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PostSubject: A Christmas Present To Me From Me   A Christmas Present To Me From Me Icon_minitimeSun Jan 01, 2023 6:15 pm

I noticed this guy on eBay and won him for a good price. I thought that he'd make a nice easy rescue and be a great addition to my collection. He looked to be an early painted rivet Action Man, with a good clean head, but was missing the lower legs, feet and hands.
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I dug out a bag of vintage GI Joe parts, as his body looked to be a mix of Palitoy and Hasbro parts, in particular the arms and legs.
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I found a nice pair of hard hands, feet and lower legs.
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Then I noticed that his eyebrows were in need of a makeover.
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So, I gave them a little bit of a touch up.
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Next, a uniform, and after a bit of trial and error I settled on a sailor look, adding the vintage shoulder holster so that he has a weapon.
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Finally, I found a repro dog tag for him. I think he's turned out well, what do you think?
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PostSubject: Re: A Christmas Present To Me From Me   A Christmas Present To Me From Me Icon_minitimeSun Jan 01, 2023 7:37 pm

He looks great! cheers You certainly have a knack for spotting great deals on ebay!

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PostSubject: Re: A Christmas Present To Me From Me   A Christmas Present To Me From Me Icon_minitimeSun Jan 01, 2023 8:54 pm

Nice restoration! A great gift to yourself, and to the entire hobby by bringing a damaged, neglected figure back to full fighting form!

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PostSubject: Re: A Christmas Present To Me From Me   A Christmas Present To Me From Me Icon_minitimeSun Jan 01, 2023 8:56 pm

Great restoration.

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PostSubject: Re: A Christmas Present To Me From Me   A Christmas Present To Me From Me Icon_minitimeSun Jan 01, 2023 11:24 pm

He looks superb , good work . What is a good price for a vintage Painted Head these days ?

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PostSubject: Re: A Christmas Present To Me From Me   A Christmas Present To Me From Me Icon_minitimeMon Jan 02, 2023 4:43 am

Chip wrote:
He looks superb , good work . What is a good price for a vintage Painted Head these days ?

£20?
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PostSubject: Re: A Christmas Present To Me From Me   A Christmas Present To Me From Me Icon_minitimeMon Jan 02, 2023 12:20 pm

I think you would be exceptionally lucky to pick one up for that these days at £20 , I think you can double that plus for a decent one eBay .

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PostSubject: Re: A Christmas Present To Me From Me   A Christmas Present To Me From Me Icon_minitimeMon Jan 02, 2023 3:15 pm

Wow he looks sharp now! Great job! cheers cheers cheers

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PostSubject: Re: A Christmas Present To Me From Me   A Christmas Present To Me From Me Icon_minitimeMon Jan 02, 2023 3:56 pm

Chip wrote:
I think you would be exceptionally lucky to pick one up for that these days at £20 , I think you can double that plus for a decent one eBay .

I got this one for 20 quid, plus postage... Very Happy
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PostSubject: Re: A Christmas Present To Me From Me   A Christmas Present To Me From Me Icon_minitimeMon Jan 02, 2023 4:01 pm

It’s the mainstay of my collection, just love resto’s like this.
Top job!

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PostSubject: Re: A Christmas Present To Me From Me   A Christmas Present To Me From Me Icon_minitimeMon Jan 02, 2023 5:16 pm

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Chip wrote:
I think you would be exceptionally lucky to pick one up for that these days at £20 , I think you can double that plus for a decent one eBay .

I got this one for 20 quid, plus postage... Very Happy

That was a steal !

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PostSubject: Re: A Christmas Present To Me From Me   A Christmas Present To Me From Me Icon_minitimeSun Jan 08, 2023 1:54 am

Fantastic! I love seeing old action men restored!

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PostSubject: Re: A Christmas Present To Me From Me   A Christmas Present To Me From Me Icon_minitimeSun Jan 08, 2023 8:35 am

Great rescue Ralph! You did a smashing job bringing him back into action!

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PostSubject: Re: A Christmas Present To Me From Me   A Christmas Present To Me From Me Icon_minitimeFri Jul 14, 2023 7:48 pm

UPDATE:

I have been thinking putting a French Resistance set together for a long time, but always put off by the vintage outfit of black roll-neck jumper and jeans. So, I thought I'd put a kitbash together, so at least I can complete the SOTC collection (kind of)… the beret from my childhood collection, fits this paint head perfectly (now called Pierre)… thought I'd give him the clip together luger case, as the resistance worked somewhat incognito.

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Trouble is he can't read the instructions...  Smile
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PostSubject: Re: A Christmas Present To Me From Me   A Christmas Present To Me From Me Icon_minitimeFri Jul 14, 2023 8:00 pm

Superb kitbash cheers

Much more in keeping with what they would have worn cheers

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PostSubject: Re: A Christmas Present To Me From Me   A Christmas Present To Me From Me Icon_minitimeFri Jul 14, 2023 8:47 pm

Very smart Ralph!

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PostSubject: Re: A Christmas Present To Me From Me   A Christmas Present To Me From Me Icon_minitimeSat Sep 16, 2023 2:01 pm

Late to the party on this thread but great job on the repair; and the assignment to the French resistance. He looks more accurate now; but Hasbro was probably making something out of imagination than historical events. They also needed parts to be reused; so the sailors jeans and the turtleneck sweater that would later go to the aquanaut.

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PostSubject: Re: A Christmas Present To Me From Me   A Christmas Present To Me From Me Icon_minitimeSat Sep 16, 2023 7:58 pm

Nice work on the restoration and those eyebrows look spot on the Navy kit looked great as does the FFI French Resistance bash cheers cheers cheers

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PostSubject: Re: A Christmas Present To Me From Me   A Christmas Present To Me From Me Icon_minitimeSat Sep 16, 2023 9:28 pm

I think he looks French-tastic in his French Resistance set. I’m loving his brown leather jacket.

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