What's your current project?

[Myles_Falworth]

This is my latest project Joe. He needs to be restrung, but also someone (probably the kid who owned him) drew on his face and chest with something I cannot remove. I tried with alcohol and Qtips tonight and couldn't make any difference after a long time scrubbing. I wonder if the peroxide would work on this. It seems like it could be a Sharpie pen that did the damage.

[inntruderr61]

Well done job with your Talkers... Looking good!

[ATC]

Time is one thing that's always in short supply...
:-(
- ATC

[Myles_Falworth]

The Gi Joe Quartermaster had a very busy Joe day at Adventure Team Headquarters. It's a federal holiday, so I had some time to kill. I put both the talking action soldier and the commander in nice uniforms today. I also went through some purchases still piled on my desk, and put them with the Gi Joes that are dressed in the uniforms from those sets. So I put a jacket and repro equipment pulley and sling in the box for Breeches Buoy, I put a nice red jumpsuit for Volcano Jumper with the Joe that has that set, and took out the older red jumpsuit (which I plan to sell). I also found my three punches, which I plan to use to build my muscle body Joes. So those are now where I can find them. I also took 3 of my newest Joes and put them in boxes with labels so when they are reflocked, I'll know which head goes with which Gi Joe body. I'm about to send 4 heads to Flock Concepts.

I also identified two talkers which I need help with, so I'll be asking Scott Wilde to fix the talker mechanisms on at least one of them. I also found a head for a headless Commander I have, and put it on the body. And I put the missing pieces of my French Resistance Fighter set with the figure I've dressed in that outfit. So he now has his dagger, sub machine gun with strap, his beret and some short black boots. He also received his brown shoulder holster with Lebel revolver. I think I have his Croix de Guerre here somewhere. It will need to be found, and then he can have that too. I also have some boots coming in from Ebay since several newer team members are barefoot. I also ordered a nice Crash Crew uniform, a bubble canopy for the spare cab on the Mobile Support Center, and two vintage black zippers which I'm hoping to scavenge to repair my orange scuba suit zipper. All in all a day of major improvements for my Joe collection. I'm hoping to have another productive day soon if I have the time.

[ATC]

Very nice.
Well done!
Congrats on your new team members!
- ATC

[Myles_Falworth]

And here they are side by side.

[Myles_Falworth]

Here is the Talking Soldier, before and after. He also has been restrung, and had the voice repaired. His voice is clear as a bell, and loud. Very nice. I still need to remove the blue spots from his face, and I'm thinking about attempting to give him some new hair. We'll see. Somewhere I saved a guide on which paints to use for painted hair Joes. Then he needs a new uniform (he didn't come with one), and tall brown boots, which I have already. I'll post more photos when he's dressed and his face is clear.

[Myles_Falworth]

It's been a busy couple of months. I haven't had any time for hobbies, with work, and planning for retirement. But I took these new photos tonight as an update on the restoration of the Talking Soldier and the AT Commander figures I promised. So here they are. First up, the Commander. He is now cleaned, and restrung, and has his voice fixed, however the words are very hard to understand, even if they are loud. Maybe cleaning the tape or replacing the needle will help.

[Myles_Falworth]

You got it!

[ATC]

Let's see the before and after pics side by side when you're done!
:-)
- ATC

[Myles_Falworth]

I reached a decision yesterday and made a deal to bring Scott Wilde in on two restorations. He will fix the voice for the Action "Soldier" (what I think he is) in post 197 & 198 above, and also the AT Commander in post 217. So then in October, I'll have two more working Gi Joes in my collection. Scott has helped me many times with fixing talkers, and has never failed to return a Gi Joe in good working order. I'm looking forward to picking these up from him and shaking his hand again at the Kane County show. He also now does repairs to the Troubleshooter talking units. I have one of those which will be either shipped to him or dropped off in October.

The Commander got his face washed tonight. He has no eyebrows, but looks much better than in the photos. More cleaning will be done once the voices are working, especially on the Talking Soldier, which needs a deep cleaning.

[Myles_Falworth]

That's what I like about this older format - the bulletin board websites. You can find your old posts easily, and reflect on what you've said and done. And also find your photos!

[ATC]

I looked back at the first post when I started this thread. I listed two projects I was working on.
- M5 kangaroo - I ended up putting a quasi interior into that tank and mounted the 37 mm anti-tank gun in the turret rather than that silly dart-shooting cannon. The turret is removable, so it would pass for a kangaroo, although I never detailed the interior like one, nor did I add any British decals. I'm going to call that one "done."
- Joe Rocketship - I'm finally getting around to this one, at last! I started that description in a new thread. I have been road locked by an inability to find a big piece of sheet plastic. Solved that problem!

It's funny how time flies...
- ATC

[ATC]

Well done! It sounds like you had fun putting them all together too! Good luck on your job application.
HUZZAH!
- ATC

[Myles_Falworth]

Here are the three new Joes from posts 207 and 209. I finally got hands for all of them. I should also have boots for them, and maybe even holsters. I'll have to decide which uniforms to put them in. I'll post photos once they are outfitted. This was a nice project. All still have original stringing, and were restored with original parts. Two will need reflocking. That will happen shortly once I find out if I get a job I've applied for internal to my organization. The scratched LA intrigues me the most. He must have done a belly crawl in a creek bed back in the 70s. I remember a commercial where Joe did just that, and always wanted to with my Joe - except there was no creek near my home. He'll be put in rugged gear of some kind, since he had a rugged life.