oortiz10 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 OK gang, I'm posting some (OK, a lot!) of photos of my second for the year. This is my recently finished AH-1J. This is Fujimi's kit in 1/48 with Cobra Company's resin cockpit. It's the first time I used a resin cockpit in one of my builds. It was a challenge, and a great learning opportunity, for me. The ECS hoses (wire wrapped in finer wire), turret-opening cover/cannon surround (sheet styrene), pitot (styrene rod and very fine tubing), RHAW receivers on the nose (punch sheet stryrene), FOD covers (red napkin soaked in diluted white glue) and rotor tie down (paper strip with a random PE buckle) are scratched. The whip atenna on the tail is painted monofilament. The blade antennae on the belly are from the spares box. The CC resin set comes with some chaff dispensers, but I swapped them for the plastic ones from Italeri's AH-1W boxing. The tail's squadron code and the nose's MODEX are painted on using home-made stencils. The branch markings on the tailboom and national insignia are decals from the drawer. It's painted using MM enamels and weathered with pastels and Flory washes. Well, it's another 3-footer to lay on the shelf. Here are the photos. Remember, you were warned. There are a lot of 'em... Here's one with an AH-1G I kitbashed a couple of years ago. Here's one with the AH-1(4B)W I Frankensteined using Italeri's AH-1Z boxing. I realize that the dihedral on the stub wings is a little steeper than it should be. That was the angle I had to use to keep the gaps to a minimum. It's something I'll just have to live with. Feel free to share you comments, questions and/or criticisms. Now to move on to 'bashing another AH-1G! Happy modeling! -O Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Night Owl Models Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Great job these will be a nice display edition for you collection you can add other varients too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Geoff M Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Good job on a tough kit. Geoff M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Ooorah! Very nice, all three Cobras! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Ooooh it's been awhile since I built my last helicopter. It might have actually been a Cobra - Italeri Whiskey in 1/72 a decade or so ago. You did some very nice work on her. Never knew USMC AH-1J came in gray. Always thought they were all green or in three color camo. Nice work on all three of them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aircommando130 Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Awesome! I hauled a bunch of AH-1J cobra's from the Bell plant in Amarillo, Texas to Iran for the IIAA back before the Shaw left power. Was a great looking gunship in the Asia Minor desert paint. Cheers...Ron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drifterdon Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Very nicely done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
usmcski6502 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 How did I miss this? Just excellent work on an old dog of a kit! Well done, friend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
usmcski6502 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I did something similar kitbashing a G from a couple Fujimi kits. I also updated their J to late 80’s standard, including ALE-39 dispensers, AN/ALQ-144 jammer, RHAW gear and unfaired cross tubes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr.Happy Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 OORITZ & USMCSKI6502, Both of your Cobra 🐍 builds are very well done. Mr.Happy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oortiz10 Posted October 27, 2021 Author Share Posted October 27, 2021 Mr. Happy and usmcski, thanks for the compliments! It's nice to see one of my old builds "resurrected." On 10/21/2021 at 8:27 PM, usmcski6502 said: I did something similar kitbashing a G from a couple Fujimi kits.... Hey usmcski, I did the same...twice! Once back in 2019 to build a USMC AH-1G and again recently to build an ARMY AH-1G. Thanks for looking and again for the kudos! Cheers, -O Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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