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TheOneManKid
Red Devil
Posts : 939
Join date : 2013-09-06
Age : 62
Location : North Londonshire
|  Subject: Meet Tom K  Sun Feb 02, 2014 8:14 pm | |
| For those that are in the know, you'll know that my bearded VAM Frankie, was constructed from my childhood VAM body, but this time the rebuild is from the head and hands. I've acquired a nice late VAM 64 body for him and fitted his head and old hard hands to it. But it hasn't been as simple as that, as I decided to re-string the body in the process. I stripped out the elastic from a spare Cots body and set about replacing the old loose elastic with the nice 'newer' stuff! The result has been excellent. I also had to repair his right hand wrist which was split and very loose! I didn't give my childhood VAM a name, but now he is know as 'Tom K' which is an acronym, of sorts, of my AMMO username 'TheOneManKid'...  He is now the non-identical twin of Frankie...from one old broken Action Man, two restored ones have been born...  The next step is for a face clean, new eyebrows and a nice re-flock or maybe even a re-paint...  Here are few photos I took along the way... Here is Tom K with his new body before the re-string  Here is Tom K sitting down with his floppy right hand, making it look like some kind of esoteric sitting meditation  This is a photo of the cut O ring to get the elastic out of the Cots body  This is the Cots body in bits  This is the Cots elastic with Tom K's 'new' body  This is the re-strung legs and pelvis  This is Tom K re-strung, but still with his floppy right hand  This is Tom K with his hand stiffened up and half dressed in a Joe 40th flight suit that I've also repaired as the zipper was broken  _________________ RalphMe? Well, I live life vicariously! My Action Man? Well, he lives life victoriously! See my photos @ Flickr
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somekindajoe
French Resistance
Posts : 2170
Join date : 2012-11-14
Age : 62
Location : London
| | Subject: Re: Meet Tom K Sun Feb 02, 2014 8:21 pm | |
| Great work Ralph..and you even repaired the zipper!  You make me feel lazy!  _________________  Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. | |
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BAMComix
Admin
Posts : 14853
Join date : 2012-11-07
Age : 51
Location : Birmingham, England
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Sparklebudgie
Sabotage
Posts : 874
Join date : 2012-11-14
Age : 61
Location : Evesham Worcestershire.
| | Subject: Re: Meet Tom K Sun Feb 02, 2014 9:19 pm | |
| Nice to meet you TomK
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| | Subject: Re: Meet Tom K Sun Feb 02, 2014 9:59 pm | |
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inntruderr61
Moderator
Posts : 7857
Join date : 2012-11-27
Age : 63
Location : Pennsylvania USA
| | Subject: Re: Meet Tom K Sun Feb 02, 2014 10:25 pm | |
| Fantasic work as he looks great!
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Rossini
Red Devil
Posts : 909
Join date : 2012-11-11
Age : 45
Location : My house
| | Subject: Re: Meet Tom K Sun Feb 02, 2014 11:38 pm | |
| Tom k looks great.. You are getting good at this!  _________________  | |
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Captian action
Moderator
Posts : 1679
Join date : 2013-08-26
Age : 53
Location : Kent, The Lorry Park of England ! Some call it the garden of England , it is ,if your garden is covered in wheelie bins and dog doo !
| | Subject: Re: Meet Tom K Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:27 am | |
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Reddragon
SCRAMBLE PILOT
Posts : 510
Join date : 2012-11-11
Age : 65
Location : South Wales
| | Subject: Re: Meet Tom K Mon Feb 03, 2014 3:18 pm | |
| Great stuff Ralph, he looks fantastic. _________________  “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” | |
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TheOneManKid
Red Devil
Posts : 939
Join date : 2013-09-06
Age : 62
Location : North Londonshire
| | Subject: Re: Meet Tom K Mon Feb 03, 2014 5:30 pm | |
| _________________ RalphMe? Well, I live life vicariously! My Action Man? Well, he lives life victoriously! See my photos @ Flickr | |
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TALLY HO
Armoured Car Commander
Posts : 719
Join date : 2012-11-16
Age : 57
Location : north wales
| | Subject: Re: Meet Tom K Wed Feb 05, 2014 3:42 pm | |
| that looks good , great pictures | |
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Hawkeye
Australian Jungle Fighter
Posts : 2314
Join date : 2013-09-11
Age : 62
Location : North Yorkshire
| | Subject: Re: Meet Tom K Thu Feb 06, 2014 8:08 pm | |
| Nice one mate and great idea to make the new bodies out of your old parts, a budding Dr Frankenstein or what
Cheers for the display
Ian | |
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