Chipsssss cobra ***Finished***

Post by **jssel** » July 7th, 2011, 12:46 pm

Very good work, Chip.

MerlinJones · Post by **MerlinJones** » July 7th, 2011, 3:41 pm

Very nice...looks like you got away with missing the nose weight.
Sound!

Personally, I'd now be scared witless re spoiling that lovely transparency.

Regards,
Bruce

Justin1980 · Post by **Justin1980** » July 7th, 2011, 5:37 pm

Awesome build Chip, nice detailing on the cockpit.

Justin

Old_Tonto · Post by **Old_Tonto** » July 7th, 2011, 8:02 pm

Very sleek looking ship.

Molly-new · Post by **Molly-new** » July 7th, 2011, 9:23 pm

Thanks for the kind words guys,

I must admit it was heading for the open window at one stage, but a slooowwww count to ten and then putting it out of sight for a couple of days helped restore my mojo

Here's the chin turret in a before and after type piccie:

I had a rummage through the wife's drawers

and found a good fitting bottle top off one of her many make-up/perfume bottles. Why do they need so many

I had the guns in the kit, but they needed drilling out. Once it has the sharks mouth decal on it then it should look OK.

MerlinJones · Post by **MerlinJones** » July 7th, 2011, 9:25 pm

Good result!

Molly-new · Post by **Molly-new** » July 9th, 2011, 9:57 pm

MerlinJones wrote:looks like you got away with missing the nose weight.
Bruce

The weight of the canopy seemed to help, but I packed the nose section out with milliput, just in case.

Thanks again for the tip.

Old_Tonto · Post by **Old_Tonto** » July 10th, 2011, 12:24 am

Chip, an intriguing solution to your turret problem. It’s good to know that your wives draws still bring you so much joy.

She did notice you were in there right?

Post by **jssel** » July 10th, 2011, 5:04 pm

You are nailing the Snake, Chip. Well done all around.

Justin1980 · Post by **Justin1980** » July 11th, 2011, 5:17 pm

Awesome scratchbuild on the turret,

Good idea would never have thought of that, I might start rumaging through the wifes perfume drawers to see what I can find, or maybe not..........not brave enough yet!

Justin

Molly-new · Post by **Molly-new** » July 11th, 2011, 11:02 pm

Cheers guys. The Ssssnake is all wraped up at the moment ready for spraying, which should be done by the weekend, work comitments permitting.

Saxon · Post by **Saxon** » July 14th, 2011, 8:08 pm

and updates???? we were getting soooooo close!

Molly-new · Post by **Molly-new** » July 15th, 2011, 10:30 pm

Saxon wrote:and updates???? we were getting soooooo close!

As requested:

As it is a 1:32 scale I thought I would have a go at the airbrush. (Oh no, not again I hear you cry)

So I did a coat of black primer and it came out really well

So today, in a rather confident mood I did a coat of olive, and guess what,

IT WORKED

It appears that my problem in the past was due to not thining the mix down enough.

Tonight I need to tackle this gap that has appeared:

I'm sure it wasn't there when I put the primer on

Hopefully I should be able to get the old girl unwrapped and tarted up ready for the decals over the next couple of days. I may even make the cut off date at this rate.

Jagewa · Post by **Jagewa** » July 16th, 2011, 3:24 am

Sweet Chip, dam shame about that seam, has it popped open?

Looking good.

Cheers
Jim

Dirkpitt289 · Post by **Dirkpitt289** » July 16th, 2011, 3:38 am

It already looks mean. Good luck with that seem.

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