Electric Trucking / Eco-Warriors Tank #2 (with Ozone)

Design:

The Tyco Electric Truck set included a slew of GI Joe vehicles: two tanks, a jeep, a Higgins-boat style landing craft, and a tractor/trailer combo with an ICBM (which was referred to as a “satellite”).

This is the second tank on the Joe side of the TETs, which has being fused with Eco-Warriors for this project.

When making the two Cobra tanks, I combined the turrets from a Soldier Force tank with the body of a cheap Amazon tank to creak to tanks that looked very sleek and modern. The byproduct tanks, though, looked clunky and awkward. The turrets were too wide for the bodies, and the turret necks were too tall. Rather than trying to fix these issues, I added to kibble to the underside of the turret to push further into the peculiar aesthetic.

The turret originally had a totally open set on top, like the laser seat of the HAVOC. To improve it a bit, I added a pillbox accessory from the Soldier Force set around the seat. Since it was scaled to little green army men, it works fine as an access port to the turret. The also brings some of the same sculpt styling from the tank base to the turret, blending them more.

As the kibble could be some sort of anti-toy sprayer, it helps sell these tanks as Eco-Warriors oddness.

Colors & Paints:

Olive drab, like the Tyco GI Joe Electric Trucking set, with a black was to pop out details. ToyHax decals punch up the paints. The bright blue and yellow of the Eco-Striker was too stupid to use on any vehicles in this set. Or so I thought, but I ended up using them for chemical container colors.

Sculpting & Modifying:

Aside from the turret swaps, various kibble adorns the underside of the turret. Most of the kibble are windshield wiper bushings.

Thanks for looking.