Great Escape-Virgil Hilts-HH PH re-paint.

Firstly kudos to TOM K for thinking of me to send this very poor condition head too, and it was
in a bad condition, ingrained dirt , no hair paint and a big rip in the back of the head.....poor buggar!

The head itself is an original hard head, its original colour Blonde. So after many hours of sanding and cleaning
and painting.....it's done!!

Also a big thanks to Red 'wheels' Dragon and Dal' the hands' blondeaction man, without who the Great Escape from the bin would not have been completed!!

...start whistling!!











The clothes are a re-tailored Adventurer jumper washed to lighten the colour, Hasbro Indiana Jones Leather, Modern Joe pants and Dragon boots. The hair colour is Zandri Dust by Citadel.

Superb!!! you have done an amazing job on him! really given him a new lease of life , and to bash him as Steve mcQueen, genius mate . Really pleased to be a help in such a great project

Brilliant BB, another class bash.

Nice one, Paul!

These photo workings are really good, I like the paper effect, it's kind of a bibulous paper finish. Well done on bringing that noggin back to life again

Sweet ! one of my all time favourite sunday afternoon/bank holiday war flicks !

Stunning !!!!!!!

excellent .........fantastic bash

Paul...you are master of the art of head restoration! Great looking head now and great bash and photography!

Great job all the way around!

Great looking version of the Cooler King! I remember seeing the 21st version on the shelves about 15 years back. Still kick myself for not grabbing one. They go for a pretty penny nowadays!

-Nate

Beautifully done!!!

Thanks,
Brian

brownboots wrote:

Firstly kudos to TOM K for thinking of me to send this very poor condition head too, and it was
in a bad condition, ingrained dirt , no hair paint and a big rip in the back of the head.....poor buggar!
..start whistling!!

he looks factory fresh how did you get rid of the ingrained dirt may i ask

blueboxier wrote:

brownboots wrote:

Firstly kudos to TOM K for thinking of me to send this very poor condition head too, and it was
in a bad condition, ingrained dirt , no hair paint and a big rip in the back of the head.....poor buggar!
..start whistling!!

he looks factory fresh how did you get rid of the ingrained dirt may i ask

Elbow grease mainly!....I had it soaking in some hot soapy water first then toothbrushed
Most of the tighter stuff off, then I used really light grade wet and dry and just tried
To soften the whole damage off. The surprising thing I found is the ' texture' of the head, I
Don't have a untouched mint in box HH to compare it too ( who does?) but when sanded the
'waxy ness ' of the HH complexion dissappeared leaving it looking like the later softer painted heads!
To finish I used Testors Dullcote Acrylic sealer.

Another ' old soldier' saved...it was worth all the agonising hours!

TOM K set me the challenge of restoring him.....he thinks I passed and that's
Good enough for me! Hope you've enjoyed seeing it too?

Next.....some PH EE's!!?...fear the worst!

Excellent work! Looks like a good candidate for the photo contest this month...

very nice work..........Wouw!!!!!!!!

This is fantastic!! and a scene from one of all time favourite films.

To see one of my heroes in one of my favourite films is just about as good as it gets!!!

Neil.

Fantastic looking pics the head re paint looks great I'd like to see the original before the paint job

Ian