Converting K&C Sailor to Sand Pebbles Steve McQueen (2 Viewers)

[Marchand]

Is it possible to convert the retired King & Country Retired Sailor DD131, who is standing with the WW2 helmet, chambray shirt, and dungarees to a Sand Pebbles figure by switching the helmeted head to a dixie cup head from one of their China Sailors figures? Since the 131 figure has the holstered 1911 and a web belt, it sure looks close to Steve McQueen in the movie.

That sure is a long sentence but I wonder if anyone has or could do this?

 

[johnnybach]

Is it possible to convert the retired King & Country Retired Sailor DD131, who is standing with the WW2 helmet, chambray shirt, and dungarees to a Sand Pebbles figure by switching the helmeted head to a dixie cup head from one of their China Sailors figures? Since the 131 figure has the holstered 1911 and a web belt, it sure looks close to Steve McQueen in the movie.

That sure is a long sentence but I wonder if anyone has or could do this?

Sounds like that might be right up Kilted Vampire's Street.

And if a converter was very careful - he might just be able to swap heads with the "donor figure" ( the one donating the new head) - and replace it with the old head removed from the figure being converted. You would therefore have TWO NEW figures - by just swapping over heads.

I think he 's in San Francisco - why not ask him by sending KV a Private message???? jb

 

[Al Fisher]

Actually, it would be more appropriate for a Sand Pebbles sailors to wear a WW1 tin hat . . .

Bosun Al

 

[Marchand]

I have seen some 25-28mm US Marines with the tin helmet repainted as US Navy with the chambray shirt and blue dungarees instead of the Marine khaki.

Maybe a simple paint job over the KC Marine figures would work. The main issue would probably be the epaulets on the khaki shirt.

I suppose any conversion of these figures would be considered horrifying to some, but it was quite popular to convert the old Britains figures years ago.

 

[Marchand]

And another thought. Swapping the dixie head of the sailor for the tin helmet of the US Marine would give 2 great figures for the gunboat era, as suggested by johnnybach. A sailor in undress whites with the helmet, and a repainted US Marine in chambray, dungarees, and a dixie cup hat.

 

[Norman508a]

I say go for it and change the heads for sure, if you don't you wont like the figure when completed.

Matt

 

[kilted vampire]

Sounds like that might be right up Kilted Vampire's Street.

And if a converter was very careful - he might just be able to swap heads with the "donor figure" ( the one donating the new head) - and replace it with the old head removed from the figure being converted. You would therefore have TWO NEW figures - by just swapping over heads.

I think he 's in San Francisco - why not ask him by sending KV a Private message???? jb

Thanks I am across the bay on an Island. You know where they kept the Nuclear Wessels!

 

[kilted vampire]

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