Bell AH 1G Huey Cobra, 122, US Army, Vietnam.

Started by Allan J Withers · 39 · 4 years ago · 1/72, AH1G, Bell, Cobra, Helicopter, Huey, US Army, Vietnam
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    Allan J Withers said 5 years, 1 month ago:

    1/72 Monogram, copyright 1968, 1977, 1988, this the 1988 boxing.

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    Allan J Withers said 5 years, 1 month ago:

    Parts cleaned up with a bit of assembly and a floor added to the cockpit !

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    Allan J Withers said 5 years ago:

    Some bits of plastic in to hold the alloy tube jet pipe which can be added after painting !

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    Allan J Withers said 4 years, 12 months ago:

    A bit of paint, the seats in and fuselage together, I forgot to put some lead under the floor so added some to the nose !

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    Pedro L. Rocha said 4 years, 12 months ago:

    Allan, grabbing this “blast from the past” takes courage, but it seems you have it going smoothly. Are the decals from 1988 also?

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    Allan J Withers said 4 years, 12 months ago:

    Thank you Pedro, yes original decals, will replace some with paint and check these for quality !

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    Allan J Withers said 4 years, 11 months ago:

    Instrument panel decal in with no problems and some paint on the rotors, also a tail rotor from another build !

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    Allan J Withers said 4 years, 11 months ago:

    The canopy on with Pledge and a bit of Testors cpc to fill some gaps !

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    Allan J Withers said 4 years, 11 months ago:

    Some paint on the canopy and the rotor unmasked !

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    Louis Gardner said 4 years, 11 months ago:

    Nice looking Cobra Allan ! Somehow it managed to fly under my radar... I just noticed it. When I was a kid, I built the exact same model. They came as a pair of Cobra's in the box, (and it was the Monogram box). I'm pretty sure it would have been from 1977... This was what I wanted to fly ! Sadly it didn't happen... my left eye kept me out of flight school... 🙁

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    Louis Gardner said 4 years, 11 months ago:

    I just found it over at Scalemates... It was released 1973. The boxing was Monogram kit #6839, and two models were in the same box. This also reminded me of the larger 1/32 scale Cobra I built as a kid that was a Revell kit.

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    Allan J Withers said 4 years, 11 months ago:

    Thanks Louis, only one kit in the 1988 boxing !

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    Allan J Withers said 4 years, 10 months ago:

    Tail-plane and wings added with a bit of touching up under the nose !

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    Pedro L. Rocha said 4 years, 10 months ago:

    Starting to take shape 😉

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    Allan J Withers said 4 years, 10 months ago:

    Thanks Pedro, getting there !