What's your current project?

[Myles_Falworth]

This week I finished the new Action Sailor in dungarees. Here he is. I also (today) went through my parts bin. I realized that now that I have two complete sets of feet, that I could probably build two new Joes completely out of the parts. So I did that this afternoon. I am in the process of finding heads for both, and then I will finish and post the pics up here for anyone interested.

One of the "new" figures needs restringing, and I also have at least two other figures which need to be restrung. One is a figure I just got from Ebay who looks great except for a mashed ball joint in his left hip. I have the extra ball joint, but will need to restring him to put it in place. So today I ordered 4 new "Oh No Floppy Joe! Restring Kits from Marshall Made Collectibles. My preferred stop for restringing the legs and head. I still like the Cots restring kits for restringing arms. So I keep both on hand. I also have acquired a few new tools, including a few of the ones I keep seeing in Toy Tinker Tim's great restoration videos. I'm hoping to keep improving my skills in the repair and restoration of Gi Joe and his equipment and accessories. I do think for AT figures though, I'll keep leaving the reflocking to the experts.

I don't see much activity here these days, so if you like what I'm posting, do me a favor and hit "like". Then I'll know to continue. I have several more projects in various stages of completion. When I've got some of them done, I'll post more photos. One I have mostly finished is the Troubleshooter vehicle. It has repro antennas but the rest is vintage.

[Myles_Falworth]

Well I'm gearing up to do some more restorations. I have a headless patent pending body which has nice painted rivets, and I just purchased a blond PH head from Ebay. So that will make a new Action Sailor. I think I'll put him in dungarees, with the mint sailor shirt I traded for. That will make a total of 3 Sailors in working uniforms. I also purchased two more AT Commander arms from Ebay, and they will be used (or parts will be used) to finish restoration of one or two Commanders I have which are in need of several repairs - including to the talking functions. One of them just needs a 50 year old knot in the talker sting untied and smoothed, and then that one may talk fine. I'll post some pics if I can get some of these done soon. I will be starting a week of vacation on Friday, so maybe I'll have time to wrap one or two of these up. Hope so. Stay tuned!

[Myles_Falworth]

Yesterday I decided to go through all of the vintage Joes I have which aren't currently being displayed. I laid them all out on the bed, and then replaced the KFG hands on two of them. Then I took photos of all of them for some online files I've been building. I'll use the photos to keep track of what I've got, and which box they are in, as well as try to match them up with the Ebay photos of them at the time of purchase. My goal is to decide when I have enough Joes to fill all the uniforms I've accumulated for them. For AT figures, it going to be mostly 1 of each uniform type (from the AT sets). I'll also keep a few of the original AT members in their normal uniforms. The military figures I've got will eventually number 4 Shore Patrol Sailors, and 3 Action Sailors - some in Navy Attack garb. I also plan to have two complete Green Berets, 1 Army MP, and a couple of Marine Dress Parade Joes, plus some Joes in fatigues and in beachhead assault gear. In other words, it's not a huge collection. I plan to keep it that way. The Joes I counted in the boxes yesterday numbered 27. Finished an inventory this evening, and I have a grand total of 70 vintage Joes. 24 PH figures, and 46 Adventure Team Joes. Guess you can see where the emphasis is in my collection!

[Myles_Falworth]

Just got back 6 heads from Ray at Flock Concepts. This is the second and possibly last group for a while to be reflocked. They all really needed it. So now they are all reunited with their bodies. All are original to the figures, except the gray one. He was from a large lot I bought some time ago. No body came with the lot. But I found one for him. His face was all carved up - but I could tell he was a Land Adventurer. Some kid(s) tried to "shave" him possibly to make him a Man of Action. So now he at least has his original hairline restored. But the experience has turned him grey. I think he'll be the shopkeeper for the new GI Joe Dive Shop I plan to build. He looks pretty salty! I'm also going to need to tighten up some of the arm joints, which are really floppy on one or two figures. And I plan to replace the old discolored KFG hands with the new Geyperman hands from Cotswold. They just look a whole lot better. None of these guys came with any uniforms or equipment. So I'm still in the process of getting them outfitted.

[oliver]

Fantastic!

[ATC]

Very nice!!!

[Myles_Falworth]

Well I'm on a roll! I managed to hammer out the wrist peg on the Air Adventurer. Harder than I thought. I had to put the forearm in a vise and then hammer it out. Worked well though. No cracks! So now he's got a new left hand. I also washed his face today for the first time, and he looks almost new! So now I've put him in my best remaining Air Adventurer jumper and given him one of my small stock of sidearms. All he needs now is a repro AT logo and he's good to go

[oliver]

Very cool! Great results for sure. I especially like the 2 shades of red. I used to think it was just my eye sight (or photo lighting) that saw different shades of red. Now I know.

[Myles_Falworth]

My newly reflocked heads arrived today from Flock Concepts. These were reflocked by Ray, and I'm very happy with the results. The material is different from the old days, and shows a shimmer when bright light is shown on them, however the colors are very nice, and I even got two different shades of red - just like back in the day! Here they are! See each photo for more comments. Enjoy!

[Myles_Falworth]

Well, I wasn't quick enough on the draw apparently. I lost out on the large set with 4 vehicles. Bummer. But the heads are inbound and should arrive on Monday. Then I'll be mounting them and probably taking photos of the "new" AT guys. Some are the ones I've featured in this thread, and some are from other Joes I've bought and had put away until their hair could be restored. I'll probably do a group photo, and then refer to the ones you've seen here before. After that, I'll have another 6 to 8 heads needing reflocking. I'll probably go back with Flock Concepts since their flocking looks really nice - like the originals. Exactly what I wanted. I also have a new dvd cabinet arriving Sunday, and that will allow me to clear shelf space for many Adventure Team members in various AT uniforms - mostly from 1973 to be displayed. I'm really looking forward to that day. I only have the HQ, and three shelves of Joes displayed right now. I also have another Man of Action which needs restringing, and several of the Joes in the next batch to be reflocked also need new KFG hands. I can accomodate them all with the stock of Geyperman hands I've accumulated. So it will be a lot of projects coming up anyway, and some nice Joes to display at the end of it all. I hope to make it to the Kentuckiana show this year again, but so many things are piling up on the homefront that it's looking doubtful. I also won't make Joelanta this year either - but plan to one day soon. I was even invited out to Hawaii for my friend's retirement from the USN, and I don't see any way I can do that either. So I'll be working on the displays and hoping to acquire more nice pieces on Ebay or at Joezeta's auctions. Both good places to find Joe!

[Myles_Falworth]

Last night I got some new restring kits from Marshall Made Collectibles. I like them for the long elastic which connects the head and the legs. Anyway, I pulled out the figure from post #32 and #35 and restrung his legs and neck post. The head is off at Flock Concepts getting the treatment, and when it gets back I'll remount it, and post some "after" photos. Then this Joe will be outfitted in blue jeans, red flannel shirt and leather bomber jacket. He'll be my first "casual" Joe. I also just might be making a deal for a huge collection including a bunch of Joes and 4 vehicles. I'll post pics if I manage to make the deal. If so, I'll have a bunch of restoration projects to work on, and probably some new things to sell too. If so, they'll go up on my Ebay page. I'll let everyone know first though. Looking forward to another year of projects, and especially of bringing old Joes back to life. One of the best parts of the hobby!!

[GeekDragon]

Looking good. I love seeing pics of old broken Joes brought back to life.

[Myles_Falworth]

Tonight I felt like doing a little work on one of my many Joe projects. So I dragged out my parts bin, and the Cots restring kits and restrung my Air Adventurer that I bought in pieces (and missing a few). I've outfitted him with a "new" right forearm and hand, and I also happened to have a spare abdomen in the box, so he got that too. Who knows how long this guy has been unassembled? The connectors inside were pretty rusted out, but the exterior rivets all look fine. I am going to put on a left hand as soon as I knock out the broken peg from his left wrist, and remove the hand from one of my arms not in use. Then he'll get a decent orange jumpsuit I have waiting for him. Here he is so far. The pics before in pieces are at post 71 above. Enjoy!

[ATC]

Congrats,m GIJOE MOA! Those repro boxed sets came out GREAT!
Huzzah!
- ATC

[GIJOEMOA]

I finally got around to sewing these sets into these beautiful reproduction boxes I acquired on Ebay. My cutting was off on all three (corrected on a fourth box which I haven't started) but they still look great.