I Am Optimus Prime
Saturday, March 9. 2013
The long saga of my G1 Optimus Prime has finally come to an end. It started back in 1998, when I was first building models of the G1 Transformers characters. I had managed to track down an original AMT Freightliner dual drive in rough condition, along with enough parts to rebuild it. Though my enthusiasm far exceeded my skills, I managed to put together a halfway decent looking replica...until it fell and shattered. Frustrated, the whole project was shelved (literally) for over a decade. Then in 2009, Round 2 reissued the Freightliner and I had a chance to redo the model. But I couldn't quite bring myself to toss the few remaining components of the original model that had survived, nor could I justify using only half of the new kit (if for no other reason than I'd like to build an Ultra Magnus some day). A few months ago, fortune smiled on me and presented a solution in the form of an eBay auction for a partial Freightliner kit that perfectly matched what I needed. The kit was bought, and the rest is history.
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