Draken's Civilized Cobra - *** FINISHED ***

[ShaunW]

This is an interesting scheme for a Cobra and I'm sure it will be very eye catching when it's finished. Good work so far.

[Martin R]

Great work, Eugenio!

I may have to add one of these to the stash.

regards,

Martin

[IronMan129]

Nice work so far man!
Its nice to see a civil Cobra!

[coptermech]

AZ Models recently issued a Cobra with the NASA markings inclued. While not a Matchbox kit, it is fairly inexpensive and I may get one for the stash.

http://store.spruebrothers.com/product_p/azm7418.htm;

[Draken]

Thanks guys for your comments and it's nice to see that some of you now want to add a Cobra to their stash !!

Did some more work:

dry fitting showed that this is quite a tail sitter



so some weight was glued under the cockpit



the seats are finished, not accurate but... better than before !







Thanks for looking!

Cheers,
Eugenio

[TimJ]

Nice work so far.

[coptermech]

Looking good

[Draken]

Hi everyone, here's an update on my Cobra

I noticed that the exhaust was way too thick and thinned it down:





then I glued the fuselage halves together and realized that some filler was needed especially on the bottom join:





at this point I decided that since the canopy is so big it would have been a good idea to have some instruments on the pilot's instrument panel (the rear one).
A perfect time to try out Mike Grant's cockpit detail decals !!



I followed the instructions and coated them with liquid decal film before punching the out with the punch and die.
I am very pleased with the result and even though they are tiny I had no problem in placing them.





then I glued the canopy and now I have to take care of some big gaps !!!






Thanks for looking !!!

Cheers,
Eugenio

[Draken]

Had the chance to do more work on the Cobra during the weekend.

after having taken care of the canopy's gaps with Milliput and re-masking it was ready for paint!






two coats of matt white:





some pre-shading in gray, just to give a little depth to the white:





followed by two coats of gloss white (all paints are acrylic):





The Matchbox "trench digger" was at work when this kit was tooled, but I must say that the white helps in hiding the heavy panel lines.
I'm enjoying this build (up to now at least... )!!

Thanks for looking!

Cheers,
Eugenio

[ShaunW]

Really nice work Eugenio, this is a great looking helicopter.

[Ian]

Now the white is on you'll have this finished in no time!

[Zee28]

This is looking great! Fantastically neat work with the filler round the canopy, very good indeed.

Zee

[Draken]

Thanks guys!!

Your comments are really appreciated !!

Now the white is on you'll have this finished in no time!

Yes Ian, probably most of the job is done.
I still have to mask and paint a few black areas and then keep my fingers crossed for those decals...!
Too bad I can only work on it during weekends .

This is looking great! Fantastically neat work with the filler round the canopy, very good indeed.

Thanks Zee!! I hope that when I remove the masking I don't find any ugly surprise!

Cheers,
Eugenio

[Martin R]

Eugenio,

She's looking seriously good so far! This Cobra's going to be a corker!

regards,

Martin

[Old_Tonto]

The Cobra is a really sharp looking aircraft & you are doing a splendid job on this one.

Looing forward to seeing this one completed.