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This was a project I did back in December of 2015 \/ January of 2016. The images have floated around on social media a couple of times so I wanted to make sure the additional info on the idea behind it was available here.

For this project I wanted to re-imagine the\u00a0G.I. Joe Mobile Command Center<\/a>\u00a0with a more practical\/modern design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guy Cassaday designed the original MCC and it was released as part of the 1987 series of G.I. Joe A Real American Hero. It actually has a bunch of really cool play features. It has a maintenance bay with a crane and a spare engine from the 1985 A.W.E. Striker, a helipad, a brig cell that raises and lowers into place, med-bay, computer banks, and a command center with a transparent control board. All of this, fold up into a moving tower bristling with missiles. All of these things are also really easy for a kid to get at. It\u2019s big, it\u2019s tall, it holds a ton of figures and is pretty awesome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if you were to look at it from a real world stand point it has some limitations. It\u2019s mammoth size could prove to be an issue. It would be far too large to load on an aircraft, so if you ever had to cross a body of water you\u2019d have to do it by a large transport ship\/barge. The size and low ground clearance is also an issue for navigating terrain. It can\u2019t move that fast either, it\u2019s huge, so you\u2019d have a long deployment time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So in thinking about the role of the MCC and how a real life platform for that type of mission might look, I sis some research in to the types of Mobile Command and Control vehicles the US military uses. The one that jumped out at me the most was the USAF\u2019s\u00a0Boeing E-4 \u201cNightwatch\u201d<\/a>\u00a0aircraft. It fills the roles of the MCC in a more versatile and maneuverable platform. Heck you wouldn\u2019t even have to land it to fulfill most missions, you can just circle the combat zone. I should also mention that I have a slight obsession with large airplanes. I flew on a Boeing 747 once as a kid and it\u2019s overwhelming size was something that stuck with the rest of my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mobile Command Center Concept<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So at this point I had decided that I wanted a 747-8i (largest & newest variant) in the vain of the E-4 for my updated MCC. The next step was to \u201cG.I. Joe-it\u201d up. I re-skinned the aircraft in angled panels to help deflect small arms fire. This had the added bonus of giving the plane some hard lines that called back to the original MCC. I put some angled cowls around the engine intakes to keep this theme going. Then I started reading up on every cancelled or in-use variant of the 747 ever dreamed up, and took what I liked from each one. I added stabilizes to the wing tips, fuel boom, cargo doors, aircraft mounts, anything I thought i could squeeze in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also envisioned a system of specialized \u201cmission pods\u201d that could be swamped out for any particular mission. To move them and the plane around I sketched out a tug\/cargo loader to move freight and help the aircraft taxi. In the spirit of Joe I made sure to add a pair of big swinging cannons on the back and a motorized winch. For the color on the tug I went with a yellow reminiscent of the maintenance crane from the MCC for another callback. And to finish it all up I added hard points for Missiles or fuel tanks. It has a bunch of other details you can read on the image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mobile Command Center Concept Cutaway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Now this concept wouldn\u2019t really work for a toy, especial not at a 4\u2033 scale. It would be way too big, and the play features would be too bulky\/hard to get at. But I think it\u2019s a sold set piece for related fiction. Imagine the Joes launching a mission from this in a live action movie, or animated series, or comic book, or even maybe someday a video game. It would be an awesome flying fortress that can pick up and movie anywhere around the world at a moments notice. But I think the shear size, hard lines, and colors work as a nice homage to the original MCC, just with wings this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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