OK so everyone has made a helicopter out of one of these but here is mine.

I had been saving one of these to turn into a gunship when I found the right parts. I was at the thrift store and they had a smaller scale Apache. It was a perfect fit.




































and the WIP pic

I SOOOO want this!! Awesome vehicle. Looks production, and if it was, I would definitely buy a couple!

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Turned out great. Now I see what you meant about the hatch, but the wings look great where you ended up putting them.

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And what you did with the skids is pretty sweet.

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That's sharp. Would make a nice modern Dragonfly.

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Very nice finished product! Much better than I expected from the WIP pics.

Exactly this. Once again Dusty79 has crystallized my thoughts eloquently.

- R

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this replaced the drakes as my favorite custom you've done!

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Thanks, They definitely should have made this a helicopter in the first place.







Thanks
I still think it looked tougher with them up high but in this position it does look more conventional.
I had to beef up the skids in order to keep the missiles from dragging on the ground.



I try to only arm Cobra (and the Oktober Guard) because I figure there are plenty of stock military vehicles that would work as filler for Joe's ranks. But I did think it would make a good equal to oppose the Dragonfly.



Thanks, I see this in the WIP but I understand many may not.



Thanks, I like it but definitely not my favorite. It came out real nice but it is one of the simplest builds I have done in the past 2 years. It is probably only a 5 or 6 hour build. The Drakes were all probably 10 hours plus. Goliath was probably 15 to 20 hours. Zombie truck probably had 30 hours give or take.
So while I like it, it almost feels like a LBC due to the simplicity. LOL

Sometimes simple is great

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Looks great. I saw one of these the other day I never realized how big it is. Again nice work. What's the tail from?

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I like the decal, looks more like a Pegasus than a gargoyle though

Not sure what the decal is suppose to be but gargoyle seemed most likely.

It is definitely not a Pegasus. It is definitely a cat head and the tail is definitely not a horse tail.

My first thought was a winged lion (which is a sucky mythological name LOL) but no mane and the tale does not have the pompom at the end. I did not find much for mythological winged cats except for the griffin but it has a bird head. Many gargoyles are winged cat shaped creatures though.

Very cool!!

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Very cool. I agree this could make a good modern Dragonfly as well, but I think I prefer it for Cobra.