From pilot to sailor

As a belated Christmas present to myself, I picked up this nice Man of Action from an antiques mall.





He was attired in a very nice KO scramble pilot flightsuit, but being a navy vet, I thought that as a clean-shaven Joe, he would be a nice addition to my 1/6 flotilla. Here he is in a vintage set of dungarees and a KO lifejacket. I still have to get a helmet for him to complete my Navy Attack-esque ensemble.





-Nate

another awesome find Nate, he looks great as a sailor too   

Very cool!

Does the KO flight suit have any sort of tag?

Joe90 wrote:

Very cool!

Does the KO flight suit have any sort of tag?

I'll check. The zipper has "SOK" on it.

-Nate

Great find!   
Sailor Joes are my favorites!   

inntruderr61 wrote:

Great find!   
Sailor Joes are my favorites!   

Ironically enough, it was between him and a nice Action Sailor! I still might pick up the sailor (maybe as a birthday treat!)

-Nate

That's a good find!   

Great upload Nate, saliors are supeb, great photos    

Decided to put a Cotswold helmet on him to look more the "Navy Attack" part. It's a snug fit over the flock; but I think it looks ok.




Since both the sailor and my Action Man commando are wearing headgear, I thought my Adventure Pilot could use something. It's a beat-up Scramble pilot helmet. I'm hoping to replace the visor and find a helicopter pilot boom mike. I'm not sure if I'll replace the sticker with an AT or AF one.



-Nate

they all look great

snow white wrote:

they all look great

Thanks!

-Nate

Here's my smallest figure:




-Nate

Fantastic Nate !!

The "Navy attack" set is coming along nicely!    You'll probably be wanting the white belt and rifle next?

clivvers wrote:

The "Navy attack" set is coming along nicely!     You'll probably be wanting the white belt and rifle next?

I'm actually going for what they would look like aboard a Naval vessel. I just got the green light to acquire some type of display case; and one shelf will probably be my vintage and modern Navy guys. So imagine all of these put together in a "somewhere in the Pacific" vibe:










Not a sailor per se, but one of my favorites. He's an Air Adventurer I picked up nude in an antique store in Maine the weekend my wife and I got engaged. She was the first to spot him, actually! With his blond locks and beard, he looks like one of the Scandinavian lads who served aboard merchant ships getting supplies past the U-boats.



Close-up of my Beach Battalion CPO:



-Nate

you have some awesome figures Nate !, I am looking forward to seeing your future display   

They all look superb! especially those sailors, the vests look good in that colour

I quite like those modern Joes, I've got a few and one of them is a basic sailor, I've even dressed a HOF figure as one

clivvers wrote:

They all look superb! especially those sailors, the vests look good in that colour

I quite like those modern Joes, I've got a few and one of them is a basic sailor, I've even dressed a HOF figure as one

Sailors don't seem to get as much love as their ground pounder brethren, so I always like to add a few. The USN's life jackets in WWII were the dark blue variety, though the grayish khaki ones were also used (they had been more common earlier). The bright orange ones so familiar to vintage Joe and AM collectors were used in the Vietnam era and later.

-Nate

Just a slight update to this MOA Sailor. the Cotswold helmet was digging into his flock (looks like he annoyed the ship's barber), so I gave him a slightly beat-up Action Soldier one I got in a lot. It's bigger; and won't hurt the flocking. The color doesn't quite match, but Sailors and Coast Guardsmen (especially those involved in amphibious operations) were seen with OD helmets.




With a salty Petty Officer:


-Nate

he fits right in Nate ! top work