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07-05-2019, 01:35 AM | #1 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Northern Virginia
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I'm not going to build every last Joe and Cobra vehicle, but some of them are too awesome and iconic to skip. The Night Raven is one of the remaining major Cobra vehicles I knew I had to have a go at.
Pulling off unique cool-looking drop down cockpit took some time, and the mechanism for lowering it meant that my Night Raven has space for only one crewman, instead of the two I had hoped for. There are other fun play features including a brake chute, retractable landing gear, lighting up engines, control surfaces, multiple airbrakes, and an internal weapons bay. I may build a piggyback minijet or external weapons later, but for now my Night Raven is completed. Night Raven by Magnus-L, on Flickr Afterburners on! by Magnus-L, on Flickr Brake chute deployed by Magnus-L, on Flickr Pilot's pod lowered by Magnus-L, on Flickr Close view from below by Magnus-L, on Flickr Full album here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/782249...57708828437256 Last edited by Stormgard; 07-29-2020 at 11:46 PM.. |
07-05-2019, 01:48 AM | #2 |
Mass Nerderer
Join Date: Nov 2013
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Excellent, one of the top 5 joe vehicles for sure. Also, the 'chute is a nice touch.
My vote is definitely cast (though not asked for) for the minijet- it was always one of my favorite features on the original!
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07-05-2019, 10:35 AM | #3 |
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Location: Cobra Island & Massachusetts
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Damn dude that is wicked cool.
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07-05-2019, 12:36 PM | #4 |
Crimson Guard
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Location: Northern Virginia
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You're not the first person to make a request for the minijet, so clearly I have to have a go at that |
07-05-2019, 12:38 PM | #5 |
Crimson Guard
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07-05-2019, 01:20 PM | #6 |
Iron Grenadier
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: New York
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This is STUNNING
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07-07-2019, 09:38 AM | #7 |
Warrant officer
Join Date: May 2016
Location: NC
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Great work!!!
I am unfamiliar with the process. How do you do this? Is there a computer program or file to configure parts? |
07-07-2019, 05:52 PM | #8 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: U.S.
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That's awesome! Have you put a parts list on BrickLink by chance for those who might want to build one?
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07-08-2019, 01:01 PM | #9 |
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Georgia
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Wow!!! Awesome job man!!!
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07-10-2019, 05:43 PM | #10 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Northern Virginia
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Thank you all. I don't have instructions unfortunately and I have no parts list to share.
I don't use a computer program - I build these things old school style using my imagination. I start out by looking at how other people have built the same or similar vehicles in Lego, and I take a look at pictures of the original toy from every possible angle. I decide which play features I want to include and then just start building. I went through several nose designs and discarded a landing gear design before I got started on what became the final model. |
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