AH-1G HueyCobra 1/32

Preach on, brothers.

I couldnt agree more!

Lee

I am in 100% agreement with Jon and Mel

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DAVID VOSS

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AMEN to that!

Okay folks, here is the finished kit. please keep in mind this was built while I was on Deployment in the Balkans with a very basic paint set, hand brushed, and minimal tools. It currently resides at the coffee shop next to the flightline on the base I was deployed to.

I built the new re-issue of this old gem a few months ago. It went together pretty well, the new parts really dress up the armament, and the decals were excellent. Yes it cost many times more than the original issue ever did, but it's still worth it. The mold show their age on the chin minigun's detail, but overall I would reccomend it to Cobra fans. Probably do another one with a Cobra Company detail set once I get home just to see what I can realy do with this kit.

A couple clarifications ... I found the aforementioned parts by clicking a link posted on "The Cobra Company" website ... which took me to Fireball Modelworks ... so you are correct and that is indeed where I saw the part.

The other thing ... I wrote a book called "Snake Driver! Cobras in Vietnam" (Random House - 1993), but was not a Cobra Pilot myself.  I was, at different times, crew chief and/or door gunner on Hueys, OH-6 and Chinooks, and an Armor Crewman, Flight Operations NCO, Match Team Rifleman, Illustrator and Army Journalist.

You can squeeze a lot of  adventure into 24 years of Army.

MBT70 wrote:

The tail on a Cobra has an airfoil camber which augments the thrust of the tailrotor and helps establish more counter-torque authority.  The kits I had, and this was over 20 years ago, were definitley distorted beyond the normal camber.  The early Cobras had the tailrotor mounted to the left which, it was soon discovered, tended to mask part of the thrust it generated and degraded it's effectiveness, so all the aircraft were retrofitted with a right-mounted "tractor" tailrotor that corrected the error.  I noticed that one supplier ... I think it's called the CobraShop or something like that ... sells a replacement tail fin for the 1/32 kit with the tractor rotor feature.

No offense ment above, just clarifying and didn't know you were a former Snake Driver.  It is actually Fireball Modelworks that makes the new tail section, along with the toiletbowl exhaust and intake separators as part of their Anti-Strella kit.

http://bellsouthpwp.net/o/s/osborn82/fm32_001.htm

QUOTE: Originally posted by HeavyArty QUOTE: I built that kit a couple times over the years and both times the tail fin had a bad twist in it on both sides of the fuselage halves. The wierd thing was that they fit together perfectly, even with the twist, so I didn't realize it was wrong the first time. The curved tail is correct for a G model. Nothing wrong with that part of the kit. It is supposed to be there.

QUOTE: I built that kit a couple times over the years and both times the tail fin had a bad twist in it on both sides of the fuselage halves. The wierd thing was that they fit together perfectly, even with the twist, so I didn't realize it was wrong the first time.

QUOTE: Originally posted by Cobrahistorian Ed, Definitely a good kit, and like Gino said, with some extras, it becomes world class! Plenty of markings options out there as well. I definitely recommend it!

QUOTE: Originally posted by HeavyArty It is a pretty good kit, especially for its age. They just recently re-issued it, witha couple of upgraded piecses and new decal options. The old one will still build up nicely though. If you ant to putt some extra work into it, Cobra Company does a replecement cockpit adnd a couple of other sets for it in resin too. CC Site: http://www.cobracompany.com/32nd_scale_models.htm Fierball Modelworks also has an upgrade set and other decals for it too. Fireball Modelworks site: http://www.fireballmodels.info/ Definitely a keeper, good find.