale either, it'd need to be a lot bigger. The other issue is the body shells, Tamiya stuff is amazing but what we get imported into the UK isn't particularly geared towards nitro so yeah.

Just to update you all, Jazz is arriving tomorrow, then we need to measure up and order stickers, but i'll probably take some photos tomorrow, put them up on the facebook and on here.

With regards to the other 8 we have in the works, we've ordered the shell for Wheeljack =D So hopefully that'll turn up soon and we're gonna put it on an M chassis sames at the new Jazz (we're aiming at M chassis as they're 1/12th, so not the SAME as our Optimus Model, but about as close as we can get without doing some serious modifying, as 1/12th has a lot of existing parts we can use).

Once we have all of them, we've started working out a short film sequence we're gonna do, with them all driving as a group, a bit of choreographing and all that, and find someone from our local college to film it and edit it for us so we can get some decent production value, should look pretty sweet ^^ May even see if I can get someone to do a guitar cover of the transformers music for me to put over the top (and avoid any potentialy copyright issues).

[Richyx]

how much are these trucks as you dont list them on that website?

[lofty401]

We don't list it because it's a custom job. The cab is the globeliner kit from Tamiya (RRP is around £300), the trailer is about the same price and also from Tamiya. The radio kit (with servos) was around £110 and the paint we had to order because we don't normally stock cherry red, so that came to about £8 plus primer, plus varnish, so all told it's about an £800 kit, ish. Once we add the light kit to it, it'll be over that.

By comparison, we managed to get the model we're using for Jazz in all but the right colours and everything for about £100!

[lofty401]

Another update! We now have Jazz and Wheeljack! I'll get photos up as soon as we're ready to do some more footage etc. We also ordered 6 F15 jets (1.1m long each) so we can make us some Decepticons ;) We never intended on making them originally but we got a good price, so looks like that's gonna be a major project, as 3 of them will require some fairly major modifications for them to look right.

Also Sideswipe is in the post ;)

[Casperuk]

wow nearly a 1000 quid for the truck that's a large wedge. there no cheaper alternates?

[lofty401]

Well, not really. That's based on retail price etc, I guess you could scratchbuild older kits? But it's so easy with the new tamiya kits.

[lofty401]

Here's something else to tease you guys with ;) 1356

Clicky to see it a bit bigger, my bosses crappy phone took the picture :P

[lofty401]

Some part-way done Decepticon goodness for you to - 1357