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There is a local used toy store close to me and they have this old GI Joe tank. It looks like something I could convert, but I don't know much about 40k. Is there something orkish that I could turn this into that would be useable in a game?

Without knowing what model you're talking about, even the smallest GI Joe tank will be rather huge when compared to 40K models. You'd have to consider a very large vehicle if you wanted to kit-bash something.

Its about this size. I was thinking like a battle wagon or maybe use it as a base and build it up into a gorkanaut?

Ah the MOBAT. It'll certainly have to be a superheavy, take a look at Forge World. Maybe a looted Shadow Sword?

 Elbows wrote:
Without knowing what model you're talking about, even the smallest GI Joe tank will be rather huge when compared to 40K models. You'd have to consider a very large vehicle if you wanted to kit-bash something.

Hmm, as a G.I.Joe collector I think some of them could actually be very useful with a little conversion work!

Armadillo:


The Jet Pack:


Buzz Boar:


Cobra CLAW:


The small Tank Car, I think I'm gonna try converting that myself with a Ork Trukk driver:


Really crazy potential, the giant Armor Bot would make an impressive new kind of Stompa/Dread:

IIRC the Armadillo (4 gun tankette) is about Rhino sized.