Revell 1/32 scale AH-1G cobra WIP(updated 4/03/10)

good show....keep up the good work.

you may consider selecting a higher quality resolution on your camera...and look into a cheap tri-pod......I really can't make out any details at all....just the color of paints you've used.

Looking good so far. As above though, the pics are a little hard to see. Try taking them against a white background with more light.

I have a couple of these in the stash, so I'll be interested to see how it turns out. What decals are you using, those provided or the Fireball ones?

Keep posting your updates and good luck with your build.

trade ya, you post a better pic...and I'll try to find any detailed photo you want....and post it here...

Just stummbled on to this one.. Great to see another sci fi guy building in another subject..

I did the mrc version last year, but it met the hands of my daughters friend..

Great start mate..

Cheers, Chris 

Actually Chris I've been building non Sci-Fi for a while. And I'll be stopping for a couple days since I have to go to Detroit early tommorow morning for a Detroit Tigers game and won't be back till Sunday then I'll be back to building again since I don't have to be back to work till the 21st of May.

BTW does anyone have any pics of the Gunners Instrument panel on the AH-1G the two strip gauges are giving me fits since I don't know what color they were.  And I did stop work on the AH-1G so I can finish work on the left side drive sprocket and tracks on the Escii T-72 (sprocket and tracks are Friulmodel tracks for the T-72) 

Hi Mike,

Hope this pic will help 

http://uscockpits.com/Helicopters/AH-1G%20Cobra%20Front.JPG

Rich

Can't wait for these decals to come out

http://www.fireballmodels.info/   then click on the future releases tag. The Arctic Cobra would look really special.

Rich

well here is definitely more pics

well here are pics of the gunner in his "office"

Looking good so far Mike. Keep 'em coming. Putting the crew in really brings the cockpit to life doesn't it.

Rich

LOL thats a dryer vent duct the vent pipe is on the water heater.LOL

Funny thing I found out is that since the figures were made for the Academy UH-1 Huey and the Dragon OH-1A Cayuse the legs don't stick out far enough for the AH-1G but that doesn't bother me any. So what did anyone think of the color of the motor mount it is Tamiya Yellow Green which should be a close enough match for the Yellow Zinc Chromate paint used in the actual Cobra engine bays. And here is a tip for those starting the Revell Cobra the gunners station control stick on the starbord side of the cockpit is molded backwards so to mount it the right way you will have to remove the mounting tab so that you can get the control stick to face forward.

well here are some more pics of the cockpit and the engine. It is slow going right now and if you look closely at the pilots you'll see I added scratch built boom mic's.

Engine

Cockpit 

It's been great watching this all come together. Still looking good. How did you scratch the boom mics, with fuse wire?

Can't wait for further pics.

Rich

well I took quite a break from the Cobra cockpit so I can work on some other projects but I did manage to get back to it.

I did another scratch build for the cockpit please behold the armor plates for the seats.

And I finally got some closer pics showing the boom mics on the helmets.

you can also see the mics on the other 2 pics above.

After a year the fuselage is finally glued together.

A bit of warning though this bugger is a tail sitter which I fixed with moldable lead weights in the nose of the Cobra. 

ok here are the pics of the crew installed sorry about the headless gunner I had to remove his head to strip the paint and repaint it.

And here is some pics of the rest of the helicopter.

and here is a pic of the box

Well finally got this bird masked and cotton balls installed so I can get ready for painting.

Hopefully I'll get it painted sometime this week before it gets too cold.

There must be hope for me yet as we seem to build at the same speed and yours is coming along nicely!  Can't wait to see her finished.

     Ray

rotorwash wrote:

There must be hope for me yet as we seem to build at the same speed and yours is coming along nicely!  Can't wait to see her finished.      Ray

I really do consider myself to be extremly fortunate indeed !!! . I have a lot more spare time to build model aircraft than most of you guy's . Despite being "notorious" for having multiple builds going , I think I average one 1/72 scale Helicopter/ Aircraft kit per week . I certainly realize most modelers would be quite envious for someone to have that much spare time .

Anyway I saw a newer boxing/release of that Revell 1/35 AH-1G Cobra kit at the hobby store last week , it was priced at $76.00 . I nearly fell over when I saw the price ; I very quickly put it back on the shelf .

Earlier this year I picked up two 1/35 Academy AH-1 Cobra's for $30 each . There the only two 1/35 scale helo's in my stash , the bulk of my kit collection are 1/72 and a few 1/48 kits . For the price I thought they were good bargins . I probably won't get around to building them for at least another 4 years . I would hate to think what they would cost in the near future .

Anyway that Revell cobra looks like it's coming along nicely . Best of luck on the rest of the build and I hope you get to finish her in the not to distant future . I never grow tired of looking at my finished model Helicopters and Fighter Jets in the display cabinets . I certainly am one lucky modeler .

                                                    Kind regards John

Helo 53 wrote:

Anyway I saw a newer boxing/release of that Revell 1/35 AH-1G Cobra kit at the hobby store last week , it was priced at $76.00 . I nearly fell over when I saw the price ; I very quickly put it back on the shelf.

And I nearly just fell out of my computer chair, John!!!
I have found my entire stash of all 10 AH-1Gs on ebay.... the lowest I paid was $8 before shipping; the most may have been $18. Suprising how dead wrong some LHSs can be.

Andy

Sorry , I ment to say 1/32 scale . The same Hobby store also had in stock those 1/72 scale Lindberg "snap fit" SH-3 Seaking and HH-3E Jolly Green Giant kits for $29.50 each . [YIKES] . I haven't bought that many kits from them over the years , They do have a good stock of Gunze Sangyo and Tamiya acrylic paints , also a good stock of Squadron Signal referrence books . My last visit I came out of the store with a few jars of paint , a book and some Tamiya white putty . Certainly NO bargins on that day . Even their Mail Order service is expensive , I once recieved a Hasegawa 1/72 AH-1S Cobra kit from them through the post , $14 postage to travell 20 kilometers . The online hobby store in Perth , Western Australia [West Coast] , I live in Sydney [East Coast] only charged me $10 postage for the identical kit ; the distance is approxamtly 5000klm . I sometimes wonder how these hobby stores stay in bussiness . 

                       I appologize for getting off topic...................... John