A Mystery Solved

[SteveD]

Stormie, The Boss and their entourages are hanging around, between their trips to far flung places, having one of their usual arguments…



“I tell you he’s a used car salesman you idiot!”

BOSS:- “Never in all my years have I heard such a stupid idea – it’s Baron Ironblood! He just changed outfits and killed off all them Red folks as used to follow him about”

“Nonsense Boss – your hats on too tight.”

BOSS:- "Bloody is, I tell you, I bet you – he’s Baron Ironblood!!!”

“Bet me eh???? You’re on – usual wager?”

BOSS:- “Why of course”

“Shake on it?”

BOSS:- “Well, it’ll have to be left handed, as I have my cigar here in my right hand.
And Lord knows what Rosco has in his”

ROSCO: - “Sorry Boss, but you know how excited I get by these here wagers”




“Actually, there he is now, shout him over”

BOSS:- “Oi! Cobra Commander, you got a minute”

“Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssss”



BOSS:- “Stormie and I have this little wager that we were hoping you’d settle for us – are you really Baron Ironblood, or are you a used car salesman pissed off at the world?”

“Wellllllll, normally I’d kill anyone who even dared to assssssssk me such a thing, but as it’s you Boss, I’ll show you”














:“I just got bored of white and red – blue is far more flattering!”

“BOLLOCKS!!!! Stupid tin headed freak!!! I’ve lost again!!! Well, I guess a wager is a wager – pay the Boss the usual amount Muton”

BOSS:- “Rosco – put that away and you go collect my money off of Muton”





ROSCO:- “You gottcha little fat buddy. Do I get to split the winning with you? 80/20?”

BOSS:- “Not on your life Rosco”

ROSCO:- “How about 90/10”

BOSS:- “naaaa aaaah, not gonna happen Rosco. You still owe me you remember. You know why??”

ROSCO:- “Because you married my fat sister”

BOSS:- “Cos I married your fat sister”

ROSCO:- “That’s what I said Boss”

BOSS:- “I said it first Rosco. Cos I’m the Boss”.




“Wait, how about double or nothing???”

BOSS:- “Double or nothing?”

“Yeah, double or nothing.”

BOSS:- “What you got in mind?”

“Well, if that mirror faced freak wasn’t the used car salesman then that other one who wears a hood must be?”

BOSS:-“I’m a telling y’all – he’s Baron Ironblood too!”

“Nonesense – he’s got to be the used car salesman”

BOSS:- “There he is!!! Lets ask him! Oiiii!!! Cobra Commander (Hooded Mail Away Version)!!!!”

“Yessssssssss?”
BOSS:-“ You got a minute????”

“Let me guess, you want me to settle a wager between you and Stormie, about whether I’m really Baron Ironblood or whether I’m a Chevy dealer who got pissed off at the world?”



BOSS:- “Well, if you don’t mind, that’d be nice”

“Well, usually I’d kill any….”

“yeah, yeah, we know, off with the mask freak”








“OH FOR f*cks SAKE!!! Why on earth did you change from a tin hat, to a lovely mirrored thing, to that!!! A tea towel! And why do you eyes come off with it when you take it off????

“I find it cooler in the summer, and a bit less heavy. Much more comfortable. And besides, powder blue with mirrors was sooooooooo 80’s!!!”

“BALLS. It looks sh*t. Muton, pay the Boss and lets be on our way…..”






BOSS:- “Well, looks like we won us a whole heap of money Rosco, what are we gonna do to celebrate?”
ROSCO : - “I could fancy a beer Boss”

BOSS:- “But all we got at the Boars Nest is that watered down beer we been selling”

ROSCO:- “How about some Coors?”

BOSS:- “Coors???? Are you crazy Rosco, you know trucking Coors South of Texas is bootlegging! They’ll throw us in the County Jail and throw away the key!!!!”

ROSCO “I was just saying I fancy one, that’s all little fat buddy”

BOSS:- “Wait! I got me an idea!!!! STORMIE!!!!! COME BACK….”

“What is it now fatty?”

BOSS:- “Hows about double or nothing again?”

“You’re on! What you got in mind?”

BOSS:- “Wellllllll, Me and Rosco here are fancying ourselves some Coors, and a party.”

“Are you crazy!!!! You know trucking Coors south of Texas is bootlegging! And we’re in Rotherham – that’s got to be South of Texas”

BOSS: - “Well, if you’re chicken???”

“How dare you! You’re still on. It just might not be us doing the driving. Give us a week, and we’ll have come up with a way to get you a truck load of Coors for your little party”

“How are we gonna do that Dad? You know trucking Coors south of……”

“SHUT UP MUTON!! I’m thinking, and I think I might just know of a sumbitch crazy enough to do this run for us………”

TO BE CONTINUED........


(Baron - I put this under Dio's, as it's a bit too long and silly for Customs. But feel free to move it. Or delete it!!)

[SteveD]

How did I get it to fit? I’ve been dremmelling a little bit at a time each day for the past week, as I let it cool naturally rather than risk it distorting by dunking it in cold water. Even so, it wouldn’t fit, even once I got it to it’s maximum thinness. So the Baron had to have a hair cut:



End result is a pretty good fit if I do say so myself:





The helmet got very thin, so it’s brushed around the inside with a bit of “Ardcoat” varnish to make it stronger.

Another little tip - when dremmeling really thin I found it helps to have a desk lamp - not just so you can see what you are doing, but also if you hold the helmet up to the lamp and look at the inside you can see where the thin bits are, as they show the light through more than the thicker bits. I also measured the approximate length of the helmet and marked it on the dremmel bit too, so I knew when I was going in very deep. At one stage I was in danger of going too deep just like them there dwarves at the Mines of Moria!

Needless to say, if anyone has a spare Cobra Commander crotch, please let me know?


No need for head trimming with this one:-



It did get hot very easy though as it’s very rubbery - it's a sort of two part - hard black plastic inside, and blue rubber set over it. Took some doing, as the rubber does not behave well.

No disguise possibility for this one though:-



And what about the Barons old clothes???



“Bloody cast offs. Again. One of these days Baron, I swear, I’ll set up my own Red Shadows and get my revenge! It might take a while, maybe even as much as 20 years or more, but just you wait”

[Chopper]

Fan-bloody-tastic Steve. Now that debate is solved we can all rest easy. Will the General make its debut in the next instalment too? Your gonna need a fast car for that bootlegging.

[Lady Jaye]

Excellent work! And I really love the fact you showed it to the world in your typical 'Steve D.'-style!

[Andy1672]

Nice work Steve, and an excellent diorama too !

did you consider opening out the eye holes on the hooded one ?

[SteveD]

Thanks guys!

Excellent work! And I really love the fact you showed it to the world in your typical 'Steve D.'-style!

Jaye - you may recognise the head! (cheers!)

Your gonna need a fast car for that bootlegging.

"We already got that covered - not the General - we only use the General for running Moonshine - we got Trigger for bootlegging"

did you consider opening out the eye holes on the hooded one ?

I stuck pins through the eyes of the hood to see if they would line up, and the pin pricks ended up a bit out of alignment for the eyes, so i decided not to. Shame - it would look ace with them cut out. I may try again and have a bit of an experiment.

[DAMartin]

There was just the Battle Armor missing... but he could have been tricky, since in his case there was a third possibility: Fred VII. Would that have been a tie?

Very good Dio, SteveD

[paulitoy]

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Quality dremelling Mr Dawson!

Lovely stuff.

[gung-hoeddie]

great stuff steve, must of took quite a while getting the set ups done.

[Red Laser]

This was great Steve one question why does Muton call Storm Shadow dad?