What's your current project?

[Myles_Falworth]

Okay! Newest project (a small one but significant). I'm in the process of setting up Adventure Team Headquarters! It is now on top of the hutch of a desk in my study, and waiting to raise the tower and move in the gear. The Joes are already up there working, but the Commander is still driving in. I hope to have photos of the completed layout in the next day or so. For now, the move is on. The only casualty so far was a reproduction tripod leg for the Tank Commander's radio. I'll have to beg Matsquatch customs for a new one. Other than that it's been smooth sailing.

[inntruderr61]

Well as a adult collector my divers never had vintage suits... Always wore reproduction... So decided to change that and picked these vintage suits up...
Right now I'm on the hunt for a vintage Action Marine box...Other then that its been quiet here on the Gijoe front...

[GeekDragon]

Looking good Myles!

[ATC]

Nice! Huzzah!!!

[Myles_Falworth]

Today I dug out my bag of drag bike parts, thinking I could assemble 2 complete bikes. Well, I found I hadn't yet gotten a new rear axle made, so only one is assembled today. This one is 100% vintage. The next one will have the currystoys red end caps and connector on the axles and the steering column. So I'll have a vintage and a modern fix-me-up version of the bike. Here's the vintage one. All it needs is a little TLC to look new. Nothing a little black paint, a chrome pen, and some new stickers won't solve.

[GeekDragon]

Looking good.

[Myles_Falworth]

I haven't had much time for projects lately. Lots of stuff going on on the homefront. My Land Adventurer head finally arrived after several weeks. This is the head for the figure from Post 27 above. I had the spot on his chin filled in, and the small patch on the left side of his head is now also patched. The rest of the flocking is still original. I have reattached the head, and here are some "after" photos for you! I haven't decided which uniform set to outfit him with yet. He still has a loose right knee, and a loose right ankle joint (which will be okay once I get a boot on the foot. So he will require a figure stand, or maybe I'll put him on a drag bike. Not sure yet. Anyway, he's finished for now. Next up will be to send several heads out for reflocking. Then I have a figure from posts 32 and 35 above which needs restringing. I'll post pics when he's reassembled.

[oliver]

Your Big Trapper looks amazing! Well done!

[tonyflash]

I stopped playing with my Joes when I discovered girls can be fun to play with when I was about 13. I did however admire the Big Trapper when in came out in 1976 as I was a huge MSV fan when it came out. Recently decided to add the Big Trapper set to my collection after all these years. It would cost me about 4 bills to purchase a complete set with the box. So with this in mind I have slowly began purchasing what I need for the set a little at a time. As we all know this does not come cheap but I hope to keep it way under 4 bills. Even had to have an Commander Intruder shipped from across the pond. A really nice lady gave me a great deal on a mint one.

Here is my completed Big Trapper set. I had to purchase three of them to get everything I needed. Sold off the extras. Did well regarding final cost.

[ATC]

After the kentuckiana expo, I also had a chance to put together an accidental Russian. Accidental because I didn't go there with an objective of finding one. But I scored a super deal on a brown-haired SOW and an awesome looking uniform, so I couldn't resist. Instead of the vintage gear, I loaded him up with a PPSH-41 and added a spare magazine pouch on his belt. The Tokarev pistol was a nice touch with a pleather case. The binocular case was made of a similar material and looked pretty cool on the vintage figure, so I used it. This ended up being another kitbash modern-ish vintage figure. I think the vintage Russian accessories were pretty terrible, so this is a huge improvement!


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picking through everybody's "buck boxes" at the Kentucky expo and in my own junk box at home, I found everything I needed, except for the furry hat! Myles_Falworth sent me a really cool CC era Russian hat to complete the look (thanks, Myles) - this is how Hasbro should have done it back in the 60s!
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- ATC
www.gijoe.50megs.com

[ATC]

????After the KY Expo, I finally got to finish a vintage German. I scored a great deal on a blonde SOW (thanks, Ricky) with original vintage uniform and helmet. I already had several odds and ends in my junk box. I like the Dragon schmeisser better than the vintage one, so that's what I used. The Dragon P-38 is far superior to the original vintage Luger, too. So this is actually a kitbash vintage upgrade sort of figure. But I like it.

[Myles_Falworth]

Well, over a week has gone by. All I've done is to put the Emergency Rescue set on one of my Sea Adventurers. Had lots of family stuff to deal with, plus catching up on work. I'll post again when I have something else done and some more pictures. I did hear from the guy reflocking (partially) the head from post #27 above. The head should have shipped today, so I'll post the completed figure pics once the head gets here.

[Myles_Falworth]

Friday night I finally got the upper right bicep for my Bulletman. It's a little rough, with some large areas of missing chrome. I think it can be fixed up easily with a chrome pen however. It will be a while before I can begin restoration. I just got back from Kentuckiana, and the work its piled up. However I'm happy to have all the parts (except for one missing red boot) to finish my Bulletman. I'll post photos once I'm done.

[oliver]

Wow! He turned out really great!

[Myles_Falworth]

If you were wanting to see pics of the Adventurer, here he is! The hand can wait for now, and the hip joints are not that bad, so I didn't restring him after all. Here he is dressed out in his finery. I'll get a new group shot of the whole Adventure Team once the Kentucky show is done and I have my Talking MOA back and dressed.