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12-22-2010, 02:43 AM | #1 |
IG85 - Mortarman
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Sun Prairie, WI
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So after I finished my Devilfish, my son was completely enamored with it. A couple of months earlier I had given him my younger brother's old TigerFish and he immediately asked me to "upgrade" it...
As I had done with my Devilfish, I used the Dremel to remove the footpegs, which are far too big for the modern era Joes. The old sticker residue was removed using a very gentle dishwashing liquid. Where I screwed up here was in allowing my son to help without explaining that if he scrubbed too hard, it would also remove the paint. So once all the sticker residue was gone, we had some seriously messed up white and brown areas. I don't own an airbrush, so the best I was able to do was to use spray-paint cans to try and recreate the gradual "fade-in" of those areas. While it doesn't look quite the same as it originally did, I think the results were good considering the limitations we had. The missiles and engine covers were spray-painted red because the plastic had faded to a really lame-looking pink. The hull piece was spray-painted with flat white. All of the remaining details were painted exactly the same as my Devilfish. The "no-skid" was painted using flat black. I used a lot of aluminum, steel, gunmetal and other colors to bring out some of the sculpted details. The decals came from our pal Ruben in Mexico. Finally, the entire boat was given a liberal application of Dull-Cote to protect the paint from the future battles my son is currently planning. Update: Now that all three of our G.I. Joe Fast Attack Boats are completed, the kids wanted me to take some group shots. I've got to admit that I am really happy with how these turned out... Last edited by Sgt Humpty; 08-29-2012 at 03:23 PM.. |
12-22-2010, 02:54 AM | #2 |
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Very cool bro it looks great!
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12-22-2010, 03:01 AM | #3 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Howard, WI
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Very cool, All three fast attack boats look great.
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12-22-2010, 03:02 AM | #4 |
IG85 - Mortarman
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Thanks guys! The kids love them!
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12-22-2010, 03:19 AM | #5 |
Iron Grenadier
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Location: india
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love the halo kitty one
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12-22-2010, 04:49 AM | #6 |
IG85 - Mortarman
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12-22-2010, 04:55 AM | #7 |
Night Force
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Location: Texas
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Wow. I can picture ChariJoe in that Pink one.
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12-22-2010, 05:16 AM | #8 |
IG85 - Mortarman
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I was actually thinking about making a figure to go along with it. I think it would look a lot like the character in ChariJoe's signature pic.
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12-22-2010, 10:25 AM | #9 |
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Those boats look great. I know what you mean about that Pink LOL
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12-22-2010, 10:28 AM | #10 |
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damn, they all look stunning man..
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