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« Reply #60 on: October 01, 2012, 02:59:29 PM » |
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DUDE! An actual Power Loader! AND an APC! What line is that from? Gonna be awesome! Love the USCM stuff (if ya didn't know already).
Also, I totally had that MASK set as a wee lad. Looks minty fresh! Nice work.
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« Reply #61 on: October 01, 2012, 07:18:53 PM » |
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So awesome that you restored another treasure from your childhood. This thing looks like you just pulled it from the box!
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« Reply #62 on: October 01, 2012, 11:38:51 PM » |
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Hey DO
The Powerloader is from the Kenner Aliens line and the APC is a GI Joe RHINO.
Am quite annoyed at myself as I did own a load more MASK toys but in a mad moment I sold them all on the 'bay! May need to track down a Thunderhawk again. However I do still have my vintage Optimus Prime almost ready to restore as well!
Thanks for watching!
Ray
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« Reply #63 on: October 03, 2012, 01:41:17 AM » |
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Glad to see there are some other old MASK fans on here too! I must grab me a Thunderhawk and Gator to work on at some point! Carrying on with fixing up my old toys for the upcoming Wookie-Cave here is my next project...  This guy will be getting a total takedown and rebuild. I'll be replacing all of the broken / missing parts with an eBay donor and adding new stickers to Prime himself (the trailer seems ok!) |
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« Reply #64 on: October 03, 2012, 04:27:02 AM » |
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OH my gosh cannot wait to see this!  |
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« Reply #65 on: October 03, 2012, 07:23:13 AM » |
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Now your talking Good ole Optimus Prime. this i am really looking forward to seeing completed... Art
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« Reply #66 on: October 09, 2012, 12:08:44 AM » |
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Ok folks I finished Optimus last night and here's a few pics...  Broken smoke stack  Broken fender I bought a replacement OP from EBay and did a total take down. Sadly as I haven't found a decent chrome paint I've used silver and a gloss varnish. However strangely enough he now looks more like his cartoon version! I was really surprised by the quality of engineering that went into these early TFs, unlike today's efforts which are normally just ball joint sockets, swivels and kibble!! I'm mean look at these shots of OP's arms  I've restickered the whole cab, replaced missing parts like Roller, missiles, trailer door, fists and rifle. Photos to follow tonight!! Thanks as always, Ray |
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« Reply #67 on: October 09, 2012, 08:23:44 AM » |
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« Reply #68 on: October 09, 2012, 09:19:47 AM » |
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Nice restoration on this!
If you need a chrome spraypaint, try Rustoleum "Plastic" brand, I think the color is called "Gloss Silver" or "metallic silver" - I got it at Home Depot in the states - it is an acrylic glossy silver that *should* match Primes smokestacks.
Also Krylon has an enamel spraypaint I've used many, many times on vintage TFs, Takara, and Bandai stuff to fix vac-plated toy parts. It works great but it *will* react with some plastics, especially the cheaper model-kit type, so try it out on a scrap piece first. Worked great on old Takara Diaclone stuff but reacted badly with some vintage Bandai parts.
You did a great job on this guy, he looks really clean and nice!
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« Reply #69 on: October 10, 2012, 01:40:42 AM » |
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Thanks FE, I shall have a good look for those paints here in the UK! Feels good to have completed OP after all these years of him laying in a dust covered box up inside the loft! He is back on display with my other Autobots now...
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« Reply #70 on: October 10, 2012, 04:54:43 AM » |
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This was one I always wanted as a kid and never got. It is nice to see it in its glory. On the front page.
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« Reply #71 on: October 10, 2012, 05:06:07 AM » |
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Looks great! Awesome work Ray!
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« Reply #72 on: October 10, 2012, 06:14:17 AM » |
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Ray, You have done it once again !!! i was waiting to see this update. Optimus was may favorite from the transformers , and you have done an excellent job restoring him !!! all the best... Art
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« Reply #73 on: October 10, 2012, 10:40:04 AM » |
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Thanks for the FP Tamer  And thanks to you guys as usual! It seems that every day I get a new a crazy idea for a custom project... Well here's today's!  I'm having some building work done at the moment and to facilitate this I've had to clear out my garage. In doing so I found my four Action Fleet Rebel Star Fighters! "So what?" you may say. Well you all know that I can now produce my own vintage decals and water slide transfers, so what I'm going to do is this! Repaint and slightly mod the AF ships, print mini versions of the vintage kenner decals!!! Yes that's right - rather than go with ultra realistic paint jobs these guys are going to look like shrunken versions of their 1970s-1980's cousins!!! Yeah I'm a bit odd, I know...I also like Ez Cheese... |
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« Reply #74 on: October 22, 2012, 06:07:53 AM » |
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A long time ago in a galaxy far away there was the 1970's (just ask a few of us about them if you're too young to remember!) bad hair, good rock music and other assorted awesomeness, including my favourite era of SW toys! I was going to junk a few Action Fleet ships I found laying about - instead I decided to retro them up! Here is the first...    The paint job is nice and simple - no washing or dry brushing needed! The decals are actual scaled down copies of the Kenner originals and produced as water slide decals by my own hand! The Y-Wing is next, thanks for looking!!! |
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