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Retro Figure (Vietnam Mold) Swaps and Breakdowns
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09-18-2021, 07:00 PM
HissHissFangFan
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Finally found this figure. Swapped out the helmet and weapon from DG Duke, and the head from Resolute Duke. I was hoping to army build a generic greenshirt army, but this was the only Joe head I could find that fit relatively well (need to drill the head a bit to bring it down and reduce the neck). Aside from Marauder heads, what else are you using on this guy?
Here are heads I've used that I'm sticking with for now
2021-07-06_11-10-19
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2021-09-03_02-36-29
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HissHissFangFang
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Chuckles, MTF, Retaliation Flint, MTR, Retro Crankcase, 25th Breaker, Resolute Duke. All had to be modded to fit the new larger ball joint and bigger neck sculpt. There are other heads I had ready to test if needed, like 25th comic pack Beachhead, Serpentor, Retaliation Roadblock, Deepsix, Tatum Duke, Kwinn. Earlier in this thread 46zone used the 25th Zap/FSS Tan Grunt head with good results.
All mybfirst pass Retro concepts found here (waiting to get an authentic Grunt for a possible second pass):
https://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-j...ml#post5416795
Head needs to medium or bigger than normal, and must be wide to fit and look normal on the neck and body. All will have to dremeled to sit lower, and have work behind and under the chin to accommodate the big neck that it sits on.
To test heads without dremeling, you can heat and pop the ball dumbbell out of the neck and sit the testing head loosely on the neck. If it sits too high loose, you can heat the neck to soften and squeeze (as done below for the POC Snake Eyes head):
2021-09-04_01-58-17
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