A Message from Action Man:

[Thundershot]

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You may well drive it....
..but I now own it mate!

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[Chopper]

Got a message from the Action man........

I got all the acc's for that last year in a bulk lot and have had my eye open for one for ages. Nice Jeep, mate.

[Thundershot]

Cheers Chop'

Having all the loose parts & not the Jeep itself is an unusual, but good, situation to be in. The Jeep's quite easy to find & pick up here in the U.K. loose & incomplete, whats the situation like over there in Oz?

I got this one complete, & have added a couple of bits like the spare wheel to the bonnet, which came off my old Land Rover that I'd wrecked as a kid, plus an extra Jerry can & radio I had laying around..not original issue, I know, but that's the great thing about Jeep's they just don't look right unless they're loaded down with massive amounts of kit

Lot's more kit to add over the next few years..

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It still needs a good clean, & a set of reproduction stickers are on order, so hopefully it'll look even better by the end of the week

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Cheers T'shot

[Chopper]

That looks great even with the old stickers. You need another chap manning the twin 50 cals tho

I went out to the local haberwotsy superstore today, got me some bits and pieces to repair a few uniforms. Should have all 15 guys up and running soon. VAM and a MAM.

[Sundance]

i think i had one of those jeeps, but i don't remember teh guns...

'haberwotsy' LOL. haberdashery?

[Thundershot]

Great stuff Chop'
You will post pic's when you've done 'em wont ya?, I'd love to see 'em all ready for battle stations.

This is the sort of effect I'd like to recreate with this in the end, using all original VAM stuff if possible..

Spotted @ Duxford military vehicle show last season.

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One day, when I win the lottery ( ) I shall own the real thing!

[Red Baron]

I like that pose you have with the picture in your second post - just like the phot of the real thing. I think jeeps have to be loaded down. If I had one, I think I'd want to do it as a British Para version at Arnhem. Look forward to seeing yours in future with more items on it. By the way, the 2 Action Men a friend gave me recently have terrible hands - all hard from attic storage. Where's a good place to get replacements at a good price?

[Thundershot]

Thanks Red Baron
I think Modelers Loft sell replacement hands, I'm shure there's a link to them in the Links section of the site

Sundance, Palitoy made two versions based on this basic Jeep, sounds like you had the same "vanilla" one as I had as a child too...I have many fond memories of towing mine behind my bicycle by a piece of string, unsurprisingly it didn't survive very long with such play time activities

Here's another candidate for "military vehicle that should of been made for Action Man" & I'd love to own if I had the money... The Pink Panther

Rinky Dink Panther

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[Sundance]

looking at action man HQ's vintage vehicles page, i think i had the '78 Scorpion and the '78 'vanilla' jeep.

i know i had the police motorcyclist and deep sea diver and some kinda bog-standard soldier type.

[Chopper]

I had an idea for a pink panther ages ago, just not found a good canidate yet. Both 12" and 3 3/4" I had the Dukw and a Armoured scout car. They got hammered behind the bike too.

The lad and I were out the front playing AM yesterday in the garden. He's starting to get it and I have kit bashed a couple of MAM's too. Woo hoo.