Oh my god, do I love those AT vehicles! The Trouble Shooter is even cooler than the traditional version, although both look great. I just set one of those radar dishes aside for a similar use, so it's great to see that it looks good in that application. Between these and the figures in those shots, you're turning out some of the best AT stuff I've seen...and considering that this is becoming the Silver Age of AT customizing, that's saying something.

Fantastic Trouble Shooter.
Now you need a polar version like they made in Europe for Group Action Joe and Action Man.

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Hmmm... that 8-wheeler looks good in red. I have one that I started painting yellow that didn't turn out so good. Maybe I can strip off the yellow and try red instead.

I like what you did with the tech gear in the back. I've been thinking of doing something similar but making it modular so I can swap out different "mission packs" as needed.

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Looks great!

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Thanks man. I definitely could tell my spray painting was improving on this one. And yeah, I just went back and snagged the last 8 wheeler at my Big Lots tonight. (See below for reasons why...)



thanks man. that is saying something, and I appreciate it



You have my attention...




Like this?

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Caption the WIP (bonus points if it fits in the AT story I have started in the Dio section):


No, it's not going to be a Storm Trooper vehicle. But I wanted to snap a pic as such before it was too late Here are more in WIP form:

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"They just don't appreciate you like I do, Herbie..."

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Now to get third one, paint it white, and put number 53 stickers on it.

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"I'm not the dame you're looking for."

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Love the 8-wheeler and the Trouble Shooter. Great idea for the modular mission components.

OB

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Thanks OB!

Yeah, DJ, Herbie and the Stormtrooper would make for a fun pair. Bucky - I don't think Jane has the jedi-mind trick, but it's worth a shot. lol

If I were to add that little scene to my story, I might have made Colton Jr. be in the Storm Trooper costume, goofing off rather than getting the vehicle ready for service.

I posted a quick one shot in the dio section, but here is a new version of him. I figure the AT Commander has to adventure through boardrooms as well as jungle, so I wanted a suited version. Right now it's a second body that I can swap the same head back and forth on. I didn't go with just a straight up Xavier figure for several reasons. I wanted it to look more rugged and practical and less buttoned up. Also, I thought the AT Commander, while looking good in a suit, would still see a little rough around the edges. I think the Viper torso helped with that, as does the loosened tie. That torso also gave him some added bulk over the Xavier one.



Anyway, let me know what you think. In the background of the pic you can see the aftermath of the dio shot I posted. this might be him

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Okay now you're just showing off.

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Hi. I'm Dr. Bindy. Have we met?

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I have one of these I really wan to do yellow. How did you do it? Did you tape everything off, or paint it yellow and then repaint the grills and headlights, etc?

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I've done each of those, and another where I snipped off the rails and soft plastic before putting back on later.

The white WIP involved the most prep work including popping off the wheels, because I wanted to paint the lower half white too, but not the wheels or the inside. I taped off everything you see that is black then just touched up a couple flaws from uneven tape application.

I definitely recommend taking the top half off the base. And if you spray paint the whole thing, once dry, give the softer plastic a coat of mod podge before painting the final color.

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I have pretty much completed the polar 8-wheeler, aside from figuring out its payload. Redmao told me that in the old Action Man line the vehicle this is modeled after was called the Snow Cat, but I'm thinking I'm going a slightly different route. For one, the vintage 12" vehicle had camo stripes over the white, and while it looked sharp, I'm really digging the single color variations for these.

For another, I think I want a different name. Thinking maybe Polar Bear, but not so sure yet.

I'm thinking I will give this thing a modular platform like on my Trouble Shooter, but have a bunch of hook ups for arctic gear. If I do anything more to the base vehicle, it would be to fashion a windshield of some sort.

The figure shown with it is an unpainted WIP, which will be my version of Snow Job as part of the AT, when he's done. And yes, that is one of Marauder's sweet new guns he's holding.

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