The last time that I built a 427 Cobra was when Johnson was president. The kit that I will be building is a Revell of Germany 1965 Cobra.
Notice the word that the yellow arrow is pointing at, NEW.
The back of the box includes some nice photos of the finished model.
The parts are packaged in plastic bags. A single set of decals is included.
A number of frets are included. I marked each fret's letter with a black marker. This makes it easy identifying the frets during assembly.
A nice assembly manual is included. The assembly instructions are very well done. Each part is identified by it's fret letter and part number. The color of each part is indicated and the correct sequency of assembly is indicated (red arrows).
The part colors are indicated in 21 languages! I made a cheat sheet of the colors in english. Eighteen colors are required for this build.
Remember that the box top included that word NEW in big bright colors! Liar, liar, pants on fire!!!! This is a kit that was originally made in 1988. I think that the only thing that is new is the decal sheet. Flash will need to be removed from many parts.
I started the build by first working on the wheels and tires. This is a photo of an actual Cobra wheel.
The wheel and tire on the right are what is included in the kit. The blue line and the word Goodyear are decals. The wheel is chrome plated and the tire is super shiny. I thought that the chrome finish looked unrealstic, so I removed the chrome finish using Purple Power. This stuff removes the chrome in less than an hour. I painted the wheel using Model Master Aluminum Plate. I polished the rim and ribs of the wheel using a paper stump. The tire was weathered after the decals were added using an Aqualine weathering product.
These are the four finished wheels and tires.
Next up--the really strange frame and suspension.