This may be the first-ever vehicle custom I've posted.

I'd been trying to figure out a decent aircraft for WW to use -- up until I got the 25A fig, I never gave a rat's ass about the character (or Cobra's Air Force, for that matter.) But I dug the 25A WW so much that I had to get him something special. I never liked the Rattler - the original toy was lame and too small. Modding a PTE A-10 was not an option because a) it's too big and b) I love the A-10 in real life (even got to sit in one), so the bad guys aren't getting my favorite gear

So I figured a Conquest might do the trick -- I'd never had one as a kid, but it looked funky enough to be a Cobra plane. So after losing several auctions on Ebay (the first being a sweet Python Patrol Conquest), I finally got a couple of cheap parts lots that enabled me to build a complete X30 for next to nothing.

Then my plan was to paint it Cobra blue, but the blue spraypaint I had was too bright, so I opted for a "crimson" color instead:





I still need to apply some decals when I get the time, and I realized that the gray from the original Conquest is still showing on that one seam (although it's not noticeable in person), but I really like the way some of the blue from the first coat is showing through - gives it a nice look, IMO. The red is actually much darker in person - I gave it a "dusting" of black spraypaint and it has almost a blood red color now.

I'm really happy with the size of the plane - it fits perfectly with my Joe Thunderwings and isn't too big to display or play with.

Anyway, let me know what you think.

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the blue showing through the red looks pretty freakin cool in my opinion. Kinda like what custom painters do to cars.

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Cool idea. I love the conquest (I have all 4 versions) and now I'd like to pick up an extra to try my hand at. It's one of those vehicles I never thought of customizing since all the versions were so well painted (i usually pick up the freakish neon vehicles to customize). Thanks for posting this.

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Stylin'. That's a really nice choice for him.

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I like it! The blue showing through gives it a nice scale-like appearance without being overly obvious. Only thing I'd do is paint the missiles and drop tanks black to match a bit better.

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looks good Chief, and WW looks great next to it.
Nice 1st vehicle custom to post,
Tim

You had me at Conquest. I LOVE that freakin plane and you have done it great justice.
AWESOME custom bro!

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Thanks guys - I'm having a lot of fun with this one. Makes me wish I had a few more Conquests to play with. I've been zooming it around the Man Cave making "whoooosh" and "pew pew pakowwww" sounds


Chris - I planned on painting the missiles black or something dark. Right now they're blue with some black "speckles". I might end up painting them gray like the drop tanks so they look more realistic. Colored missiles always bugged me because you know they don't want to waste $$ on paint for something that's gonna blow up anyway. But the blue does contrast too much, I think.

But now I'm having so much fun I may just skip the decals - it's not like I don't know which side uses it


Thanks for the comments!

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I'm not a big Conquest fan, but the paint job is spot on! I love the blue/red fade thing you have going on.

My Wild Weasel is getting a repainted PTE A-10 aka: THE MARAUDER

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I hoped to put WW in the Python Patrol version so I'm really glad to hear he fits ok, both space wise and visually. Can't wait to see this all finished up with the decals.

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yes, the tiny rattler is so lame with it's pathetic ability to fit 3X as many figures as the conquest. i mean come on, how freakin small could they make that 3 person fighter/bomber?!?

/sarcasm

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I understand the sarcasm but the Rattler only holds 2 figures (pilot and gunner) the Night Raven holds three.

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Here's a look at the main reason why I don't use the Rattler:



So yeah, in terms of looks, size, and playability, the Rattler is pretty lame, IMO.




EDIT: Edited to remove my "hurt feelings" at misinterpreting PaidLoad's comments

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i really should go back and edit my comment about the rattler, but i'll leave it up as a testament to my afterwork stupidity. and how the cartoon had me brainwashed into thinking it had 2 people in the cockpit (despite owning the original and bronze'd re-release that had the messed up metal bar for the flipdown wing feature) ...but main thing is i was joking, the conquest is a sweet update for him. i'd rather think of WW as flying it solo b/c no one would wanna get stuck in the air with him.

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Lol - I wasn't sure or not, PL. I was hoping you were joking -- but couldn't tell for sure.

I'm with you - WW seems like a "lone wolf" kind of guy, so the Conquest makes sense for me.

Now I gotta go "un-foe" you after you clearing that all up......



Thanks for the comments!

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