NEW Army Cobra unit

Monogram released an AH-1S/F in 48th which is the model you'd need to do one of the Sky Soldiers Cobras.  Its a pretty good kit, came out in the mid/late 80s and is still fairly abundant.

HTH,

Jon

viper_mp wrote:

Hey Heavy, I dont supposed you still have the canopy for the G do you?

Sorry, that one was built a long time ago and the canapy went AWOL.  Here are a couple options for you though.  If you contact Revell/Monogram, they should send you a replacement glass sprue.  Or, keep an eye on this post at HeliKit News.  Floyd Warner has a replacement AH-1G canopy, with the correctly shaped side windows in the works.  It should be ready for sale soon.  I will be getting a couple.

Grant,

I like the idea of a Red/Gold/Black scheme USMC demo team idea.  I bet it would look sharp. 

viper_mp wrote:

I did some searching on the internet and found some better photos of the cobras. More pictures as well as some video of them are found here:  http://www.airshowstuff.com/dayton_2006.htm Inspired by the look, I also have decided to swtch gears on my AH-1W and give it the same paint scheme. Some changes though to give it a different look sice they dont fly the W.

I hear ya.  I have just about every large-scale helo ever produced, multiples of many of them..  They do take up a bunch of space, but look awesome.

Good luck and show us some pics when done.

The Whiskey should be the Academy (or Italeri reboxed) 1/35 model, there is no W model in 1/32.  It isn't too hard to take a 1/35 Academy W and the Revell 1/32 G and combine them to make an S oe F model.  I did just that a few years ago.  Here is how it came out.

http://www.hkngallery.org.uk/hkngallery.nsf/9E7858703C56BFB280256B960044CD7B/3CBB3775ECEE693680256F1800833BB5?OpenDocument

HeavyArty wrote:

viper_mp wrote: Inspired by the look, I also have decided to swtch gears on my AH-1W and give it the same paint scheme. Some changes though to give it a different look sice they dont fly the W. How about a Blue Angels-type paint scheme since the Whiskey is a USMC helo?

viper_mp wrote:

Inspired by the look, I also have decided to swtch gears on my AH-1W and give it the same paint scheme. Some changes though to give it a different look sice they dont fly the W.

How about a Blue Angels-type paint scheme since the Whiskey is a USMC helo?

UH-1V_CE wrote:

Wow, I didn't realize they had that many cobras.

Your not the only one! I hope that the paint on those things is an indication of some meaningful Army sponsorship of the group.  I'm sure that they folks in the Big Head Shed see this as a recruiting tool and a good way to get people like Jon foam at the mouth while visions of Firebirds replay in their mind

Mac

It looks like Screaminhelo hit the nail on the head!

http://www.usats.org/performances.html

Scroll about mid way down the page.  This is a link to the different performers from this year's U.S. Air and Trade Show (Dayton Air Show), where the above photo was taken.  They include a brief introduction to the group and the same link that Screaminhelo provided.

Mac,

I don't think so, but I'll call my Instruments IP, since he flies for the AAHF.  Cool stuff indeed!

Jon

Could this be the same group from the AAHF?

SKY SOLDIERS

Mac

"Dayton was the first in the world to see this performance."

Dog gone it!  One MORE thing I missed by not attending the Dayton Air Show this year!!  The one year I put off going to the show and I hear left and right about all the cool stuff to be seen up there.  GRRR.

Cool pic, though.

Apparently one of them was out at Cairns the other day.  Sorry I missed it!

Jon

WOO HOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

Can I fly em? Huh? Can I? Can I?!!!!

oh man this is cool....

Great!  I would love to see them.  I was fortunate to see the Silver Eagles back in 1976 before they disbanded.  Might have been one of their last shows down in Harlingen, TX. at the CAF Airshow.  This was a print I made of my most favorite shot from my slides.  Heck of a shot.  Even the blades are in sync! 

Pretty cool.  The old Snake looks great.  Guess it is a new demo team.