Are you allowed heli's in this category? Here goes anyway. I really enjoyed doing the WIP on the McLaren so I'm going to be brave again and do one on the super cobra. I've actually had this kit now for over a year but only recently made a start. It's a now out of production kit from Italeri and to my knowledge, is the only one of the super cobra in large scale. It is also the only one I have been able to find anywhere on the internet, so lets hope I don't mess it up!

I've purchased a Big Ed set to go with it along with some custom decals from Two Bob's Decals which are from the second gulf war. As with previous photo etch attempts, I probably won't use every single piece. That's normally because I end up wrecking some of the fiddly bits to be completely honest!

I'm going to build and spray the canopy separate to the main build. I will probably leave the seats out and any other delicate parts that can be damaged when masking up the cockpit, then install them after the weathering stages.

Thats a very nice and clean start, Richard ! Good luck with all the PEs, make sure your carpet monster is feeded before you start 🙂

I've had this one in the stash for a while now Simon, I got it to go next to the old Huey cobra. That's a good tip Bernd, what do they eat? I could throw some old sprue down first, that should fill him up!
Cheers Ramon, I'll see what I can do, it should bend back a bit. I'll see about twisting it a bit as well, should be achievable. Thanks for the advice and the reference pic!

That's a great idea that Simon! Sounds good to me.
I don't know why I didn't think of that myself actually, we do that at work when scaling fish, so the scales don't fly everywhere... slightly off topic there!

Cheers Rob. I'll put a common object in a photo once it's done. If it gets done, I don't want to jinx it! Those are 1cm squares on the cutting mat for a better idea.

There's a lot more room for detail in the cockpit. I will probably add some wires and I need to find a small fire extinguisher from somewhere. I've installed a PE bracket to hold one in the gunners seat, but I don't have one in the kit.

The M197 20mm cannon is aftermarket as are the TOW launchers. I still have a lot of work to do on the TOW's, the tubes all had to be separated from the original kit. There will be eight tubes eventually.

Cheers Dirk. Very true, this is how I do my learning! I made a couple of kits as a kid but only started modelling properly a year and a half ago. I got the basics down by watching some airbrush tutorials on you tube. The guys on here have pretty much taught me the rest. They are a great bunch!

Hi Richard, nice progress on your Cobra. The cockpit has got a lot of nice details.
Good idea to use euros as weight, the best way of use this currency