TRU A-10 Rattler

[jaeike]

Just thought I'd share one of my recent customs. I know several people have customized these into Rattlers, but I did do a couple things different. Firstly, I used custom decals that are scaled for the larger aircraft. The other thing I did was a bit more involved.
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j3/ognir11/rattler/DSC00059.jpg

Anyone who owns these know that Wild Weasel will not fit in the seat of the cockpit without modifications. I decided to make a 'plug and play' modification with some improvements. In the photo below, you can see a side by side comparison of my seat and the original.
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j3/ognir11/rattler/DSC00068.jpg

I went a bit further and made an addition that was lacking on the original Rattler- an ejection seat! I took one of the parachutes from the Funskool Wild Weasel and attached it to the seat.
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j3/ognir11/rattler/DSC00066.jpg

Now any 25th anniversary Joe will fit easily in the cockpit. The nice thing about this modification is that it now requires no cutting. All you have to do is undo a few screws, drop it in and you're good to go.
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j3/ognir11/rattler/DSC00067.jpg

[Tracker]

Well Done!!! That is just terrific!!!!!

[MAJOR WOLF]

WOW! Great Job!

[General Hawk59]

looks sweet

[tt8l]

The devil is in the details. Excellent additions to a popular custom.

[CornDog_The_Ninja]

Awesome work.

Looks like everyone has got one of those TRU A-10s but me.

[CrimsonGuard101]

Yeah, I have never once seen one of those A-10s at any TRU and we have 8 of em here :(

[jaeike]

Thanks all. I've heard that some of these have showed up at Big Lots as well as the F-18 and some other of these kind of sets.

[mech-grunt]

Great work!!

[topnotch97]

no wonder there's still a ton of target exclusives on the shelves. people decided not to buy them and went ahead doing their own custom? :D lol

[Tomahawk]

nice

[Gatchaman]

Makes me wish I did this instead of buying the new rattler!