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

A Matchbox kit GB in tribute to Ted Taylor who passed away on July 29th.
GB runs from August 15th through September 30th.
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Nice work, your improvements really help bring it on. Must invest in the punch and die set and some of Mike's decals too.
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Re: Draken's Civilized Cobra - *** FINISHED ***

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I finished it in time (barely...) !!! :-D

Not one of my best to say the truth, I'm not really happy with the canopy frames.
The decals were a bit of a disappointment as they don't have all the markings and some are wrong (the 'danger' arrow sign should be white, not red).

But it still is a different looking Cobra.

And this is also the first GB I finish!!!! So tonight I'll pop a bottle of spumante to celebrate!!

Here it is:

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Hope you like it and, as always, thanks for looking.

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That looks absolutely super Draken! So different in those colours and markings, I like it a lot.

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Very nice, you wouldn't take it for the Matchbox kit in that scheme.
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It looks very strange not having the nose cannon or rocket pods on the wings.
It also look very nice. That's a great job!
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Great finish, Eugenio!

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That is a great looking cobra, you have done a marvelous job on it, well done on your completion.

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Very very nice!!!!!
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Really nice Draken and that is a very different looking Cobra.
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Great looking Cobra. It does look strange without the weapons though.
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I love that scheme. Nice work!
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That looks very nice.

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Very cool looks like a sports car in those colours, well sports chopper...
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Thats a great looking Cobra, Eugenio,well done.
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Absolutely brilliant, it looks so smoooooooth in white.

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