Kenner "This Old Firehouse"

It all started with the Matty Mattel Ray Stanz figure. He needed a place to stay, so I went on eBay and found him a Firehouse. Of course it was missing a few pieces, so I had to find a 2nd one to complete it. So I had one to display.

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And one to play.

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I made casts from the red containment unit, painted them and glued them on the first floor wall. I added some electrical warning signs that I scaled down in a paint program and printed out on decal paper.

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I liked the 25 year logo, so I made a 3D buck from heavy paper and vac-u-formed the sign faces (yes, on an old Mattel Vac-U-Form machine). The printing is again, a decal.

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Looks like the play turned into a display.

Nice work. I wish I had one.

Sorry about the thumbnails, I got the first 2 right but muffed the urls on the others.

Awesome. I’ve been wanting to try this myself.

Here are some more pics. Lets see if I can get this right.

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The sad thing about the Mattel figures is that they are too tall for the upper floors of the Firehouse.

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Speaking of not fitting, I didn’t know that the Kenner Ecto was too long to fit in the Firehouse without leaving the doors open.

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I’ll be putting pictures of the Ecto-1 in with all the other Ectos.

nice!

wow! takes me back to when i customized action figures.

im sitting on an extra fire house.

Amazing work. Great job!

That containment unit is win. And your comparison pictures really show the excellent work you put into it.

This calls for a massive congratulations!

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Very nice work !! :crunch:

Now I want to see pictures of your ecto 1 :mrgreen:

beautiful!

Excellent paint job! I love the weathered stone and bronze look.

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Sweet!! Now I have a reference to how to do mine when I get around to it, after I finish my custom ORGB/Pilot figures, and my EGB/Kenner Ecto combo that I’m [slowly] working on!! :wink: :crunch: :crunch: :crunch: …

Ecto-1 is up and running in the ectomobile section.

http://www.gbfans.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=19007

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Thanks all very much for the crunch bars!

VERY nice work.. and something I’ve been wanting to tackle for a few months now.

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BTW, you didn’t end up with two containment units, did you? I’m missing ours.

Btw…What did you use for the sign post and the firepole?

Btw…What did you use for the sign post and the firepole?

Styrene tubing made by Evergreen Scale Models.

The sign post is 2 different sized tubings, the large post has a metal ball bearing glued on the end.

The firepole is two tubes glued together by using a smaller tube as a joiner. The smaller tube also served as a peg top and bottom to hold it in place.

Sorry, that was one of the things missing from the first one. I could give you a dupe of the wall unit though.

its so awesome someone posts pics from an epic project they’ve been working on, its even more exciting when its a new member! well done CaptCyan!

That is so wicked! Nice repaint! I despratley want one now!!! :smiley: