AH-1 Cobra dimensions?

I've misplaced my good Cobra book but seem to remember the width at the cockpit was 3 ft. This dimension was established by the width of the transmission support frame.   I happended to have an old Revell UH-1D transmission well available to measure and it came out to 3 scale ft.  Other than the nose and pilots door hinges this is the best detailed compared to the Panda/Dragon kits.  If Academy would make an AH-1G comparable to the UH-1C we would have a great Cobra! 

Thanks Mel.  That sounds about right as the cabin is only just wide enough to fit a guy in, probably no wider than my pine single bed.  Lol.

Unfortunately for me no matter what scale I buy an AH-1 kit in it sounds like it won't be suitable for what I want to do, even a 1/24 scale AH-1 wouldn't be wide enough for what I need, and even if it is it'd likely be too long and heavy.  I need about 1.5 inches width free inside to fit some extra parts and about 2 inches in height (or however high the cabin of a 1/48 UH-1 is, I really should measure mine) and I need to keep the weight down.

Having said that I will probably buy a 1/48 or 1/35 Cobra just to make up as a static model at some point in the future.

       3 feet 2.62 inches.   there was a mod near the end of its US Army life cycle that re-positioned the air intakes on the transmission cowling that only gave it a few more inches; but I can't find the exact number.

hope this helps

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34991991@N06/10415308414/

42 inches at the arc of the canopy, 36 inches at the sides

ISTR from the early '70s when I built the 1/32 Revell AH-1G in the info part of the instructions it claimed that its fuselage was "only" 3 feet wide.

hmills16

42 inches at the arc of the canopy, 36 inches at the sides

Never doubt a snake driver!  Here's the pic from the AH-1G dash 10 showing all the main cobra dimensions.

  Ray

Thanks Ray.  I searched Google for hours over several nights looking for a diagram like that.