1/6 Indy Customizations: Image Thread

[IndianaPaul]

Its really not too bad an operation. If you have some arms to use, I could do it for you, no sweat. Just let me know.

 

[Rogerbee]

Thanks Indy Paul. I think that's a little too much for me. I'll probably just get a replacement body instead (someday).

And Rogerbee and CeeemOr, I have the TTL with neck that I'm using with my Venkman Ghostbusters figure and I wouldn't recommend it for Indy. The neck is a little too skinny and short. When I placed Venkman's head all the way onto the neck, it looked like his head was smooshed into his shoulders. So I have the head not placed on the neck the whole way. As a result, there is a half inch gap between the top of the neck and the ear. But I haven't tried it with Indy, so it could be different. Venkman's head is admittedly a little large. Besides all that, the knees/legs are a little on the loose side. Not terrible, but since Venkman has that big proton pack on his back, the knees can't hold the weight.

Yeah, not so good, the neck looks too thin as well.

 

[Jimmy C]

I didn't take any pictures, but it was pretty easy. I used a razor blade to cut the flexible plastic chest piece (which overlays the body) from the under arms down (both sides) so I could remove it. Then all you have to do is unscrew the arms (2 screws on each side), remove them, and put the other arms in their place. Screw it back together then glue the chest piece back together at the seams. All too easy.

Honestly,do only problem i would have with the muscle body that Indy is on would be the arms.More specifically,the deltoids but like Indiana Paul said you can swap out the arms easily so maybe you should just do that Wor-Gar.By the way,has anyone used the TT-19 for a replacement body?^_^

Its really not too bad an operation. If you have some arms to use, I could do it for you, no sweat. Just let me know.

I know you can't do pics, but can you be more specific. I tried to remove arms from a donor body. Where are the screws you are refering to ? I see one exposed screw per side on the back shoulders ( body side). On the arm part of the shoulder are one hidden screw per side under a skin tab. Which screw do you remove ? or both ?

I removed the exposed screw from the body side, but was unable to remove the arm. Am I supposed to heat w/ hair dryer and pop ?

have'nt undressed the Indy yet

 

[IndianaPaul]

I'll try and take some pictures and post later on. No sweat.

 

[CeeemOr]

The height with the Bastogne body and Indy's is deceptive as Indy has beets and you'd add boots to the SS body. In that respect it would be taller than the HT one that much is true, it strikes me that the HT figure as a whole is too short. Regarding the SS neck, I believe that any head other than an SS one would sit lower on the body. SS heads tend to be smaller which gives the impression of a longer neck.

The TTL3 looks like this:

I've never had one so can't really say what it's like.


The TTM-19 is the Indy body so it'd be no different. As I and others have said the Goemon/Ezio body is the best for Indy.

Hey Roger,just so you know the body on the Indy is differnet from the tt-19.Specifically,the neck on the Indy body is longer that's why it gives that giraffe effect with certain poses.On the other hand,the TT-19 has a shorter neck compared to it and that is why i asked if anyone has tried using this and if so,was there any type of mods needed done to make sit right.THANX for the PIC.Roger!!

 

[Rogerbee]

Yeah, I think you might be right now I've studied pics. The Thor body is the same. The body they used in the promos for the TTM-19 was this body too. Makes you wonder then why they changed it for the release version of the TTM-19. Intriguing.

I suspect nobody did use a TTM-19 as they thought it was the same as Indy's anyway. Thanks for pointing out the difference. When I did a bash using my TTM-19, I used an Advanced neck peg to get a bit of extra length.

 

[IndianaPaul]

Here's a picture showing the screws to remove. The Indy body has the same configuration. You just need to remove the plastic chest covering to get to it.

 

[Murderofcrows71]

I switched the arms on my ht true type 19 muscle fig to the ones from a narrow true type. Worked great and looks much better much more accurate to Ford's build, even has the slight slouch he has. Only downside is I was gonna switch the muscle arms over to the true type maybe for use later. The muscle arms can be transplanted to the narrow body but the articulation of the shoulder is lost.

 

[Rogerbee]

All well and good, but, before anyone else gets too scalpel happy, I think we should see step by step pics of this mod so that people know just what is involved.

 

[Murderofcrows71]

Well this is the line I cut up the sides and reglued.

The rubber "skin" is glued in the front and the back of the plastic under armature, I simply pulled the skin away from the back to gain access to the shoulder joint.

These are the two screws that need removed on each figure and on each arm, I'll borrow the pic from above as it shows perfectly what needs done

and here is the modded TT19 muscle body with the narrow TT arms and the standard TT19 muscle body side by side

 

[genorules]

If anyone here does the arm swap and would like to sell the set of muscle arms please pm me.

 

[Rogerbee]

Much better, we can see a bit clearer now. That said, I would still like to see what's under the muscle skin and where the arms attach.

With such a major mod it makes sense to see exactly what's involved.

 

[Murderofcrows71]

Rogerbee, that's the beauty of it, it literally took me about 10 minutes and that includes having to go to my garage and find a screwdriver. Under the skin is a small square in the middle of the plastic torso on front and back with a very small amount of weak glue holding the skin from shifting. The rubber skin is about 1/4 inch think on the sides and easy to super glue back together. Other than that the screws are in exactly the same spot on both figures. Once loosened half of the shoulder joint comes loose and the arm pulls out at the shoulder, the new arm goes in and the half of the shoulder joint is placed back over it and screwed into place. That is literally all there is. I really doubt any other pics would help

 

[Cavlcade]

Ummm....must resist temptation to do this mod on the T2 T800..... I don't need to put the shotgun on the shoulder....

 

[Rogerbee]

Rogerbee, that's the beauty of it, it literally took me about 10 minutes and that includes having to go to my garage and find a screwdriver. Under the skin is a small square in the middle of the plastic torso on front and back with a very small amount of weak glue holding the skin from shifting. The rubber skin is about 1/4 inch think on the sides and easy to super glue back together. Other than that the screws are in exactly the same spot on both figures. Once loosened half of the shoulder joint comes loose and the arm pulls out at the shoulder, the new arm goes in and the half of the shoulder joint is placed back over it and screwed into place. That is literally all there is. I really doubt any other pics would help

That's easy for you to say, not everyone has your talents. I'd rather see someone attempt this by following pics and clear instructions than someone not doing and ruining the bodies.

You have to remember that not everyone is as manually adept, I don't think I am. TT's cost money, ruining two attempting to make one could be expensive for some.

 

[Mad Old Lu]

Cutting the rubber part is the killer. If it was just a matter of undoing the screws I would be more prone to do it. But slicing into the body like that is where I have to draw the line.

Speaking as a big chicken, of course.

Thanks for posting those pics, Murderofcrows71. I really liked the comparison pics too. Very informative. The new arms are almost the same size as the muscle arms. They really should have done that with Indy. He needs that extra articulation. The only reason I can think of that they went with the muscle body is that they figured we would all end up doing TOD bashes, which is a legitimate reason. Although NOT putting him on the muscle bodies would have meant more sales for their muscle True Type.

 

[paulcarson]

That's a great mod, I was thinking of doing something similar myself. Do you have any pics of the body clothed or posed please?

 

[bbl]

Him not mad, him crazy

But looks great dude

Robert

Rogerbee, that's the beauty of it, it literally took me about 10 minutes and that includes having to go to my garage and find a screwdriver. Under the skin is a small square in the middle of the plastic torso on front and back with a very small amount of weak glue holding the skin from shifting. The rubber skin is about 1/4 inch think on the sides and easy to super glue back together. Other than that the screws are in exactly the same spot on both figures. Once loosened half of the shoulder joint comes loose and the arm pulls out at the shoulder, the new arm goes in and the half of the shoulder joint is placed back over it and screwed into place. That is literally all there is. I really doubt any other pics would help

 

[Murderofcrows71]

That's a great mod, I was thinking of doing something similar myself. Do you have any pics of the body clothed or posed please?

I'm on my way to work right now, I'll try to take pics in the morning of the clothed figure. Although it may not look like it the arm switch makes a huge difference with the clothes.

 

[paulcarson]

Thanks, I'm looking forward to seeing them.