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Re: B.I. Joe: Killer Whale Hovercraft
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lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military
Date: 
Wed, 24 Nov 2004 00:37:45 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Gil Shaw wrote:

  
After a little forced hiatus, Joe is back and he’s hoverin’ to glory!



  
Excuse the poor photography that morphs dark grey to the toy accurate, altho IRL brick-inaccurate olive drab.

Let a soldja know...

Cheers, Team B.I.J.


It looks great! Having the toy, I have been wanting to build one myself. I have a couple of suggestions if you trying to make it a little more accurate. You could make the missle launchers smaller, just by using 2x4 bricks and sticking the cones on the end of it. There is a ramp on the front that flips down and leads to the troop bay. The guns on top have two guns each. I never liked the motorcycle thatgame with the toy, so no loss there. If you already studied the blueprints and decided that some of the above wasn’t feasible, I certainly understand. It is a very impressive model. Yo Joe!



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  Re: B.I. Joe: Killer Whale Hovercraft
 
(...) You should! The mo' the bettah! (...) I was thinking of that when I was building it. In the end (like with quite a bit of the Joe stuff I make), I decided that play factor wins over accuracy as I wanted the missles to fit all the way into the (...) (20 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)

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  B.I. Joe: Killer Whale Hovercraft
 
Greetings! After a little forced hiatus, Joe is back and he's hoverin' to glory! (URL) I actually had this mostly built for quite some time, but just recently finished off the last couple details. If the our iron-booted overlords think it qualifies (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX) ! 

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