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**megocrazy** · Feb 24, '10, 11:53 AM

Make the windshield out of clear plastic. You can use any front to a see through package if you can find the right thickness. Mount it using the rivets they use in scrap booking to the faux windshield the car already has. Hit it with a hair dryer after you mount it to help it hold the wrap around shape.

It already has the holes for a bumper. Have Laser Mego cut one for you the Green Arrow logo in translucent green material he used on his Micronaut wings and mount it using some threaded screws. They should just push right into the supplied holes the way the original one did with no adapting needed.

Do the rest in vinyl stickers. There are a few here that do that. Take pics of all sides of the car and lay out the details. You can do it with the Paint program on most computers just for mockups. Search Google Images for reference.

Cut dark green craft foam in the shape of seat cushions. That'll bring it forward a little bit and make it easier for GA to reach the pedals.

They make very detailed dashboard instruments for modeling. Though if I were keeping with a Mego like appearance I would go with stickers the way they would have. One sticker applied across the dashboard.

Dollar Tree has some nerf style launchers that with a little dremel persuasion could be modified into working arrow launchers and mounted with double sided tape easily.

Laser Mego could probably make some custom GA heads for the arrows the way he did for the Mattel bow a few weeks back.

**Meule** · Feb 24, '10, 4:23 PM

Put a harpoon on that hood

**ctc** · Feb 25, '10, 12:33 PM

Hmmmm....

Seriously? Slap a logo on it and you're good to go! If you want to get all fancy maybe add a windscreen: I'd cut a block of wood to the approriate shape, and using a hairdryer or heatgun, shape a sheet of thin Lucite over it. Trim, glue, done.

>Put a harpoon on that hood

Well, yeah; THAT'D rock, but it's tougher. I'd mount it flush in the grill though. I'd get a cheapie dart gun, remove the mechanism (probably trimming down the barrel) and insert it through the front. (Cutting a hatch in the bottom of the vehicle so's to do all the work. Being careful any bolts or screws aren't visible through the top.)

Don C.

**spamn** · Feb 25, '10, 6:34 PM

Originally posted by megocrazy

Make the windshield out of clear plastic. You can use any front to a see through package if you can find the right thickness. Mount it using the rivets they use in scrap booking to the faux windshield the car already has. Hit it with a hair dryer after you mount it to help it hold the wrap around shape.

Thanks for the tips. I was thinking of using some plastic I have from a Marvel Legends Icons figure package.

It already has the holes for a bumper. Have Laser Mego cut one for you the Green Arrow logo in translucent green material he used on his Micronaut wings and mount it using some threaded screws. They should just push right into the supplied holes the way the original one did with no adapting needed. [...]Laser Mego could probably make some custom GA heads for the arrows the way he did for the Mattel bow a few weeks back.

Good ideas, though LaserMego's laser cutter shop is currently shut down, and may not open again. But I hope it does.

Do the rest in vinyl stickers. There are a few here that do that. Take pics of all sides of the car and lay out the details. You can do it with the Paint program on most computers just for mockups. Search Google Images for reference.

I'll have to figure out what decals I'd want besides an arrow on the hood first....

Cut dark green craft foam in the shape of seat cushions. That'll bring it forward a little bit and make it easier for GA to reach the pedals.

I was thinking of using red. Actually, I have some thick black packing foam I was going to cut into cushions and tooldip in red, though red craft foam might be better, if it comes thick enough.

They make very detailed dashboard instruments for modeling. Though if I were keeping with a Mego like appearance I would go with stickers the way they would have. One sticker applied across the dashboard.

Another good call, thanks. Are the model dashboad components sold separately or would I have to buy a complete car kit?

Dollar Tree has some nerf style launchers that with a little dremel persuasion could be modified into working arrow launchers and mounted with double sided tape easily.

I'll have to check on those before I decide. If I were to mount something under the hood, I'd have to do some chassis surgery, and I'd also like to be able to fire whatever I mount without too much trouble, ideally from the passenger compartment.

Which might be a little ambitious for this project and my skill level. We'll see.

**spamn** · Feb 25, '10, 6:41 PM

Originally posted by ctc

Hmmmm....

Seriously? Slap a logo on it and you're good to go! If you want to get all fancy maybe add a windscreen: I'd cut a block of wood to the approriate shape, and using a hairdryer or heatgun, shape a sheet of thin Lucite over it. Trim, glue, done.

I don't really have the woodworking skills to make a curved piece of wood to use as a molding form. Or access to a lathe or whatever I'd need to do so.

>Put a harpoon on that hood

Well, yeah; THAT'D rock, but it's tougher. I'd mount it flush in the grill though. I'd get a cheapie dart gun, remove the mechanism (probably trimming down the barrel) and insert it through the front. (Cutting a hatch in the bottom of the vehicle so's to do all the work. Being careful any bolts or screws aren't visible through the top.)

Don C.

Maybe... maybe. I have to check Dollar Tree first, and I may be able to get away with velcro tape instead.

**dr_cyclops** · Apr 5, '10, 5:22 AM

Here are some images from the Green Arrow Showcase. That's why they're black and white. Hope this helps.

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