I like Hawaii Five O but not in the same way as say... Star Trek. But when I started to collect and enjoy 5-0 on DVD everytime McGarrett was in a blue suit, I thought "That reminds me of a Clark Kent Secret ID suit". Anytime he would pop up in that blue suit I would be reminded of the Clark Kent suit and it put the bug in my ear to do his custom. And why not? It's a great 1970's crime drama and a missed oportunity for Mego or LJN. So, it was time to get crackin on McGarrett.
Some time ago, I posted a work in progress for Steve McGarrett from Hawaii Five O. It was built up on a resin Thor head. It looked good but wasn't where I wanted it to be. So, I started to take the head off to do some more work on it and...
The cured sculpy hair pulled off and fell apart.
Try as I might, I couldn't seem to recreate the hair in the same way I did that first time around and also the head just didn't have the features I wanted McGarrett to have.
When Jack Lord Started Hawaii Five O he was 48 years old although he played younger. I thought Thor looked too young at the outset but when I added stuff he ended up looking too old.
So I got a three other heads from DaveMC that I thought I could use as a good base head for McGarrett.
I ended up using his John Wayne head and gave him more brow, hair, chin and jawline. And while I am not totally satisfied (hey, someday I just might try to scrape up some talent and do a head from scratch) I think it looks good and Mego.
I gave him an AJ gun put him on a card (with the bubble taped only to one edge so I can remove him).
Hope some get a chuckle about having Mego reuse the VW van mold for a Hawaii Five O toy
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http://reboxyourmego.com/mcgarrettsamp.jpg
Some time ago, I posted a work in progress for Steve McGarrett from Hawaii Five O. It was built up on a resin Thor head. It looked good but wasn't where I wanted it to be. So, I started to take the head off to do some more work on it and...
The cured sculpy hair pulled off and fell apart.
Try as I might, I couldn't seem to recreate the hair in the same way I did that first time around and also the head just didn't have the features I wanted McGarrett to have.
When Jack Lord Started Hawaii Five O he was 48 years old although he played younger. I thought Thor looked too young at the outset but when I added stuff he ended up looking too old.
So I got a three other heads from DaveMC that I thought I could use as a good base head for McGarrett.
I ended up using his John Wayne head and gave him more brow, hair, chin and jawline. And while I am not totally satisfied (hey, someday I just might try to scrape up some talent and do a head from scratch) I think it looks good and Mego.
I gave him an AJ gun put him on a card (with the bubble taped only to one edge so I can remove him).
Hope some get a chuckle about having Mego reuse the VW van mold for a Hawaii Five O toy
VERY LARGE VERSION
http://reboxyourmego.com/mcgarrettsamp.jpg
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