Well, just got it in the door now.. Opened her up, and very happy indeed.. When I was doing research for it, I found out its dimentions ect, but am surprised as it seems bigger than I had imagined 39cm to be in length.. Just from putting the 2 body halves together, it appears that it will have a great fit... It is the re-boxed MRC kit from AFV Club Taiwan.. It also has an updated resin set for the front sensor and canon mountings....
I had also worried about the decals all being in Chinese, but the "danger", and "no step" decal markings on the Taiwanese Cobra's are all in english.. Its only the government markings that are in Chinese.. So I am happy that I will be able to use the main decals for my project! Got it from Hobby Link Japan for around Y3700 after tax nd shipping. And as I live in Japan, it took less than a week after order.. Only problem now is, I have only exclusively modelled 1/72 scale.. I am scared that I have opened up a can of worms to a future of 1/35 and 32 scales????
Lastly.. a poll.. How should I do it.. I am interested in what you guys would like to see.. Here is my list..
1) "What if " Australian Army AH-1W in Auscam camo scheme..
2) "What if " Australian Navy AH-1W in light grey scheme (similar to US Marines)
3) "Canon" US Marines AH-1W Light grey scheme..
4) "What if " J.G.S.D.F AH-1W .. To go with an existing Japanese 1/35 Iraq Humanitarian Assistance Vehicle and soldier figure set.. Japan does use Cobra's, but not the AH-1W...
Chris in Japan