RAF Lancaster Bomber Pilot, 617 Squadron

I have done the Royal Navy and British Army. That left the Royal Air Force. Flicking through my Action Man books, I found the Battle of Britain Pilot and RAF Working Uniform sets, but I wanted something more distinctive. I thought about adding the Tank Commander jacket to the BoB set as a sheepskin jacket. To make the heads match, I used a Cross Hairs head for bothI considered also added a dress cap to an alternate head. I have based it partly on Wing Commander Guy Gibson, VC, DSO, DFC, leader of 617 Squadron during Operation Chastise, the 'Dambusters' raid, so I got the Papo labrador dog and repainted it black.









Heads: Cross Hairs
Officers Cap: Vortious
Flying Helmet: Sculpted
Oxygen Mask: Ripcord
Goggles: Vintage Collection General Veers
Torso: 25th Wild Bill
Arms: Henry Jones
Legs: Naboo Soldier
Labrador: Papo

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Just Beautiful Kambei. Truly doing some amazing tributes to the Old Action Man line and to those who Served.

Thanks. Finally finished a set I have been working on since I satrted this project back in 2012. Going to post pics tomorrow.

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Action Man Escape from Colditz

Escape Officer:









The British POW/Escape Officer Action Man outfir was only available in the box set 'Escape from Colditz' It comprised of a greatcoat, woolly hat, officer's cap, trousers, boots and escape kit. It was easier to create two different heads than try to find one that I could fit both the cap and a MU knitted hat onto. I glued the accessories into the briefcase as I had a spare Luger and torch. I went through several ideas for the greatcoat, but settled on sculpting it and painting it in a German uniform grey/green, as the POWs in Colditz would have been making escape clothes from available materials.

Both Heads: Cross Hairs
Cap: Vortious
Woolly Hat: Sculpted
Arms/Torso: Renegades Cobra Commander
Legs: Build'n'Brawl
Greatcoat: Sculpted
Briefcase: Build'n'Brawl
Lugers: Marauder
Torch: Marauder
Barrel Extension: Marauder


Escape from Colditz Set:









German Soldier:
21st Century
MP40: Marauder

Camp Kommandant:
Hat: 21st Century
Head: Cross Hairs
Body: Indiana Jones German Motorbike Rider

Sentry Box:Cardboard

Accessories:
MG34: Marauder
Sandbags: PTE
Railing: Build’n’Brawl
Chair: Marauder

This was one of the first ideas my father and I came up with when I embarked on my 1:18 Action Man Project. It was also one of my favourite sets I had as a kid. I already had a 21st Century German Soldier and a spare German Motorbike rider. All I had to do was fit a new head and hat to the rider. The 21st Century head was bald, so I just cast the hat and fitted it onto a Cross Hairs head. I repainted the shoulder board to make him a Hauptmann to represent the real life Colditz Security Officer Reinhold Eggers who was respected by the POWs for his attitude and lack of rancour towards them, despite all the escape attempts. The Commandant outfit was issued separately on a card, but I had this outfit as well so I wanted to add it.
I made the template for the sentry box a couple of years ago in preparation for this set. It is based on the original cardboard sentry box that came with the Action Man set. I could not find a good unassembled picture online, so I had to put the design together from scratch in Microsoft Digital Image Suite. I then altered the template to make the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Grenadier Guard sentry boxes.
The set still looked a little bare, so I raided my parts boxes and found a pice of railing, and some PTE sandbags. I added a Marauder MG34 and chair for the sentry box. As a last minute addition, I put a Nazi propoganda poster inside the box and a copy of Signal magazine on the chair

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The last 2 are big winners again Kam. As usual I dig the attention to detail and the dedication to the project overall

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Got two underway that I just can't seem to get the enthusiasm to finish, but I am waiting for a couple of figures from Hong Kong to round out a sub-set

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