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11-17-2014, 07:33 PM | #1 |
Cobra Viper
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Location: Mission, TX
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I've always loved the Falcon and Viper gliders, but in '83 my mom wouldn't go for it as it being a foam toy and all (I ran into the same problem with the Cobra Missile Headquarters). Then, one year I was at Joe con or some other toy convention and saw that someone was making reproduction gliders! I was overjoyed! I walked up to the table and picked one up only to realize, to my horror, that the damn thing was made of heavy plastic!?!? What was the point of making a glider out of heavy plastic? (I actually asked the guy; he seemed dumbfounded) As I'm sure you can tell, I found this to be an abomination. I check eBay for vintage gliders but they are always either mostly destroyed or priced prohibitively high, even by eBay standards. I was lamenting this to my awesome wife the other evening and she suggested that I try making my own; they are after all made of foam... I think that this is a great idea and was wondering if anyone here has tried such a custom job or knows any one who has? If I can get accurate measurements of the wings and stabilizers I think that I may be able to pull it off...
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11-17-2014, 07:51 PM | #2 |
I just want foam gliders.
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The plastic ones are for display and it's just a different way of making them.
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