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How tricky is it to mod a Mattel female body to use a Mego or Remego female head?
Do you need a neck/plug?
anyone got pics?
Do you need a neck/plug?
anyone got pics?
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Depends on the head, Ed. The Mattel body's neck is male, so you need a hole in the head you mate to it. Vinyl squishy heads sometimes press right on, sometimes their hole needs enlarged so as not to distort the head. Resin heads need the right size hole drilled in them so they're not too loose or too tight. -
I'll take some photos of what I did for my Goblin Queen. It worked out well and the head stays on securely.
Just a quick description - I cut off about 1/8th inch of the Mattel neck ( leave the little attachment alone, just the visible neck ) and then made a small knob, out of Sculpy, on the little part that held the Mattel head on - take a match or cigarette lighter and hit the Sculpy a flame a few time for a few seconds, this will start the hardening reaction, let it sit for a couple of days to make sure it hardens up enough. That give you the knob for a regular Mego style head. On the head I enlarged the hole a bit but in doing it hold the knife at an angle to bevel the hole downward so the Mattel neck seats into the head.
The trick with the flame to harden Sculpy works well if you want to use Sculpy on something that can't be baked but the Sculpy doesn't get as hard/solid as when it's baked, something to remember if trying it.Comment
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^I've used a hair dryer on high to harden sculpey, too.WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.Comment
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OK here are some photos, I hope they help. When I went to pull the head off the Goblin Queen the Sculpy broke apart so I'm using air dry clay instead.
Regular Retro neck on the right cut down on the left.
Clay knob.
Head hole opened slightly and angled downward so the neck can seat into it.
Last edited by Mego Magyar; Nov 7, '14, 11:10 AM.Comment
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Ah! Thanks so much guys. Appreciate the advice.
Magyar, those pictures are super-helpful.
This is why this place Rawks \m/
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Glad to help. I'll be sanding the knob down when the clay dries, it doesn't need to be to big. Also as far as shortening the neck, just lower it to a place you like without the head sitting up too high.Comment
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Just thinking off the top of my head but masking or duct tape might be a quicker way to make the ball for the head to fit on. If it will survive having the head pushed on.Better late than never.....Comment
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I used an exact o knife to make the Hole in the head just a tad bigger and it fit nice.
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how you going to go about doing tigra.what head are you going to use & are you going to screen print the suit.Comment
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I am using a CTVT Red-haired female head. I have dyed it orange with hair color.
Check this thread: http://megomuseum.com/community/show...ra-head-dyeing
I have since put more orange dye over it again, and painted the eyes green.
Right now I am trying to dye the Mattel RA body with RIT orange.
A screen-printed suit was done by Capt_Amego:
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I'm hoping to have it done this weekend.Comment
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