T300 "Honey Badger" Bomb Disposal Robot

Dusty79 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 9:26 pm

I needed a break from my current project, so I had a little fun with this. I added a mini gatling gun and a chemical suppression system courtesy of Airtight. It went together quick and was fun to do. It started as an Ertyl Bobcat and Tunnel Rat's remote control bomb robot.

Dusty79 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 9:28 pm

Some more pics

DarkJedi · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 9:33 pm

Nice.

Any plans on painting up the gray a little?

Dusty79 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 9:44 pm

DarkJedi wrote:

Nice.

Any plans on painting up the gray a little?

Thanks. And I may do some detailing and fine tuning in the future. There is a lot of black right now.

OreoBuilder · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 10:03 pm

Love it! I might have to steal the idea.

OB

Keenan · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:09 pm

That's really great. No critiques.

husker85 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 8:21 am

Pretty impressive. I like it.

pluv · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 10:25 am

That looks sharp. Great idea using Airtight's chemical clean up wand.

night force cynic · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

That seriously rocks. Most impressive.

DanOfTheDead · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 11:13 am

Very cool.

Macrossmaster · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

The only thing that bugs me about this custom is it shows what Hasbro would be doing if it were following it's 80's Joe line blueprint: current but futuristic vehicles and weapons systems currently used by the US Military.

This would ideally have a series of other vehicles including a drone making up the "SNAKE/Trubble Bubble" class of small vehicles. The fact that no G.I. Joe joint-strike fighter exists shows there are some problems.

Just keep customizing, you're making the stuff I would normally buy from Hasbro! LOL

Matthew · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 2:28 pm

Very awesome. Great eye for the base.

My only critique is that the accessories on the "arms" are permantely attached. What I love about one of the ones that the military uses is it's ability to hold any rifle a human could hold. Being able to swap existing guns easily would be awesome.

Even with that critique, this thing is awesome. I'd love to see you take the accessories from Data Frame (http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/dataframe.shtml) and add a joy stick for the operator station.

Dusty79 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 2:51 pm

Matthew wrote:

Very awesome. Great eye for the base.

My only critique is that the accessories on the "arms" are permantely attached. What I love about one of the ones that the military uses is it's ability to hold any rifle a human could hold. Being able to swap existing guns easily would be awesome.

Even with that critique, this thing is awesome. I'd love to see you take the accessories from Data Frame (http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/dataframe.shtml) and add a joy stick for the operator station.

A little control station with a joystick would be awesome. I may end up doing that and expanding this to a little team of robots like the PAC/RATs. It was fun and super inexpensive. My recent custom ideas have been pretty costly. This was a nice change of pace.

JBYRDD · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 2:58 pm

I totally dig it, very nice work.

sgartz · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

I love this thing. I really like the color scheme: it's got a modern look, but it also reminds me of the PAC/RATs in its simplicity. The stickers and added paint details on the tanks and what-not really sell it. I agree with Matthew about the interchangeable weapons, but it's just fine as is, too. The control station is a great idea, though; it might be worth tracking down the handheld joystick from the machine-gun PAC/RAT.

Was the base vehicle something you picked up recently, or have you had it for a while? I'd like to get one for myself and take a stab at making one of these.

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