Ghost Hawk Dropship

[stroblight]

Taking advantage of a snow day from work to work on a dropship.  I started with a GI Joe Ghost Hawk for a base.



I wanted to have it carrying a cargo container so I chose to use "Storage Container" from Burn In Designs that you can find here: http://www.burnindesigns.net/2012/07/new-product-storage-container.html

After cutting away the main body of the Ghost Hawk, I glued in the container.  Let me know what you think.

[DowVooVoo]

I would say its a good start.

[6milPhil]

Looking good, toy hacks are a lot of fun and they produce unique pieces which would cost too much as a produced gaming piece... here's to more snow!

[commissarmoody]

This is going to look badass. 

[FATROC]

This has awesome written all over it.    How are you planning to have access to the pod?    Side doors?

[Ironworker]

Nice!  I keep planning on getting one of those.

[stroblight]

Thanks!  The storage container ended up fitting better than I had hoped.  The original toy doesn't have clear doors, but I guess the sides of the container could roll down.  Still have to remove the pegs from where the rockets would go and fill some more gaps before priming.

[Elbows]

That's a good start!  Not a huge fan of the GI Joe craft to start with, but the scale etc. looks excellent.  I'd love to see it when finished.

[Homebrew Dave]

Sweet.  I'll be getting one of those too.  You should see what I did with my Cobra Night Raven.  I threw together a near-future Confederate Navy dropship, painted it and got the decals finished recently.  I love GI Joe stuff for hobby gaming.

[Inso]

Looking at the front of that ship, I think that the green panel, just in front of the existing cockpit, would make a good cockpit for the scale (if painted in a suitable colour).

I think that the addition of the container has definitely worked on this too... nice work so far.

[Elbows]

Yep, if you mean the small two square sections - that's what caught my eye for a cockpit (or add a small canopy section there.  Would be much more suitable. 

[The_Beast]

Yep, if you mean the small two square sections - that's what caught my eye for a cockpit (or add a small canopy section there.  Would be much more suitable. 

I think he means the section above that; would be fine for large open viewing.

Personally, I think you're spot on, though, for a military dropship. Should be all sensors and cameras, but sky Scots gotta have their bit of real world, just in case...

Doug

[Achilles]

Great use of that bit of MDF scenery! My advice would be to epoxy sculpt the joints though so they are less visible when it's painted.

[Inso]

I meant the red area:

[Elbows]

Ah yep, not what I was thinkin!