GI Joe Custom - Real Cobra Rattler

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GI Joe Custom - Real Cobra Rattler

Post by paulpratt » Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:35 am

Hey all,

I have just begun sinking my teeth into this community over the past few months and I love it here. There is a ton of great discussion about history and toys, some of my favorite subjects. :) I don't have any "real" customs to share, but i got a positive response to this piece over at my other haunt hisstank.com. I thought i would share it here as well. I know there are some Joe fans, but with this project I wanted to bridge the gap between real life and the Joe "world." So i created a real life Cobra Rattler. In my twisted, juvenile mind i have a whole separate universe of GI Joe continuity that follows real life more closely than GI Joe ever did and this is one element of it. A Cobra Rattler based on the Fairchild-Republic A-10.

The original piece is a Power Team Elite A-10 purchased from Toys R Us.

An overall beauty shot:

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You can see a larger version and comment on it in my flickr account. http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulwesley ... 045530723/

The next shot is a close up:

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You can see a larger version and comment on it in my flickr account. http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulwesley ... 045530791/

I hope everyone enjoys!
Best,
-Paul
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Post by tosborne3 » Sun Nov 23, 2008 7:14 pm

B-E-A-utiful work!!! I have thought about doing that but have never picked up the A-10 yet. Very niiiccceee.... 8)
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Post by blaster_e11 » Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:39 am

perfect paintjob and conversion

too bad for the VTOL feature though
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Post by nooker21 » Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:18 pm

That reminds me of the prototype rattler that they first showed in the comics...
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Post by tmanthegreat » Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:31 pm

Beautiful work! I've given serious consideration to doing exactly the same thing with one of the PTE A-10s that can still be found in my area. The only thing is that I really want to add a turret, but then don't want to cut up the plane too much :wink:

Great work again - it just looks so right 8)
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Post by Light.Inf.Scout » Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:01 pm

Dont really get into GI Joe, but that is one nice repaint!
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Post by Panzer_M » Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:17 pm

it needs the turret, that made the plane IMO.
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