Jeff the Snake Charmer***finished***

[ShaunW]

Jeez, that must have been one hell of a ride! Real men only need apply to Special Ops then

[jssel]

Yeah. And the USMC Cobra crew was Reservists out of Mississippi USA. The Red Dogs. The Military Channel did the story called Operation Red Dog. Good stuff.

[Jagewa]

..... by belting them onto the open ammo tray hatches in the nose.

Where are the ammo trays? Do they open down like a bench seat or something?

Jeff I'm thinking you need some figures to do that!

Cheers
Jim

[AndrewR]

A little more Cobra trivia.

In Afghanistan, the USMC picked up and re-located a Special Ops team (not all in one trip) by belting them onto the open ammo tray hatches in the nose.

The Royal Marines did a similar thing, but strapped themselves on the wings of an Apache...

Brave people, all of them.

[AndrewR]

Here's the BBC News report

[jssel]

During Desert, Cobra crews had a piece of rope attached to the inner rocket pod and the crews wore a carabiner "just in case."

I have to get my game on as I may be deployed to the East Coast (or West Virginia) on or around November 11th.

Time to air taxi to the paint hanger.

[jssel]

Good news. Back to full speed ahead on this project. Back to the paint shop.

[ShaunW]

Good news indeed Jeff, looking forward to some pics.

[jssel]

Well, when I was last on the thread I had the primary painting done. Now I have the insides of the canopy painted. Things are getting back on track.





Color used is Model Master Desert Storm Tan enamel. Good base, dries slow.

[ShaunW]

Good to see this is progressing Jeff - great paintwork in evidence there.

[Titan]

Good too see this one moving Jeff, and I'm looking forward to seeing it finished.

Regards
Mark

[jssel]

Decaling this one this morning. The extension is most welcome.

[ShaunW]

I'm glad the additional time is of use to you Jeff and it would be great to see this model finished up.

[jssel]

The decal process has been uneventful (he boldly states). I am using the Future technique. Future gloss coat, apply decal and Future to settle it down. Not sure how the Revel Germany decals would work with the Micro twins.

At any rate, lots of placards. I know in my Army Aviation days (1970-72) they would slowly get painted over in time. But it does break up the overall Desert Tan finish.





This just may be a finisher.

[ShaunW]

That is shaping up really well Jeff and I hope you can finish her.