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**Myles_Falworth** · 03-11-2026, 08:33 PM

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Today a "new" Seawolf sub surfaced at my dock. It's a project sub. I bought it for parts but it has a lot of possibilities. The main issue is that the plastic has yellowed. It's also missing one of the diving planes. But it has a periscope and a rudder both intact, and also has nice stickers mostly in the right places. The dome is very cloudy, so I started by washing it with a soft toothbrush and some Dawn detergent. It took away the cloudiness, but it's still tinted yellow.

Here's a shot of the dome at the beginning of restoration. It's cleared a lot since washing. I may stick with this sub, or scavenge it for the parts I was missing, it even has the gripper that goes on the prow. Mine is warped and can't be used.

**GeekDragon** · 03-12-2026, 04:06 PM

Nice

**Myles_Falworth** · 03-15-2026, 09:57 PM

Friday I took another step in decluttering my study. I put all of the Mego figures in a plastic bin, and got them off of my desk. Then I moved my remaining helicopter parts into a bin in the basement, and brought up the other Seawolf sub which I had in that container. Turns out it is cracked as I had thought. It's stickers are in bad shape and it came with almost none of the pieces it's supposed to have. So it will get sold before long. Maybe as part of a lot. The other Seawolf which arrived yesterday was missing one fin. I popped one off of the Sub from the container, and put it on the nicer sub, so now it is complete, and my nicest Seawolf is also whole.

I have only one periscope and one rudder between the two nicer subs. They have all the other hardware except for the floating mirror and pump. I have a few pumps but only one mirror, and it's missing one of the floats. I also think I need a plastic hose and also an orange breathing hose to plug into my best sub. I think I have one long one in my parts boxes. I'll have to look. Between all of them I have one complete Seawolf, minus the orange hose, the clear hose and the white float. Soon this set will be complete. I will restore the stickers on my nicest Seawolf, and use the ones I got from Cotswold. I'm looking forward to starting on the sticker removal. It's a big job. Maybe my shipyard workers will handle it.

As the weather is improving, I will start work on the talker figure from last year. I will begin with cutting the felt pads it needs, and then find a way to apply silicone and lubricate it and clean it. Then I'll reassemble and hope it works. Then I'll know what kind of talker it is. Very exciting. My first talker rebuild.

**Myles_Falworth** · 03-22-2026, 03:22 PM

Yesterday I continued clearing off the desk late at night. I found the screen printed rudder for the sub, and a new looking long orange hose and face mask for it. I also found the rudder decals. And lastly I discovered the decals for the whole sub which I bought some time ago from Cotswold. So I'm getting a little more organized at last.

Also, I purchased a box for the Adventure Team Mobile Support Vehicle. It's in bad shape but was only $50. I think I overpaid. I'll try to restore it some. It has paper hanging off of one flap, and some others are peeling too. There's a video by Toy Tinker Tim showing how to restore a small box, and it has some insights I'll use to at least keep this one from falling apart any further. I'll post pics when I have time.

**Myles_Falworth** · 05-11-2026, 03:15 AM

I hope everyone wished their Mothers, and wives a happy Mother's Day. Yesterday I decided to work on my study again, and got out a large Cotswold box with many of the figures I've worked on and posted photos of here. In the process I found my Bulletman figure and also my talker I've been wanting to resume work on. I found the felt pads are in the box, and I added a new speaker to the box, since the old one is very beat up and worn.

I've been at home for the past month and a half nearly all day every day. My father in law is back in the hospital again, and so I'm here watching my 23 year old son who has classic Autism. He usually sleeps during the afternoon while his mom is gone. And I am thinking of trying to put the pads on the talker mechanism tomorrow, and maybe see if I can take the metal spindle out for inspection without destroying the spring and other parts. We'll see. If I do, I will post pictures. I want to work on my other Muscle body Joe before tackling Bulletman. I've already glued the arms back together, but I don't know where the box is. I'll keep searching. I've been rereading my thread and some of the Action Man threads which show some restorations, and I'm feeling more inspired. I hope to begin tomorrow or the next day.

**Myles_Falworth** · 05-13-2026, 05:38 PM

Originally posted by Myles_Falworth View Post

Joe arrived today from Alabama. He is not a gummy head after all. He does have a painted rivet, patent pending body, with beefy hands and baby feet. Both arms are broken at the section just below the shoulder joint. Also both calfs are very badly cracked. The forearms and the shoulder pieces each have cracks, but are not too loose. I will likely keep those. But will at least need to replace one or both calfs, and the pieces just below the shoulder (the elbow joint). I'll be sorting through my parts box tonight and seeing whether I can match the parts with other painted rivet parts. The figure also has one intact tall brown boot, and a nice field jacket in great condition, and a nice Action Soldier uniform, except that the pants are missing snaps on one side.

I'm looking over the 1964 Joe from post 178. Trying to restart some older projects I never finished. I could reassemble this Joe now, since I have new lower biceps in place. The lower legs are severely cracked, and I'm thinking about replacing them too. I have some vintage replacements, but not the same year or color. I may just use a newer one and call it a day. I still need a left boot (rubber) so if anyone has one, I'd be greatly obliged. I'm hoping to find one at Joelanta if not here or somewhere else. Then once I get the snap sewn onto this Joe's trousers, I may be ready to take photos for you.

**Myles_Falworth** · 05-15-2026, 07:08 AM

Here is a progress report on a 1964 Joe I've been working on. The original "before" photos are on post 266 in this thread. As you can see I've replaced the bicep pieces and reattached the arms. The calves are badly cracked as you can see. I'm trying to decide whether to replace them too. Then I will be searching for a rubber right boot. Someone sold one on the original Trenches site a few years ago. I hope I can find one.

Here are some photos.