Custom Gold Chrome Convoy

[dri1]

Hi guys,

I did not personally make this but asked a friend of mine to custom chrome a convoy for my wife. My wife being a big fan of OP & wanted to have a gold convoy eversince she saw it in the net. I can't afford the lucky draw even if I find one ;D She's cool to have even a custom-made as long as it's gold convoy.

I picked-up recently MP-2 Ultra Magnus (re-issue) & this 1 has QC Issues. Paint too thick & missing screws on the left leg. So I brought the MP-2 to my friend to custom chrome it.

The finished product: Custom Gold Chrome Convoy




































This by no means comes closer to the Lucky Draw Gold Convoy, it has some flaw w/c I expected already. Some chrome chips, mirror finish compared to some SOCs is below par and surface finish little rough due to sanding of original paint.

Over-all I'm very happy on the outcome of this Project and appreciated the effort that's been done. This is a special request & they have not chrome a MP OP before.

Thanks for looking.

Cheers to everyone
dri1

[Magmatron]

Hey, pretty nice! I see what you mean by it not being as good as the LD, but still good! Plus its a fraction of the cost ;D!

[emerje]

You wouldn't happen to know what process your friend used to get that finish do you? It doesn't look like it was ectroplated, if that was the case I don't think it would have the missed spots or rough surface, but it's a check of a lot nicer looking than gold leaf an most paint.

Using Ultra Magnus might have been a lucky break, the white plastic doesn't contrast with the gold plate as much as red and blue would have.

Good stuff!

Emerje

[jrcrunch]

is it gold paint? can see some white parts (UM of course) but still I love it! i want one

[Grimm]

Jul 28, 2009 3:47:11 GMT -5 emerje said:

You wouldn't happen to know what process your friend used to get that finish do you? It doesn't look like it was ectroplated, if that was the case I don't think it would have the missed spots or rough surface, but it's a check of a lot nicer looking than gold leaf an most paint.

Using Ultra Magnus might have been a lucky break, the white plastic doesn't contrast with the gold plate as much as red and blue would have.

Good stuff!

Emerje

Hi sir... It was vacuum metalized. Unfortunately... it wasnt "perfect". It was our 1st time in trying out chroming an MP. But we were already used to chroming Zoids thus we're now trying it out on TFs and other toylines...



-Grimm

[emerje]

Ah, vac metalized, I didn't even think of that. Thanks for the answer.

Emerje