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Re: Scorpion Infantry Support Vehicle
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lugnet.space, lugnet.build
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Sat, 17 Mar 2001 03:14:39 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Joel Jacobsen writes:
> The Scorpion is a nod to my childhood and the 3 & 3/4" GI JOE series Cobra
> vehicle called the HISS Tank.
Nice rendition of it! (Had to haul his out from the depths of the Closet Caves
> The idea came about when playing around with the treads from my Arctic sets
> and realizing they would work perfectly for the triangular shaped treads of
> a HISS tank. Between that and the realization the trans blue canopy would
> also work well, I knew I had to build a couple.
Never thought of that!
> I've chosen to deviate from the actual design in that the Hasbro version was
> not capable of transporting troops internally
I hated that. I mean, a HISS should be capable of holding 6 troops.
> Comments, cheers or jeers welcome. But uh.. no "G.I. Joel" jokes, please.
> Got enough of those 15 years ago. =P
Okay GI*Jacobson
Rick
"Cobra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-LA!!!"
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| (...) Thanks, Rick. Since I don't have my GI JOE fig's anymore (sigh), I went off of memory. I'm pretty happy with how it came out. (...) Yeah - the back of the Hasbo version had what *I* thought looked like troop doors molded into the shape but (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| With the recent thread regarding the various custom minifigs (Specifically the Cobra ones) found on brickbay, it seemed like as good a time as any to begin putting these pictures up. I've had them for a while, waiting on inclusion in my regular (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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