Blood for the Baron!

the outpost is a good custom, and keeping the original red guns, keeps it looking more like a palitoy release.

the red stinger, is nice too, are those missiles from the Dart?

yes, they are.

Yes they are Dart missiles, just like the ones on the pic on the back of the Stinger box.

I thought it looked familiar but couldn't place it!

you learn something new every day!

Doesn`t it also have a Panther piece on the back under the missile launcher?
The grating thingy.

the Panther and the Stinger started life as the same vehicle, the Joe VAMP. the Stinger replaces the VAMP's gun turret with the SAM rack. the Panther's a redeco VAMP.

The Panther has a machine gun on the bonnet too.
Same mold, lots of differences though, dashboard etc.

I think what Scoobie has identified is that the back of box image is a very early prototype, which still carries over some of the vamp items like the flat vent instead of 2 raised bit either side of the missile rack.
the back foot plate looks to be a prototype too, along with the roof/doors which appear to be very diff too.

compare the back image to the actual view



and then to its parent vehicle

I think I`ve found the right shade of green for in a can
Test project coming soon...........................

That looks brilliant and much better than the Hasbro era one.