Long time, no custom........so once I got my extra Universe Prowl in the mail yesterday and once I saw how it transformed and looked, I decided to try the beats of the streets........JAZZ!

Keep in mind, this is a WIP, so what you see is about half done. I modded the front fender last night (cut it off just above the front wheels and glued it onto the chest/front of the car), removed the Prowl head, and slapped the Jazz head on it (used a bit of super glue to allow the head to fit better, while still being able to turn). I'm working on the paint still and after that, some labels (I'm hoping to mod the Generation 1 labels I have from my reissue Jazz to work on this in the next day or two). I'm not worried about fixing the neck or making it shorter (it doesn't look that bad to me and it's not worth the trouble). I also gotta thank my bud, WheelJack at Sector70 for supplying me with the Jazz head for this (he casted it from the Botcon '08 Jazz head--thanks again bro!)

Enjoy and keep an eye out for the final version (hopefully in the next few days or so).

The head does stick up a little high, but like you said, it's not bothersome enough to completely rework the neck like would be necessary. I must say, that does look like it'll make a fantastic Jazz when it's done! Great work!

I'm going to move this to the WIP forum though, since it's only half-done. But do keep us updated and post the final figure, because it looks great so far, so I can only imagine how it'll look finished!

Thanks for the compliment, bro! I appreciate it. (also, thank you for moving this to the correct forum--I wasn't quite sure where WIP pics go, since I rarely post any WIP stuff).

Very cool start, although I think if the shins can't be black, maybe the thighs ought to be, to balance things out. He's looking a little monotone, or maybe just a little less striking than I expect. I don't have this mold, but I wonder if it would be possible to swivel the shins outward somehow? (And I know there are probably stripes in the works, but he could still use a little more black.)

And I wonder, too, if the doors could swivel downward?

In any event, that head looks very good on this mold, even with its being a bit larger than Prowl's.

I was thinking of doing this but decided to hold off.
The head is kinda on the big side and makes me think of the Action Master.
Looking forward to seeing the finished result.

Here are some more WIP pics on Jazz. I've removed the legs and swapped them at the hip to allow his lower legs (between the knee and ankle) to look more "G1". I also added the small styrene strips to the front of the car/chest. I painted some of the inside of his lower legs black to be more like the original G1 Jazz. Up next, I'll finish filling in the roof (where I removed the siren from Prowl), finish up painting, and add the labels (if these look ok--if not, I'll paint 'em myself). I also removed the unused shoulder launcher and painted the other, so that it can be flipped out or hidden. Hope you enjoy the few small tweaks:

Good job.
You've made me buy an extra Prowl...

nice, but you need to make some styrene to his lower legs. It looks a little odd with the holes in it. You could probably fit a small piece in on top of that screw post and not have it bugger your transformation.
I photoshopped the area I'm talking about. Other than that, I really dig what you are doing with Jazz, and can't wait until he's done
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I totally stole your idea, man! I had no intention of doing something like this until you showed that it could be done and look rather good as well. Thanks for the inspiration!
Still working on mine but here ya go.

lol--it's cool, bro. I enjoy everyone sharing ideas that keep the community flowing like this. I really dig what you did with it! I've put mine on hold a bit, simply because I work on a few things at a time, on top of work and everything else. So I slowly get them done.

Thanks for sharing it though and keep up the great work! (and thanks for saying I offered up the inspiration--I originally just wanted to share what I saw in that mold and it took off like wildfire). lol

Well, it's been almost a year since I've done anything to this sucker--it was sitting in a box for MONTHS, before ever pulling it out and thinking things over with the shin guard/hinge thing. I've been keeping tabs over at Sector70 on Wheel_Jack's Jazz re-shell and it got me motivated to finish this sucker up. I started night before last and finally worked out a nice hinge system for the shins based on a test that Radicons member "spoonman" did using Energon Downshift's leg/shin hinges (so credit to him for trying this out and giving me the idea to go with--thanks, man!). I never saw if he finished his with the new shin guards, but from the looks of it, he had the hinge a little too far in and the second hinge would have overlapped the other and it wouldn't transform correctly (at least that's how it looked from the image). I fixed that by shaving down just enough of the hinges to allow them to function correctly and still allow transformation. Now I'm trying to work on getting some sort of feet or small notch to work with the transformation and hinges.

If you look back at the other pictures in this thread, you'll see what I had previously done--well since then, as of about 2 days ago, I decided to rip the old styrene strips off and completely rebuild the front with styrene to resemble the G1 styled front end. I'm not done with it yet and I plan to drill out some larger headlights (the holes in the front) since they look kinda small. I plan to fill the gaps with Procreate putty and sand it smooth a bit. After that, the paint. I've also changed the transformation of the doors a bit--just moved them up and folded them behing the back/head. I had already cut the pieces for the car's front end a year ago and I've now glued them in place and painted over the original lights (to help me get a better feel for Jazz without staring at the clear plastic. The feet you see in the pics probably won't be staying (not enough clearance room--I took the screw out of the middle of each lower leg and cut out the plastic piece it was screwed into--this allows for the legs to fold in a little deeper and the shin guards/hinge to fold flush in alt mode. I'll toss some alt mode pics up soon once I finish a bit more here and let some glue dry.

Enjoy!

Lookin' good, but I'm curious now about the new head on Sunstreaker back there more than anything...

Wouldn't happen to be the start of an Emirate Xaaron, would it?

Thanks, man. Nah, it's gonna be a heavily modded Kup (head mods included--that head looks similar to Kup, but just not enough for my taste).