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04-13-2011, 12:31 AM | #1 |
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I've always hated the rotors on the Mamba. Sure they look really badass but they were never much fun to play with. Trying to hold the thing & turn the knob at the same time while they knocked into each other. Needless to say, my Mamba just sat there collecting dust & I never touched it.
So last night I decided to do something about it. Ever since I was little I wanted to get rid of those damned rotors & put something in their place. But what? Rattler wings? The Turbines off the Sigma 6 Dragonhawk? Anakin or Sebulba Pod Racer engines??? The rotors from the Avatar Scorpion? Nope! I decided to use the engines from an A.G.P. I have 2 A.G.P.s but I didn't want to destroy them. So I figured I would just wait. Today I stopped by a local junk shop to see if they had anything I could use for extra parts & I almost shit, they had an A.G.P. sitting there for $10. What are the odds? So I bought it, brought it home & got to work. Everything went together perfectly, not problems at all. And in a few hours I was done. And the best part is I didn't have to touch a drop of paint. I HATE PAINT! Thank God the A.G.P.s wings are made out of the bendy plastic & not the usual brittle crap. I had to bend it up through the bottom. And there you have it. Nothing fancy but at least those damned rotors aren't knocking into everything & falling off anymore. |
04-13-2011, 12:32 AM | #2 |
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04-13-2011, 12:35 AM | #3 |
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Looks more nautical now.
I do like it but not as anything that flies |
04-13-2011, 12:47 AM | #4 |
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You could think of this as Cobra's answer to the Sharc. It can fly or be a sub. I'm personally gonna use it as a space ship/fighter for my Blackstars. I need some weird alien looking fighters for them. |
04-13-2011, 12:48 AM | #5 |
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i like it with the rotors better.
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04-13-2011, 12:53 AM | #6 |
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needs some upward thrust engines then its plausable
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04-13-2011, 01:14 AM | #7 |
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Yeah, I figured most people wouldn't care for this. But this makes more sense to me. The Mamba never looked like a helicopter to me, always looked like a space ship or sub. Same with the Skystorm & Retaliator. Take the rotors off the Retaliator & it looks like something out of Blade Runner or The Fifth Element.
But it's supposed to be a space ship! Think Star Brigade & the Blackstars. (oh yeah, I forgot, GI Joe doesn't exist past '87 to most people. Most people on this site don't even know what the Brawler is.) Also, take a look at the bottom of the Mamba, those 2 vent looking things in the middle could easily pass for upward thrusters. Last edited by Steelgrave; 04-13-2011 at 01:33 AM.. |
04-13-2011, 07:35 AM | #8 |
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I actually like this better than the original. The rotors always felt off. Like they had an almost complete design and shoe horned the thing into a helicopter by just smacking them on there last minute.
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04-13-2011, 08:21 AM | #9 |
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Yeah, I figured most people wouldn't care for this. But this makes more sense to me. The Mamba never looked like a helicopter to me, always looked like a space ship or sub. Same with the Skystorm & Retaliator. Take the rotors off the Retaliator & it looks like something out of Blade Runner or The Fifth Element.
But it's supposed to be a space ship! Think Star Brigade & the Blackstars. (oh yeah, I forgot, GI Joe doesn't exist past '87 to most people. Most people on this site don't even know what the Brawler is.) Also, take a look at the bottom of the Mamba, those 2 vent looking things in the middle could easily pass for upward thrusters.
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04-13-2011, 08:27 AM | #10 |
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Looks good, but I prefer it as a helicopter for one main reason - it was Cobra's only real attack helicopter that could challenge the Tomahawk or Dragonfly for battlefield supremacy. (The Fangs wouldn't last a minute on a battlefield or in any action!) I wish someone would come up with a fix for the stupid rotors! Still, I think you did a great job with what you were trying to accomplish.
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