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  • eBay Rescue

    Bought an adventure team figure cheap on eBay. He was in really rough shape. KFG missing fingers 1 foot ball joint cracked very badly hair was rubbed and mangy-looking. Beautiful warm look pretty good, except for the holes. I soaked the head in hot water overnight (I kept heating the water repeatedly until bedtime then just let it sit) and the next morning used a blunt fingernail and a blunted toothpick to scrape the head clean and get rid of all the old hair and glue.
    Here's here's Joe ready for flocking.
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    Here's Joe fresh out of the flocker.

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    • #3

      I added action man gripping hands (cots) and feet from Cots. 40th Marine uniform, club shoulder holster, some vintage boots, and he's ready for a mission!
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      Last edited by ATC; 03-05-2019, 04:19 AM.

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      • #4

        Hair color is between red and blonde. To illustrate, here's New Joe with vintage land and sea guys, with a club air adventurer. You can see the hair color of rescue Joe is unique. I was shooting for the color of my son's hair, and failed... I like the color anyway, though.
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        • #5

          Looks really good. You should've done a before pic though.
          The Joe Collecting "Geek".
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          • #6

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            Here is "before."
            Last edited by ATC; 03-06-2019, 01:39 AM.

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            • #7

              Nailed it, nice save!

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              • #8

                nice work!

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                • #9

                  It wouldn't have been so awesome without the FlockMaster 2000-P!
                  http://italspat.iwarp.com/Flockmaster.htm
                  Ha!

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                  • #10

                    Looks nice - thanks for sharing.

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